The Electoral Commission will today begin a field study for the creation of more Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies across the country. The move is in line with government’s plan to carve out four more regions from the existing ten. A memo by the commission announcing the action said: “The government has proposed the creation of new District Assemblies in ...

Supporters of feuding executives of the New Patriotic Party in the Karaga constituency clashed Tuesday night vandalizing party installation, an alleged military van and invading a police station in a spread of violence that continues to rock the Northern region. The violence began Monday afternoon with an attack on the Youth Employment coordinator who is also the constituency youth organizer, ...

The headmaster of Apostle Safo Senior High School, Nana Asante, has debunked rumours of abuse of students. Earlier reports reaching YEN.com.gh revealed that the movements of students were being restricted, usually at specified hours in a day. The report also stated that the dormitories for the female students are usually locked with padlocks, in order to prevent movement in or ...

The government of Ghana has cancelled Emergency Visa or Arrival Visa for Chinese nationals as part of the fight against illegal Mining. Emergency Visa Policy was introduced by the Ghana Immigration Service to cater for visitors/business people who travel at short notice from countries where Ghana has no mission or consulate. The policy authorizes visas to be granted on arrival ...

Accra is done for the day – dead and deep into its beauty: woes, glory, good, bad, better, and worse. Only a handful of the city’s creatures are awake. The night’s precipitation is littered – accurately – on the aluminum glass exteriors of the high rise commercial buildings in the main city center. The people here at night maintain a ...

Vice president Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has left Accra for Vienna, Austria to participate in the World Bank Group’s Investment Competitiveness Forum, to be held from October 25-27, 2017. A statement issued by the Bank indicated that Ghana has been selected to be a Founding Member of the Investment Reformers Network, which will be inaugurated at the Forum. “For a ...

CONOR MCGREGOR insists financial gain was not the reason he decided to fight Floyd Mayweather in August. McGregor took on Mayweather in a fight named ‘The Money Fight’ at the end of August. The UFC star went into the contest with no boxing experience, with many believing he had chosen to fight Mayweather solely for the money involved. The 29-year-old ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has ‘mocked’ some media houses that are serializing some sections of the Prof. Kwesi Botchwey committee report to the public. According to the former President, since the media has decided to blame the report for every happening in the country, they should not forget to use quotes from it in times of crisis. The Kwesi ...

Spokesperson for the Minority on Finance Isaac Adongo has warned investors to be cautious about the 2.5 billion dollar bond floated by the government to offset the Energy Sector debt. According to him, the process adopted by the government for the bond portends a high risk for investors. “I want investors to know that this is a political risk. The ...

The presidency of Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo currently has one of the largest number of cabinet ministers ever in the history of Ghana’s 4th republic. But Nana Addo has justified the decision to bring on board the expertise of over 100 ministers as he has argued that the economic woes of the country demands a stronger team of technocrats who ...