The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has observed that though it is in government, its stance on the two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees brought into the country by the previous administration still remains valid politically and unchanged. “If I an opposition leader and suddenly I get to know there are ex-detainees in my country and there was no such level of consultation ...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed optimism over a $15 billion funding partnership agreement and commitment reached between the Government of Ghana and China. The funding partnership with China, Dr. Bawumia explained, is not based on the traditional model of borrowing and aid. The new model, he noted, is based on the bargaining power of the country’s natural resources ...

The Greater Accra Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress released a press statement extending their fraternal greetings of peace and blessings to all Muslims in the Greater Accra region as they mark their Eid ul-Fitr celebration today. Below is a statement from them. Greater Accra Regional NDC wishes Muslims well at Eid ul-Fitr festival On the occasion of the ...

The Ashanti Regional Small Scale Miners Association taskforce has arrested four (4) illegal miners and destroyed several mining equipment at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region. The four were caught in the act at the time the Taskforce stormed the area. They were subsequently handed over to the police. The Taskforce was set up by the Ghana Association of Small Scale ...

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan thinks events that surrounded the disappearance of his hiplife artiste friend, Theophilus Tagoe a.k.a. Castro, portrayed that what happened on that fateful Sunday in July 2014 was his friend’s destiny and here is why he thinks so. In a television interview on the Delay Show, three years after the incident, Gyan said he later got ...

The Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, on Tuesday told parliament that 8,268 basic schools across the country are in very deplorable state and need to be rehabilitated. According to him, the ministry would need more than $200 million to undertake such an exercise. He said with the onset of the raining season, the ministry had identified 20 ‘emergency’ ...

The United States Embassy in Accra has said the policy whereby former presidents are required to appear in person for visa interviews is not new. According to the embassy, the requirement is consistent with US law. The embassy in Ghana has come under heavy criticism after Ambassador Robert Jackson disclosed in an interaction with Ghanaian parliamentarians that former Members of ...

Berekum Chelsea will be counting on last week’s 4-0 win over Bechem United in the MTN FA Cup when they host Ebusua Dwarfs on Sunday. A win for the Blues will see them climb up to the 4th position again on the league table. They sit at the 7th position at the moment. Abdul Ganiyu Haruna looks very doubtful for ...

Savory rice marinated in salted beef and assorted vegetables is on the menu today. Seriously though, no matter the amount of grammar you choose to associate with this meal, there’s no better name than “Angwa mo”; it’s simply music to the Ghanaian ears! From the child who wants a quick fix because mother still hasn’t returned from the funeral to ...

Officials at the Islamic Education Unit in the Ashanti Region are calling on parents not to allow their wards to stay home after the official Eid al-Fitr holiday. The concerns come in the wake of previous experiences in Islamic schools where most pupils and students stay away from school in the days after Islamic festivities. Officials are worried the trend ...