There are more than 5,700 people estimated to be living with HIV in the Upper West Region, Steve Kyeremeh Atuahene, Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has revealed. He said this is out of the national estimated figure of 346,000 Persons Living With HIV (PLWHIV) in Ghana as at …

Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini has in a Facebook post, stated that, his being denied visa by the Netherlands Embassy is lame if the basis is his association with the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill.   Mr Suhuyini was denied entry visa into the Netherlands with the explanation that he …

  The National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s flagbearer for the 2020 election, John Dramani Mahama, has taken a swipe at the Electoral Commission of Ghana over the conduct of the last presidential and parliamentary elections. As part of his ‘Thank You’ tour of the Central Region, Mr Mahama asserted that the …

Senior Presidential Advisor to President Akufo-Addo, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has dismissed a viral social media message purporting to announce his support for Alan Kyeremanten as the next flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). In the message, which has received wide circulation, Mr Osafo-maafo is alleged to have said: “Bawumia has …

The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) says it will not withdraw its directive ordering public sector workers to acquire a national identification card by December 1, 2021, or forfeit their salaries. There have been agitations by a section of government workers and unions since the Department issued the directive on …

Otumfour Bremponghene Nana Antwi Agyei IV who is also the Chief of  Nkawie in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality of the Ashanti region has made passionate appeal to media houses in the country  to stop promoting LGBTQ+ as every Ghanaians knows his or her fundamental rights and religion affiliation prohibit.   …

Former President, John Dramani Mahama has accused the current government of deliberately failing to operationalise the Komenda Sugar Factor. The $35 million factory, built from an Indian EXIM Bank facility, has not worked since its commissioning in 2016.     The factory was revamped to revive the local production of …

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has said that the Minority will insist on a clause-by-clause vote on the anti-gay bill which is currently before the House. Addressing a press conference in Accra on Friday October 15, he said, there is need to ensure that this bill reflects the …

Director of Operations at the Presidency, Lord Commey has declared that the governing NPP has no interest in breaking the 8 and will not hand over power to the NDC. According to him, the NPP will retain power. Mr Commey said this at the Greater Accra Regional Delegates Conference on …

The Deputy Minority Whip, Ahmed Ibrahim has hinted that voting on the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values 2021, popularly known as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill will be done in the open. The Banda legislator speaking on Adom FM’s Burning Issues on Wednesday said leaders at the …