The President of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Frank Serebour, says the government has not shown that the country is in crisis, thus organized labour should not be coerced to face the brunt of the economic crisis. He was speaking concerning the government’s debt exchange programme which has faced strong …

Former Communications Director of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Yaw Adomako Baafi, has stated that the opposition National Democratic Congress is using glittering generality to argue that Ghanaians want the NPP out of power.   Responding to claims by former President John Dramani Mahama that Ghanaians want the NDC back in power, Adomako …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has released the list of candidates contesting various executive positions in the run-up to its Congress on December 17, 2022. The candidates who will be elected will lead the party into the 2024 polls. The keenly contested national chairmanship position will be between the …

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) is worried about the seeming nonchalance of managers of the country’s education as regards the strike action by at least five educational worker unions across public universities and Colleges of Education.   “Once again, we want to state clearly that the frustration and …

The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has urged the leadership of the Gaming Commission of Ghana, to intensify efforts to close down betting companies that flout laws guiding their operations in the country.   He cited the siting of betting facilities close to educational institutions to entice children as something …

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has cancelled Independence Day celebrations scheduled for Friday and directed that the budget instead be used to build dormitories for children with special needs. The 61st Independence Day event was to cost $445,000, money that will be used to build eight dormitories in primary schools …

A self-styled ‘senior military officer’ is currently in the grips of the Police for impersonation. The imposter, Rufai Abubakar, was nabbed by men from the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), for posing as an officer of the army.   In a statement confirming his arrest, the Ghana Armed Forces noted that …

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A Deputy Finance Minister, Dr John Kumah, has conceded that government might have over-borrowed in its quest to transform the economic fortunes of the country. According to him, it is not wrong for a nation to accrue debt in its developmental journey, however, borrowing must be done judiciously. When asked …

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 6th December 2022, commissioned the Afienya Road Over Bridge, a key component of the of the new 97.7-kilometre standard gauge railway line from Tema to Mpakadan railway project.     Describing the project as “a brainchild of the first …