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The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has appealed to the people of Ghana to embrace the recent digitalisation initiatives introduced in the health sector. At the official launch of Telehealth service in Ejisu in the Ashanti Region on November 11, Dr Bawumia stressed on the importance of the transformative potential of these services for ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on its supporters to monitor polling stations closely during Ghana’s upcoming elections to prevent potential voting irregularities. Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, the NDC’s Director of Elections and IT, urged party agents to ensure that presiding officers adhere to legal requirements, including posting “pink sheets” – official results summaries – at polling stations, in ...

The Supreme Court has by a 5-2 Majority decision upheld the suit filed by Alexander Afenyo-Markin on the controversial declaration of four vacant seats by Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin on Tuesday, November 12. The apex court said the full reasons will be made available tomorrow Wednesday, November 13. The Attorney-General Godfred Dame told journalists after the court ruling that ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to commission the newly built Flower Pot Interchange on November 19, 2024. This was revealed by the Communications Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin. The flyover over the Motorway Interchange Project was designed to complement the newly completed underpass and to serve as an alternative for North-South movement. The project has been amended several times ...

Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama has said he would have called for the vacant seat case to be moved from the Supreme Court if he were to be the president. To him, the issues can be best addressed through political means, not legal. Addressing the clergymen in Kumasi at the Great Hall, KNUST on Monday, ...

The Attorney-General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame says the issue of the four MPs who have decided to participate in the December elections as independent candidates is not a new one in Ghana. He argues therefore that the Speaker’s declaration of their seats as vacant is an error. Speaking at the second hearing of the vacant seats case at the Supreme ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has dismissed claims that he will cancel free senior high school programme if he becomes president. He described such comments as political gimmicks. “There is no truth in that, it is just a political gimmick free SHS has come to stay,” the presidential candidate of the Nationa Democratic Congress (NDC)  said when he was addressing ...

Road infrastructure projects and other vital administrative roadworks currently under construction are set to face significant delays as workers of the Ghana Highway Authority have announced an indefinite strike, beginning Tuesday, November 12. The strike is a direct response to the government’s refusal to halt the implementation of the controversial National Roads Authority Act, 2024 (Act 1118). At the heart ...

Amenfi Central NDC parliamentary candidate, Joana Gyan Cudjoe, is cleared to contest in the December 7 general elections after the Sekondi High Court’s commercial division, presided over by Justice Gyan Konto, vacated the injunction against her. This ruling comes after a series of allegations questioned her eligibility. The court’s decision allows her name and picture to appear on the Electoral ...

The Supreme Court will on Tuesday November 12, 2024 deliver its landmark judgement on the controversial declaration of four vacant seats by Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. The court on Monday, November 11, 2024 postponed judgement to Tuesday after lawyers for Alban Bagbin were absent in court. “I quote the judgement of this matter will be delivered tomorrow, November 12, ...