The Returning Officer for the Ablekuma North Constituency, Vincent Obeng, has announced his decision to discontinue the collation of results in the area. He informed the Electoral Commission (EC) to find a replacement, citing frustrations encountered during the collation process on January 8, 2025. Obeng revealed that, out of seven …
Read More »President Mahama Petitioned To Remove EC Chair, Deputies Over Financial Loss
A group calling itself, Positive Transparency and Accountability Movement-Africa (PTAAM-Africa), has petitioned President John Dramani Mahama, seeking the removal of Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Mrs. Jean Mensa, and her deputies from office. The petition, filed pursuant to Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, cites three key grounds for …
Read More »Free SHS: Let Your Children Come To School With Gari, Shito, Others – CHASS Urges Parents
The Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS) has encouraged parents to provide their children with enough provisions for school. According to the conference, this is to help with the feeding challenges in SHSs. CHASS had requested the Ministry of Education to promptly disburse pending funds for the …
Read More »President Mahama Revokes Appointments Of MMDCEs
In a significant move to reorganise local governance, President John Dramani Mahama has revoked the appointments of all Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) as well as appointed Assembly Members nationwide. This is one of the president’s first actions after his swearing-in as Ghana’s 6th President on January 7, …
Read More »Keep The Light On As We Did; You’re In Government – Former Energy Minister Replies NDC On Impending Dumsor Claims
Former Minister for Energy, Herbert Krapa, has dismissed claims of impending load shedding in Ghana, urging the newly elected NDC government to focus on managing the power sector effectively instead of blaming the previous administration. Reacting to comments made by the Co-Chairman of the Transition Team sub-committee on Energy and …
Read More »Ghana Officially Suspends Diplomatic Relations With Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
The Republic of Ghana has officially suspended its diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco. The statement revealed that the Ghanaian government conveyed this decision in an official …
Read More »NDC MP Warns Of Power Crisis Due To Fuel Shortage
The Member of Parliament for Yapei Kusawgu, John Jinapor has raised concerns over an impending power crisis, commonly known as ‘dumsor,’ due to a severe fuel shortage. Speaking after the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama in Accra on Tuesday, January 7, 2024, Jinapor revealed that the country’s fuel stock …
Read More »The Minority Will Hold The Government To Account – Bekwai MP Asserts
Hon. Ralph Poku-Adusei, Member of Parliament for Bekwai Constituency, has asserted that the minority is very prepared to hold the current government to account as they take over the affairs of the Nation. Addressing the media after the swearing-in ceremony, Hon. Poku-Adusei stated that the Minority would hold the government …
Read More »Ghana: Today’s Newspaper Headlines; Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Below are the major news headlines captured on the front pages of the various newspapers in Ghana today. Daily Graphic The Metro Lens Supreme Newspaper Daily Analyst …
Read More »Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang Sworn Into Office As Ghana’s first Female Vice President
Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has been sworn into office as the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana by Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo. In a historic ceremony in the heart of the national capital, Accra, she took the Oath of Allegiance and the Vice President’s Oath. She becomes Ghana’s first …
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