The Parliament of Ghana has by a voice vote rejected a motion filed by Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Hon. Mahama Ayariga, asking the government to absorb fees of students in public tertiary institutions and to extend support to private universities for the 2021 academic year. Mr Ayariga before moving the motion indicated that his request was due to ...

The Supreme Court today January 29, 2021, resumes its hearing of the election petition case filed by the NDC’s 2020 presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama. As part of today’s proceedings, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) General-Secretary, Johnson Asiedu takes the witness stand to testify on behalf of Mr. John Mahama. This comes after he earlier submitted his witness statement to the apex court, ...

Professor Ransford Yaw Gyampo says it is not the duty of any soldier to be carrying the bag of a private legal practitioner to court. According to him, their core duty is to defend the territorial integrity of the country, which does not include “body-guarding civilian appointees”. Prof Ransford Gyampo’s comments come after photos of a military man in camouflage ...

Pioneering Hollywood actress Cicely Tyson – who was known for portraying strong African-American characters – has died aged 96, her manager has said. No cause of the death was given. The former fashion model had a career that spanned seven decades. Tyson won two Emmys for her performance in the 1974 civil rights-era film The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. ...

Dr Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has in plain language chastised the late Jerry John Rawlings (Rtd.) over some of his dealings as a head of state and President of Ghana. According to Sekou Nkrumah, Rawlings betrayed the idea of the June 4, 1979, coup after he staged the December 31, 1981, coup that ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho has hauled Dzifa Gunu, an aide to former President John Mahama before court for defamation. Anyidoho is accusing Gunu of casting serious insinuations on his integrity through defamatory comments he made in a Facebook article on January 16, 2021. Gunu in a post on his Facebook wall, among other ...

All is set for the Supreme Court to commence the hearing of the 2020 presidential election following the consideration of all pending motions before the court. General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, who is one of two witnesses for former President John Mahama, is expected to step into the witness box today to testify against the EC. The ...

Tottenham’s Harry Kane could be out for a “few weeks” after injuring both ankles in the Premier League defeat by Liverpool, says his boss Jose Mourinho. Kane, 27, needed treatment on his left ankle after landing awkwardly following a challenge with Jordan Henderson. “The second injury was worse than the first one,” said Mourinho. “He was coping with one but ...

Thirteen (13) more people have died from COVID-19 in Ghana, taking the country’s death toll to 390 from 377. The latest update from the Ghana Health Service revealed that 625 new cases have been recorded with the active cases now 3,940. So far, Ghana has recorded a total of 63,883 with 59,553 people recovering from the highly infectious disease. Cumulative ...

The former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, has described as unfair, the rulings by the Supreme Court panel hearing the Election petition. Addressing journalists after Thursday’s hearing, Appiah-Oppong who is also a member of the NDC legal team challenging the legitimacy of the 2020 elections said the arbitrary dismissals of their application despite their superior arguments ...