China To Benefit From BRICS If …
Ghana may have to adopt strategies that will reduce its dependency on China and benefit positively from its relationship with the Asian country. This is the advice from International Relations...
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Set Up National Reconciliation To Deal With Grievances
The General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has called on the government to institute the National Reconciliation Act to promote peace in the Fourth...
Parliament Approves Fifth Batch of Ministerial Nominees
Parliament on Friday approved all 11 ministerial nominees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who have been vetted during the week. The approval was contained in the 5th report of Parliament's...
Afeku, Kyei Mensah Bonsu, 9 Others Approved As Ministers
Parliament has by consensus approved the nomination of 11 nominees to serve as ministers of state in the Nana Akufo-Addo-led administration. The 11 nominees include Catherine Afeku, the nominee for...
Politics Is About Service To Nation – Mahama
Former President John Mahama has said democracy and politics should be about service to one’s people and country rather than a do-or-die affair. He tweeted on Friday February 10: “Democratic &...
Maritime Dispute Ruling Expected By October
The International Tribunal hearing the maritime boundary dispute between Ghana and Ivory Cost is expected to give its ruling by October this year. Chief Operating Officer of Tullow Oil, Paul Mcdade,...
Taking Off From Where We Left Off
By: Professor Akwasi Yeboah In March 1957, at the time of our Independence from the United Kingdom, Ghana and the Republic of Korea had about the same annual per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP)....
Chiefs Will Be Enlightened To Avoid Partisanship
The Minister-nominee for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Kofi Dzamesi, plans to run an education programme to get chiefs to adhere to the law barring them from active politics. The...
We Get Livid At JB Killer’s Demands – Family
Kwasi Frimpong, the Abusuapanyin of the family of the late Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu, who was Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, has revealed that he feels disgusted whenever the suspected...
Elizabeth Ohene, It’s Too Soon To Say Goodbye
By: Kwesi Tawiah-Benjamin There are two distinguished Ghanaians I would like to invite to dinner before I depart from this part of the Jordan. Readers familiar with this column may have observed my...
Fair Wages Boss Smith-Graham Resigns
The Chief Executive Officer of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), George Smith-Graham, has written to the presidency to tender in his resignation. In a letter dated February 8, 2017, Mr...
President Tells Ministers
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday administered the oath of office to 12 ministers of state, saying theirs was a huge mandate to engineer the transformation of the economy for the...
Movies To Watch Out For In 2017
Though 2016 has been an epic year for movies, it almost feels like a warm-up when you look at the long list of blockbuster films already on the release calendar for 2017. Even though next year still...
Ghana’s Unbanked Population Good For New Banks- Prof. K. Botchwey
Despite calls to the Bank of Ghana(BoG) to introduce measures that will reduce the number of banks in the country, former Finance Minister, and Chairman of the Board of newly licensed Heritage Bank,...
Cote d’Ivoire Set To Begin Oral Argument Tomorrow In Boundary Dispute
Cote D’Ivoire is set to tomorrow Thursday February 9, 2017, begin its first –round of oral argument in the maritime dispute between it and Ghana at the International Tribunal for the Law of the...
‘We Are Not In the Jungle’ – Okudzeto Tells ‘rampaging’ NPP Supporters
Legal luminary, Sam Okudzeto, has urged activists of the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) to desist from raiding and vandalising state assets, stating Ghana is not a jungle but a civilised...
Ghana Punches Holes Into Cote d’Ivoire’s Claim
Ghana’s legal team is firing a series of salvos against Cote d’Ivoire at the hearing of the maritime boundary dispute between the two countries. According to the lawyers, Cote d’Ivoire was...
Fourty-Year Development Plan Risks Violation
The Minister designate for Planning, Professor Gyan-Baffuor, says the 40-year development plan prepared by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) risks violation by successive...
Speaker Wasn’t Biased – Majority
The Speaker of parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye, was fair in his handling of proceedings regarding the approval of Otiko Afisa Djaba as Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection on...
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The Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection Ms. Otiko Afisa Djaba has been approved by Parliament after securing more than 50% of votes cast. The Minority side of the House...