PAC orders UG to recover over $380k debt from Telecel, Crystal TV, others
By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has directed the management of the University of Ghana to recover an amount of $383,000 from its debtors by the end of the year 2024 These debtors include Telecel Ghana, Airteltigo, MultiChoice, NABPTEX, Pro Credit Savings and Loans Limited now Fidelity Bank, and Crystal TV […]
Ghana loses GH¢1bn to illegal lottery operators
In spite of the estimated GH¢1.8 billion yearly value of Ghana’s lotto industry, the National Lottery Authority (NLA) rakes in about GH¢800 million, leaving the remaining GH¢1 billion in the hands of illegal lotto operators dotted across the country. The Director-General of the NLA, Sammi Awuku, who disclosed this in Accra last weekend, said the […]
Why the vetting of President Akufo-Addo’s Supreme Court Justice nominees was suspended
The vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament of two nominees to the Supreme Court faced a sudden suspension on Tuesday, August 13, after the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga challenged the President’s authority to appoint more than nine Justices to the Supreme Court, in addition to the Chief Justice. During the […]
Government’s One Teacher One Laptop program underway
Ten out of the 16 regions have fully been supplied with laptops under the government’s One Teacher-One Laptop programme. This means almost 300,000 teachers, representing all category of teachers, including those in senior high schools (SHS), junior high schools (JHS), primary, kindergarten, teachers on study leave, as well as qualified non-teaching staff of the Ghana […]
Mahama Ayariga challenges presidential authority to increase Supreme Court Justices
The Bawku Central Member of Parliament (MP), Mahama Ayariga has challenged the powers of the president to appoint more than nine justices to the Supreme Court in addition to the Chief Justice. He made this known at the vetting of new Supreme Court Justices appointed by the President to replace two justices who are due […]
Supreme Court nominee advocates expansion of legal education
By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Justice Sophia Roseta Oduokuwa Bernasko Essah, one of the two new nominees President Akufo-Addo has appointed to Ghana’s apex court, the Supreme Court (SC) is advocating for an expansion of the current legal education system. According to there is a pressing need to open up the legal educational system accommodate as many […]
Foreign and Homeless: The Plight of Women and Children Living Under Accra’s Circle Interchange
By Darroll Allan Tagoe In the early hours of the morning, as commuters pass through the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, also known as “Circle Dubai,” they may witness two starkly different realities. While the overpass offers a quick and uneventful route, the underpass reveals a heartbreaking scene—a community of women and children, foreign and homeless, living […]
Paris2024: Team Ghana Arrives in Paris for 2024 Paralympic Games
By Michael Okuley Ghana’s contingent for the 2024 Paralympic Games has arrived in the city of Paris ahead of the event. The global event will see Ghana competing in four disciplines including Para Athletics, Para Powerlifting, Para-Cycling, and Para Taekwando for the 10-day event which runs from August 28 – September 8, 2024. As part […]
Driver union takes swipe at Bawumia over Driver’s Licence extension campaign gimmicks
By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Executives of the Transport Operators of Ghana have taken a swipe at the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over his pledge to extend the renewal of driver’s licences from two years to 10 years. The group in a statement on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 described the 2024 NPP […]
NPP suspends two constituency officers for alleged anti-party activities
By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Suhum Constituency branch of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has handed two of its Constituency executives with an indefinite suspension for allegedly violating Articles 3(9)(1) and 3(5)(a)(2) and (4) of the NPP Constitution. The two officers are, the Constituency Communication Officer, Mr. Samuel Baah and, the Deputy Constituency Nassara Coordinator, […]
