Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye has suspended sitting for thirty minutes over what he describes as procedural irregularities on the part of the Minority in Parliament over their application submitted to Speaker to probe allegations of extortion on the part of Ministry of Trade from expatriate companies.
It would...
The contest for the flagbearer position of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 election is likely to be keen as the former Trade Minister under the erstwhile John Mahama administration Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has launched the ‘Forward Agenda’ to help him lead the party ahead of the 2020...
The parlour of Parliament was nearly turned into a boxing arena, Tuesday, when the deputy Minister of Trade & Industry, Carlos Ahinkorah, and the MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, traded insult over alleged money charged expatriates who sat beside the President during the recent Ghana Expatriates Business...
Government has been urged to take control of the ailing assets of the Great Consolidated Diamond Ghana Limited (GCDG) and assist it secure prospective investors, the Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Mercy Adu-Gyamfi has appealed.
“I think it is time for them to hand over the mine back to government...
It is almost impossible to see the logic in Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, argues Shibley Telhami, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Middle East Policy.
But if Trump’s undoing of decades of U.S foreign policy stance on Jerusalem is an illogical aberration,...
President Akuffo Addo has been named amongst 100 of the most influential Africans on the continent for 2017 by the New Africa Magazine.
He made the list as one of only three heads of state, including Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Alpha Conde of Guinea.
Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo also...
Customs and border controls in many African countries remain a governance challenge and that more is needed to achieve free movement of people and goods on the continent, Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said.
Ms. Songwe, speaking at the 2017 Africa Economic Conference...
The Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma Central Constituency , Hon Ebenezer Gilbert Nii Narh Nartey, has expressed dismay at the shameless sale of African immigrants into slavery in Libya urging Ghanaian youth to channel their desires into maximising the opportunities created by the government in agriculture.
According to him...
Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, has encouraged Ghanaians to develop a new mindset towards life and strive to shun negative tendencies that will retard growth of the country.
According to the Speaker of Parliament if the country wants to accelerate development and increase productivity, workers must stop covering...
Majority of Ghanaians want stiffer punishment for corrupt public officials, including jail time, restitution of stolen funds, and public shaming, according to a new Afrobarometer survey.
Findings show widespread popular perceptions of corruption in both government and private-sector leadership, with the police and judges most widely seen as corrupt.
But public...