The Office of the Speaker of Parliament has assured citizens of Speaker Alban Bagbin’s “commitment to protect the public purse at all times.” The assurance comes on the heels of a statement from parliament announcing the travel schedule of the Speaker dated November 26, 2021, addressed to the head of the Ghana Mission in UAE. The statement suggested that the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said reforming Ghana’s current legal education regime is necessary to accommodate current realities. He, however, added that the new system will have to be girded by a strong element of sustainability. According to President Akufo-Addo, “Sustainable legal education will have, as its base, the establishment of a regime that will consider the pressing needs ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Monday visited the Diabetes Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to distribute to the patients Glucometers on the occasion of his 63rd birthday. Accompanied by his wife, Lordina, and children, President Mahama presented to the Centre, 150 Glucometers with strips to be given out to diabetes patients. Mr. Mahama told the patients in ...

Ghanaian singer, King Promise was one of the stars to perform at the Made In Lagos live concert – which spans Wizkid’s 10-year discography. The multi-talented Ghanaian vocalist performed a set of his hit songs “Oh Yeah,” “Tokyo,” “Slow Down,” “Ring My Line,” and more at the O2 Arena in London, UK, to the delight of the audience. Illustrating how ...

Irate youth of Asamang Tamfoe in Atiwa East District in Eastern Region have attacked and set ablaze a container on an alleged community mining site. The arson attack is in protest against community mining which the youth have likened to illegal mining. All items including cement and other mining and construction tools and materials in the two forty-feet containers were ...

The former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu says the arrogance and impunity of power by President Akufo-Addo and his government must be blamed for Friday’s budget rejection by Parliament. “The Parliamentary vote of rejection of the 2022 budget demonstrates what the arrogance of power and impunity can do to any Government that takes the electorate for granted as rabbles,” the former ...

The perilous steel bridge on the Akyem Etwereso to Akyem Oda road in Akyemansa district in the Eastern region has been awarded to contract by the Department of feeder roads. The steel bridge constructed decades ago is on the verge of collapse hence shut down by the department of feeder roads to avert disaster. Commuters from Etwereso therefore use Ayirebi ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Afb Ghana, operators of Qwikloan services on MTN has hinted that it would cease to exist in a year if the proposed electronic transaction levy (e-levy) is implemented in its current form. The 1.75% tax on electronic financial transactions was proposed in the 2022 budget statement presented before Parliament by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described as problematic the Minority in Parliament posturing towards the 2022 Budget and Economic Policy of the Government. The governing party says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority are “deceptively behaving” as if their reaction to the budget is for the good of the Ghanaians people. According to the NPP, on the matter of ...

Member of Parliament for Builsa North, James Agalga, has said that the bench warrant issued for the arrest of his colleague Madina Lawmaker, Francis-Xavier Sosu is unconstitutional. He explained that Sosu has been embarking on Parliamentary duties regarding the public hearing on the anti-gay bill when his case was called hence, he could not have appeared before the court. Any ...