POLITICS

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has chided former President John Dramani Mahama for being among a section of Ghanaians who do not want to think that the country is capable of doing something better than the so-called advanced countries. According to him, it is about time Ghanaians do way with the negative mindset that the country has to be behind ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured teachers of prompt payment of their salaries and allowances. He said his government will rid the system of all the challenges that cause hiccups during payment. At the 80th anniversary celebration of Abuakwa State College in Kibi Saturday, the president said he is committed to improving the welfare of teachers. We will concentrate ...

The Special aide to former President John Dramani Mahama has described the Minister for Education Mathew Opoku Prempeh as “arrogant” for attacking and describing his predecessor Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as a “disgrace” and an “embarrassment”. In a statement, Joyce Bawa Mogtari said “I guess his comments are borne more out of arrogance and the realisation that the standards set ...

United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to consolidate trade relations between Ghana and Britain. May says she will ensure an improvement in the historic ties between the two countries. She’s also commended President Akufo-Addo and Ghana for a successful 60-years anniversary celebrations of independence from British rule. The PM said this when the President called on her at ...

The Mo Ibrahim governance index for 2017 has pointed out governance is deteriorating in Ghana. According to the report, even though governance in Africa saw some growth in recent years, it has significantly slowed. “As many countries struggle to build on recent progress or to reverse negative trends, and as concerns emerge in some key sectors, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation ...

Funding for government’s flagship education programme – Free SHS – is not a big deal as all necessary steps have been taken to ensure the sustainability of the policy, a member of the government’s economic management team has assured. The implementation of Free SHS has been overwhelmed by claims of insufficient funding, inadequate infrastructure to accommodate students, delays in releases ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern region has suspended four of its communicators including a senior member, over the Ghana School Feeding programme which has been under siege in the region on multiple and multiplying fronts threatening to undermine the entire presidency of Nana Akufo-Addo. From a brawl that broke into the open at a public facility, (Modern ...

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament, Adams Mutawakilu, has accused the Akufo-Addo government of impeding former President John Mahama’s vision of making Ghana a net exporter of electricity. This follows government’s decision to terminate 11 Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), with the justification that it would save the country some $7.2 billion dollars over a 13 ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed shock and sorrow at the sudden death of the popular talk-show host, Kojo Asare Baffuor Acheampong aka KABA, last Saturday after a short illness. Former President Kufuor in a statement issued Monday, described the late KABA, who was, host of Asempa FM’s flagship afternoon programme, ‘Ekosi Sen’ as a “young promising talent whose ...

President Akufo-Addo left Accra on Sunday, November, 19, 2017, for a 3-day visit to the United Kingdom. President Akufo-Addo while in the UK will hold talks with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rt. Hon. Theresa May, MP. The discussions between the pair will centre on strengthening the ties of co-operation between the two countries, and moving the bilateral ...