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Former Spokesperson for the late former President of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings, Victor Smith says he is finding it very difficult to accept the death of the founder of the NDC writing a tribute that among others referenced the ex-president’s alleged mood swings. According to him, the late former President loved life and would have wanted to live longer but ...

Ever since Ghana started taking control of its internal affairs, the fight for women’s empowerment in politics has been raging. After all, organisations like the Federation of Gold Coast Women (FGCW) established by Mrs Mercy Ffoulkes-Crabbe and female CPP activists were prominent in the struggle for independence. In light of all this, our first President, Kwame Nkrumah, made efforts to ...

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the economy and put much pressure on the health system, with many calling for increased spending on health-related expenditure to curb the disease, government has indicated in the 2021 first quarter budget that it will use part of the cash allotted to fight the pandemic as seed capital for the yet ...

Six more people have died from COVID-19 in Ghana with the death toll now 367, according to the Ghana Health Service. Active cases have also jumped to 3,286 with 679 cases recorded. Ghana has so far recorded a total of 60,794 cases with 57,141 recoveries and discharges. Meanwhile, more than 25 million cases of coronavirus have now been confirmed across ...

Members of the NDC on the Appointments Committee of Parliament say they have vowed not to take bribe to pass any of the nominees announced by President Akufo-Addo. It comes on the back of accusations by some members of the NDC against their lawmakers on the committee of scheming to take bribes to pass the nominees. The accusations have ruffled ...

Filing Past the remains of former President JJ Rawlings will begin this morning at the Accra International Conference Centre where his body will be laid in a state. Heads of Security agencies, leaders of political parties, dignatories and the general public will be allowed to view the body of the former leader beginning today. On Sunday catholic requiem mass was ...

Young Ghanaians who have been critical of lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata to the effect that he is ‘overhyped’ have been advised to concentrate on building their own careers rather than chastise an accomplished person like Mr Tsikata who has nothing more to prove. Taking on the young critics of Mr Tsikata on social media, Kwaku Agyemang Duah, Chairman of the Oil Marketing Companies ...

A private citizen, Elikem Kotoko has on Friday, 22 January 2020, petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the removal of the Electoral Commission (EC) boss, Jean Adukwei Mensa from office. According to the private citizen, the Petition is grounded on “stated misbehaviour of the Electoral Commission Chairperson.” The Petition said: “The current leadership under the Chairmanship of Mrs Jean Adukwei Mensa, knowingly created Constitutional crises ...

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has rejected a suggestion from Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu for vetting of newly nominated ministers to be suspended until the House adopts the revised standing orders. The move is expected to change the 13:13 membership of the appointments committee as currently constituted. Answering a question from North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo presented a full list of his ministerial nominees for his second term on Thursday, January 22, 2021. Many ministers retained their portfolios, some were reassigned, and a few others were elevated. Quite a number of Ministers, however, were dropped. In this list, some names which emerged have already sparked debates. Whereas some of the conversations are centered ...