POLITICS

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   Leader of the church of Rabbi, Prophet Kwabena Tawiah has confessed rigging the 2016 polls spiritually for the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. “Do you know how NPP and Nana Akufo-Addo won the 2016 polls? …I called dead spirits, …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The family of the late former Vice-President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has announced a $1-million initiative to help retain top professors at the Economics Department of the University of Ghana. The initiative, dubbed the “K. B. Amissah-Arthur Chair in Economics”, will ensure the naming of a …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The family of Ghana’s late ex-Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has instituted a PhD Award scheme, fully funded by the family in perpetuity at the Economics Department of the University of Ghana.The family has also commenced an annual K.B. Amissah-Arthur Economic Forum in his memory.The first forum …

by/brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has been crowned Digital Leader of the Year at the 9th edition of Ghana Information Technology & Telecom Awards (GITTA) held in Accra on Friday, 28 June 2019.It was organised by Instinct Wave.The award ceremony was to recognise institutions and personalities …

    MP for Suhum, Frederick Opare-Ansah, is to replace MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, as Chairman of Parliament’s Committee on Communications, the Committee of Selection of Parliament has announced. Mr Agyapong will now head the Committee on Local Government. The changes, which are part of a re-composition …

Deputy Managing Director of the Bulk Oil and Storage Transportation (BOST), Moses Asem has been arrested for using a siren in his V8 to beat traffic on the Dawenya highway. Mr. Asem who is a former District Chief Executive (DCE) for North Tongu was arrested with 29 other errant drivers …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says, contrary to some assertions, Ghana is not a xenophobic State, and has no problems with fellow Africans living and working in the country.   According to President Akufo-Addo, “there is no xenophobia in Ghana, we are not …

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare 6     Members of the Council of State have urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to explore ways of ensuring that only the vibrant political parties remain on the Commission’s registry. Unanimously, they said the majority of the parties were dormant and did not have representation in …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of masterminding a plot to disenfranchise its support base. “The deployment of the BVR [Biometric Voter Registration] equipment did not follow any predetermined formula made to be accepted by stakeholders to give assurance of …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   E-mailTweetWhatsAppShareShare The Auditor-General has described as untenable, the ¢190,400 special sitting allowances paid to Members of Parliament by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA). A special audit undertaken by the office into selected state institutions, reveals part of the amount is also captured as honorariums and …