Baffour Amoa, a board member of the Small Arms Commission has warned of the dangers of political parties enabling and arming young men who he said cannot control their emotions. The prospect of losing control of our young men is a major threat to the peace of the country, he said on Citi TV’s The Point of View yesterday, Monday. …
The Coalition on the Right to Information (RTI) Ghana, the Media Coalition on RTI and Occupy Ghana; collectively known as the Coalition have raised concerns over the new amendment to the Bill. Parliament last week approved an amendment to the Right to Information Bill (RTI) which seeks to extend the date for the commencement of the Bill after it is …
The National Democratic Congress [NDC] Ashanti Regional Secretary Kwame Zu has denied the existence of feuding groups in the party in the Ashanti Region. A shooting incident which left one man dead and another injured has led to suggestions that the violence was set off by tensions between two factions in the party in the region. Speaking on the Eyewitness …
Government will today Tuesday, February 19, 2019, simultaneously inaugurate six newly created Municipal and District assemblies in the country. The six are the Korle-Klottey Assembly with the capital to be Osu, the Ablekuma Central with the capital Laterbiokorshie, Ayawaso Central Assembly with Kokomlele as its capital. The rest are Achiase Assembly with Achiase as its Capital, Anloga Assembly with Anloga …
Key industry leaders are demanding answers from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on concrete steps that the government will take to forestall peace and ensure a secure working environment for businesses to thrive. Ahead of this year’s state of the nation address on Thursday, some of the industry players are calling on the President to use that opportunity to assure …
The New Patriotic Party’s Regional Youth Organiser for Brong Ahafo, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC has petitioned the Director General of the Criminal Investigative Department of the Ghana Police Service to “arrest, interrogate and prosecute” former HIV/AIDS Ambassador Joyce Dzidzor Mensah Yawavi for “fraud.” According to Abronye DC, Ms Yawavi has violated section 248 and section 251 of …
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has asked landlords and property owners to demand proof of residence or legal stay of foreign nationals before renting out their properties to them. The GIS warned that it would begin prosecuting landlords and property owners who rented out their facilities to foreigners without proper immigration documents. According to the GIS, it was illegal for …
The Commander of the National Security SWAT, the group at the centre of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence, yesterday told the Justice Short Commission investigating the incident that he did not know why some members of his team wore masks. Almost three weeks after the incident, DSP Samuel Kojo Azugu said he was “yet to get that information”. In …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has confirmed the death of a member following a shooting incident which occurred at one of the party’s offices in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi. The party has, through a statement signed by its Regional Secretary, Kwame Zu confirmed the news saying “We regret to announce that one of the two men who were shot …
A policy think tank, Institute for Energy Security has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to call the Board Chairman and Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to order. In what has been described as a turf war, the Chief Executive, Dr. K.K Sarpong and Board Chair, Freddie Blay have butted heads over procurement functions. The civil society …
