Legalization of Weed: Why are the ‘big men’ not being arrested? – Kwesi Pratt asks

A report by the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Interior is recommending the decriminalization of the possession and use of marijuana (wee). “Ghana needs to take a cue from other progressive countries and consider alternatives to punishment or incarceration of people who use the drug and other alternatives to ending the criminalization of people who […]

Nigeria-Ghana reps to hold crunch meeting today over border closure

Representatives of both the Ghanaian and Nigerian governments will today, Monday, November 4, 2019, meet to discuss possibilities of opening Nigeria’s border to Ghanaian traders. The border which was closed in August 2019, according to the Ghana Union of Traders’ Associations (GUTA) has affected their businesses. Over the weekend, the Nigerian government announced the extension of the […]

Election 2020: Gov’t rules out donor support-says election will be funded with internal funds

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed that the Akufo-Addo government is committed to raising funds internally to support electoral activities across the country for the Presidential and Parliamentary polls in 2020. This he says is in line with the government’s “Ghana Beyond Aid agenda” and will mean that government will not be looking for […]

Journalists now puppets of politicians, businessmen – Rawlings

Former President Jerry Rawlings has said “things have gone so bad” in the media to the extent that the voices of journalists are now owned by politicians and businesspeople. Speaking about the trend of businesspeople and politicians owning media houses, Mr Rawlings told a delegation of the Ghana Journalists Association, which paid a courtesy call […]

Rally behind breast cancer fight- GRASAG GIMPA President urges student leaders

President of Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) chapter, Mr. Raphael Apetorgbor has called on student leaders to get involved in the fight against breast cancer in the country. He said students leaders would be able to influence government on implementation of policies towards tackling the menace. […]