The United States Ambassador to Ghana has hinted that, Members of Parliament, Ministers of state including all former presidents are expected to join queue like ordinary Ghanaians, when applying for US visas for their private visits. According to the US authorities, Ghana embassy has withdrawn all courtesies extended to top politicians in the country on such visits to their country. ...

President and Chairman of Groupe Nduom (GN), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, says instead of the Electoral Commission (EC) ensuring that the Political Parties’ Laws are implemented as enshrined in the 1992 Constitution, it [the EC] was just doing ‘pick and choose’ when it suits them. According to him, the EC, led by Mrs. Charlotte Osei, has proved to be incapable ...

The National Media Commission has stopped some three TV stations from showing materials deemed to be pornographic on their TV screens. The directive follows a complaint filed by Mr. James Oberko and Mr. Tommy Annan Forson against TV XYZ, Ice TV and Thunder TV. According to the NMC, contents of the three stations were examined and it was concluded that ...

Three schools in Akyem Adjobue in the Eastern region have been closed down indefinitely by the Ghana Education Service because residents of the community have turned the school into a place for defecating. The schools namely Adjobue GCD L/A, Adjobue RC Primary and JHS and Adjobue Presby Primary and JHS were all closed down after some unscrupulous people in the ...

All is not well with Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, as his posture, speech and general demeanor, appears to be a man very troubled within. Indeed, he appears to be a man in search of pity, love and praise. This became evident in Germany recently at an investors forum in the presence of Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde, the Managing Director ...

Ghana’s Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional for the General Legal Council to make it mandatory for LLB holders to write entry examinations as well as pass an interview before they are admitted to pursue their professional careers in law. A seven-member panel of the apex court headed by Justice Jones Dotse Thursday reached the unanimous decision in ...

Two men have been arrested for their part in an alleged plan to hack into Microsoft’s network. A 22-year-old from Sleaford and a 25-year-old from Bracknell were detained by police on Thursday. It is believed that the men were involved in repeated attempts to infiltrate the Microsoft network between January and March this year. Both were charged under the UK’s ...

The Government of Ghana has been ordered by the country’s Supreme Court to send to parliament for ratification, the agreement between its government and the United States that allowed the transfer of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees to be transferred to Ghana in January 2016. The agreement was reached between the Obama and Mahama administrations which are no more in ...

Moscow – Brazilian President Michel Temer says he has built warm ties with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Temer, speaking in an interview with Tass news agency that was also broadcast by Russian state television on Thursday, said he has “developed friendly personal ties” with the Russian president. Temer said his four-hour talks with Putin on Wednesday helped further boost bilateral ...

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has destroyed over 5 tons of illicit drugs valued at $2 million at the Bundase Military camp in the Greater Accra region on Thursday June 22, 2017 to mark this year’s World Drugs Day. The drugs were destroyed on the orders of the court and they had been in the custody of NACOB between 2003 ...