Politics

Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee has summoned management of the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) Thursday following Joy News expose on some questionable payments. PURC Executive Secretary, Samuel Sarpong, and Head of External Affairs, Nana Yaa Jantuah were quizzed about how they expended the Commission’s monies for its nationwide tariff …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper West Region has sacked four executives in the Lawra Constituency, who they claim contributed to the defeat of their 2016 parliamentary candidate, Bede Ziedeng. The four include the Constituency Secretary, Philip Bagyo, Women’s Organiser Hajia Bintu Alhasan, Deputy Youth Organiser Sampson Botee …

Daughter of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, and a former Chairperson of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Samia Yaba Nkrumah, has stated that her father’s role as Ghana’s first President and his pan-African vision warrants his special standing in Ghana’s history towards independence. She said unlike others who also played their part …

Three men in the Volta region have been arrested and charged with treason with the possibility of facing the death penalty if they are convicted. The Volta Regional police command would arraign before court members of the Homeland Study Group Foundation who are demanding self-determination for some decades now. The …

The Ga Dangbe Youth has kicked against the decision by President Akufo-Addo to transform the Osu Castle into a museum for past presidents, describing it as useless. The president on Sunday, March 5, 2017, commissioned the former seat of government, the Christianborg Castle as part of “legacy projects” identified by …

Government will soon lay before Parliament, the necessary instruments that would give legal backing to the scrapping and review of some taxes, the Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has revealed. According to the Suame MP, the revisiew or abolition of over ten taxes in the 2017 budget, will …

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) says President Nana Akufo-Addo distorted the history of Ghana’s independence struggle during his anniversary speech. The party says the President extolled the contributions of others’ in the struggle above that of Ghana’s first President and founder of the CPP, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Director of Party …

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s Daughter, Samia Nkrumah is making a passionate appeal for a change in name of the country’s International Airport from its present. According to her, Lt. General Emmanuel Kotoka was behind the illegal overthrow of her father and his name on the country’s International Airport is a misnomer. …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo, has paid tribute to some unsung heroes who contributed in diverse ways towards the attainment of Ghana’s independence. Giving a speech at the Independence Day parade, at the Blackstars Square, he said the name Ghana after independence was meant to give the nation a …

Former Power Minister and Member of Parliament for Pro East, Dr. Kwabena Donkor has criticised the proposed abolishment of taxes charged on head porters (Kayayei) and reduction on street light levy, suggesting that the pronouncement was misplaced, cosmetics and populist. According to Dr. Donkor the maiden budget statement of the …