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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that Ghanaian students in Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China, will be evacuated only when it becomes necessary. The President addressing Parliament during his 4th State of the Nation Address revealed that there are over 4600 Ghanaian students in China adding that over 300 are located in Wuhan. He, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) had given up on the fight for illegal small scale mining known as ‘galamsey’ when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) took office in 2017. According to him, ‘galamsey’ activities were much rampant across the country under the NDC and the situation was deemed as intolerable. “When we ...

The attempt by the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, to have his trial put on hold while he appeals the decision of the trial charge was dashed as the court dismissed the application yesterday. The court also dismissed another oral application by his lawyer which was seeking it to adjourn the matter because they ...

President Akufo-Addo will today file his nomination form to contest the 2020 elections as Presidential candidate for the ruling New Patriotic Party. So far, no other member of the NPP has picked forms to contest the president for the ticket. The President, despite being a sole candidate, will still have to be acclaimed by members of the NPP at national ...

Security is tight! That’s the summary, and with this, there will be no room for mischief or misbehaviour on a day when the entire nation is looking out for the President’s big speech for the last time during his first term. Like expected, National security officers have been deployed to the country’s law-making chamber, to ensure there are no ‘threats’, ...

Ace radio presenter with Peace FM Kwame Sefa Kayi has described as ‘stupid’ the violent conduct of some members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Mampong in the Ashanti Region. Mr. Sefa Kayi on Thursday could not fathom why the supporters would be rowdy in their quest to show their unflinching support to politicians. “It’s a stupid act,” ...

President Akufo-Addo and some ministers of state are neck-deep in the alleged Aker Energy corruption scandal, according to US-based journalist, Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor. In a video monitored online by GhanaWeb, the journalist alleged that some bribes were paid to the president and his ministers to make sure that there has been some amendment to the Petroleum, Exploration and Production ...

Overly dry and hot winds in West Africa are damaging prospects for cocoa output for the second year in Ghana, the world’s second-largest producer, sources told Reuters News Agency. Cocoa futures on Intercontinental Exchange are near their highest in three years, driven in part by the adverse weather, which has also damaged the crop in neighbouring Ivory Coast, the world’s ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is today, addressing his final state of the nation’s address for his first term in office. President Akufo-Addo came to power on January 7, 2017 and has presented the state of the nation’s address three times since his swearing in. Several subjects including the galamsey menace, the falling cedi, security corruption, education and others are ...

Hon. Martin Bonye of the npp in the Western North region Sefwi wiawso has submitted his nomination form which he was followed by loving party supporters including a number of taxi drivers and Okada drivers who were shouting all over for change. speaking to the media, he is coming as a unifier to bring all party members on board to ...