Top stories of the week ending June 7

Remains of the GOIL fuel station that burnt

MONDAY

Agyepong breaks silence on Adams’ death

Beleaguered New Patriotic Party (NPP) General Secretary, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has broken his silence on a recent trip that he and Paul Afoko, party chairman, made to Bolgatanga which ended up creating confusion between them and the late Upper East Regional Chairman of the party, Adams Mahama.

TUESDAY

Failed coup in NPP; Ashanti cabal cuts Akufo-Addo to size

The sense of dominion over the New Patriotic Party (NPP) perceived by its flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has finally given way to the reality of how much power he truly wields in that party.

WEDNESDAY:

Angry Rawlings slams 'disrespectful' Hanna Tetteh

Former president Jerry Rawlings has described the Foreign Affairs minister as disrespectful after she walked out of a conference for African mayors in Accra.

Jerry Rawlings had insisted that it was proper protocol that the Vice-President, not the Foreign Affairs minister, delivers a speech on the last day of the conference if the president was unable to attend.

THURSDAY:

'75 dead in Goil Filling Station fire'

Over seventy-five dead bodies have been retrieved at the Goil Filling Station at the Nkrumah Circle in Accra that caught fire during Wednesday’s torrential rains.

FRIDAY:

Hostile reception for MPs at fire site

Members of Parliament, including the Speaker, ‘abandoned’ proceedings yesterday on humanitarian grounds to visit some major disaster areas in Accra as a result of the heavy downpour on Wednesday.

SATURDAY:

I have failed the people of Accra - Mayor

The mayor of Accra, Ghana’s capital city has admitted that he has failed the people in his administration of the city.

The man who recently won the prestigious Jose Eduardo dos Santos African Best Mayor award at the second African urban infrastructure investment forum, has come under heavy criticism for the poor planning of the capital, particularly the poor sanitary conditions which has been credited with the destruction caused by Wednesday's floods that claimed over 100 lives.