A New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) top brass is currently pledging this support for potential winners, heightening the race to determine who would be the party’s next flagbearer. According to the New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri and also Majority Chief Whip of Parliament, Hon. Frank Annoh Dompreh , …

Somalia has reopened its embassy in the UK after 32 years, in a ceremony attended by ambassador Abdulkadir Ahmed Kheyr, Olympic champion Mo Farah and Somali-Canadian model Sabrina Dhowre, among others. The embassy in London is expected to provide consular services to the nearly 500,000-strong diaspora community in the UK …

The district chief executive for Fanteakwa South in the Eastern Region, hon Ernest Ofosu has warned illegal miners, popularly known as galamseyers, to desist from the practice or risk being arrested and prosecuted. According to him, the illegal mining activities had caused extensive damage to the environment, especially water bodies …

Former President John Dramani Mahama says the prevailing economic challenges in the country is the result of President Akufo-Addo’s ‘arrogance’, in addition to the ‘incompetence’ of his Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. In a twitter post on Friday, he stated that the current challenges could have been avoided if government had …

Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, a flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has described his indefinite suspension as the general secretary of the party in 2015 as “unconstitutional” and “needless”. The former general secretary of the NPP labelled the party’s decision as an aberration that was politically arranged by some …

The Inspector General of Police has disclosed that 18 Police officers have been arrested and are facing trial for various traffic offences. The IGP, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare made this revelation at a durbar with Service Personnel in the Bono Regional Capital Sunyani on Friday. According to him, the war …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has cautioned the Ministry of Finance and the government of Ghana, for that matter, to abandon any plans to reclassify its members’ Pension Funds for the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).   According to the Association, any attempts to include GMA’s Pension Funds in the …

The Nigerian National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered the country’s universities to close from 22 February to 14 March because of the general elections, which will be held on 25 February.   The decision follows concerns about the safety and security of staff and students during the poll.   The …

Former Chief Justice, Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo has joined pensioners picketing the Finance Ministry to demand a total exemption of their investments in the controversial Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). Mrs Akuffo was seen holding a placard with the inscription ‘We depend our bond yields to pay our rent, medical …

The Attorney General, Godfred Dame, has been urged by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to rescind his letter to the Auditor-General about the posting of the Covid-19 audit report on its website. In a letter to the Auditor-General, the Attorney General criticised the latter for publishing a report on the …