Over 200 workers of AFCONS Infrastructure Limited, the company building the 85-kilometre railway line from Tema to Akosombo, have laid down their tools. The workers on Monday demonstrated against their management over what they claim are “disparages in their working conditions.” Mr. Godwin Kwame Sodzi, spokesperson for the workers, told the media that, the ...
The government has condemned Monday’s shooting incident at the Ashanti Regional Headquarters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The incident left one person dead and several others injured. A statement from the government signed by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah expressed the government’s condolences to the affected family and urged the ...
The government has missed the deadlines for the completion of four (4) key hospitals listed in the Citi FM/Occupy Ghana petition on Ghana’s healthcare infrastructure and emergency response system. After months of airing special reports on a list of abandoned hospitals and other health facilities, Citi FM and pressure group Occupy Ghana petitioned the Office of ...
Brong Ahafo Regional First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe Abronye has petitioned the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), urging it to arrest former HIV Ambassador, Joyce Dzidzor Mensah for breaching some provisions of the Criminal Code. Mr. Abronye in his petition alleged among others that Joyce Mensah made a false declaration ...
Police have said four alleged members of pro-National Democratic Congress group, the Hawks, are suspected to be behind the attack at the Ashanti Regional NDC office in Kumasi that left one dead and one other injured. A statement from the police named the suspects as Warrior, Mijinmma, Damos and Abu Taliban. The crime scene has […]
Former President John Dramani Mahama has hit back at government for criticizing him for meeting with foreign diplomats in the aftermath of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. He said no amount of government propaganda can erase the shame created by the violence recorded during the by-election. “No amount of government-sponsored propaganda and distraction will ...
Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo has described former President John Mahama as unpatriotic for painting Ghana black to some diplomats and academics. Mr. Mahama met some diplomats on Wednesday over the violent clashes that occurred during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. Mr. Osafo Maafo said Mr. Mahama’s Wednesday meeting with diplomats to share the National ...
Former President John Dramani Mahama’s re-election bid is in limbo as he has been dragged to court for trying to contest in the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) presidential primaries slated for February 23, 2019. In a lawsuit sighted by citinewsroom.com, one Stephen Agyeman argues that Mahama’s re-election move violates the 1992 Constitution and he is thus ...
Members of Parliament on Thursday voted to reprimand the Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong who was found in contempt of Parliament. This was after he apologized in the House for some contemptuous comments he made against the House. Ken Agyapong was found guilty of contempt for describing Parliament as useless and cheap. He, however, insisted […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu has urged political parties to disband their vigilante groups said to be causing mayhem in the country. Addressing the press on Thursday, the IGP failed to give the political parties timelines to disband the vigilante groups but instead urged them “to immediately denounced their own vigilante groups […]
The families of the three kidnapped girls have threatened to embark on a demonstration at the Western Regional Police Command if the police fail to provide concrete results on the investigation of the girls by February 22, 2019. Addressing a press conference at Diabene attended by the families, Queen-mother’s, taxi drivers and residents, Micheal Hayford […]
The Commission of Inquiry investigating the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence will hold its first public hearing today, Thursday, at the Christiansborg castle at Osu in Accra. These public hearings will be opened to the public from 10:00 am. The Commission has requested members of the public wishing to submit information, statements, or other relevant […]
