President Akufo-Addo has charged participants at this year’s Human Rights Moot Court Competition to use the academic exercise to trigger the necessary political will in their respective countries on the African continent to deepen respect for human rights. Delivering the keynote address at the 27th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition at the Great Hall, University of Ghana Monday, President ...

The Free Senior High School (SHS) policy introduced by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will remain for all SHS students, Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has observed. According to Dr Prempeh, it is true that some parents want to pay the fees of their children, however, government will not back down on making secondary education free-for-all until every ...

It has emerged that former President John Dramani Mahama did not represent the African Development Bank as an advocate when he visited Namibia in 2017 as reportedly claimed. The former president is said to have sent some representatives from AMERI Energy to the African country because they expressed interest in a power agreement like the one he [Mahama] signed with ...

Assembly members of the newly created Krowor Municipal Assembly (KMA) are accusing Member of Parliament for the area of obstructing operations of the assembly. The concerned assembly members say Fisheries Minister, Elizabeth Afoley Quaye has stopped all their attempts to conduct elections of a Presiding Member for the new assembly. The MP is allegedly supporting a certain Nii Shikpi Laryea ...

The Foundation for Generational Thinkers (FOGET) has lauded the Founder and Leader of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Dr Mensa Otabil for his “passion and consistency” in pushing forward the agenda of Africa emancipation. The Non-Governmental and Youth Oriented Organization strongly commended Dr Otabil for his edge to propagate messages that depict how Africa should be elevated from poverty. ...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold Ghana Company Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, NAM1, has described as the “joke of the day”, the central bank’s latest public warning to his company to stop taking deposits or face sanctions. The Bank of Ghana (BoG) on Tuesday, 7 August 2018, issued its fourth public notice that it is in discussions with relevant regulatory ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to downsize his ministerial list in his maiden reshuffle likely to take place soon. Sources close to the seat of government – the Jubilee House – have hinted at least 15 ministers will be sacked from the “Elephant-size government.” The size of ministers is likely to drop to about 80 or 90 from the original ...

The aggrieved Electoral Commission (EC) Staff whose petition caused the eventual removal of Charlotte Osei as EC Chairperson, have denied accusations of unjustifiably targeting the former EC Boss after relaunching a call at the doorstep of the Special Prosecutor for Osei to be prosecuted over alleged unlawful deals. The former EC Boss thought her woes had ended when she was ...

For consistently championing the progress of the indigenous people of Adabraka, the chief of the area, Nii Agyabeng Tetteh II has conferred on GN Bank, a citation to show his palace’s and people’s appreciation. Speaking at the presentation, Nii Agyabeng expressed his delight with the manner in which GN Bank conducts its operations in the locality, stating that his palace ...

A 46-year-old illegal miner, Kwasi Antwi has been found dead in a mining pit at Akanteng in the West Akyem district of the Eastern region. The body of the deceased has been retrieved and deposited at the Morgue of St. Dominic Hospital Morgue. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Eastern regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh the incident ...