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Ghana risks losing the $500 million Millennium Challenge Compact funds due to the increasing rate of human trafficking in the country. The US has raised concerns about the slow pace in fighting human trafficking in Ghana, threatening it could affect aid. Speaking at a workshop on trafficking, US ambassador to Ghana Robert Jackson, said Ghana risks losing the MCC fund, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says government is on course with programmes to improve on the living standards of Ghanaians. He said despite being in office for barely five months, his government has taken “concrete actions” to fulfill promises made during the 2016 election campaigns. At a lunch with Executives of both the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and International ...

Presbeterian Boys has grabbed the last slot for the quarter finals at the National Science and Maths Quiz ahead of Accra Academy and St. Johns. They won with 45 points, St. Johns upset the carts with 31 points leaving Accra Academy with 26 points in the final contest at the one-eighth stage of competition. Presbyterian Boys used the first round to justify their tag as favourites by ...

At least three people suspected to be Togolese have been arrested for engaging in illegal mining at Keniago Essienkyem in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. The men were apprehended during an operation by a joint team of police from the Manso Nkwanta district, SWAT and government’s anti-galamsey taskforce. The three men allegedly tried to bribe the security ...

The 2016 National Campaign Coordinator of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Kofi Adams has stated that the appointment of Mr Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Ejisu Juaben Municipality in the Ashanti Region contributed to the defeat of the party in the 2016 general elections. According to him, appointing Mr Ponkoh as MCE for ...

It is with considerable pleasure that I welcome you formally to Accra, and to the seat the Ghanaian Presidency. I recall fondly my participation in the 2011 London and 2014 Seoul Party Leaders’ meetings of the International Democratic Union. On both occasions, I attended in my capacity as leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the then main opposition party ...

It was fireworks on Adom FM’s Morning Show, ‘Dwaso Nsem’ on Wednesday Morning when panelists on the show decided to each other up. Their debates which later turned into an argument was about deciding which of the two main political parties – the NPP and the NDC – has shown tendencies of being more corrupt whiles in power. While Agbesi ...

The 2016 Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) and President of Groupe Nduom, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has reiterated his call for the election and resourcing of MMDCEs to ensure development at the micro-level. His comments came at the wake of recent developments, where there were a lot of agitation and confusion over the acceptance of some MMDCEs ...

The office of Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, has indicated that, he has not been served with the Supreme Court’s order for his impending oral examination on June 29. The Court granted an application for the Attorney General’s Department to orally examine the businessman on the means and capacity to repay the over fifty-one million Ghana cedis judgment debt to the ...

Former Head of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has described as misplaced and inappropriate, the appointment of an Inspector General of Police and the Chief Justice by Presidents. According to him, the President’s appointments should be strictly restricted to his ministers and cabinet members while the appointments of Heads of institutions and Public ...