Top stories of the week ending July 5

MONDAY

Blows over Mahama boys

Confusion has erupted between Vincent Kuagbenu, the newly appointed Executive Director of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), formerly known as Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Agency (GYEEDA), and the outgoing boss, Kobby Akyeampong.

TUESDAY

Mahama's reshuffle moves to the banks

Reliable information reaching The aL-hAJJ points to President John Dramani Mahama, in the coming days, announcing major restructuring of some public institutions, particularly those in the financial sector, as part of final major reshuffle of his administration in preparation for the crucial 2016 polls.

WEDNESDAY

Akufo-Addo accused of causing financial loss to the state

The Judgment Debt commission has accused the Kufuor Administration and in particular, New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo for causing financial loss to the state in the GNPC drill ship scandal.

THURSDAY

Akufo-Addo mad at Kufuor: Avoids Afoko, Agyapong

In its June 2015 edition, Africawatch magazine made a profound statement and followed it with a rhetorical question "…the NPP is immersed in deep distrust and undercurrents of treachery in the party pose a clear and present danger to its fortunes... The only remaining question is whether Akufo-Addo can fix the broken trust in the party in time for the next elections?" The paper asked.

FRIDAY

Nana Konadu questions EC boss' nationality

Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has questioned the nationality of the newly- appointed chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs. Charlotte Osei.

“I want people to do their homework well and really find out if positions for Ghanaians can be given to foreigners, Mrs. Rawlings asked.

SATURDAY

American woman, 2 kids missing

The Weija police have mounted a search for a 33-year-old American woman, Bertha Calixto Montanez and her two children, Ivan Mwinnie Calixto Musah, 4, and Ariella Calixto Musah, 2, who have been reported missing.