POLITICS

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 …

Following investigations into claims of misconduct, extortion of money from Ghana Card applicants, and violations of the NCA’s Standard Operating Procedures and applicable public service rules while performing their duties as public servants in charge of registration activities, the National Identification Authority (NIA) has fired 10 staff members. Following comprehensive …

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) is on strike, and the minority in parliament has urged the government to stop using threats instead of working with them to address their issues. Following their industrial action to seek improved working conditions, teachers went on strike in August, and …

Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a potential flagbearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has criticized the party’s leadership for failing to grasp events surrounding the selection of the party’s presidential candidate for the 2024 elections. Dr. Afriyie Akoto, a former minister of food and agriculture, claimed in an interview with …