NEWS

Government not starving Parliament of funds – Majority insists

June 1, 2022

The Majority in Parliament has reiterated its position that government is not deliberately frustrating the business of the house through the non-release of monies due it. Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh insists some funds have been made available to the house for parliamentary work. This follows the outburst of the Speaker of the House, Alban […]Continue Reading

POLITICS

High Court dismisses Gyakye Quayson’s motion to strike out 3 charges against him

June 1, 2022

The High Court has dismissed moves by James Gyakye Quayson to have the Court drop three (3) out of the five (5) charges against him. His lawyers led by the venerable Tsatsu Tsikata had urged the Court to strike out the 3rd, 4th and 5th charges for the reason that they bothered on article 94(2)(a) […]Continue Reading

POLITICS

Prof. Oquaye backs John Boadu for NPP General Secretary position

June 1, 2022

Former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Aaron Oquaye says it will be suicidal for the governing New Patriotic Party, (NPP) to replace John Boadu as General Secretary of the party. Professor Oquaye says John Boadu has been tried and tested and will lead the party to victory in 2024. “The man has been tried, tested […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly also moves to remove structures on waterways

June 1, 2022

The Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly has indicated that all structures erected on waterways will be demolished. The assembly contends that a number of individuals in the municipality have built in unauthorised places. This comes on the back of the continuous flooding witnessed in the municipality anytime there is a downpour. President Akufo-Addo has also indicated […]Continue Reading

NEWS

AMA prosecutes 115 persons for dumping refuse in drains, other sanitation offenses

June 1, 2022

A total of 115 persons have been prosecuted by the  Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) for failing to comply with its 2017 Sanitation bye-laws between January and March 2022. Their offences include dumping of waste into drains, burning of refuse in residential areas, insanitary drains in front of their premises, non-registration with accredited waste collectors, overgrowth Continue Reading

POLITICS

Rejected Juaben MCE nominee pleads not guilty in court; granted GH¢ 90,000 bail

June 1, 2022

The former Municipal Chief Executive nominee for Juaben, Alexander Kwabena Sarfo-Kantanka, has been granted bail to the sum of GH¢ 90,000 with two sureties who are Ghanaians with credible Ghana cards, one to be justified with a landed property. Mr Sarfo-Kantaka is facing 26 corruption charges in respect of a public election following a probe […]Continue Reading

Business

Nigerian banks face global risk transmission despite oil boost – Fitch

June 1, 2022

Nigerian banks’ operating environments could deteriorate in 2022–2023 as adverse global economic conditions feed through to the local economy, Fitch Ratings has said in a new report. According to the ratings agency, soaring inflation led the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to raise its benchmark rate by 150 basis points (1.5%) on May 24th, 2022 […]Continue Reading

HEALTH

Over 3,000 nurses have migrated from Ghana for greener pastures this year; GRNMA blames government

June 1, 2022

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) says over 3,000 nurses and midwives have left the country to seek greener pastures since the beginning of the year. The Association attributes the high rate of migration of health professionals to unfair salary scales and poor conditions of service. There are fears hospitals and health centres […]Continue Reading

Foreign

First flight taking Channel migrants to Rwanda set for 14 June

June 1, 2022

The first flight to Rwanda carrying migrants who cross the English Channel is set to leave in two weeks’ time on 14 June, the Home Office has said. Officials have begun issuing formal directions to the first people set to be flown to the African country. It is expected there will be legal challenges against […]Continue Reading

POLITICS

Akufo-Addo’s 19 ministers who never declared their assets

June 1, 2022

At the peak of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s first term, he had sworn in more than 126 ministers and deputy ministers. Some of them resigned and were replaced. They took the sacred Oath of Ministers, to “uphold, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana.” But, five years later, The Fourth […]Continue Reading