POLITICS

Aggrieved Traders at the Santasi market in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly have made a passionate appeal to the Assembly and the Contractor as a matter of urgency to complete the market project which has been abandoned for almost three years now after the Sod cutting. On October 13 2022, the …

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has pledged to tackle security issues in the six newly formed regions by setting up military barracks in each region if he emerges victorious in the 2024 elections. The regions include Savannah, the North East, Bono East, Ahafo, …

Isaac Adongo, the Ranking Member on the Finance Committee in Parliament, has expressed concerns over the recent staff review conducted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Ghana’s three-year Extended Facility Programme. Despite the IMF’s positive evaluation, which positions Ghana to receive the third tranche of $360 million from the …

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has opposed the practice of LGBTQ+ in Ghana.   According to him, our values, culture, norms and religions frown on that and he will not support the practice of same-sex marriage in Ghana.   He was addressing Muslim congregants after the Eid prayers at …

  Former President John Dramani Mahama has promised to scrap some levies on clearing goods at the ports.  This was after he expressed shock at the 22 levies and fees on clearing goods at the ports. The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) mentioned the Special Import Levy, Ghana …

The Movement for Change (M4C), founded by Alan John Kyerematen, and the National Interest Movement (NIM), a political civil society coalition convened by Dr Michael Abu Sakara Foster, have disclosed that they have concluded talks with many political entities and individuals to establish a grand alliance to contest the 2024 …

Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo, the lawyer for the South Dayi Member of Parliament (MP) and plaintiff, Rockson-Nelson Etse Dafeamekpor, has discredited the account of a court bailiff who told the Supreme Court that the legal team for Defeamekpor failed to receive a process from the court. According to TV3’s court …

The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the death of three of its officers in an accident which occurred Wednesday. In a statement, the Service said, With a heavy heart, the Ghana Police Service mourns three of our gallant officers who lost their lives in a fatal accident Wednesday at Kyekyewere …

The Minority Female Caucus in Parliament has condemned the Ashanti regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, for making what it describes as derogatory comments against the person of Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang. The caucus says this is not the first …

The Electoral Commission (EC) has clarified that none of its Biometric Verification Devices (BVD) are missing, contrary to claims made by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Instead, the EC stated that only five laptops had been stolen from their custody. In response to inquiries from the NDC regarding the …