POLITICS

Government says that reports circulating that it will soon reopen schools across the country are untrue. Government says it is instead engaged in consultation on when and how to reopen schools. Speaking at the Information Ministry’s press briefing Thursday, Minister for Information, Kojo Opong Nkrumah said “with the greatest of respects it is not correct. Government is not saying that ...

The deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Peter Boamah Otukunor has described EC’s decision to go ahead with the compilation with the new Voters’ register as a recipe for disaster. The Electoral Commission on Wednesday stated that not more than 25 people will be permitted at a registration centre at a given time when it begins the ...

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong says he is the architect behind the arrest of controversial tele-preacher Bishop Obinim. Bishop Daniel Obinim, the founder of the International God’s Way church, was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service over the publication of false news and falsification of documents. According to the police, “He has ...

A Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party Nana Obiri Boahen is being investigated by the Police over a comment on Accra-based Okay FM. It comes after a fellow guest on the said show Major (Rtd) Boakye-Djan was invited and questioned by the Police over an alleged unlawful comment he also made on the platform. Major retired Boateng ...

The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the CID Headquarters has started investigating the Bono Regional Chairman of the NPP, Kwame Baffoe Abronye otherwise known as Abronye DC. The investigation concerns an alleged case of publications of false news reported against Abronye DC by former President John Mahama. As a result, the Criminal Investigation Department, in an invitation letter dated May ...

The Chiefs and Queen mothers of Kome and Shime in the Anloga District of the Volta Region, have observed that the social interventions of the Akufo-Addo led administration are impressive and “have bettered the lives of Ghanaians”. The traditional leaders made the observation when they paid a courtesy call on the President at the Jubilee House Wednesday, 20th May 2020. ...

Parliamentarians from both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have come to a consensus on the 2020 general elections. Both sides of the chamber have pledged their support to the Electoral Commission to conduct the 2020 general elections in December despite the Coronavirus pandemic. The Majority Leader, Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, was responding to calls by the Minority for ...

Parliament’s Appointments Committee has approved President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominees for the Supreme Court bench. The President in March nominated Prof Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu and Clemence J Honyenuga; justices of the Court of Appeal and Yoni Kulendi, a private legal practitioner to the Supreme Court. They are expected to replace Justices Julius Ansah, Nasiru Sulemana Gbadegbe ...

Second lady Hajia Samira Bawumia has presented Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and other items to the Maamobi General Hospital and Nima Polyclinic in the Ayawaso North and East municipalities in Accra. The two municipalities with the highest concentration of Muslims in Accra, have been identified as hot-spots for the coronavirus in Ghana, recording more than six hundred (600) suspected cases. ...

Not more than 25 people will be permitted at a registration centre at a given time when the Electoral commission begins the mass voter registration exercise for the December polls, that’s according the Communications Director for the Commission. According to Sylvia Annor, the commission will put the necessary safety protocols in place to ensure that Ghanaians are adequately protected against ...