It was greeted with glee when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced in his 16th address to Ghanaians the reopening of air borders to international travels on September 1, 2020. Little did travelers know that they would be paying an exorbitant $150 for the mandatory COVID-19 test at the Kotoka International Airport before entry into the country. This made Ghana ...

A High court has ordered the Electoral Commission to register and issue a voter’s ID card to Dr Kwamena Mintah Nyarku, the Cape Coast North NDC Parliamentary candidate. The Court in a judgment Tuesday held that the Applicant has made a strong case for mandamus against the Electoral Commission. The commission withdrew the ID card of the opposition candidate over ...

The Okada Riders Association says the manifesto of the opposition National Democratic Congress gives them hope. According to the organisation, while the NDC is welcoming of their means of survival, the governing New Patriotic Party is flip-flopping with their stance on their operations. It comes on the back of the declaration by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that the NPP ...

Jobberman Ghana has a new CEO, Kwaku Agbesi. His appointment takes effect from September 1, 2020. Kwaku brings to the team combined experiences from Google, General Electric and Apple in sales and marketing, as well as holistic management skills, which makes him the absolute frontrunner for this position and a huge addition to the team. With Kwaku’s appointment, Jobberman Ghana ...

The third edition of the Accra International Book Festival will take place from October 29 – 31, 2020. The Afro-Book Festival is expected to bring together world-class writers, artists, musicians, scientists and politicians from across the world to discuss the major issues of the day. This year’s Accra International Book Festival will combine virtual author discussions with in-person meetings. The ...

Ghanaians have waded into the debate on which presidential candidate performed better in infrastructural development via the the second wave of the Ghana Election Poll which ran online from July 1 to August 1, 2020. A significant 71% of Ghanaian adults out of the weighted sample of 2,055 believed that John Dramani Mahama has performed better compared to 27% of respondents who ...

The Ghana Health Service has appealed to striking nurses to call off their strike and return to work to help in the fight against COVID-19. Director of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, stated that the nation was on the verge of winning the war against COVID-19 and it is unfortunate for nurses to strike at such a ...

The Herald, has landed reports from the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra, painting a bad picture about the US$150 per a person COVID-19 testing of travellers arriving in Ghana by the private company; Frontier Healthcare. The issues range from illegal operations, extortion, lack of staff, tax avoidance among others, some of which the policy research and advocacy group, IMANI ...

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called on the National Labour Commission (NLC) to apologise to the striking nurses and midwives over the decision to block their industrial action in court. According to the GMA Chairman of the Ashanti region, Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, the move by NLC has the tendency to provoke the healthworkers. The NLC went to court ...

The campaign team of John Mahama 2020 has dismissed claims that the flagbearer of the NDC has promised to build mortuaries for the muslim community. In a statement, the campaign team of John Mahama described the publications as false, misleading and a deliberate attempt to whip-up anti-Muslim sentiments against the NDC and the JOHN MAHAMA 2020 Campaign. Below is the ...