Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery has told the Emile Short Commission probing the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence that the vehicle used by the masked security men did not belong to the Police Service. According to him, in his interaction with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), he came to understand that the Service did not release any vehicles for…
The prime suspect in the murder of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency, Daniel Asiedu, has for the second time accused some elements within the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of contracting him to kill JB Danquah Adu. He told an Accra Magistrate Court on Wednesday that he planned the murder with these individuals and was…
A Ghanaian citizen, Bismark Aborbi-Ayitey, has filed a suit at the Supreme Court, challenging the Electoral Commission’s decision to hold the Ayawaso West-Wuogon by–election on January 31, 2019. According to the plaintiff, per Article 112 (5) of the 1992 Constitution, a bye-election is supposed to be held 60 days after a seat is declared vacant. It is his contention…
Government says it will not use the tax payer’s money to settle the aggrieved customers of embattled gold trading firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited. A statement issued on Thursday and signed by the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said although government sympathizes with customers of Menzgold following the failure of the latter to meet its contractual agreement with…
Some unidentified youth have attacked Rev Owusu Bempah’s Church over his ‘doom’ prophecies about some prominent Ghanaians during his watch night service on Monday. The leader of the Glorious Word Ministry made some chilling revelations about the fate of some leaders in Africa, especially Ghana. Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah made about eighteen revelations, which according to him were divided…
As part of measures to fight corruption in the public sector, stringent policies have been put in place by the government to prevent public servants from soliciting or receiving gifts before providing services. One such policy is the Ghana Gift Policy under the National Anti Corruption Action Plan (NACAP). The Ghana Gift Policy makes it compulsory for public office…
Sammy Gyamfi has beaten Fred Agbenyo for the Communications Officer position of opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Provisional results indicate Sammy Gyamfi beat Fred Agbenyo who was the deputy communications officer by a wider margin of about 4000 votes. Sammy Gyamfi used to be a spokesperson for former Kumasi Mayor, Kojo Bonsu and a member of Ashanti Regional Communications…
US First Lady Melania Trump has visited a former slave fort in Ghana on the second day of her solo trip to Africa. She said the “dungeon is really something that people should see and experience” and “what happened so many years ago is really a tragedy”. People were kept naked and chained in the 17th Century Cape Coast…
Barring any last minute changes, MyNewsGh.com has received incontrovertible information from the Presidency that the Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanteng has been moved to the Ministry of Health, John Peter Amewu current acting Minister of Energy will be confirmed as substantive Minister and Kojo Oppong Nkrumah made substantive Minister of Information in the latest Ministerial reshuffle…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as “shocking” the nomination of Mrs Jean Mensa as Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. “We are shocked because until this appointment, the President had given assurance to the nation that the persons to be appointed into the Commission would be persons whose integrity and…
