GENERAL NEWS

The Members of Parliament on the Minority side are furious over the Finance Ministry’s advice to President Akufo-Addo not to sign the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law. The bill is expected to land on President Akufo-Addo’s desk this week, but the Finance Ministry says Ghana could lose more than 3 …

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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has officially released the list of approved subjects for the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). In a statement dated March 1, 2024, issued by the Acting Director of Schools and Instructions Division, Prince C. Agyemang-Duah on behalf of the Director-General, Ghana Education Service (GES) …

The President of the republic, H.E Akufo-Addo has reassured the international community of Ghana’s commitment to upholding human rights despite the recent passage of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, popularly known as the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill. Addressing concerns during a diplomatic engagement, the President emphasised that …

A former executive of the Tema East constituency branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Stephen Ashitey Adjei, has said that his party’s presidential candidate for the 2024 elections is not fit for purpose. In a write-up on happenings within the party, Ashitey Adjei, popularly called Moshake, said the …

National laws criminalizing consensual same-sex relations between adults exist in a minimum of 67 countries. These laws may specifically target certain sexual acts, and in some cases, they are general and open to interpretation. Penalties range from fines to life imprisonment and, in extreme cases, the death penalty. Law enforcement …

A group identified as the Northern NPP Concerned Youth urged the national and regional leadership of the ruling party to support the parliamentary candidates in orphan constituencies. The leadership of the concerned group, which is based in the Northern Region, says that they have observed with great interest what the …

The Minister for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif has confirmed the venues for each sporting discipline of the 2023 African Games. The competition started on Monday, March 4, 2024, with Table Tennis, but officially, it will begin on Friday, March 8, 2024. Addressing the press at the Ministerial Meet the …

The US Supreme Court has struck down efforts by individual states to bar Donald Trump from running as a presidential candidate for November’s election. Justices unanimously overruled Colorado’s decision to disqualify Trump from the Republican primary ballot. Judges in the state had cited an anti-insurrection clause in the US Constitution …

The Transport Operators Union and the Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana have jointly announced a 30 percent hike in transport fares, effective Thursday, March 7. In a press release issued on Monday, March 4, the two organisations attributed the fare increase to the government’s failure to address their concerns adequately. …