EC UNDER ATTACK! WITH 5 CASES; SAYS NO TO AYARIGA

A little over a month to the December 7 elections, the Electoral Commission (EC) has been saddled with a series of court cases, obviously leaving it with less time to prepare for the polls.

NDC SACKS 23 REBELS

The ruling NDC has dismissed 23 members of the party, including about four incumbent MPs who are contesting as independent candidates in the December 7 general elections.

BOMB SCARE HITS KUMASI

Security agents yesterday cordoned off a street leading to the National Security Data Centre in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, after reportedly discovering suspected bomb-making materials in the vicinity.

MAHAMA CAN’T BE TRUSTED – SAYS NANA

The presidential candidate of the NPP, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has told the electorate that President Mahama’s eight-year record in office points to the fact that he cannot be trusted.

STOP ELECTION YEAR PROJECTS TO AVOID BUDGET OVERRUNS – PROF ASANTE

The execution of development projects during election years by successive governments has been identified as the major cause of the budget overruns that the country has experienced over the years, the Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research of the University of Ghana, Professor Felix Asante, has said.

YEA EMPLOYS MORE YOUTH

The Youth Employment Agency has so far employed 62,825 people as part of measures by the government to address the unemployment situation in the country.

GHC2.1BN LOST IN 2015 DUE TO EXEMPTIONS GRANTED

While the government continues its borrowing spree, a whooping GHC2.1 billion of tax revenue has been lost to exemptions granted in 2015.

DUMSOR LURKING AROUND? AS  TULLOW REDUCES GAS TO GHANA GAS BY 40MMSCFD

Generators and distributors electricity face a difficult task of supplying sufficient power in the next two weeks as the lean gas used by thermal power plants in the Aboadze enclave to fire thermal plants has dropped from 90 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (mmscfd) to 50mmscfd.