Mali’s new president has been sworn into office, five weeks after the overthrow of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. Former Defence Minister Bah Ndaw, 70, was picked by the coup leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, to head a transitional government until elections, which are expected in 18 months. Col Goita will be his vice-president. The appointment of a civilian president was a condition ...

The Managing Director of the Ghana Publishing Company David Asante has called on the Electoral Commission to ‘sit up’ and address concerns over the voter’s register. According to him, the commission must work to win the confidence of Ghanaians as the 2020 election approaches. It comes after the opposition NDC raised concerns over deleted names in the voter’s register. The ...

Some hoteliers are submitting family names under the same business to access the government’s Covid-19 stimulus package being distributed by the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), Executive Director of the board has disclosed. Mrs. Kosi Yankey-Ayeh noted that the deliberate attempt to take advantage of the system was becoming rampant, which according to her, was not conducive for ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has re-opened the registration of voters for one more day. The exercise which is scheduled for Thursday, 1st October, 2020 is to afford persons who could not take part in the recent mass registration exercise for one reason or the other, the opportunity to register ahead of the December, 2020 polls. In a press statement issued ...

Street Sense Organisation (SSO), in line with its road safety education and advocacy in Ghana, has donated 400 pieces of branded reflective vests to the Motto Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service. The donation, worth GH¢156,000 is aimed at facilitating the work of the MTTD in ensuring safety on the roads. Presenting the vests, Mr. Samson ...

There is chaos on the Kpong-Akosombo road as young men believed to be members of the so called Western Togoland have mounted roadblocks at Akrade preventing vehicular movement. The group said to be wielding guns and sticks and chanting war songs mounted the roadblock around 3:00am Friday turning away vehicles as they claim ownership of the area. The situation created ...

After learning the ropes in the gospel music industry and backing some of the greats, Lordable Holm is out with a new gospel single ‘My Light’. Just like biblical Joseph whose prison to prime minister story was on the account of a dream, Lordable’s transition from the backroom of Ghana’s gospel industry to the frontline was also on account of ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has decreed that all executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) should stop every campaign activity ahead of the December 7 polls, for the next three days, beginning Friday, September 25. He said the executives should rather spend time to monitor the ongoing voter exhibition exercise by the Electoral Commission (EC). The exercise, which was ...

Masterminds of the Western Togoland independence have issued a warning to the Ghana Police Service and the military to stay indoors till further notice or surrender peacefully to the Western Togoland Security forces. This is coming after the people behind the Western Togoland agenda succeeded in blocking major roads leading to the Volta region-Kpong, Juapong and Sogakope-burning vehicle tyres and ...

The Federal Republic of Germany, a long standing partner of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), is collaborating with the Centre to roll out an Electoral Violence Security (EVS) Course for security personnel across the country. The overall goal is to contribute to peaceful and safe presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana in December 2020. The German Government’s ...