Professor of Political Science & Founding Director of the Centre for European Studies, University of Ghana, Legon , Professor Ransford Edward Van Gyampo has stated that the current agitations on the labour front may intensify if the contestants display cash at the NPP’s upcoming National Delegates Conference.   The ruling New …

A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Michael Okyere Baafi has insisted that the government has not abandoned the Komenda Sugar Factory. Michael Okyere Baafi said the government has made significant investment into the project. According to him, the fact that the factory is not in operation yet does not …

Ghana’s current inflation rate of 29.8% (June 2022, year-on-year) is exactly the same rate recorded in 2003 when the country was under the Highly Indebted Poor Country Programme (HIPC), which started in 2002.           In 2002, Ghana received debt relief amounting to US$275.2 million. The next …

The Majority Leader in Parliament and also Member of Parliament for Suame constituency in the Ashanti Region, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has suggested a reduction in the number of ministers of state. According to him, fewer ministers than currently exist, will lower the pressure on the public purse. Speaking at a public …

National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (NCPTAs), have asked the government to close down schools due to the strike by teacher unions. In their view, the closure of the schools will, among other things, curb growing incidents of insecurity and safety in the schools. They said the current situation has created …

Driver of the Man Diesel Articulator Truck that crashed into the vehicle of the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Alfred Amoah and his driver, Samuel Gyasi has been charged on three counts. The first count is on careless and inconsiderate driving contrary to Section 3 of the Road …

A 37-year-old has given birth to quintuplets at the St Martin De Porres Hospital in Agormanya in the Eastern Region. The quintuplets, who were 28 weeks old, were delivered through Ceasarean Section on account of placenta abruptio around 2:00am on Wednesday, July 13. Medical Officer at the St Martin De …

The governing New Patriotic Party from the 16th and 17th of July 2022 will be converging in the capital city of Accra to elect national officers to Kickstart the party’s preparedness in breaking the 8-year regime in 2024. Below is a statement from the premier branch, the UK Branch wishing …

Come Saturday, the Danquah-Busia-Dombo (DBD) tradition will congregate at the Accra Sports Stadium to perform its four-year ritual of electing national executives. Decisions at this meeting will be the watershed to predict the fortunes of the tradition ‘breaking the 8’ mantra. In conformity with history, convention, customs and usages, we …

The National Chairman hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Stephen Ayesu Ntim, has admonished his competitors in the chairmanship race to eschew casting of insinuations, heaping vitriolic attacks and fabricating stories against one another.   In a brief interview with some media personnel who called on him at …