POLITICS

President Akufo-Addo has announced a ban on post-funeral receptions across the country in the wake of a third wave of COVID19 in Ghana. According to the President, all funerals must also be held in open spaces and there must be the observance of the one (1) metre social distancing rule by sympathisers. Delivering his update number 26 since the outbreak ...

The leadership of the Fix Ghana Movement have said it will still proceed with its planned demonstrations against the government despite the latest rise in COVID-19 figures. The group which had intended to pour out on the street last month over the failure of successive governments to fix the prevailing challenges of Ghana were restrained by the Ghana police service ...

The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi constituency in the Eastern Region Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has handed over of a medical theatre to support the services of its 1st medical doctor. The medical theatre is a state-of-the-art facility that comes on the back of the provision of an official residence and vehicle for the Doctor to serve the over 100,000 ...

The Special Prosecutor-nominee Kissi Agyebeng has cleared the air on his perceived involvement in the controversial Agyapa deal, saying he was not in any form involved in the transaction. According to Mr Agyebeng, anybody trying to implicate him in the Agyapa deal was coming from uninformed positions. Appearing before the Appointments committee of parliament Thursday, July 2, he said, ”of ...

The government will be announcing plans of creating some one million jobs soon when the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta presents the mid-year budget review for the 2021 Financial Year in Parliament on Thursday, July 29, 2021. This was announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his Eid al-Adha address in Accra on Tuesday, 20 July 2021. The jobs, according ...

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin on Wednesday complained of errant behavior of some Members of Parliament, which has affected their reputation and urged them to restore the dignity, majesty, the mighty and aura of parliament. The Speaker complained about un-parliamentary behaviors and conduct of some of the legislators in the chamber touching on dressing, lateness and absenteeism, and tasked the ...

The Ministry of Health has dismissed a statement attributed to the sector minister to the effect that he will not resign his post after revelations at the ongoing inquiry by the nine-member bi-partisan committee of Parliament probing the Sputnik V vaccine procurement. “I wish to state unequivocally, the Minister of Health has nowhere made this statement and humbly beseech the ...

The Appointments Committee of Parliament will vet the Attorney General’s nominee for Special Prosecutor, Mr Kissi Agyebeng today, Thursday, 22 July 2021.Mr Agyebeng is the Chairman of the Electronic Communications Tribunal. He was nominated as Ghana’s second Special Prosecutor following the resignation of Mr Martin Amidu. Mr Amidu resigned from the position on 15 November 2020 citing interference by President ...

Chair of the Sputnik V probe committee, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has asked the media to fairly report the proceedings. He specifically warned Tv3 and Joy FM not to quote persons who appear before the committee out of context. His comments come after the media re[ported Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu as having admitted he did not do due diligence before contracting with ...

Seasoned Journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr. has taken a swipe at the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu over his recent statements regarding the purchase of Sputnik V vaccine for Ghana. Ghana entered into an agreement with a middleman named Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum and SL Global to supply 3.4 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine. The controversial contract saw Ghana ...