The Member of Parliament for Keta, Mr Richard Quashigah, has demanded an apology from Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia for describing the Minority in Parliament as “ignorant”.

Action Movement (AM), a pressure group sympathetic to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called for the immediate dismissal of some party bigwigs.

An amount of GH¢15 million has been allocated for  the reconstruction of  the block of the old Parliament House that got burnt on December 13, 2013.

A refurbished clinic of the Judicial Service, expected to provide improved healthcare services to judges and members of staff of the service, has been inaugurated at its headquarters in Accra.

A pre-decision information guide (PDIG) has been launched in Accra to address the lack of information on labour migration in the country and promote a right approach to the issue.

The Media Coalition Against Galamsey and its partners say the “appreciable response” to the National Red Friday campaign demonstrate the seriousness of Ghanaians to the fight against galamsey.

The leadership of the Konkomba community at Agbogbloshie has called on the Police Administration to take bold steps to ensure that persons who were arrested for possessing ammunition are dealt with in accordance with the law.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said after 60 years of independence, Ghana must think big and break away from being an aid-dependent and charity-driven economy.

Prof. Emmanuel Debrah has called for an investment mechanism for LEAP beneficiaries to make them financially independent. Lauding the programmme, he explained that even though LEAP had reduced poverty and debt levels among the poor, there is the need to make it more sustainable to fully alleviate poverty among the vulnerable in Ghana. The Senior Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana made this call during the panel discussion at the Multi-Stakeholder Social

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that programmes designed to help the poor and vulnerable must have clear-cut exit strategies, and is, therefore, urging the citizenry not to be unduly reliant on long-term aid projects. According to the President, such aid programmes and initiatives must be structured to enable beneficiaries strike out and be able to lead an independent life. 

  Government has begun discussions with officials of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to renegotiate the power compact agreement for a majority Ghanaian ownership for the concession of the Electricity Company of Ghana. This is to ensure that the concessioners of the wholly state owned Power Company is largely managed by Ghanaians with less foreign participation.

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has asked Mr Ibrahim Mahama, brother of former President John Mahama, to pay GH¢12.7m to the state by May 8, 2017 it has been gathered. The amount represents duty for construction equipment he cleared at the Tema Port and issued about 44 cheques which were not honoured. 

The Assin Central Member of Parliament, Mr Kennedy Agyapong has said that it was “shameful” for businessman Ibrahim Mahama to “issue 44 dud cheques” to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), hence must be prosecuted. The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has asked Mr Mahama, to pay GHc12.7million to the state by May 8, 2017.

Red-clad members of the Ada Songhor Salt Women's Association (ASSWA) on Friday marched through the district capital, Sege, in furtherance of their protest against Atsiakpo, the local strand of illegal mining of gold, otherwise called galamsey. Atsiakpo is the local Dangme name for the illegal mining of salt in the Songor Lagoon, and the women joined in the national call for a Red-Friday by the media coalition against galamsey as a clarion call for realistic steps to stop the menace.

The maverick Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Agyapong has revealed that there was a plot to kill him a few years ago but the Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch newspaper, Mr Ben Ephson helped to spoil the plan. In a radio interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen Programme Friday afternoon, Mr Agyapong said an informant had gone to Mr Ephson about the plot kill him [Agyapong].

Premier League giants Kumasi Asante Kotoko will have a chance to revive their season on Sunday when they travel to the Bekwai Park to face lower tier side, Bekwai Youth Academy, in an MTN FA Cup round of 64 clash.

The countdown to the second coming of Coach Kwasi Appiah ends today as the new Black Stars trainer arrives from the UK to begin his two-year mandate.

A first year student of the Mampong Nursing and Midwifery Training College on Thursday killed herself in protest over the course she was offered by the college. Bertha Frimpong allegedly drunk Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and fell unconscious.

A social worker has been remanded in police custody by the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly breaking into the house of his benefactor and stealing his two Apple Ipads valued at Gh¢5,400 at Ashongman near Accra The accused person, Zakaria Debe, is also alleged to have assaulted the house help of the benefactor by hitting her head against a wall in the process of the robbery.

Incoming Black Stars coach James Kwasi Appiah is confident that his second stint at the helm of the senior national team will be a success if he is supported by all Ghanaians. Appiah will officially take up the post on May 1 after he puts pen to paper on a two-year contract with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in the coming days after already agreeing to personal terms.