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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed optimism that his vice, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will win the 2024 general elections. The President, speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony for the expansion of the Tema Motorway Monday, August 26, 2024, stated that there is none better than Bawumia to lead the nation after his term ends. President Akufo-Addo is confident Bawumia will ...

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has accused his counterpart in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia of lying during the media encounter held by the latter on Sunday, August 25 just a day after the NDC launched its manifesto. In the view of Mr Mahama, Dr Bawumia was exposed during the ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo’s sod-cutting event for the reconstruction of the Accra-Tema motorway is nothing but a “vote-buying” trick, the Minority Caucus has said. Clarifying in a statement that the main opposition National Democratic Congress was not against the reconstruction, the caucus said: “Indeed, we support the principles behind the project and demonstrated same in the past, but will not shirk ...

GCB Bank says it recorded “strong profit growth” in the first half of 2024 (1H 2024) compared to the same period in 2023. The bank said in a statement that the “strong performance” was primarily driven by a “significant increase” in customer deposits year-to-date (YTD), coupled with “dedicated efforts at optimising operational efficiency.” The 1H2024 financial performance results from the ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has condemned government’s failure to support victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage, nearly a year after the disaster. At a stakeholder public hearing, Mr. Ablakwa disclosed that over 1,300 individuals remain in displacement camps, still waiting for compensation and assistance to rebuild their lives. He lambasted the government’s response ...

Following a robbery incident in front of two victims’ residence at East Legon in Accra, the police have arrested suspect Isaac Brena Eshun, 30, on August 21, 2024. On August 19, 2024, the police swung into action with an investigation into the robbery incident in which the robbers dispossessed the victims of a Mercedes Benz C180 saloon car at gunpoint, ...

Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah has warned against the misuse of equipment provided under the District Road Improvement Project (DRIP) for illegal mining activities. The DRIP project, launched to drive economic growth and development in Kumasi and parts of the region, aims to equip metropolitan, municipal, and district assemblies with the necessary resources and equipment to rehabilitate and maintain roads ...

Parts of the Job 600 building in Accra which serve as offices of Members of Parliament have been gutted by fire. The incident happened on Tuesday, August 27. TV3’s Grace Hammoah Agyemang who witnessed the scene reported that all staff members of Parliament have been asked to go home for safety following the incident All parliamentary activities were called off ...

The flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, will spend Tuesday and Wednesday campaigning in the Greater Accra Region. The two-day #Mahama4Change2024 tour will take the NDC leader to seven constituencies to share his vision, proposals, policies, and programmes outlined in the NDC 2024 Resetting Ghana manifesto. Mr Mahama will meet with traditional leaders, community stakeholders, ...

A Lecturer and a one-time holder of the Most Outstanding College Teacher Award, Dr. Simon Boateng has described as false, assertions that teacher and nursing training colleges were ordered to restrict admissions to a quota after President Akufo-Addo administration restored allowances for teacher and nursing trainees. The former President John Mahama who has copiously made the claim has indicated as ...