Family members and friends of Wasihu Iddrisu, 35, a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Taskforce, who was shot and killed by the Hawks (another NDC vigilante group), went on the rampage last Monday in Kumasi to demand justice for the deceased. They said until former President John Mahama and the party’s leadership found something sensible to tell …
Information reaching Awake News indicates that the Central Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Robert Kingsford Jnr Jnr has reportedly flown out of Ghana following the news of his huge indebtedness to the National Investment Bank (NIB) which he has since refused to pay. Close relations to Chairman Kutin Jnr told Awake News he left the country …
There is confusion in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) over plans by Mubarak Masawudu to contest Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak for the Asawase Constituency in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the party. The campaign team of Masawudu is claiming that the some regional executives are scheming to frustrate their candidate so that he would drop out …
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has granted letters of commencement to the three development authorities to commence the full implementation of the $1-million per Constituency pledge under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) for the 2020 fiscal year. The commencement certificate makes available GH¢1.66 billion (equivalent of $320 million) for the 275 constituencies across the country. This covers $275 …
There appear to be a raging confusion over the decision by another High Court to rescind the bail granted Mr. Gregory Afoko in March this year. An Accra High Court presided over by Justice George Buadi in March this year granted Afoko bail in the sum of GH¢500,000.00 with two sureties, one to be justified after his lawyers …
Ghana’s economy is projected to grow by 7.5 per cent in 2019 from the 6.3 recorded last year, a study by the World Bank has stated. The growth is expected to be driven by both the oil and non-oil sector, which would remain high at 6.2 per cent, owing to revitalised productive sectors due to policy interventions in agriculture and …
