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Government has declared Monday, June 26 as a statutory public holiday, according to the Minister of Interior. A statement from the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery said the day marks Eid-ul Fitr, the end of the 30-day Muslim fasting. Ramadan began in Ghana on Saturday, May 27. It ends on Sunday, June 25 with a celebration to be marked across the ...

A political scientist at the University of Ghana says the eight broad recommendations made by the Kwesi Botchwey Committee represented the cornerstones of the 2016 defeat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Dr Alidu Seidu said the NDC’s stunning defeat in last year’s hotly contested elections was self-inflicted that was avoidable if leadership of the party had listened to the ...

A Ghanaian who was arrested in April after telling his date that he was a terrorist and would blow up her University of Massachusetts dormitory pleaded guilty on Monday to a single charge of threatening to commit a crime. Abdul F. Ismail entered the plea in Eastern Hampshire Court, admitting to his role in the April 11 incident. He avoided ...

Contrary to media reports suggesting that the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu described people criticizing the mandatory towing fee as narrow-minded, the Bekwai Member of Parliament has denied the report describing it as untrue. According to the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, the report has extremely deviated from his argument, adding that he is focused on a ...

Outgoing British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin will be sorely missed by Ghanaians, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. According to Mr. Akufo-Addo, the controversial diplomat’s interest in the country’s politics and social life has earned him a special place in the heart of Ghanaians, adding that he is welcome to the country anytime he so desires. The ...

The Inspector General of Police for the Nigeria Police Force, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, has revealed that a top Nigerian kidnapper who was arrested by the Nigerian Police two weeks ago had a Ghanaian passport as well as properties and a family in Ghana. The Nigerian IGP further stated that Chikwudubem Onwuamadike, known simply as Evans in Nigeria, has confessed to ...

A flag bearer hopeful of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Joshua Alabi, has said the leadership of the party must waste no time in implementing the recommendations of the 13-member Botchwey Committee towards fixing the “severely wounded” and “greatly hurt” party ahead of the 2020 elections. The Committee presented its 455-page report to the leadership of the ...

A private lawyer and lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Osei Kwadwo, has urged the leadership of the National Democratic Congress, especially the Council of Elders, to work to resolve any differences between former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Mahama before the party goes to congress to elect new leaders. According to him, although members of the ...

More than 34,000 driving lincences issued since 2008 are yet to be collected by applicants, the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Authority (DVLA) has revealed. In terms of annual figures, the list is dominated by 4,629 persons who applied for driving licences between January and May this year. Out of the number, the 37 DVLA office in Accra alone has 11,167 ...

wo former ministers under the John Mahama-led government have been cited as being a part of the reasons the National Democratic Congress lost the December 2016 general elections, a member of the Dr Kwesi Botchwey Committee has revealed. According to Dr. Ibrahim Zuberu, it was established that the actions of former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper and former Communications Minister, Dr ...