POLITICS

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has mourned one of Ghana’s legendary highlife musicians, Nana Kwame Ampadu, who passed away on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. In a Facebook post sighted by African Entertainment, President Akufo-Addo said “I have learnt, with great sadness, of the death of one of Ghana’s musical icons, the legendary high-life artiste, Nana Ampadu. The outpouring of grief ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the Obuasi Municipal Assembly, Elijah Adansi-Bonah, has been confirmed as Municipal Chief Executive by Assembly members. Mr Adansi-Bonah polled 28 votes out of the 28 ballots cast on the day, representing 100 percent at the elections supervised by the Municipal Electoral Officer,Thomas Biyimba. In his victory speech, Elijah Adansi-Bonah, who could not hide his joy, ...

The confirmation of Municipal and District Chief Executive nominees for the Savannah Region is set to begin today, Thursday, September 30. The Region has seven administrative MDAs, comprising five Districts and two Municipal Assemblies. Bole, Sawla-Tuna-Kalba, North Gonja, North East Gonja and Central Gonja Districts and East Gonja and Central Gonja Municipality. In all, a total of 218 elected and ...

The National Democratic Congress has dismissed allegations that its 2020 flagbearer John Mahama masterminded the Takoradi kidnapping incident. Controversial politician Ernest Owusu Bempah had alleged that the flagbearer alongside the NDC national chairman Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo joined forces in executing the crime. The party has in a statement asked Ghanaians to “treat the effusions of Ernest Owusu Bempah with utter contempt.” ...

Director of Communications of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has condemned the destruction of belonging to his party by some person believed to be members of the NPP following the announcement of the list of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). He explained that nomination of persons for the position of MMDCEs is not ...

A former Deputy Minister of Information, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has criticized a move by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to purchase a new presidential jet. According to him, purchasing a new jet will amount to wasting resources at a time most Ghanaians are saddled with economic difficulties. The government has announced plans to purchase a new presidential jet for the president’s foreign travels. ...

The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Dan Kwaku Botwe has warned Assembly members to stop blackmailing the President’s nominees. He threatened that President Akufo Addo is clothed with powers by the Constitution to dissolve any assembly found to have defaulted its functions, and transfer such functions to an individual or a body to run the assembly. “So nobody ...

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) attempted to submit a constitutional instrument in Parliament for the creation of an additional constituency prior to the December 7, 2020 polls, 3news.com has gathered. However, at the time the CI would have matured, the elections would have been held already. This forced some members of Parliament (MPs) to advise the EC to withdraw the ...

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has revealed that government intends to have 20 million of the populace vaccinated with Covid jabs by the close of the year. Addressing journalists at a media interaction in Koforidua over the weekend, the Ofoase Ayirebi Member of Parliament noted over one million citizens have so far been vaccinated. He explained that efforts are ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has begun a process to assess all his ministers almost 10 months into his second term. A series of consultative meetings began on Monday, September 27 to not only assess the ministers but also discuss their budgetary requirements and their work programmes ahead of the presentation of the 2022 budget. These were made known by the Director ...