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By Gifty Boateng The 1st Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor, ordered the Marshals to walk the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Effiduase/Asokore constituency in the Ashanti Region, out of the floor. The incident on Tuesday June 10, nearly turned the chamber into a chaotic scene after the minority side waded into the matter and insisted, they will not allow the Marshals to carry out the order. The whole incident unfolded after the MP out of the blue, requested the speaker to admit a motion to discuss the on-going strike action by the Ghana Registered…

By Gifty Boateng As part of it on-going investigations, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), has stormed the offices of the Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML). The Office is reported to have raided the SML offices with active support from operatives from the National Security and also with a search warrant. It is unclear when the operation was conducted but The New Republic has gathered that the company’s offices at Tema and Osu in the Greater Accra Region, were affected. The act was conducted at the same time. While the OSP continues with it investigation, the search became necessary…

By Gifty Boateng The family of the beleaguered former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, has waded into his case with the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), following his failure to appear before the anti-graft body on Monday 2 June. The family is displeased with the decision by the Office to put back the name of their member on Interpol Red Notice, aimed at finding him around the world and extraditing him back into Ghana to answer questions for his stewardship. The former minister is wanted for his involvements in corruption and corruption related scandals, including his payment of $58 million…

By Gifty Boateng The much-touted strike action announced by the leadership of the Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU), in response to the introduction of the GHc1 levy has been called off. The New Republic is learning this follows a favourable engagement between government and the leadership of the GPRTU. The biggest transport Union had intended to embark on an industrial action this week as a result of their strong objection to the levy nicknamed dumsor levy. They had expressed disquiet about government’s decision to spring a surprise on them after agreeing to reduce transport fares barely two weeks…

By Gifty Boateng A former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kwadaso constituency, Dr Samiu.Kwadwo. Nuamah, has recounted how Ashanti Regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, abused political power and ousted him. According to the one term MP, he was personally threatened by the embattled chairman popularly known as Wontumi, ahead parliamentary primaries that he was going to be unseated. He was however, never told his crime. Repeatedly, the academic said, Wontumi told him his defeat was imminent and that he, the chairman, has been asked to oust him and ensure he does not return to…

By Gifty Boateng Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation (GIHOC), Maxwell Kofi Jumah, left office with his official vehicle, despite a ban on vehicle acquisition by the then Akufo-Addo government. According to reports, the in-law of former President Akufo-Addo, did not only leave office with his official vehicle, costing the debt-ridden Company $90, 000, he apparently auctioned the property to himself at a paltry sum of GHc40, 000. This was disclosed by the deputy director of operations at the presidency, Mustapha Gbande recently. “He managed to purchase a vehicle that was bought $90, 000…

By Gifty Boateng There is murmuring and expression of disappointment in the Greater Accra Regional branch of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), over appointment neglect. The complaints mainly from the constituency chairmen, come at a time the government has barely completed measures to put in place various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) at the local level. The peeved party executives claim they have been snubbed by the government and party after wasting resources in the campaign that saw the NDC win majority of the votes both in the parliamentary and presidential elections in the region. Some say…

By Gifty Boateng A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, is on the verge of losing his status. The party threatening to drag him to one of the most important decision making bodies, the Council of Elders, for a decision on him. General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Kodua has pledged to personally lead the charge to table the issue during the next Council meeting and that will include a suggestion to strip him of his status. According to the party scribe, Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe as an elder who could have been part of the Council, to provide…

By Gifty Boateng The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tafo constituency, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, found himself in a rather embarrassing situation on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, June 4. The two-time MP and legal professional was seemingly caught off guard, displaying a shocking lack of knowledge regarding the basic tenets of a search warrant. Assafuah, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, attempted to corner the Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, about the specifics of recent search warrants. These warrants have been the bane of many former officials from the erstwhile government and members of the NPP,…

By Gifty Boateng President John Dramani Mahama, has expressed concern about the frightening number of excavators in Ghana, saying it is the highest in Africa. The president, has announced a policy shift aimed at ensuring that the importation of these earth moving machines, are done in a regulated manner and monitored. “Ghana has more excavators than any other country in Africa”, he said while speaking at the Global Mining in Motion Summit on Monday, June 2, 2025, stressing the need for a more effective regulations to control mining activities. The president said what his administration is going to do is…