Seven people have died and thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes due to flooding in South Korea. A third day of torrential rain has caused landslides, power cuts, and damage to infrastructure across the country. Early on Saturday, officials said that water had overtopped a dam in the …

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the Mid-Year Review of the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government for the 2023 Financial Year to Parliament on Tuesday July 25, 2023. Mr Ofori-Atta’s presentation would be pursuant to the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921). Deputy Majority …

Over the weekend, precisely on Saturday, July 08, 2023, disaster struck in the city of Ho. An unusually heavy downpour resulted in huge floods that in their wake brought about untold destruction of domestic and commercial property. Buildings collapsed and their contents washed away. Affected residents escaped from their homes …

Following the painful and poorly implemented Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) by this government, Pensioners were forced to picket at the Finance Ministry several times to demand payment of their matured coupons and principal investment in government bonds. The scenes of agony and frustrations among the fragile Pensioners to get …

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency on food security to address ongoing food inflation. Immediate, medium and long-term interventions have been designed by the government to combat the shortages. These range from providing fertilisers and grains to farmers and households to assigning responsibility for food and …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Manso-Nkwanta in the Ashanti Region, George Kwabena Takyi, has described as unfortunate claims by his constituents for him to die to ensure development in the area. Responding to questions by his constituents on GhanaAkoma morning show with Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin on Akoma FM …

Nana Obeng-Danquah, popularly known as Daakye, has picked nomination forms to contest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries in the Akwatia constituency of the Eastern Region, slated for Saturday, September 23 to Saturday, December 2, 2023. A group known as the ‘Daakye Fun Club’ picked up the forms on …

There was a chaotic scene at the Atebubu-Amantin Municipal Assembly as members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) tried to chase out the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the municipality, Edward Owusu, on Friday, July 14, 2023.   According to a news report by UTV, the NPP members who were …

A solemn and befitting state burial service was held Thursday, July 13 at the Forecourt of the State House in Accra for the illustrious Ghanaian poet, playwright and academician, Professor Ama Ata Aidoo.       Prof Ama Ata Aidoo died on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at age 81.   …

The 46 petitioners from the #FixTheCountry Movement, who filed an impeachment petition against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa and her Deputies, have withdrawn the petition. In a press release issued on Friday, July 14, 2023, the petitioners said they had lost faith in the integrity of the …