The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said that it would shortly provide proof to back up the allegations made by Richard Jakpa, the third defendant in the current trial of Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson’s ambulance procurement. This announcement comes after Jakpa made claims in court on May 23 that the …
Read More »EC Review Committee disqualifies 23 applicants in Asuogyaman
The District Registration Review Committee of the Electoral Commission has declared dozens of purported non-residents ineligible for registration after they were bused from the Volta Region to the Asuogyaman constituency in Eastern Region. These people were unable to identify significant landmarks or offer pertinent details about the areas they claimed …
Read More »Electoral Commission extends limited voter registration exercise
The deadline for the current limited voter registration exercise has been extended, according to the Ghanaian Electoral Commission (EC). The commission announced on social media that the registration period has been extended by two days, with a new expiration date of Wednesday, May 29, 2024. The initial plan was for …
Read More »I’ve not engaged Richard Jakpa to give false testimony in Ato Forson Ambulance case – AG
Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, has denied allegations made by members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) regarding an accusation made by Richard Jakpa, the third accused, during Thursday’s (May 23) court proceedings, that the Attorney General wanted his cooperation in order to get Cassiel Ato …
Read More »Attorney General pressured me to incriminate Ato Forson over the Ambulance case – Richard Jakpa alleges
Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame allegedly met Richard Jakpa, the third accused in the ambulance purchase trial, with the intention of accusing Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the former Deputy Finance Minister and minority leader. Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe advised Jakpa to give straight answers and not waste the court’s time during …
Read More »Hopeson Adorye granted GH¢20,000 bail
Bail has been granted to Hopeson Adorye, a vociferous member of the Movement for Change who was detained after he admitted to setting off dynamite in the Volta Region before the 2016 elections in order to support the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The Dansoman District Court granted Mr. Adorye bail …
Read More »Your allegations are all spurious and unfounded – NIA replies Omane Boamah
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has dismissed as baseless claims made by the opposition National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) director of elections that the government has criminalized state organizations like the NIA. On Tuesday, Omane Boamah asserted that the NIA, led by Prof. Ken Attafuah, had peculiarly selected the current voter …
Read More »It is not feasible to extend deadline of the ongoing voter registration – EC
According to the Electoral Commission (EC), extending the deadline for the current voter registration exercise is “not feasible.” The procedure has subsequently gone smoothly and without any problems across the nation, according to the EC, despite the technological difficulties that were faced during the exercise’s first two days. New voter …
Read More »“Have you abandoned your view that Akufo-Addo is the mother serpent of corruption? – Asiedu Nketia to Amidu
Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the national chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), claims he no longer believes in the values upheld by renowned lawyer and former special prosecutor Martin Amidu. He claimed that up until Mr. Amidu’s recent appeal to President Akufo-Addo asking to remove Kissi Agyebeng from her …
Read More »Joe Ghartey appointed Board Chair of Ghana Revenue Authority
President Akufo-Addo has named Joe Ghartey, a former minister of railways, to lead the reorganized board of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Elsie Addo Awadzi, the second deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana, Julie Essiam, the commissioner general of the GRA, and tax and fiscal policy enthusiast Dr. Alex …
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