The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor, on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 swore into office an 11-member Ministerial Advisory Board for the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources with a call on the members to provide a strategic plan and clear policy direction to support the Ministry and its agencies to execute their mandate. Section 39 of ...

Some aggrieved caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) have made a fierce demand on the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to sack the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo, for being “too incompetent”. The caterers accused the Minister of not only sleeping on the job, but also demonstrating early signs of incompetence in the ...

Ghana legend Asamoah Gyan says ‘it’s quite frustrating’ the Black Stars haven’t won the Africa Cup of Nations in almost four decades. Since 1982 when they won their fourth trophy in Libya, the Black Stars have failed to emerge winners of the continent’s flagship competition. The Black Stars have lost three finals since 1982 with Gyan featuring in two. He ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed his disappointment with the Electoral Commission’s refusal to receive the post-2020 electoral reform proposals submitted by the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Speaking in an interview on URA Radio in Bolgatanga, Mr Mahama said the Commission, in refusing to receive the proposals, asked the NDC to rather send the document to the ...

Ghana has recorded 15 more covid-19 related deaths, bringing he total number of fatalities to 945 as of August 14. According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the country currently has 6,265 active cases nationwide, with the Greater Accra Region reporting 3,415 of the total cases. One hundred and twenty-eight active cases are severe while 51 others are said to ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed his disappointment with the Electoral Commission’s refusal to receive the post-2020 electoral reform proposals submitted by the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Speaking in an interview on URA Radio in Bolgatanga, Mr. Mahama said the Commission in refusing to receive the proposals asked the NDC to rather send the proposals to the IPAC. This, ...

Ghana’s Black Stars have been drawn in Group C of the 2021 Total Africa Cup of Nations where they face North African giants Morocco, Gabon and debutants Comoros. The draw which took place at Palas de Congres Hotel in Younde on Tuesday saw twenty four (24) participating teams divided into six groups of four. In attendance included former Ghana captain ...

Former President John Mahama says the NDC has learnt its lessons following the controversial loss in the 2020 elections. Addressing party executives and supporters in Bolgatanga in the Upper East region, President Mahama assured them that the NDC, in the 2024 elections, would put all measures in place to win on the ground and avoid going to the Supreme Court ...

James Buduor, a Ghanaian Co-Founder of the Global mentorship platform ADPList and his partner today announced a US$1.3 million in funding from Surge, a rapid scale-up program by Sequoia Capital India for startups in India and Southeast Asia. ADPList is a platform for people to find, book and meet mentors around the world, providing anyone with access to some of ...

Members of the Coalition Against Organized Labour will today, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 hit the streets to demonstrate in demand of a pay increment for all public sector workers. The group argues that the disparities in salaries of the political class and civil service continue to widen even in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic hence the need to petition ...