POLITICS

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Mustapha Ussif, to explore the possibility of having Ghanaian-born Chelsea footballer Callum Hudson-Odoi switch nationality and play for the Black Stars. The President said this when Hudson-Odoi paid a courtesy call on him at the Jubilee House on Monday, 7 June 2021. Hudson-Odoi plays as a ...

Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom’s party, the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), has tackled the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, for saying a recent suit by US-based company Birim Group LLC against Groupe Nduom, the parent company of GN Bank and Dr Nduom’s family, is a vindication of the central bank’s clean-up exercise which resulted in the collapse ...

President Akufo-Addo has charged the National Security Ministry and all its partner security institutions to prioritize the full implementation of the country’s first-ever National Security Strategy (NSS) in order to ensure that Ghana remains a peaceful and secure state. The NSS is the blueprint reference document for the coordination of the total national response effort to protect and safeguard the ...

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has called on the youth who are the ‘country’s resource envelop’ to take advantage of government initiatives and programmes such as the Ghana CARES Obaatanpa programme and initiatives by the NBSSI and the NIEP. These initiatives are designed to provide the youth with access to finance and skills in entrepreneurship, agriculture, small scale industries, ...

THE HEAD of Transport at the Presidency (Jubilee House), Nana Oppong, has been sacked, reports suggest. According to insiders at the presidency, he lost his job following allegations that he was involved in some malfeasance. What exactly led to Nana Oppong’s unexpected sack from the presidency are scanty, but numerous sources have confirmed that indeed he was sacked from his ...

A 12-member delegation from the alumni of Legon Hall of the University of Ghana has called on Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin to congratulate him on his ascension to the high office of Speaker to deliberate on issues concerning their hall of residence, and the academia in general. The Hall Master, Dr. Wiafe Apenteng who spoke on behalf of the ...

Iain Walker has ended his tour of duty as the British High Commissioner to Ghana. The Diplomat officially disclosed this to Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, when he paid a courtesy call on the minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional integration. Mr Walker was appointed British High Commissioner to Ghana in ...

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has expressed disappointment with the total disregard for COVID-19 protocols during the funeral rites of the late former Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie also known as Sir John. The mass gathering of people with complete disregard for physical distancing and limited use of face masks at the funeral occurred in ...

A presidential aspirant in the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) national elections, Mr Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, says he will focus on the welfare and security of members when given the mandate to lead the association. He also pledged to introduce programmes that would seek to bring bonding among members of the GJA, as well as rebranding the association. Speaking to members ...

The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has commenced a series of engagement with the youth across the country aimed at igniting an entrepreneurial spirit for accelerated job creation and financial independence for the nation’s youth. The programme is part of efforts to share and urge the youth of Ghana to take advantage of opportunities in the GH¢100 billion Ghana ...