President Akufo-Addo has issued a moratorium on the purchase of new vehicles by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), according to an official government communication. As part of measures to channel resources into meeting government’s “ambitious projects” such as the One-District-One Factory policy, One-Village-One-Dam initiative and the Free SHS among others, the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, has written to …

Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye has said it is palpably false that Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah founded independent Ghana. The History Professor argues that crediting the Independence of Ghana to Nkrumah alone is wrong, indicating that the Independence struggle was not championed by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah as has been the perception. Speaking at an IEA event of a documentary …

The Ashanti regional Police command has arrested the leader of the ruling NPP’s vigilante group- Delta Force- who allegedly attacked the Ashanti regional security liaison officer in his office on Friday. The 37-year-old mechanic, Kwadwo Bamba, is currently in police custody helping with investigations into the attack, a police statement said. The statement also noted that names of other members …

The Minister for Interior Ambrose, Thursday, stated on the floor of Parliament that an arrest warrant has been issued for two men suspected to be perpetuators of an attack on a director in charge of the VVIP at the seat of government, the Flagstaff House. ASP Nanka Bruce was assaulted on January 9, 2017, the day President Nana Addo Dankwa …

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has disclosed that her ministry is cash-strapped. Her comment comes at a time the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta,  is preparing to slash the ministry’s Internally Generated Fund (IGF), a move she warns will be inimical to the effective running of the Ministry. The Ministry has projected to collect …

The Ketu South constituency branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta region has suspended three of its members for gross misconduct. The party’s director of elections Mr. Doe Kornyoh, with a branch executive, Mr. William Mensah, and a former deputy constituency organizer Mr. Peter Atisu, were suspended and referred to the Disciplinary Committee in a letter …

A scheduled demonstration by a pro opposition group Collation of Concerned Youth of Tamale in the Northern regional capital against police was violently scuttled on Monday by armed rival group suspected to be members of a dreaded vigilante group, the Kandahar Boys. The Collation was protesting police failure to arrest members of the Kandahar Boys who they accuse of launching …

The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has served notice that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will not compromise the use of the country’s oil revenue in funding some key policies of the government outlined in the 2017 Budget. The government has indicated in the 2017 Budget Statement it intends spending the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) on its major flagship policy …

Former President John Dramani Mahama is confident of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) ability to “bounce back” to power in the next election. The NDC switched positions with main rivals the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a result of the outcome of the 2016 general election where candidate Mahama only managed 44% of the valid votes cast to eventual winner …

Wife of the acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party Freddie Blay has been appointed by President Akufo-Addo as Ghana’s Ambassador to Germany. Mrs. Gina Blay picked her letter from the President at the Flagstaff House on Thursday, March 16, 2017. Also, a former envoy to Japan under erstwhile Kufuor administration and a member of the NPP Council of …