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GRIDCo Speaks After Nationwide ‘Dumsor’

The Ghana Grid Company Limited has said its technical team is working to restore power after some challenges led to a total shut down. This release comes after all parts of the country experienced interruption in power supply around 2:00pm on Sunday March 7, 2021. According to GRIDCo, the technical …

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Akufo-Addo Appoints EC’s Sylvia Annoh As Denmark Ambassador

Head of Public Affairs at the Electoral Commission, Sylvia Naa Adaawa Annoh, has been appointed by Akufo-Addo as Ghana’s Ambassador to Denmark. Sylvia Annoh’s name is among the first list of Akufo-Addo’s ambassadorial appointments under his second administrations. Before her appointment, she served as the spokesperson for Ghana’s Electoral Commission from 1993 to …

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Independence Day: Akufo-Addo Commits To Revamping Economy Within A Year.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated the government’s commitment to revamping the economy after the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic, which is still raging across the globe, has crippled most economies and has tasked governments to find means of staying afloat while alleviating the plight of …

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Ghana @64: Akufo-Addo’s One-Year Promises In Independence Address

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 64th Independence Day address promised a number of changes that Ghanaians will benefit from by the time the 65th independence day is marked.       The 2021 edition of the national celebration took place today at the forecourt of the presidency in Accra. …

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Asona-Minta Traditional Council Summons Koku Anyidoho Over ‘Unlawful Divorce’

The Asona-Minta traditional Council has summoned former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress Koku Anyidoho over what they described as “unlawful divorce” of wife, Jennifer Boahemaa Yeboah. Jennifer Boahemaa Yeboah accused Koku Anyidoho of throwing her out of their matrimonial home. She also accused her husband of abandoning her at the hospital after …

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2020 Election Petition Judgement: Save Ghana Foundation Eulogizes Supreme Court

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY SAVE GHANA FOUNDATION ON THE VERDICT OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITION We congratulate the Supreme Court of Ghana for a swift and tactful manner it handled the 2020 presidential election petition. It had been three months of solid turn of events in the court. The …

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Closure Of LGBTQ Office Unconstitutional – Mahama Ayariga

Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga, says it was unconstitutional for the police to close the offices of the LGBTQ+ community in Ashongman, Accra.   Speaking in Parliament, he stated that although the practice of LGBTQ+ activities is illegal, the country does not forbid freedom of association or advocacy.   Mahama …

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Bring Value To Our Governance System – Nana Addo Charges Newly Sworn-In Ministers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has tasked his newly-outdoored Ministers to make it a priority to add value to the country’s system of governance.     He said this is the only way the renewed four-year mandate given his New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration by Ghanaians can well be expressed. …

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Speaker Suspends Sitting Following Absence Of Minority MPs

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, suspended sitting on Friday after Minority members absented themselves from the chamber. The Majority Leader who addressed the chamber at the start of business disclosed, that the NDC MPs did not state any official reason for their absence. Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu disclosed that efforts to …

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