While Ghanaians are split in their opinion on the government’s ability to ensure that rule of law is upheld, majority, however, are not confident in the ability of the Akufo-Addo-led government to protect the country’s financial resources and curb corruption in the next four years. This is according to a post-election survey report issued by the Centre for Democratic Development-Ghana ...

Manager of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), Dr Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, has disclosed Ghana will not receive the Moderna vaccines on Saturday, August 28, as earlier announced because of some unforeseen circumstances. He said Ghana had on Friday prepared to receive the vaccines only to be hit bad news. Speaking to Alfred Ocansey on 3FM’s Sunrise, he said the vaccines ...

The Ministry of Education has come down heavily on the University of Ghana (UG) lecturer, Dr. Sampson Obed Appiah, for allegedly trying to run down the Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy. The lecturer in a television interview had described the double-track system under the FSHS as the “most unfortunate policy” in the history of the country’s educational system. According ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disclosed that some Metro/Municipal/District Director of Education in submitting the names of teachers for the government’s one-laptop-one-teacher policy have added names of persons who do not qualify, including non-teaching staff and retired or separated staff. According to the GES, in some instances strange names have been added to the list with fake staff IDs. ...

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has launched a scathing attack on the Presidency, saying it has become a breeding ground for “sophisticated thieves”. He said all manner of stealing appears to be going on at the seat of government, the Jubilee House. “They steal fertilizer, they steal excavators, they steal oil, they steal ...

Black Stars coach Charles Akonnor has handed late call ups to Ghana Premier League duo Fatawu Mohammed and Samuel Abbey-Ashie Quaye. Hearts of Oak captain Mohammed and Abbey-Ashie Quaye who plays for Great Olympics have both been invited to join the Black Stars camp to prepare for upcoming World Cup qualifiers, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced on Tuesday. GFA also announced that Brentford ...

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation has described some civil society organisations who have raised concerns about the state oil company’s decision to acquire stakes in Aker Energy and AGM Petroleum Ghana oil blocs, as rabble-rousers who are setting their own questions and answering them regarding the deal. According to the CEO of GNPC, Dr Kofi Koduah Sarpong, some of these ...

A survey conducted by the Centre for Democratic Governance (CDD-Ghana) has revealed that nonperformance of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmakers in the 7th parliament led to a drastic reduction in their number after the December 7 elections. The survey revealed that the NPP MPs engaged in a bad campaign leading to the reduction in their number. “Our respondents attribute the loss of seats ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Bawumia of seeking another term in government for the NPP beyond their current 8-year tenure to cover up their misdeeds. According to the NDC, the NPP intends to establish what would be a record consecutive 3 terms in office in order to have a free hand ...

The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate will from today, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 administer the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine across all the 29 districts in the Greater Accra Region. The exercise is expected to end on 4th September, 2021. The regional health directorate in a statement said eligible persons are people above 18 years who received their first ...