The late President Jerry John Rawlings will be laid in state at the foyer of the Accra International Conference Centre from January 24 to January 26, 2021, the Foreign Affairs Ministry has said in a circular to foreign missions. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Republic of Ghana presents its compliments to all Diplomatic Missions, International ...

Christopher Beyere Baasongti, the NDC’s parliamentary candidate for Techiman South is challenging the parliamentary results of his constituency which the Electoral Commission (EC) declared in favour of Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, the New Patriotic Party’s candidate. In that regard, Christopher Beyere Baasongti has sued Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah who now sits in Parliament, the Electoral Commission, and the Clerk to Parliament. In a suit filed ...

Cheetah FC’s duo Ebenezer Adade and Francis Agoanyah have signed a season loan deal with Danish division One side BK Fremad Amager. The deal was finalized during the summer but had to leave this winter as their documents were not yet ready. The players jetted off to Denmark on Thursday, January 7 to join their new club Adade is an ...

The National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) has urged Parliament to apologise to Ghanaians over the chaos that engulfed the House in the wake of the Speakership election on January 7. In a statement, the NCCE said the happenings in Parliament on the day was “unconstitutional, disgraceful, detestable and smacks of indiscipline.”. “The NCCE urges Parliament to purge itself from ...

Parliament has approved a $162, 931,563.27 Barclays Bank PLC loan to finance the design, construction and furnishing of seven district hospitals and provide an integrated IT systems by NMS Infrastructure Limited. The money is part of the amendment agreements to the ECGD Loan Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Ghana, Barclays Bank PLC (as Coordinating MLA) and Her ...

Builsa South lawmaker Clement Apaak has disclosed that former President John Mahama played a major role in the decision by the NDC caucus in Parliament to nominate Alban Bagbin as Speaker. It comes on the back of claims by some members of the governing NPP that the new Speaker is independent-minded and will not allow the former President or the ...

For the most part of my several years of stay in Ghana, I have crisscrossed the country. From the north to the South, West to the East. Indeed, I have visited several villages, towns and cities across 13 of Ghana’s 16 regions. The three regions I have not visited are Oti, Upper East, and Upper West Regions. I must admit, ...

Haruna Iddrisu, the leader of the NDC caucus in Parliament has described as “unlawful” and “illegal” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s recent appointment of some ministers he administered the nation within his first term as ‘caretaker ministers’. Citing a Supreme Court judgement, the Tamale South MP explained that in J. H. Mensah versus The Attorney General in 1997, the Supreme Court ...

The reported arrested of Lawrence Asiamah Hanson popularly known as Bulldog has triggered reactions from some Ghanaians on social media. Bulldog, an artist manager and avowed critic of the Akufo-Addo administration was allegedly picked up by personnel of the National Security. His arrest, according to the report is in connection with some statements he made on UTV on January 9, ...

The Rastafari Council, Ghana (RCG) has condemned the recent assassination attempt on the life of radio personality and musician, Ahmed Abubakar popularly known as Blakk Rasta. Blakk Rasta escaped an attack by an unknown assailant who invaded Zylofon FM’s premises on Tuesday, 5 January 2021. A statement issued by the Rastafari Council signed by its President, Ahuma Bosco Ocansey said: ...