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Former president John Dramani Mahama has questioned the logic behind calls for him to refund his ex-gratia following his promise to cancel the existing emolument structure for Article 71 Office Holders when he comes back to power.According to Mr Mahama, he rather finds it mindless for his critics including some people with legal backgrounds to demand such a retrospective action which runs contrary to the constitution.“You must show by example. If the economy is in crisis why should we take ex-gratia when the rest of the public and civil service don’t take it?”So, I said categorically that we will cancel…

Boris Johnson could be suspended from the House of Commons for a month and face a by-election after a group of top MPs said Covid rule breaches would have been ‘obvious’ him. A report by the Privileges Committee said that Mr Johnson may have misled the House by failing to tell the Commons about his own knowledge of ‘Partygate’ gatherings where the rules or guidance had been broken. It said MPs may also have been misled by Mr Johnson’s assertion that he relied upon repeated assurances that the rules had not been broken. The committee’s findings is considered to be…

New leaked messages reveal Matt Hancock scrambled to save his political career after pictures emerged of his intimate embrace with aide Gina Coladangelo during his time as Health Secretary. They are among the latest tranche of WhatsApp correspondence to be published by The Telegraph from the leak of over 100,000 messages by journalist Isabel Oakeshott to the paper. The messages centre on the hours after the former Cabinet minister found out that leaked pictures, and later a video, showing him in a romantic embrace which breached social distancing rules would appear on the front page of The Sun in June…

Thousands of residents mostly Muslims in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital on Friday besieged the Central Mosque to welcome the Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia. Dr. Bawumia was given a tumultuous reception when he stormed the venue to commission and handed over the Kumasi Central Mosque, which he renovated. As he arrived at the ground in the company of the National Chief Imam, the enthusiastic crowd mobbed him with songs of commendation in admiration and appreciation of his gesture for the Kumasi community. Dr. Bawumia personally funded the reconstruction of the iconic Mosque to an ultra-modern complex with an expanded…

Former President John Dramani Mahama who is desperate for power again appears to have stoked fire over the payment of the Ex-gratia to Article 71 officeholders.The former president who is trying to rebrand as an old wine in a new bottle is touting to scrap ex grata even though a similar promise had been made before when he was a president.Mahama had promised to scrap the retirement benefit given to top government officials under Article 71 officeholders, known as ex-gratia in the next NDC government when in an unlikely event Ghanaians vote for him. According to the former president who…

Edem Asinyo Edem Asinyo, a spokesperson of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer hopeful, Dr Kwabena Duffuor has revealed that his candidate did not receive salary talk of ex gratia when he served the state as Finance Minister. He pointed out that the former Finance Minister returned the ex gratia paid to him without making it public. “Dr Duffuor as a public servant did not take his salary, when he was given ex gratia as a matter of principle, he handed it over for development,” he said when speaking in an interview on Joynews in reaction to former President John…

James Gyekye Quayson The suspended Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyekye Quayson, yesterday suffered another defeat at the Supreme Court after his application for review of a decision regarding his criminal trial before an Accra High Court was unanimously dismissed. He had filed an application for review seeking the Supreme Court to reverse the previous decision of a five-member panel ordinary bench not to prohibit Justice Mary Yanzuh, from presiding over his trial at the High Court. The court, prior to dismissing the review application, also dismissed two oral applications by Tsatsu Tsikata, counsel for the accused, which…

An explosion at a crude oil pipeline in southern Nigeria has killed at least 12 people. Police in Rivers State said the blast was caused by thieves who were trying to steal oil. In the creeks of the Niger Delta, criminals frequently break into the pipelines and take the oil to illegal refineries. This hurts the country’s economy and also causes environmental damage. A civil society group said the number killed was far higher, as all the people who had gathered at the tapping point were killed in the explosion. Story By BBC

Nigeria’s Supreme Court has ruled that old banknotes remain legal tender until the end of the year, bringing relief to millions affected by a chaotic redesign of the naira notes. The justices said that not enough notice was given to the public before the old notes were withdrawn. Not enough of the new notes were released, leading to widespread anger and frustration. Many people were unable to get cash to pay for food and slept outside banks. The policy was announced last October and the new notes were released in mid-December. People were initially given until the end of January…

Algerian Consulate in Canada: Two housekeeping employees, who allege that they were exploited by the Algerian consul are seeking more than $450,000 in compensation. “Our clients, in addition to being literally exploited, were not entitled to any break, and their sick leaves were more or less rejected”, wrote lawyer Yasmina Boukossa, in 2021, in a letter addressed to the Consulate General from Algeria to Montreal and consulted by Le Journal.According to two civil lawsuits, Marisa Amaya, 65, and Elida Rivera Lopez, 69, two self-employed housekeeping workers, were victims of psychological harassment, abuse of power, insults, shouting, and humiliation by the…