POLITICS

According to records revealed by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the member of parliament for North Tongu, the Bank of Ghana’s new premises originally cost just over US$81 million, but their current estimated worth is expected to go beyond US$250 million. In a publication dated August 17, 2023, the MP revealed, among …

250 bags of government-subsidized fertilizer intended for farmers were inside an articulated truck that was stopped by a joint team from the Ghana Police Service and National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) in Assin Fosu. The fertilizer, which is composed of cocoa ahuoden, aduane, and nti, was purportedly being shipped to Ivory …

If Kennedy Agyapong is elected president, the late investigative journalist Ahmed Suale’s family said they have reservations that Suale would receive justice. One of the ten contenders vying to be the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flag bearer for the 2024 elections is Kennedy Agyapong. Suale was brought up in recent …

Kennedy Agyapong, an outspoken member of parliament for Assin Central, is still unrepentant about his divisive support for the beating of late investigative journalist Ahmed Suale. Mr. Agyapong explained the context of his remarks in an appearance with Face to Face on Citi TV, saying that he particularly meant to …

In response to the exorbitant losses the bank incurred in the 2022 fiscal year, the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has petitioned Parliament to call Dr. Ernest Addison, Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), and the whole Board of Directors for questioning. The BoG, including all directors, must be forced …

The government’s recent adoption of a 10% withholding tax on wins from gambling, games, and lotteries has caused a great deal of popular uproar. Mr. Kennedy Agyapong, a candidate for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer candidacy, vehemently defends the recently implemented taxation policy, in contrary to the general consensus …

Mahama Ayariga, the Member of Parliament(MP) for Bawku Central, wrote to Dr. Ernest Addison, the governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), asking for information about the new BoG headquarters building at Ridge in Accra. The cost of the land on which the BoG’s new building is being built is …

National Executive Committee (NEC) member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Madam Araba Tagoe, has passed away. Her passing causes sadness in the NDC neighborhood. At the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, she passed away. On Sunday, August 14, she entered the hospital for admission. A …

Sam Nartey George, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram and the Member of Parliament for North Tongu and Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, have warned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo against launching an immediate military action in Niger in response to the recent …

George Opare Addo, the National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has urged the government to quickly repeal the 10% withholding tax that was recently imposed on all gross gaming wins. The NDC Youth Wing warned a series of protests in a press release if the government did …