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An Accra based businessman who has petitioned Ghana’s apex court over the anti-LGBT Bill currently before Parliament has said threats on his life because of his stance against the said Bill would not discourage him from seeking a Supreme Court interpretation its constitutionality and human right infringements. Henry Kojo Tetteh is alleging that the petition he filed has earned him stigmatization, threats of harm, physical confrontations and even threats that   he would be raped through his anal area without lubricants to give him a first-hand experience on what gays go through. “As for the threats from some insane folks that…

Ghana’s seat of Government, the Jubilee House, has been enveloped in an uneasy calm over the continuous nature of the disagreements between the high-principled Dan Botwe, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, on one side and the adorable Irene Naa Torshie Addo-Lartey, Administrator of the Districts Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), the disbursement of District Common Funds in a style which would be in the best interest of Government. The impasse between the two government appointees seems irresolvable even after the President himself, Nana Akufo-Addo is said to have requested to host a meeting between the two. Deep throats from…

Former National Youth Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Sammi Awuku has revealed that even though he remains a key campaigner of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s quest to become flag-bearer of the NPP, he is not the campaign manager per se. Awuku explained that he coordinates and runs important areas of the ‘Bawumia for 2024’ campaign but is not necessarily the head of the campaign. He pointed out that as at now, there is no formal structure to the campaign machinery of the Vice President but everyone in it understands their role and plays it according to…

Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has commissioned three (3) Rural Telephony sites at Tibungu, Jagriguyili, and Nagbligu in the Kumbungu and Tolon Districts – all located in the Northern Region of Ghana.  In order to provide basic telephone voice and data connectivity to underserved and unserved communities, the government has started construction of 3,000 cell sites under the GIFEC Ghana Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion Project. This is in line with the government’s digitalization agenda, which aims to create a strong digital economy and sustainable development throughout the country. READ ALSO: Refugees In Ghana Exempted From SIM Card…

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for the North Tongu in the Volta region has named a number of New Patriotic Party bigwigs he says are behind an amount of GHS187.3million to be paid them through an illegal means.  First on the list he mentioned is cousin to President Akufo-Addo – Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame, among others. The National Democratic Congress lawmaker made this known in a Facebook post. READ FULL UNEDITED POST BELOW:  The Kitchen Scandal The Kitchen Scandal is a tale of betrayal, bravado, double standards, influence peddling, dishonesty, greed,…

The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has detailed in a new corruption scandal he describes as “The Kitchen Scandal” how Mr. Gabby Otchere-Darko, a prominent member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) wants an amount of GHS187,356,969.55 paid to a certain company.  In a Facebook post on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 – the NDC lawmaker revealed that, “Gabby’s law firm, Africa Legal Associates (see articles of incorporation attached) now represent West Blue. Who would have predicted this considering the political tsunami Gabby and his collaborators created for President Mahama a few years ago…

Dan Botwe, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, has written a letter to President Nana Akufo-Addo in which he strongly fingered Irene Naa Torshie Addo-Lartey, Administrator of the Districts Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), over what he described as her refusal to cooperate with his Ministry in the equitable disbursement of District Common Funds in a style which would be in the best interest of Government. “It is instructive for His Excellency to note that, this Ministry has not had the expected level of cooperation from the Office of the Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund. “In the past…

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Parliament) will hold its Extraordinary Session in Winneba in the Effutu Constituency of the Central Region in September, 2023. Holding the session in Winneba is praiseworthy given that such important large gatherings are almost always held in the Capital cities of host countries where adequate facilities tend to readily available. But the decision to hold the session in Winneba was championed by the Ghanaian delegation in Liberia for the Joint Delocalized Meeting, led by Deputy Majority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Effutu Constituency, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin.…

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is set to present the 2023 mid-year budget review in Parliament today, Monday, July 31, 2023. Originally slated for July 27, 2023, the presentation was later rescheduled to July 25, 2023, only to be cancelled again until further notice. The last-minute cancellation of the budget review has stirred curiosity among Members of Parliament (MPs) and the public alike, with various speculations emerging about the possible reasons behind the delay. “In accordance with Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), the Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review of the Budget Statement and Economic…