The Minister of Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has charged contractors working on the Tema Motorway Roundabout Phase 2 work to work towards completing the project by October this year. The project, funded through a grant from the Japanese government, seeks to reduce the heavy vehicular traffic on the Tema …

Minority Members of Parliament have called on the leadership of the House to summon the Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempreh, to provide an update on steps the government has taken to resolve the recent power cuts. The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, bemoaned on Friday, …

The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Reverend Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, agrees with the position taken by Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin that custodial sentencing in the anti-gay bill will not solve any problems. Reverend Kwasi Gyamfi wondered what was going to prevent homosexuals thrown into jail from continuing the …

Ghana’s Parliament has passed the anti-LGBTQI bill after successfully taking it through all three reading stages. The third reading of the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill was done on Wednesday, February 28. “In the third reading of the anti-LGBTQ bill passed by parliament, the bill …

The Supreme Court has dismissed a motion by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas against a decision by an Accra High Court in the defamation suit against Assin Central Member of Parliament, Ken Agyepong. In June 2018, the investigative journalist dragged the Assin Central legislator to court for defaming him and …

Some residents of Suame, a suburb of Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, have expressed disappointment over President Akufo-Addo’s failure to touch on the stalled interchange in the constituency during Tuesday’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament. The constituents say they expected the President to update them on the …

A national health insurance expert, with extensive experience in the fields of national health insurance financing, public health, and health promotion, Dr. Da Costa Aboagye is the new head of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). He is expected to assume office any moment from now as Dr. Bernard Okoe …

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to detail plans for stabilizing the local currency in the upcoming 2024 State of the Nation Address (SONA), scheduled for Tuesday, February 27. In line with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution, the President is …

CCTV footage intercepted by Akoma’s 87.9-fm morning show #GhanAkoma reveals how the late Okyem Aboagye’s 2M Express driver and passengers narrowly escaped armed robbers’ attack on Kumasi-Accra. The incident, which was captured by the installed CCTV cameras in the vehicle, showed sporadic gunshots from armed robbers into the vehicle of …

The resignation of Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has been met with varying opinions. Suame constituents received the news with shock from their Member of Parliament, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, as he resigned as speaker of parliament. According to them, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu is an experienced politician as …