Chairman of the National Peace Council Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante has lashed out at the police for relenting in the fight against political vigilantism in the country. Professor Asante was among four speakers at the 3rd edition of the Accra Dialogues series held on Wednesday. The 3rd edition of Accra Dialogues on Wednesday was themed ‘The Scars of Vigilantism: A […]

A GH¢1.9 billion allocation to the Presidency is raising eyebrows among members of the minority in parliament. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs raised the alarm during the opening of the budget debate on Tuesday, November 21. According to Ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Ato Forson, the huge allocation to the office of government machinery is at the detriment […]

Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu, Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini, has revealed that first year students in some of the nation’s second cycle institutions benefitting from government’s flagship Free SHS are being treated to ‘harsh’ conditions where they have to eat ‘crappy’ food. He revealed this in an interview with Nana Aba Anamoah on the Tuesday edition of ‘State of Affairs’ on […]

The next step in Ghana’s progress as a nation lies in the development of the infrastructure for high-speed or bullet trains, a renowned pioneer of fibre optic and nano-technology, Dr. Thomas Mensah has said. Dr. Mensah, a chemical engineer, may not be widely known in his own homeland of Ghana, but he is hailed for elevating fibre optics technology from […]

The Conference of Assisted Senior High Schools, CHASS, is asking government as a matter of urgency to release subsidies which have been in arrears for three terms. President, Cecilia Kwakye Cofie, says the schools are in dire financial distress and the availability of the funds is critical for the schools to remain open. The implementation the free SHS policy has […]

Staff of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital in the Central Region, have threatened to declare a strike on Thursday if government fails to remove the facility’s Medical Director, Dr. Eugene Dordoye from his post. The nurses gave government the 3-day ultimatum after earlier threats to down their tools and release all patients on admission at the hospital over the continued presence […]

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) Limited has pledged GHȻ200 million to support the One-District-One-Factory (1D1F) initiative by the government, which seeks to industrialise the Ghanaian economy. “The 1D1F is a very good initiative by the government to transform our economy from a service based to a more industrial focused economy where we can produce enough for both local and international […]

A former Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan has said the only legitimate and sustainable way out of the Zimbabwe crisis is through elections with integrity in 2018. In a statement, Mr Annan said the political crisis in Zimbabwe is not yet resolved. “I believe, nevertheless, that this crisis offers a unique opening for democratic renewal based […]

Private legal practitioner and National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmaker for Tamale Central Constituency , Hon. Innusah Fusieni has counseled the leadership of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners to institute legal action against government following another three-month ban extension on their operations. “I worked closely with small scale miners as a minister and they have competent lawyers to […]