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New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Nsawam-Adoagyiri in the Eastern Region, Frank Anor Dompreh, has said the heated exchanges on Monday involving Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, were unfortunate. Mr Anor Dompreh, who Chairs Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee said although the Foreign Affairs Minister was provoked, she could have managed the situation better. “We are humans and one way or Read More

Barely two months after maverick politician and businessman Kennedy Agyapong accused Politicians from the three Northern Regions of Ghana of not lifting one another up because they believe the race to the top is a competition where each of them thinks of himself first rather than support one another, Mr Agyapong is now asking the two most respected politicians from Read More

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested a 30-year-old Zimbabwean woman at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) for trafficking illicit drug. The suspect, Cynthia Lichonja, was arrested on Monday, December 3, 2018 by operatives of NACOB at KIA when she disembarked from an Ethiopian Airways flight. Ms. Lichonja was accosted while going through arrival formalities. A search in her checked-in Read More

Incontrovertible information available to MyNewsGh. com indicates that the former Managing Director of the State Housing Company (SHC)under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Dr. Samuel Sarpong would face prosecution for misappropriation of public funds during his tenure in office. Dr Samuel Sarpong during his tenure as Managing Director of the State Housing Company (SHC) was alleged to have misappropriated public funds, Read More

the Minority in Parliament has stated that the cost components of the Sinohydro deal by the government was, "over bloated" and has, therefore, called for a reduction in the cost. It said the cost for components like the project office, photographs, client services, among others, were "outrageous" and a "rip off." The Minority Members of Parliament (MPs), led by the Ranking Read More

Over the weekend social media was awash with visuals of what could pass for a castle said to be a building belonging to Former President John Dramani Mahama located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The mansion with an interior gold design had several social media users tongue-lashing Ghana’s Former President and making all manner of disparaging remarks about him Read More

A lawyer and governance expert, Dr. Eric Oduro Osae, has said his reading of the law makes it clear to him that ex-Presidents John Mahama, John Kufuor, and John Rawlings can all contest for the high office of the land. Dr. Oduro Osae says the six months administration led by Mr. Mahama prior to contesting in the 2012 general elections Read More

A Libyan official said at least 14 refugees died off the North African nation's coast while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. Colonel Hisham Aldwaini, a spokesman for Misrata's security forces, said on Tuesday a wooden boat was found off the Libyan port city with two bodies on board. He added that 12 others had been thrown into Read More

A flagbearer hopeful of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Albert Babgin has expressed outrage with the GHS400,000 filing fee expected to be paid by all flagbearer hopefuls of the party. All male flag bearer aspirants of the NDC are expected to cough up GHS400,000 as filing fee while their female counterparts and persons with disability pay GHS200,000 and Read More

NDC Presidential hopeful Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has said he will file his nomination as a disabled candidate since he is visually impaired. “Speaking for myself, I am visually impaired and totally fall into that category. We knew how much, until recently, ministers of state and MPs were receiving by way of remuneration. After filing, I would expect all aspirants to Read More