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President of the Ghana Bar Association says it is time to have a review of the 1992 Constitution. Anthony Forson’s comments come on the back of recent agitations by some Ghanaians asking for a total overhaul of the document. The campaign is being led by members of the #FixTheCountry movement who say the Constitution has outlived its purpose. Speaking with Israel Laryea...
General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Justice Yankson has explained that not every bad experience with a health facility should be construed as medical negligence. “Technically speaking, negligence is not coterminous with careless acts,” he said. Dr Yankson said, “in a straight legal analysis, negligence means more than a careless conduct, whether in omission or commission. It properly connotes...
The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has said that the party would break the 8 years of unprecedented economic hardships Ghanaians are being subjected to under the NPP government. Addressing a gathering of party faithful in Techiman as part of former President John Mahama’s thank you tour of the Bono East Region, Mr....
Senior Research Fellow and lecturer at the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy, Dr Ken Ahorsu, has opined that, it is not advisable for ECOWAS to issue sanctions against Guinea due to the recent coup. According to him, because President Alpha Conde did not play by the rules, he cannot be seen as a legitimate ruler, hence ECOWAS will...
A former Interior Minister and Chief of Staff, Prosper Bani, says Ghanaians at the moment do not need government to construct 111 hospitals for them. According to him, the immediate solution to health challenges in the country lies with furnishing existing hospitals with the needed equipment, more employing doctors and running them effectively. Speaking on Upfront on JoyNews, Mr Bani said,...
n 9 February 2016, J.B Danquah Adu was stabbed to death in the early hours of the morning. Subsequently, the police arrested a man for the murder. The man, Daniel Asiedu, later confessed to killing the MP, in a struggle as he tried to rob him, and was charged with murder. However, nothing can be said about the investigation several...
Former President John Mahama is fighting off claims that his recent comments may be a prediction of violence in the next general elections. Mr Mahama says his utterance regarding a ‘do or die’ affair at polling stations in 2024 has been misconstrued by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). During his ‘Thank You’ tour, John Mahama reiterated this suspicion on Tuesday,...
A couple of days ago, there were reports that Kumawood actor, Agya Koo had issued a warning to Ghanaian parents to send their children abroad due to the current state of insecurity in the country. The actor has however, come out to deny the reports and has called out media houses who are publishing the story to desist from...
Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has alleged on radio that the main opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, plans to kill a journalist. The journalist in question is Kumasi-based Luv Fm’s Erastus Asare Donkor, who he (Agyapong) had threatened recently over Erastus’ coverage of violent disturbances in Ejura in the Ashanti Region. According to him, the NDC’s plan was to...
The former President, John Dramani Mahama has once again taken a swipe at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his management of the economy which he says has brought “hardship in the country.” Mr. Mahama is of the view that the COVID-19 pandemic has become the convenient excuse for President Akufo-Addo and the NPP government for their mismanagement of the...

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