South Africa: ANC ‘decides Zuma Must Go’
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) will formally ask for President Jacob Zuma to resign after he refused to do so earlier, reports say. The reported decision to “recall” him...
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UG Stadium Works Continues This Month
University of Ghana Sports Director, Bella Bello Bitigu, has revealed that works will begin on the institution’s stadium by the end of February. According to Bitigu, his outfit is almost through...
Jospong Will Support Govt’s Sanitation Drive – Agyepong
The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has pledged his support and commitment towards the government’s sanitation agenda. Dr. Agyepong lauded the...
Parliament Vets Sued Amidu Today
Parliament’s Appointments Committee is set to vet the Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu, today, despite a lawsuit challenging his eligibility. A former deputy Attorney General Dr. Dominic...
NHIA Debts: Cash and Carry Will Return Soon
The National Communications and Operations Director of the Health Insurance Service Providers Association of Ghana, (HISPAG), Joseph Christian Amoah has warned that some Health facilities that accept...
Mo Ibrahim Prize: Liberia’s Sirleaf Wins African Leadership Prize
Liberia’s ex-president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has won the $5m (£3.6m) Ibrahim prize for African Leadership. Mrs Sirleaf, who stepped down last month, became Africa’s first elected female...
Akufo-Addo Appoints 2nd Deputy BoG Governor
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Elsie Awadzi as the 2nd Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana. The appointment is, however, subject to consultation with the Council of State. Mrs...
Special Prosecutor: Amidu’s Age Not An Issue
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu has stated that the age of former Attorney General Martin Amidu cannot disqualify him from becoming the Special Prosecutor. Mr. Amidu’s age...
NDC MP Sues Special Prosecutor Nominee Martin Amidu Over Age
The Member of Parliament for Bolgantanga East Constituency, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has dragged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominee of Special Prosecutor to the Supreme Court. Dr....
Special Prosecutor Nominee Martin Amidu Sued By NDC MP Over Age
The Member of Parliament for Bolgantanga East Constituency, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has dragged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominee of Special Prosecutor to the Supreme Court. Dr...
Special Prosecutor Nominee Martin Amidu Sued By NDC MP Over Age
The Member of Parliament for Bolgantanga East Constituency, Dr Dominic Ayine, has dragged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominee of Special Prosecutor to the Supreme Court. Dr Ayine, a...
Mahama Accused of Being Responsible For NDC 2016 Defeat
Mr Stephen Ashitey Adjei, an executive member of the Tema East branch of the NDC has exclusively attributed the defeat of the National Democratic Congress in the 2016 polls to former President John...
Three Chinese, A Ghanaian Arrested For Illegal Mining
Three Chinese and a Ghanaian have been arrested in the Diaso Forest, near Ayiem in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region for engaging in illegal mining. They are: Wi, Pancho Hu, Tan...
Group Advises John Mahama Not To Run Again
Northern Alliance for Better Ghana (NAFBEG), a National Democratic Congress pressure Group has appealed to former President John Dramani Mahama not to contest for the Presidential slot of the NDC for...
Akufo-Addo Appoints Elsie Awadzi As 2nd Dep Governor of BoG
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Mrs Elsie Awadzi as the 2nd Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana. The appointment is, however, subject to consultation with the Council of State....
ECG, Ghana Water Company Et Al Demand Total of 200% Increase In Tariffs
Utility service providers including the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the country are demanding an upward adjustment in their tariff. The figure...
Health Insurance Owes Swedru Ahmadiyya Hospital 15 Months Arrears
Dr Khan Rafi A. Sahibzada, the Medical Director of Agona Swedru Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Hospital, says the continuous delay in payment of National Health Insurance Claims has become a major obstacle...
Tema NDC Gurus Hail Bagbin For Loving Rawlings
Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, a Deputy Speaker of Parliament has stated that the alienation of members of the National Democratic Council of Elders chiefly contributed to their defeat in 2016...
Johnson Sirleaf Wins Mo Ibrahim Achievement In African Leadership Prize
After two years of winner-drought, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has announced its 2017 Prize for Achievement in African Leadership is to be awarded to Former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf....
The Marine Drive Project – A Planning Challenge
On Friday December 15, 2017, the President Nana Akufo Addo cut sod for the commencement of work on the Marine Drive Project in Accra, at a ceremony attended by chiefs, political leaders and the...