The US Senate has confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in a victory for President Donald Trump a week before the presidential election. Mr Trump’s fellow Republicans voted 52-48 to approve the judge, overcoming the unified opposition of Democrats. Her appointment seals for the foreseeable future a 6-3 conservative majority on the top US judicial body. Democratic ...

Some Civil Society groups in the country have filed a suit over the directive by President Akufo-Addo asking Auditor General Daniel Domelevo to proceed on leave. Mr. Domelevo has been on mandatory leave since July 1, 2020 following an order by the President. An appeal by the civil society groups to have the decision rescinded was rejected by the Presidency. ...

The Paramount Chief of Kpone is reported to have walked out of the durbar grounds unhappy, at a sod-cutting event for the construction of a district hospital in the area. According to reports, Nii Tetteh Otu II was furious when he saw the artist’s impression of the project which the President, Nana Akufo-Addo came to commission because he taught was ...

The General Secretary of the opposition NDC has mocked the much-touted slogan of the governing NPP, coining “4 more for Nana to do more” into “4 more for Nana to loot more”. Asiedu Nketiah was addressing a hugely patronised health walk of the Sunyani East Constituency of the NDC in the Bono Region on Sunday when he made those remarks. ...

Government will on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, hold its weekly Nation Building Updates to provide detailed updates on measures it has taken to revamp the country’s economy. In a press statement issued on Monday, October 27, 2020 and signed by the Deputy Minister for Information, Pius Enam Hadzide, the event will be held at the Ghana Academy of Arts and ...

The NDC flagbearer John Mahama will begin his campaign tour of the Greater Accra region on Tuesday, October 27. The five-day tour of the  Region will see the flagbearer visiting Ada, Sege, Shai Osudoku, Ningo Prampram, Kpone Katamanso, Ashaiman, Tema East, Tema Central and Tema West. He will later visit Krowor, Ledzokuku, La Dadekotopon, Korley Klottey, Madina, Adenta, Dome Kwabenya ...

Customers of Menzgold have threatened to sue government over their locked up funds. It comes after Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia stated categorically that the Akufo-Addo government will not pay them with taxpayers money. “Menzgold is not a licensed financial institution. We are talking about licensed financial institutions but if you set up your 419 institution and the Bank of ...

The Bureau of Public Safety has petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the decision by the Interior Ministry to deploy 200 policemen to protect some 200 Members of Parliament. In a petition, the Bureau of the Public Safety (BPS) called on the President to intervene and withdraw the directive by the Interior Ministry. According to BPS, the move by ...

Stonebwoy has featured his nuclear family in one of his latest music videos in a song dubbed ‘Everlasting’. In the music video, the Dancehall artiste’s wife, Dr Louisa Satekla and his children Jidula and Janam made their debut appearance for the first time ever in any music video. The soundtrack ‘Everlasting’ which is on the ‘Anloga Junction’ album is said to ...

President Akufo-Addo has promised to revive the affordable housing projects as he commissions a 204 unit National Mortgage and Housing Finance Estate in Tema. The president made this pronouncement today while commissioning the housing project at Tema Community 22. The one and two-bedroom estate project is one of two piloted housing projects under the National Mortgage and Housing Finance initiative ...