Successive governments have rolled out a number of good policies and programmes since independence all aimed at transforming the economy and positively changing the lives of Ghanaians. The industrial, energy and education programmes of Kwame Nkrumah were top-notch. However, the achievements of Akufo-Addo’s government in the educational sector supersede and outshine every government since independence. […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in honouring a constitutional obligation, will deliver a State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon. Though he delivered a SONA last January 5, to end his first term, Tuesday’s address will signify the start of his second term, having won the presidential election held on December […]
The two Nigerians, Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Oji have been found guilty of kidnapping and killing the four Takoradi girls. They have subsequently been sentenced to death by hanging. They have been given 30 days within which they can appeal the sentence. The two were found guilty by the seven-member jury at the Sekondi High […]
Parliament has by consensus, approved an additional 16 ministerial nominees. This brings to a total of 29 ministerial nominees by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who have been approved by Parliament for his second term in office. The approval of the additional 16 on Thursday night came after a unanimous voice vote from both sides of the […]
The Civic Forum Initiative (CFI), a coalition of 25 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in governance and democracy, has urged all Ghanaians to accept the final verdict of the Supreme Court on the 2020 election petition which judgement will be delivered on Thursday, March 4, 2021. In addition, the forum called on the leadership of both […]
The Auditor-General, Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has resumed work after exhausting his 167-day accumulated leave. Mr Domelevo was made to proceed on compulsory leave on July 1, 2020 He showed up at the office of the Audit Service Headquarters in Accra at 8:20am amid some misunderstanding with the Audit Service Board. The board, in a letter […]
The Ghana Health Service, in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) in Ghana, launched the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Accra yesterday (March 2, 2021). This opens the gates for qualified members of the public to step forward and take the vaccine, a preventive measure to complement the safety protocols against the spread of COVID-19 and […]
Ahead of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the 2020 election petition, the National Peace Council (NPC) has called on former President John Dramani Mahama and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as well as the Electoral Commission, to strictly adhere to the apex court’s ruling, “regardless of who wins or loses in the yet to be […]
The loud silence of IMANI and other Civil Society Organizations on the issues of LGBTQI stems from the fact that, these CSOs receive funding and support from organizations that are strongly behind the LGBTQI community. Therefore any attempt to hold Government accountable on the LGBTQI would automatically affect their sources of funding. IMANI led by […]
The National Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Sammi Awuku has sent a message of condolence to the family of former Councilor of the Conservative Party in the UK, Leila Roy following her passing yesterday, Friday February 25, at the age of 39. Ms. Roy who was said to have died of […]
The Association of African Albinos (AAA) says it has expelled Mr. Moses Foh-Amoaning from the Association for indulging in anti LGBTQI campaigns. Statement signed president of the Association, VF Sesom Hoffman said by his actions, the respected lawyer has brought the name of the Association into disrepute, given the fact that albinos are also one […]
Ghana Thursday morning took delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India (Covishield). The 600,000 doses is the first consignment of vaccines acquired through the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) which Ghana, among 92 countries, has signed unto. The vaccines which arrived at the Kotoka International […]
