Former Chief of Staff Julius Debrah has denied reports suggesting that former President John Mahama had to be persuaded to handover power after he lost the 2016 elections to the the candidate Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party. The Asantehene had claimed in an address abroad that his palace had to convince the former President to handover power after the ...
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I ‘diverted’ School Feeding contracts; Ashanti Regional Minister received 3 – Subin MP
In a blatant show of force, Member of Parliament for Subin Constituency, Eugene Boakye Antwi, has claimed that he would not succumb to the dictate of any government official in the award of school feeding contract in his constituency. As he huffed and puffed, the MP who doubles as the Deputy Works and Housing Minister, said he has absolute powers ...
Read More »Mfantsipim SHS turns away first year students
Some first year students and their parents who turned up at the Mfantsipim Senior High School (SHS) in the Central Region with their trunks and chop boxes on Sunday have been left stranded after they were turned away by authorities of the school. The school’s authorities claim the students who were placed in the school under the self-placement module of ...
Read More »Kennedy Agyapong strips Kevin Taylor naked before Ghanaians in Germany
Member of Parliament (MP) for the Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has taken Kevin Ekow Taylor to the cleaners in Germany, MyNewsGh.com reports. According to him, the owner of Loud Silence Media and host of with ‘All Due Respect’ on social media has been sponsored by former president and flag bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, (NDC) to ...
Read More »Mahama challenges Otumfuo on 2016 election concession
Former President John Dramani Mahama has presented a different narrative on the events that led to the declaration of President Akufo-Addo as winner of the 2016 presidential election. Contrary to what Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, stated in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, that the Palace had to intervene to persuade the losing candidate to accept defeat, Mr ...
Read More »BoG sacks staff for accepting over GHC400k bribe in Sibton deal
The Bank of Ghana has dismissed a staff Gilbert Addy for what it says is gross misconduct in relation to corrupt transactions and for accepting bribes in connection with the award of a contract to Sibton Switch Systems Limited in 2016. The Bank in a statement revealed that secret and corrupt payments of GH¢410,000.00 were made by Sibton Switch Systems ...
Read More »Dozens of parents furious at GES for slow placement of wards in high school
Parents of prospective senior high school students have expressed fury at the slow placement of their wards in school since the CSSPS portal opened on Sunday by the GES. Dozens of worried parents and students thronged the Black Star Square in Accra to report placement problems including missing names at allocated schools and placement at day schools when the student ...
Read More »NCA inaugurates bootcamp for 2019/2020 NSS personnel
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has, on Thursday, September 12, 2019, inaugurated its Bootcamp for the 2019/2020 National Service Personnel at the NCA Tower in Accra. The event took place ahead of a six (6) week intensive boot camp which is tailored to orient and develop the personnel as they get ready to serve in various roles in the Authority. ...
Read More »EC chair demonising Charlotte Osei to please Akufo-Addo – NDC
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed disappointment in the electoral commission chairperson over her decision to recount problems she met at the commission to President Akufo-Addo. The NDC says the attempt by Mrs. Jean Mensah to demonise her predecessor, who organised a successful election in 2016, is unfair. Speaking to Starr Midday News Friday, Peter Boamah Otukunor, Deputy ...
Read More »Buduburam chief hails swoop by police; calls for more
The Chief of Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region has hailed the joint police-military swoop at Buduburam, near Kasoa, in which some 141 people were arrested. Nana Kojo Essel I is urging the joint police-military not to end such exercise but make it routine to rid the area of criminals. “The president showed he is the father of the country. ...
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