The Deputy General Secretary for the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has claimed that the camp of 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo, was behind moves for the opposition party to hold a decentralised conference to elect national officers. According to him, while party loyalists who were in favour of defeated flagbearer hopeful, Alan [...]The post Kofi Adams Teases Akufo-Addo Loyalists appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

The Speaker, of Parliament Mr Edward Doe Adjaho, has constituted a special committee to conduct fresh investigations into the demolition, carried out by the Tema Development Corporation (TDC) at Adjei Kodjo in the Tema Metropolis, a fortnight ago. Although the Committee on Works and Housing, last Monday, began inquiry into the matter, the Speaker directed the new committee to take [...]The post Parliamentary Commitee To Probe Adjei kojo Demolition appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

The outgoing Headmaster of the Adisadel College at Cape Coast Reverend Herbet K.K. Graham, might be the happiest man on earth. Reverend graham is retiring with mouth-watering packages from the school. Apart from other incentives, the retired headmaster has been given four luxurious vehicles as retirement packages. The vehicles, a Nissan Xterra, Ford Explorer, BMW four wheel drive and an [...]The post ADISCO Old Boys Probe Ex-Headmaster appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Parliament is to set up a committee to follow up recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to ensure that public officials who misconduct themselves or abuse their offices are severely punished. The Speaker, Edward Doe Adjaho, is to meet the leadership of the House and the Chairman of PAC, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, to set up the bi-committee to look [...]The post Parliament To Establish Committee For PAC Report appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

A staunch member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa, has said that the Preventive Detention Act (PDA) of 1958 and 1961 were necessary at the time of its enactment. The Act, which was passed by the first post-inde-pendence Parliament permitted the detention of subversive elements without trial for up to five years and later extended to 10 [...]The post Prof. Akosa justifies Preventive Detention Act appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

A peace walk to celebrate this year’s World Hijab Day was held in Accra on the theme: “Hijab the pride of the woman”. The event, which was organised by the Greater Accra Branch of the Ghana Muslim Students Association (GMSA), was to sensitise the public on the need for Muslim women to wear the hijab veil as they go about their [...]The post Muslim Students Mark World Hijab Day With A Walk appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Recruitment into the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) will remain frozen until a thorough staff deployment exercise has been undertaken to provide the real needs of the service. This is because the under-utilisation of human resources has been identified as one of the problems confronting the service, a situation which led to the freezing, last year, of  recruitment into the GIS. [...]The post Recruitment Into GIS Still On Hold appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Four suspected armed robbers who allegedly terrorised residents of Kasoa “CP” and its environs have been arrested by the Police in the Central Region. The suspects, Yaw Seffa, 25, mechanic and kingpin of the group; Iddrisu Ibrahim, 19, driver; Anas Ibrahim,24, labourer and Haadi Osmanu, 22, designer; were reported to have been on the police wanted list for the past [...]The post 4 Kasoa CP Terrors Arrested appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated has been declared the most valuable brand in Africa outside South Africa  in the annual ranking of the global banking and financial magazine ‘The Banker’ in its special edition Brand Finance Banking 500 of February 2014. Present in more African countries than any other bank in the world, Ecobank has successfully taken advantage of its unparalleled footprint [...]The post Ecobank Ranked Top African Banking Brand appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Cabinet  has given approval for the establishment of the 600-million-dollar Atuabo Free Port project in the Western Region, which is expected to create more than 2,500 jobs. The construction of the free port, being promoted by Lornho, a leading British firm, will make Atuabo the West African hub for the servicing of vessels, especially those operating in the oil and [...]The post Cabinet Approves $600m Atuabo Port Project appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Real Madrid all but booked their place in the Spanish Cup final with convincing 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid in an ill-tempered first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu – the scene of last year’s final which they lost to their city rivals. It was hardly revenge served cold in a heated affair with both sides fortunate to finish with 11 [...]The post Real Madrid Take Big Leap Into Spanish Cup Final appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Ghana have lined up friendly matches against Costa Rica and Honduras and will camp first in Europe and then in the USA before the 2014 World Cup. The Black Stars will begin camping for their third successive finals on May 25 in Rotterdam where the Black Stars are scheduled to play the Netherlands on May 31. The team will then [...]The post Ghana Lines up More Friedlies appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.