POLITICS

Politics has been said to be “a game of finding out where the procession is going, and getting at the head of the line” (Lovett, 1926). Politics is also an adventure of a bewildering array of surprises and requires an extraordinary capacity to handle a rollercoaster of emotions largely associated with electoral victories and defeat. The New Patriotic Party’s National ...

Prophet Kumchacha questions why the government does not turn to these “spiritual” men (voodoo) who claim to provide financial relief for money. Prophet Nicholas Osei, known as Prophet Kumchahca, rued the frequency with which these con men under the disguise of juju (voodoo) swindle gullible Ghanaians out of their hard-earned money. He held our leaders and authorities responsible for the ...

Aide to Former President John Dramani Mahama, Joyce Bawah Mogtari has explained what may have increased the corruption perception within the Ghana Police Service. She stated that because the Police are one of the first institutions for human engagements, the perception about they being corrupt will increase. She said these on the New Day show on TV3 with Berla Mundi on ...

A United States of America-based Economist, Dr. Sa-ad Iddrisu, has described the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as a ‘wizkid’ of contradictions, and also termed his recent comments on the Ghana card as unfortunate. Dr. Iddrisu made these statements on Wednesday, July 20, during a zoom lecture with some sections of Ghanaian students in the United States on Ghana’s economy. ...

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor has announced that government will on Monday, 25th July, 2022, inaugurate a National Planning Committee to implement the new flagship programme; the Green Street Project, which he said is intended to plant trees in the median and avenues of the regional capitals of the country. He noted that the project ...

A United Kingdom-based organisation, Death Penalty Project, led by its Executive Director, Saul Lehrfreund has called on Ghana’s parliament to take death penalty off its statutory books. Mr Lehrfreund made the call on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 when he led a team to visit the 1st Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu to solicit for the support of Ghana’s Parliament ...

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Lands and Forestry, Benito Owusu-Bio has called for concerted efforts to mitigate and deal with the effect of climate change on the ecosystem. Representing the sector Minister, Samuel A. Jinapor at the maiden edition of the Business and Financial Times’ (B&FT) Environmental Sustainability Summit held on Wednesday, 20th July, ...

President Akufo-Addo says sixty district courts, sixty (60) bungalows for judges, and three new high courts for three (3) of the six (6) newly created regions will be commissioned before the start of the legal year in October. According to President Akufo-Addo, Government has taken note of the inadequate numbers of courts in various parts of the country, resulting in ...

The National Best Farmer for 2017, Mr Baffour Kweku Agyamang, has told Justice Clemence Honyenuga’s court in the ongoing GHS271-million financial loss case against the ex-CEO of the Ghana Cocoa Board, Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni and businessman Seidu Agongo, that “punishing” the latter for supplying the state agency with the “immensely beneficial” Lithovit liquid fertiliser, which was, in turn, distributed ...

Minister for Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said over 12 million Ghanaians have so far linked their Ghana cards to their SIM cards. Speaking at a consumer forum on telecommunications services organized by National Communications Authority in Kumasi today, Tuesday, 19 July 2022, she said the July 31, 2022 deadline for the sim registration will not be extended. Mrs Owusu-Ekuful, ...