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Government is to launch an audit into the controversial Vice Presidents official building which is currently under construction to the tune of $13.9 million approved by the Mahama administration. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has denied the figures touted by the vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and the government with the NDC saying that those figures were not approved by the previous government. Some persons have questioned the necessity of the edifice when the country already has an accommodation for the presidents and vice presidents since 1993. The communications director for the NPP in an interview on Citi FM…

File photo[/caption] I am sure you saw the social media ‘joke’ about the ‘six killer diseases’ being whooping cough,measles,TB,Arsenal,Polio and The Black Stars! This was after our previously beloved ‘all conquering Black Stars’ were beaten so painfully against the run off play by Cameroon at the semi-final stage of the just ended AFCON in Gabon. Indeed, just after that game, a friend sent me a frightening message that his heart was broken and he felt like going blank or passing out. I called him immediately and advised him to take hold of himself and not do anything stupid to himself!…

The Ghana Police Service has allayed fears the over 200 dismissed police recruits from the  police training schools in the country will pose danger to the public. Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Supt. Cephas Arthur, told Onua FM Monday that the recruits “are no danger to the society,” indicating they did not train to the level of handling guns. “The dismissed trainees have not gotten to the level of handling guns and other weapons which could motivate them to take guns,” he explained. Rather, he said the trainee they have received will “be beneficial to the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has beaten competition from 2015 frontrunner, Kofi Annan to emerge the 2016 Most Influential Public Figure on Social Media in the Ghana Social Media Rankings spearheaded by Avance Media, CliQAfrica and Dream Ambassadors Foundation GH. President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2016 also gained the highest number of new followers among his competitors on the list numbering 935,145 which was also coupled with the highest number of engagements across Facebook and Twitter. His closest contender former president John Dramani Mahama, who ranked higher than him in 2015 also gained new followers in 2016 numbering 713,788 whilst former…

Greater Accra Regional chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Joseph  Ade Coker, says the government does not need rocket scientists to identify vehicles belonging to the state that are in individual hands.   “This is simple. They don’t need a rocket science to determine a car is a state property,” he said on Onua FM’s morning show, Yen Sempa on Monday. He thus condemned the invasion of people’s houses in a rambo-style by some persons said to be agents of the government, to confiscate vehicles believed to belong to the state. Mr Ade Coker consequently wants the government to publish…

Ghana’s debt bailout program with the International Monetary Fund may require “tweaking” after the nation’s new administration revealed that 7 billion cedi ($1.6 billion) in expenses were not accounted for by the previous government, the finance minister said. Government is in talks with the IMF and will seek to finalize an audit of the undisclosed spending by Feb. 15, Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta told reporters in the capital, Accra, on Sunday. Once the financing gap is established, the government will determine how it wants to raise funds for the shortfall, Ofori-Atta said. “By the end of the IMF visit,…

File photo                                                  EPA/CHRISTIAN THOMPSON[/caption] Some youth of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) from the Odododiodoo and Ablekuma South Constituencies in the Greater Accra Region stormed the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to halt the swearing in of government appointees on Monday. The youth accused the party’s regional executives of appointing people to the assembly who did not support their cause during the campaign to canvas votes for the then opposition NPP. Samuel Ofosu, who is the Odododiodoo NPP…

It’s hard to believe (and accept) that our significant other might ever even think about being unfaithful. But it happens, and in many cases, the signs are right there in front of us — and we ignore them. In the interest of protecting ourselves from heartbreak, we asked the experts to identify 16 key signs that could indicate when someone is thinking about committing the ultimate betrayal. Here’s what they said: #1. They’re guarding their phone. Today, it’s normal for people to be attached to their phones. But if you get the sense your partner is hiding it from you,…

It’s hard to believe (and accept) that our significant other might ever even think about being unfaithful. But it happens, and in many cases, the signs are right there in front of us — and we ignore them. In the interest of protecting ourselves from heartbreak, we asked the experts to identify 16 key signs that could indicate when someone is thinking about committing the ultimate betrayal. Here’s what they said: #1. They’re guarding their phone. Today, it’s normal for people to be attached to their phones. But if you get the sense your partner is hiding it from you,…

A journalist has petitioned the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the alleged Boakye Agyarko bribery scandal against Ghana’s parliament. In his petition dated February 3, 2017, Listowel Nana Poku asked CHRAJ to forgo any other investigation into the matter by Parliament itself on the basis that “they are the alleged committers of or actors in this matter in question”. Member of Parliament for Bawku Central alleged on January 27, 2017 that Mr Boakye Agyarko, then Energy minister-designate, attempted bribing the minority members on the Appointments Committee of Parliament with GHC3,000 each to facilitate his approval…