MPs alleged to have received double salaries while serving as Ministers in the Mahama administration will not go scot-free, Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has said. Some of those MPs include Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, Second Deputy Speaker Alban Bagbin, who nurses a presidential ambition, as well as Wa Central MP and ex-minister of Public-Private Partnerships, Dr Rashid Pelpuo; Inusah Fuseini, […]

On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, news broke that popular Ghanaian young millionaire, Ibra Money, has been arrested. Ibrah was reportedly arrested at his plush East Legon mansion when he least expected. According to an earlier report by YEN.com.gh, Ibrahim Daouda, as Ibrah is known in real life, was snitched on by a friend. According to the report, Ibrah had earned […]

Parliament has pledged to fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies to ensure that allegations of double salary receipts made against some members of the house who were also Ministers under the immediate-past John Mahama-led government, is brought to an end. The suspected former appointees, some of whom have appeared before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, […]

Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr John Ofori Tenkorang, has said his reforms at the state pension scheme since his appointment last year, saved SSNIT’s kitty GHS5.4million of a GHS7.3million travel budget allocation in 2017. Dr Koranteng said on Tuesday that he has put in place a lot of measures to curb wastage of public […]

It is 10 pm in a popular bar in one of the major suburbs in Accra’s but it is as though the sun just settled. Yes, it is the Easter Holidays and many people are out here to shed some stress off and have fun. Seated two tables away from mine, is Bismark, and his friends – three women and […]

CEO of Engineers and Planners, Ibrahim Mahama has pledged two thousand dollars to each twenty members of the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) as start-up seed to encourage entrepreneurship among the graduates. With the country’s unemployment rate standing at 11.9%, government is under pressure to create jobs for new graduates entering the job market. Many have also recommended a […]

The International Monetary Fund has forecast that 2018 will be the strongest year for global growth since 2011. In its new assessment of the World Economic Outlook, the IMF predicts growth this year and next of 3.9%. However, it warned that performance could be curtailed by trade barriers. For the UK, the IMF has made a modest upgrade for growth […]

The Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu is alleging his compatriot the Minority Leader has spoken to the president to intervene in the double salary allegations. According to him, Haruna Iddrisu is afraid the matter may dent the reputation of Parliament if the criminal proceedings currently underway should continue. “The Minority Leader has spoken to the president that some intervention must […]

Nana Akufo-Addo’s Executive Order that sanctioned the immediate implementation of an action plan to curb road accidents has been criticised for allocating a small budget for road safety education. Dr Godfred Akyea Darkwa, a road safety and transport consultant, commended the President for what he believes is a bold step to tackle the increasing incidents of road carnage on Ghana’s […]

Deputy Local Government Minister, O.B Amoah has questioned why minority members are quick to tag every effort of government to investigate seemingly shady deals that have to do with officials from their party as witch-hunting efforts targeted at marring their reputation. He wonders how such lawmakers and high public officials will be able to fight the same cause for justice […]