The Minister for Defence, Mr Dominic Nitiwul, has severely criticised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority members in Parliament for saying that the current economic hardship is a serious security threat to the country. Speaking to journalists in reaction to the earlier press conference held by the minority, which was addressed by Mr James Agalga, ranking member of the defence committee, Nitiwul admitted that there were economic hardships in the country, but said the opposition party
President Akufo-Addo has touted actions being taken by Ghana to support global action against climate change. He said Ghana has, historically, demonstrated commitment to contributing to find solutions to global challenges, and the climate challenge is no exception. He pledged Ghana’s commitment to work with all stakeholders to reverse land degradation and deforestation, and halt climate change. The President was speaking at Ghana’s Pavilion at the ongoing twenty-seventh session of the Conference
More than 300 residents of Ogbojo, a suburb of Accra have been registered on to the National Health Insurance Scheme for free. The residents also benefited from a free medical screening organised by the Restoration Community Chapel. The gesture was in line with the Church’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and formed part of its 12th anniversary activities. It was organised in partnership with a non-governmental organization, Doxa Women of Substance. Speaking in an interview with the media,
The feud between Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known Shatta Wale or Bandana, and his former Manager, Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, alias Bulldog, has taken a new twist. Bulldog (plaintiff) has sued Shatta Wale (defendant) for alleged defamatory statements made about him, to the effect that he had a hand in hip-hop star Kwawkese’s late Manager, Fennec Okyere’s death. According to the writ of summons filed on November 7, 2022, Shatta Wale allegedly made the categorical statement
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the defunct Beige Bank, Michael Nyinaku, has pleaded not guilty to 44 criminal charges – stealing, defrauding, breach of trust, and money laundering. The accused pleaded not guilty before the Financial and Economic Division ‘2’ of the Accra High Court, presided over by Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe yesterday. The court has granted Mr. Nyinaku bail in the sum of GH¢200 million with three sureties, two to be justified by landed property.
The demand by some New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) that Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta be removed from office has triggered fresh pressure on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to also reduce the size of government. Some analysts who spoke to The Chronicle said merely replacing Ofori-Atta and Charles Adu Boahen would not solve the country’s economic problems, because the crisis was being caused by external factors. This time the pressure on the president to downsize
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) was founded in 1957 as the game’s governing body in Ghana. It is a representative democracy and the umbrella organisation for all football clubs and other interest groups in the country. The above definition is not by The Chronicle, but as published on the website of the GFA. It adds, instructively, that the main objectives, enshrined in its statutes, are to develop football around the country, organise domestic competitions and protect the integrity
I don’t claim to be more concerned about the communication situation in the NPP than any follower of the Elephant family but the apathy of the communication teams to the extent that the Okyenhene had to stand up in defence of the President culminating the resultant flak is unfortunate. Yes, things are tough from the post pandemic political-economic realities and the Ukraine/Russia geopolitical upheaval which is biting the entire world and the situation might even get tougher
The Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has said the presidential standard bearer of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, is ‘sidelining’ him and has threatened to ‘teach him a lesson’ for contesting against him (Atiku) in the party’s presidential primaries in May. Mohammed had contested against Atiku in the May 28 primaries held at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, where he alongside 12 other aspirants was defeated. Out of 767 accredited ballots at the
The Federal Government revealed on Tuesday that over 12,000 inmates were released from various prison centres across the country within the last six years in line with the policy of prison decongestion. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami revealed this to members of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters during the 2023 budget defence session with the committee. Malami, who made the declaration in response to a question from
The Federal Capital Territory High Court has convicted Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for contempt of court in relation to his agency’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court. In a ruling on Tuesday, Justice Chizoba Oji held that the chairman of the anti-graft agency, is in contempt of the order of the court made on November 21, 2018, directing the commission to return to an applicant, his Range Rover (super charge) and the
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has slammed the Federal Government over the payment of half salaries to lecturers in October. In a statement on Tuesday by ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, the union condemned the ‘pro-rata’ payment to its members and accused the government of an attempt to reduce Nigerian scholars to casual workers. ASUU had on October 14, 2022, called off its eight-month strike after the National Industrial Court ordered the lecturers to resume. “The action
The Ghana Lotto Operators Association (GLOA) and the Lotto Agents Associations (CLAAG) yesterday threatened a nationwide demonstration over the reduction in the commission paid to lotto writers by the National Lottery Authority (NLA). The two Associations will as well close all their offices until the government and NLA reverse the commission that had been deducted. Addressing the media at a stakeholders’ engagement in Accra, the Executive Secretary of CLAAG, Kweku Duah-Tawia, said: “An
The Global Programme Director of Verité’s Forced Labour Indicators Project (FLIP), Josephine Dadzie, has called on the media not to rush and report on forced labour cases, but take time to investigate them. According to her, media reports, to a very large extent, inform policy direction, therefore, if issues of forced labour were not well investigated before being putting out in the public domain, chances were that the problem would not be well diagnosed. Facilitating a day’s media workshop
The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, has asked residents and assemblymen in the Ketu–South Municipality to be patient and also give way to peace that will ensure the development of the area. The Regional Minister, who was on a fact finding mission to Adina, near Aflao, following misunderstanding between the residents and Seven Sea Salt Company Limited, a salt mining company, which was accused of operating without legal documents, said peace was important and must be observed at
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Developed world to redeem a 13-year-old pledge to make available $100 billion annually to help developing countries fight the scourge of climate change. This is because climate adaptation costs are currently outstripping current international public finance flows. “We must, as a matter of urgency, mobilise and scale up adaptation finance inflows to ensure that vulnerable countries are able to meet their adaptation needs,” he said on Tuesday,
The People National Convention (PNC) has recommended to the government to take charge of the importation and pricing of petroleum products to ensure prices are affordable to the ordinary Ghanaian. In a statement issued in Accra yesterday, the party also advised the government not to pay attention to the few individuals trying to thwart its efforts by saying it is impossible. The following is the full statement; The President of the Republic, HE Akuffo Addo, has asserted that the country is in
Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye popularly known as Strika in the Hollywood movie, ‘Beast of No Nation’, has reappeared in the spotlight on social media after a hiatus of many months. While his fellow actor Abraham Attah rose to international prominence, Strika has been struggling to make progress as his career is of concern. He has occasionally been in the news for not being able to make good use of the fame he got from starring in the international movie, ‘Beast of No Nation’ Well, the young
The month of November has started on a high note music wise following so many artists pushing the release of their Singles, albums and EPs. A lot of Ghanaian artists are all set and ready to bless music lovers with good music this Friday and as usual music fans are ready to update their playlists. Wendy has released the official track list for her upcoming Ep ‘Enigma’. The project which is set for a November, 11 release has 7 solid songs with no feature that were created by herself and the
Days after his absence at the Hogbetsoso Rave in Volta Region, Dancehall Artiste, Shatta Wale has explained his side of the story on Facebook. After days of silence, Shatta has taken to social media to state reasons for his absence on stage. Stating his side of the story, the Dancehall Artiste expressed that he was disrespected by the organizers. Shatta Wale explained that, he was driven directly to a radio station to grant an interview when he already had an agreement with organizers that he
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