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NPP Polls in Yendi: Five electoral officers interdicted

Five electoral officers involved in overseeing the New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary primaries in Yendi have been interdicted by the Electoral Commission (EC). According to a source close to the regional directorate of the Commission, the interdiction extends to five officers who were scheduled to assist in the election process, except …

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I will revive free-trade agreement among Commonwealth countries – Foreign Affairs Minister

Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has pledged to revive the Free-trade Agreement among Commonwealth countries if elected as the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Secretariat. She said a successful free-trade agreement among member states would enhance integration and participation in global and regional supply …

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Govt urges dialogue as VAT on electricity sparks labour outcry

In a bid to defuse mounting tension, the Ministry of Finance has issued an appeal to organised labour and key stakeholders – including the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) – to exercise restraint and engage in constructive dialogue concerning the contentious value added tax …

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Most Ghanaian workers are thieves – GUTA president

Dr. Joseph Obeng, president of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), has stated that most Ghanaian workers are thieves. Addressing an audience at the National Economic Summit held at Movenpick Accra, he claimed that a significant number of Ghanaian workers are engaging in dishonest practices, attributing this behavior to …

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Bus conveying KNUST level 400 students crashes

A bus conveying a group of students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has reportedly crashed today, Saturday, February 3, 2024. According to Voice of Knust, a social media news outlet of the university, the students involved in the accidents are final-year students of the Department …

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Corruption: We need a bill that criminalizes conflict of interest – Mary Addah

The Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), –the local chapter of Transparency International (TI), –Mary Awelana Addah, has said that Ghana needs a Public Officers Conduct Bill that criminalizes conflict of interests and deals with the issue of unexplained wealth. She stated that it is worrying to observe …

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Corruption: Parents pay bribe for their children to gain admission into SHSs – Dafeamekpor alleges

  Dafeamekpor South Dayi Member of Parliament, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has alleged regarding corruption in Ghana that parents are currently paying bribes to secure admissions into the various senior high schools (SHSs) for their children. He says that the bribes are being demanded at the centers where the students are placed …

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Corruption: We can’t recover from abysmal performance in the fight if Akufo-Addo still keeps his relatives as Ministers – Kpebu

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has told President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to drop all his relatives that he appointed as ministers if he wants to win the fight against corruption. Kpebu recounted that President Akufo-Addo, when he was a presidential candidate in opposition, indicated that nepotism and cronyism were …

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Akuffo-Addo lost the corruption fight when he appointed his relatives as ministers – Kpebu

Lawyer Martin Kpebu Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has said that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo lost the fight against corruption when he appointed his relatives as ministers of state. To him, Mr Akufo-Addo’s assurance to fight corruption when he was in opposition was mere rhetoric. Speaking on the Key …

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Mark Zuckerberg made $29 billion this morning after Meta stock makes record surge

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth increased by more than $29 billion between your morning coffee and your lunch break. Mr Zuckerberg who is already worth more than $140 billion, according to Bloomberg’s billionaire index, has cleaned up from Meta’s share price skyrocketing over the past day, after …

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