The Minority Caucus in parliament has said the continued snubbing of the legislature’s invitations by the Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, has reached intolerable levels and, thus, intends to haul her before the Privileges Committee if she repeats her snubbish conduct. The Ranking Member of the Defence and Interior Committee, Mr James Agalga, told the media that ...

The German Ambassador to Ghana, Daniel Krull, who advised the Akufo-Addo administration to cut its expenditure and the size of the government, has been told to be specific in the areas he wants the government to reduce spending. The Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA) Pius Enam Hadzide indicated that the easiest thing to do is to ...

Opposition parties have walked out of the venue where results from Nigeria’s tightly contested presidential elections are being announced. The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party have claimed there is a lack of transparency with the new electronic voter system. This is the first national election where an electronic device has been used to accredit voters. ...

The Coaltar District of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has expressed profound gratitude to the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, for what they describe as a “touching gesture” to the Church. The Vice President, who pledged to contribute to the Presbyterian Church’s decision to build legacy centenary anniversary projects, is building a classroom block for Kwaboanta JHS in the Ayensuano District, in ...

Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare some of the results of Saturday’s elections null and void and hold fresh elections on March 4. He said some of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) devices and the servers introduced for the elections have ...

Prices of petrol and diesel are expected to fall between 3.7% and 4.04% per litre, beginning Thursday March 1, 2023. According to the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), this follows a decline in the prices of the products on the world market, despite a marginal depreciation of the cedi to the dollar during the period. “These expected drop in prices ...

A cargo of Russian oil is heading for storage tanks in Ghana, a nation that exports crude itself and is on the doorstep of two regional supply powerhouses. The development suggests that traders could be scouring the market for new buyers of Russian barrels after the European Union stopped almost all seaborne imports from the country in December. The bloc’s ...

Representatives of bondholders who did not subscribe to the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) have raised doubts about the assurances given by the Ministry of Finance to pay coupons on old bonds by Monday, March 13. The Ministry, in a statement on Monday, February 27, assured that administrative steps are being taken to ensure that coupons and principals on old bonds are ...

Parliament has refuted claims that it has passed the Electoral Commission (EC’s) Constitutional Instrument (CI) that seeks to make the Ghana Card the sole document for voter registration. In a release signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Kate Addo, Parliament indicated that any such publication is false. LEARN AND TRADE FOREX WITH GOLIGFX WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: “Parliament states ...

Independent presidential hopeful, Dr Samuel Sarpong Ankrah has said the frustration and disappointments of Ghanaians following what he describes, as incompetent governance, will soon be a thing of the past. He stated that after 63 years and counting of independence, with all the resources available to the nation, Ghana is still going through her foundation years similar to what some ...