Paramount Chief for Bongo Traditional Area in the Upper East Region, Naba Baba Salifu Lemyarum has said the government got it wrong in the implementation the most touted ‘One million dollars per Constituency’ promise. According to him, the promise was as if it was going to be given in cash …
Read More »Samuel Jinapor, Peter Amewu, Mustapha Ussif Among Ministers-Designate To Be Vetted This Week
Parliament’s Appointments Committee will resume its vetting of ministerial nominees appointed by President Akufo-Addo on Monday, February 22. A total number of 14 appointees are expected to face the Appointments Committee this week to elaborate on policies they will undertake to assist the second administration of President Akufo-Addo. Samuel Abdulai …
Read More »60 Health Workers At Savelugu Hospital Test Positive For Covid-19
Some 60 health workers at the Savelugu Hospital in the Northern Region have tested positive for Covid-19. This follows mass testing of staff of the hospital after an upsurge of cases in the Savelugu Municipality. Sources say there are still some samples at the laboratory yet to be tested. The …
Read More »Ghana Likely To Pay Another $55 million As Judgement Debt – Kofi Bentil
Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, says Ghana will lose the $55million case Chinese company Beijing Everyway has filed against it in the Court of International Arbitration. Speaking on Newsfile, he said that Ghana wrongfully breached the contract it signed with the company which was expected to handle …
Read More »I Campaigned, Voted For Akufo-Addo Because He Is ‘Far Better’ Than John Mahama – Allotey Jacobs Reveals
Former Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress has stated that he voted for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over John Dramani Mahama because the former was a better leader and competent than the latter. According to Allotey Jacobs, he urged all his family members to vote for …
Read More »Denkyira Dominase: Two Girls Have Been Found Dead In Galamsey Mining Pit.
Two girls have been found dead in an abandoned mining pit at Denkyira Dominase in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region, the police have confirmed. Akua Boahemaa, 14, and Baaba Mensah, 10, got drowned in the pit on Friday 19 February in the company of their friends …
Read More »Ghana Approves Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine For Emergency Use – RDIF
Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Saturday that Ghana had granted emergency authorisation for the use of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, becoming the 31st country to do so, and the fifth African state. The Russian vaccine was approved by the West African country’s health ministry, the Russian …
Read More »Mahama Files Application For Review Of Ruling Stopping Him From Reopening His Case
Mr. John Dramani Mahama, the petitioner in the ongoing Election Petition, has filed an application for review of the Supreme Court’s ruling that prevented him from reopening his case. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, turned down a request by Mr. Mahama to re-visit his case which his …
Read More »NDC, NDP To March Over Election Petition Qualms February 25
The Joint Committee of the NDP and NDC has notified the police of a planned peaceful demonstration by the members of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and some civil society organizations (CSOs) in accordance with the Public Order Act. The demonstration is scheduled …
Read More »Election Petition: What Are You Still Doing In Court? -NDC Youth Quizzes Mahama.
The Concerned Youth of the National Democratic Congress, (NDC), is calling on the petitioner, former president John Dramani Mahama to effectively immediately redraw the election petition case at the Supreme Court. According to a statement issued and signed by Elikem Agbenyegah, leader of the Group, the live broadcast from the …
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