he Center for Progressive Governance (CenProG) received the announcement of the nomination of Martin Alamisi Amidu as Special Prosecutor with utmost shock and will like to call on Parliament to reject the president’s nominee because he is too bitter, vengeful and does not in any way reflect the independence of the office he will be holding in the event parliament […]

Respected legal practitioner professor Raymond Atuguba, has stated that judges at the Supreme Court decide on cases according to their political affiliation. He explained that, it is pretentious to assume that Judges do not have political ideologies that tend to influence them in crucial moments. “In the Supreme Court, you have to make a balance according to the three political […]

In 1960 Ghana became a republic. However, in 1966 that was overthrown by a military coup led by Kotoka, and the 1st Republic ended. The 2nd Republic came into being in 1969. That republic also came to an end in another coup led by General Acheampong. In 1979 we had the 3rd Republic led by President Limann. Rawlings staged the […]

Government and the Scholarship Secretariat have been given up to January 15, 2017 to effect for the payment of the 2016/2017 bursary and thesis grants for the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRSAG). In a statement signed by Jacob Apibilla Ayembilla, the National President of GRASAG, the Association said it had no prior knowledge about the plan to change the […]

The PRO Vice chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Professor George Kweku Oduro is proposing for government to officially restrict the use of What’s app, Facebook and other Social Media apps during working hours in schools and civil service organizations. According to him, Teachers and civil servants who stay on social media apps during working hours, negatively affect productivity. […]

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has promised to address the understaffing situation at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital by employing more health professionals as the facility prepares to operationalise it Intensive Care Unit later in January. He said due to the inadequate number of doctors, nurses and specialists, the Intensive Care Unit of the […]

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has reminded the media, advertisers, manufacturers and importers of alcoholic beverages that advertisements on alcoholic beverages are supposed to be aired from 2000 hours to 0600 hours only. A statement signed by Mr James Lartey, the Head of Communications and Public Education, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said this was supposed to […]

Former President Mahama has challenged the Akufo Addo Administration to arrest him and his wife, Lordina Mahama, if the government believes they were in any way involved in the DKM scandal. John Mahama said he and his wife were vilified by the NPP during the 2016 electioneering period and wondered why its members had suddenly gone quiet over the matter […]

As Ghana celebrates the Silver Jubilee of the Fourth Republic, the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has called for the passage of the Right to Information bill. In a statement to congratulate Ghanaians on the occasion, the governance think tank said, while the longest running constitutional order since independence deserves to be celebrated, the country must also pause to […]

The University of Ghana debate coach, Antonio Edem Asinyo, has been appointed by the International Debating Committee Council to serve on the equity committee for this year’s World Universities Debate Championship currently happening in Mexico City; WUDC2018. The four-member equity committee includes Enting Lee (China), Velaria Hernandez Rodriguez (Mexico), Tasneem Elias (Qatar) and Antonio Edem Asinyo (Ghana). The team’s responsibility is […]