The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), has cast doubt over the objectivity of the outcome of the Joe Ghartey Committee on allegations of bribery in parliament. According to a senior associate of ACEPA, Tuinese Amuzu, questions that were posed to witnesses who appeared before the committee were too skewed in a certain way that ...

A leading food manufacturing company, Promasidor Ghana, has donated assorted items towards Citi FM’s Easter Orphan Project. The company donated 120 boxes of its products including Cowbell and Onga food seasoning. Citi FM has adopted about three orphanages in the country who are supported consistently. They include the Baptist School Complex (BASCO), an orphanage at ...

The Volta Regional Minister, Archibald Letsa, has warned that the Alavanyo and Nkonya traditional areas risk being starved of investments if the communities do not commit to peace. He served this caution when he paid a working visit to the chiefs and people of Alavanyo and Nkonya traditional areas, to assess challenges related to their over-90-year-old ...

Former Ghana assistant coach Gerard Nus says he is still owed bonuses despite claims by the Sports Ministry that his debt has been cleared. But the Spaniard has been confirmed receiving a part payment of US$ 10,000 which is less than half the amount due him. ”The sports ministry paid me something last week, but ...

The Magistrate court hearing the case of assault against a manager of Marwako fast food, has set March 28, 2017, to rule on an application by the defence for the prosecution, to furnish them with all documents they intend to rely on. The court set the date after the prosecutor failed to comply with an ...

The Magistrate court hearing the case of assault against a manager of Marwako fast food, has set March 28, 2017, to rule on an application by the defence for the prosecution, to furnish them with all documents they intend to rely on. The court set the date after the prosecutor failed to comply with an ...

The man believed to be responsible for the attack in Westminster has been named as Khalid Masood, by the Metropolitan Police. Masood, who died in the attack, was not the subject of any current police investigations, but he had a range of previous convictions for assaults. The 52-year-old was born in Kent but was believed ...

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has postponed indefinitely its upcoming election scheduled for March 31, 2017. A statement signed by the Chairman of GJA’s Elections Adjudication Committee (EDAC), Ben B. Assorow, said they took the decision because they have received petitions appealing against some of the presidential nominees. “In view of the appeals/petitions that have come ...

A Russian man faces up to 10 years in jail for spreading a computer virus that cost victims more than $500m (£401m). Mark Vartanyan, 29, developed and distributed the Citadel Trojan, which lets criminals steal bank account details and hold files to ransom. US prosecutors said it had infected about 11 million computers worldwide. He ...

An Indian MP beat an airline employee repeatedly with a slipper after being unable to get a business class seat on an Air India flight. Ravindra Gaikwad later told Indian reporters he had “hit him 25 times with my sandal” for “arrogance”. The MP had been told he could not fly business class because it ...

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has paid a surprise visit to the Passports Office in Accra. He was at the office to assess at first-hand operations at one of Ghana’s busiest agencies. Dr. Bawumia took the time to interact with some applicants at the office to learn about their challenges and promised that government would ...

The four basic schools temporarily shut down in the Walewale Township of the West Mamprusi District have been reopened. The West Mamprusi District Education Directorate authorized the schools opening following the district assembly’s directive that the encroachers’ buildings should be demolished. The demolishing exercise was decided on at a meeting among the affected schools’ management, ...

Activities of illegal miners have led to the shutdown of the Ghana Water Company treatment plant at Kyebi in the East Akim Municipality of the Eastern Region. The treatment plant which takes water from the Birim River which flows from the Atewa Forest to be treated and supplied for both domestic and residential usage, has ...

Members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Banda in the Brong Ahafo Region, have rebuked their Member Parliament for accusing them of being behind planned attacks on non-natives in the area. Last week, government workers, including teachers, deserted their post following threats from a group calling itself the Concerned Members of Banda Ahenkro. The ...

A Russian man faces up to 10 years in jail for spreading a computer virus that cost victims more than $500m (£401m). Mark Vartanyan, 29, developed and distributed the Citadel Trojan, which lets criminals steal bank account details and hold files to ransom. US prosecutors said it had infected about 11 million computers worldwide. He ...

Highlife legend Nana Ampadu, has promised a pleasant surprise for the people who will attend Citi FM’s Music of Ghanaian Origin [#MOGO2017] dinner dance. Nana Ampadu will be thrilling the patrons of the event alongside the likes of AB Crentsil, Amandzeba Nat Brew, Adane Best, Kwabena Kwabena, Okyeame Kwame and some other surprise acts. These ...

Parliament by consensus on Wednesday [March 23, 2017] approved the budgetary estimates of the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs for the year 2017. This follows a motion moved by Mr Kofi Dzamesi, Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs on the floor of Parliament for the house to approve an amount of GHC34,328,789 as budget ...

The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has indicated that investigations have commenced into circumstances under which a senior Police officer was allegedly brutalised at the Flagstaff House. The then Director in charge of VVIP at the Flagstaff house, ASP Nanka Bruce, was allegedly assaulted, and a video which captured the attack went viral on social media. ...

The Westminster attacker was British-born and known to the police and intelligence services, the prime minister has revealed. In a statement to the Commons, Theresa May said he had been investigated some years ago over violent extremism but had been a “peripheral figure”. The so-called Islamic State group has said it was behind the attack. ...

Members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), have voted overwhelmingly to approve President’s Akufo-Addo’s nominee for Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mohammed Adjei Sowah. He needed at least two-thirds of the votes to be approved, but Mr. Adjei Sowah came out with all 109 assembly members endorsing him. Mr. Adjei Sowah is a former Greater Accra Regional Secretary ...