Governance

Peaceful End SARS protests in Nigeria yesterday turned into a bloodbath as military officers presumed to be working on the orders of the Presidency fired live rounds into protestors, killing ‘two’ and wounding several others. Fraud and Security Consultant, Richard Kumadoe has hinted that the actions of the military, under the supposed direction of the

Kwaku Asomah Cheremeh, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has said that the Ministry has currently 157 seized excavators in its possession. According to him, following a Cabinet decision in March 2020, his Ministry took direct responsibility to streamline and manage small-scale mining activities by taking an inventory of various equipment seized by the

In my previous article, I informed my wonderful readers some of the unbelievable feats of Her Majesty.po The Queen does not possess a passport because all passports are issued in her name so technically she does not need one especially since she’s the Queen not the president. She loves traveling and visits some countries more

Major (Rtd) Derek Oduro, the Deputy Defence Minister, has chastised the media for inciting the general public against MPs. According to the Deputy Defence Minister who is also the MP for Nkoranza North, MPs were voted for by the general public and they deserve to be loved by the public that gave them the mandate

A group calling itself the Dragons of Western Togoland military army has sent a note of caution to Energy Minister John Peter Amewu, Volta Regional Minister Archibald Yao Letsa and the MP for North Tongu, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, that it will move to claim “the motherland” in the next 21 days. The group sent

Ghana’s Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has deleted 7,000 ‘ghost’ names from the government’s payroll this year 2020. The acting Controller and Accountant General, Mr Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, said the names were cleared away after a team of auditors and accountants from the CAGD and the Auditor-General’s Department had toured the country to enumerate workers on

The total revenue of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) from 2016 to July 2020 has been recorded as Two hundred and sixty-one million, two hundred and sixty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty Ghana cedis, Nineteen Ghana Pesewas (GHs 261,262,366.19). In terms of internally generated fund (IGF), an amount of One hundred and Twenthy-Three Million, Six hundred

New members constituting the sub-metro council and town councils of Nhyiaeso sub-metro under the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly were officially inaugurated on Monday 14th September 2020. 19 counselors for the sub-metro and a total of 39 members making up the three town councils which are Nhyiaeso, Patasi-Suntreso and Santasi were simultaneously sworn into office by high

My Dear Kofi, I have just heard on the air that your government which came to power barely three years ago has been toppled by the Ghana Army. It is rather significant that most of the evils of which my government and I were accused and which were the main reasons for the overthrow of

The SAS Finance Group, of which the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, is CEO, has denied serving as a transaction advisor for an intended establishment of a national gold royalty company during the Mills-Mahama administration as claimed by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. The traditional ruler, once a friend and a business

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I thank you for welcoming me into your homes for the sixteenth (16th) time, as the fight to defeat COVID-19 continues not only in Ghana, but across the world. Day-in-day-out, countries, including our own, institute measures to try to limit and contain the spread of the virus, and return lives to

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has terminated the road contract awarded to Messrs Engineers and Planners owned by Ibrabim Mahama , brother of former president of Ghana John Dramani Mahama. A letter signed by the AG. Chief Director of Ghana Highways Authority, Edmund Offei-Annor reads “ the contractors, Messrs Engineers and Planners from all

A 9-member committee has formed by officials of the National Commission for Civic Education-Asokore Mampong Municipality to steer the construction of mechanized boreholes in various areas within Asabi community. The Committee was inaugurated abruptly after members were appointed at a Social Auditing engagement event which was held on Sunday within the community. After officials of

 On Wednesday, 19th August, 2020, the Mayor of the Kumasi City, Hon. Osei Assibey Antwi received a delegation from one of the best universities in the country, Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science and Technology (KNUST). The newly inducted Vice Chancellor of KNUST, Professor Mrs. Rita Akosua Dickson, led a high powered delegation from her outfit

Government of Ghana has launched www.deliverytracker.gov.gh, a website that helps the general public to “interrogate the data” on infrastructural projects undertaken by the Akufo-Addo administration. Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia launched the government website at a sponsored ‘Town Hall Meeting’ at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences auditorium in Accra on Tuesday, August

The National Identification Authority (NIA) of Ghana has come out with dates for the mop-up registration exercise in the Greater Accra Region, Bono, Ahafo and Bono East Regions. For the Greater Accra Region, the registration will start from August 24th to September 8th, 2020. The Bono Region and Bono East Region will start the exercise

Parliament of Ghana has approved government’s request to borrow a total of One Hundred and Sixty Six Million One Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars (USD 166,120,000) to purchase armoured vehicles from Israel for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). The armoured vehicles to be supplied under the contract agreements include Ten Units 8×8 Armoured

The Ministry of Finance has released the first tranche of funds for the free water supplied to Ghanaians under the COVID-19 pandemic combat and impact mitigation measures. At a media briefing in Accra on Friday,7th August 2020, to throw light on the subject, the Chief Executive of Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Engineer Worlanyo

The Environmental and Sanitation Unit of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has been resourced with 7 brand new Haojin motorbikes. They were provided by authorities of the assembly as a top up to other four which were supplied previously by officials. The objective is to equip staff of the unit to comb every part of

The first phase of the reconstruction of Asafo Market by Alhaji and Madina Company Limited is nearing completion, www.leakynews.net has observed. Findings from inquisition conducted by this medium through interactions with Project managers clearly point out that the project has reached a 95% level of completion; product of a speedy job delivery by the construction