Mahama to take a break from politics after Defeat

President John Mahama’s immediate plan after his heavy election defeat is to take a long break from politics.

But in the long term, the outgoing President foresees himself working on sub-regional, continental and global issues.

“I have no plans yet. My immediate intention is to take a well-deserved rest after three years of working without a single break.”

“I guess that going forward I will be more engaged on sub-regional, continental and global matters,” President Mahama said

Transition team reaches agreement on ‘last minute contracts

 Both sides of the transition team have reached a compromise regarding the signing of new contracts and other decisions with major financial implications by the President John Mahama-led administration in its last days.

According to President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo’s transition team, the outgoing administration will hence take all such decisions in consultation with the incoming administration.

The new Spokesperson of the President-elect’s transition team, incoming Ofoase Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah confirmed this during the transition team’s second meeting on Monday.

The representative of President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo, on the Transition team, Yaw Osafo Marfo, had asked for clarity on alleged fresh recruitments into the public sector, and the awarding of fresh contracts days after the National Democratic Congress government lost the elections.

On these concerns, government reminded that

NDC setting traps for Nana Addo - Omari Wadie

 Michael Omari Wadie, a former constituency chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the West Wuogon constituency of the Greater Accra region has alleged that government is setting a trap for the incoming administration to fail.

He was speaking in an interview with Rainbow Radio’s morning show host, Kwame Tutu on their claims that government was awarding last minute contracts and recruiting people into various service institutions.

Former finance minister, Yaw Osafo Marfo and representative on the transition team for the president-elect; Nana Akufo-Addo had accused the government of

Ignore reports of ‘plastic rice’ on market – FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has downplayed reports of the influx of some fake rice purported to be ‘plastic rice’ on the Ghanaian market.

A video of the supposed plastic rice was circulating on social media platforms cautioning people against the purchase of that particular brand of rice. But speaking to Citi News, the Public Relations Officer of the FDA, James Lartey, indicated that

We planned to kill NPP Ashanti Regional Secretary – NDC Communicator

A communication team member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Christopher Aniboy aka Kawunda has made a shocking revelation that the party plotted to kill the Ashanti regional secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sam Payne prior to the election.

He made the revelation in an interview with Kwame Tutu host of Rainbow Radio’s morning show Frontline. Aniboy who doubles as the chairman for Concerned Youth Organization a pressure group within the NDC said emphatically that, they were contracted to kill Sam Payne.

According to him they schemed to crash his car which was to cause his death.

”We went to the regional minister’s house to plot and

Part of Nana Addo’s promises don't make economic sense – Prof Nuamah

A Ghanaian Professor at the American University, Mr. Kwaku Nuamah has said promises made by the President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo were meant to convince the youth to vote him and his party into power.

The one-district-one-factory, one-dam-one village, restoration of teacher and nursing trainee allowances and the restoration of the NHIS were a few of the many pledges made by the NPP Flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during his campaign in the run-up to the December 7 polls.

In an interview with VOA Africa, Prof. Kwaku Nuamah described the promises as

Fuel prices likely to shoot up by 2% - IES

The Institute of Energy Security has said fuel prices are likely to go up by 2% from December 16 to December 31, 2016 per the second pricing window.

Speaking to Benard Nasara Saibu on the Morning Starr, Principal Research Analyst at the Institute of Energy Security, Richard Rockson said consumers should brace themselves for an increment of not less than 2%.

According to Mr. Rockson, a market scan of the