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I will resign from NPP if 'robbery' towing levy is implemented – Abronye DC

The Brong Ahafo Regional Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC has threatened to resign from the...

Mahama calls for probe into murder of Kenya's electoral commission IT Manager

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed his condolence to the family of slained Kenya's electoral commission ICT Manager Chris Msando and called for...

GHC51m judgement debt: ICC throws out Woyome case

The International Court of Arbitration has thrown out a case business man Alfred Agbesie Woyome filed against the government of Ghana. In a statement addressed...

John Mahama heads Commonwealth Observer Mission in Kenya

Former President John Mahama is in Kenya as part of Commonwealth Observer Mission to monitor the East African country’s August 8 elections. The former President...

Hot audio: People always try to bribe me – Auditor General reveals

The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo has revealed attempts by some people to influence him with money after they have been implicated for misappropriating public...

NDC group kicks against calls for Mahama's 2020 bid

A group of National Democratic Congress members calling itself, “Bring Back NDC” says calls for the return of former President Mahama to lead the...

Hot Audio: Makola market women seize public toilets

Some traders at the Makola 31st market in Accra have taken over public toilet in the market. The group, Makola Market Women Union, believed to...

Audio: NPP Man blasts Otiko Djaba over school feeding recruitment

A former Regional Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Brong Ahafo region, Yaw Dabie Appiah has criticized the Minister for Gender,...

Speaker acting like Pontius Pilate – Amidu

Popular anti-corruption campaigner, Martin Amidu has warned the President Nana Akufo-Addo to be wary of his inner circle in parliament following the sudden withdrawal...

Stop 'whining', drink your 'poisoned chalice' – Martin Amidu tells fmr. Nat'l Security Coordinator

Former Attorney General Martin Amidu has asked former National Security Coordinator, Mr Yaw Donkor – who is protesting the circumstances under which he has...

We’ll not pay tow levy – PPP

Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has called on Ghanaians to resist any attempt by the government to impose what it calls “Mandatory Tow Levy.” ‘Ghanaians must...

GBC’s Francisca appointed Ghana’s High C’ssner to Kenya

The deputy director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation Francisca Ashitey-Odunton has been appointed Ghana’s High commissioner to Kenya by President Akufo-Addo. She was sworn...

Adom-Otchere clashes with Pratt over Ghana’s founding history

Ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) on August 4, two renowned journalists, Paul Adom-Otchere and...

Minority’s critique of mid-year budget ‘illegitimate’ – Kwaku Kwarteng

The Minority in Parliament’s contentions with the Akufo-Addo administration’s mid-year budget review are illegitimate, a deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng, has asserted. Speaking on Eyewitness...

President Akufo-Addo swears in 4 Ambassadors, 1 High Commissioner

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn into office 4 ambassadors and 1 High Commissioner, at a ceremony at the Presidency, Wednesday. The five persons, who received their...

Minority accuses Ken Ofori-Atta of ‘cooking’ figures, demands investigation

The Minority in Parliament is accusing Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta of doctoring figures when he presented government’s Mid-Year 2017 Budget Review, Monday. The opposition lawmakers...

Audio: Titus Glover begs angry invisible forces

Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover has called on angry Members of the Invisible Forces in Tema who stormed...

Hot Audio: NADMO cars below my standard – Akua Donkor

Leader and founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor has denied taking two cars from the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) as...

Speaker of Parliament now a dictator – Asiedu Nketia

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has lambasted the Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye turning the August...

Minority walk-out was well planned – Majority leader

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has said that Minority’s boycott of Parliament over claims of bias against the Speaker of the House, Prof...

Hot audio: John Boadu condemns Invincible Forces

The Acting General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described threats by the party’s vigilante group Invincible Forces to abandon the...

NDC runs away from AMERI probe

The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament staged a walk-out from the chamber yesterday to protest against what it described as ‘deliberate gagging’...

Sharks persecuting 'wonder woman' EC boss – Franklin Cudjoe

Founding President of policy think tank IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has said the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei, is being...

'Akua Donkor received 2 NADMO cars from Mahama'

Founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor has two vehicles belonging to National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in her possession, Deputy Director...

Bugri Naabu fires salvos at NPP regional conference

The outspoken Northern Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu has fired salvos at some NPP Members of Parliament...

More troubles for Otabil

Today can report that there is no end in sight on the verbal attacks on the General Overseer and founder of the International Central...

Akufo-Addo’s frequent travels causing financial loss to the state – NDC MP

Member of Parliament for Juaboso Constituency, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s frequent travelling is rather causing the country financially than...

Strengthening ECOWAS, AU key to prosperity – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo says with West Africa and Africa’s population set to reach 500 million and 2 billion people in 20 years, respectively, the process...

Atta Akyea must apologise over comments made – West Africa Engineers demand

The President of the West African Federation of Engineering Organization, Ing Magnus Lincoln Quarshie, says recent comments by the Minister for Works and Housing...

I will champion peace in the three Northern Regions – Rashid Pelpuo

Wa Central Member of Parliament Alhaji Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo said he will soon embark on a peace education in the three Northern Regions. This he said...

Amadu Sulley to Charlotte Osei; Stop sidelining me

The Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission in charge of Operations, Mr Amadu Sulley has accused Chairperson of the Commission Mrs Charlotte Osei of...

Hot audio: Invisible Forces threaten govt officials over joblessness

Members of the Invisible Forces in Tema have threatened to visit mayhem on government officials for what they perceive as failure on their part...

Minority stages walkout over AMERI deal

The Minority in Parliament has staged a walk-out protesting the Speaker's decision to refer a motion for a rescission of the $510m AMERI power...

VIDEO: 'Akufo-Addo only providing a scholarship scheme not free education'

President Akufo-Addo is only rolling out a scholarship scheme for Ghanaian school children instead of a free education programme, a leading member of the...

EC row: Stop avoiding me – Amadu Sulley tells Charlotte Osei

One of the beleaguered deputy chairpersons of the Electoral Commission Amadu Sulley has accused his boss of sidelining him as the wrangling at the...

Rawlings made ambassador

Ex-president John Rawlings has accepted to be the ambassador for a revamped sanitation campaign being championed by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly. The campaign is to...

VIDEO: Gov’t fighting army worms with ‘Akeshaa’

The Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Agric Ministry of using ‘akeshaa’, a local substance used to clean...

MP promises financial assistance for pupils

Member of Parliament (MP) for Agona East constituency in the Central Region, Mrs. Queenstar Maame Pokuah Sawyerr, aka Obaatanpa, has promised that she will...

Nana Addo’s galamsey efforts commendable – MP

Tarkwa-Nsuaem Member of Parliament (MP), has lauded the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for staying true to his promise of helping to improve the...

Economy is recovering – Finance Minister

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, yesterday gave a ray of hope for Ghana’s economic resuscitation and expressed great optimism for the future, with tailored...