Private legal practitioner Shafic Osman has filed an action against Wesley Girls Senior High School challenging the school’s alleged religious discrimination faced by Muslim students at the institution. The action invokes the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Articles 2(1)(b) and 130(1)(a) of the 1992 Constitution. Shafic Osman is seeking several declarations and orders […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has fulfilled his pledge to introduce visa-free travel for citizens of all African nations to Ghana. The promise, made during the Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD 2024) in January, was aimed at enhancing the free movement of people, goods, and services across the continent. With executive approval granted on Wednesday, 18 […]
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration will reverse all “last minute” promotions for government employees undertaken by the outgoing New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Chairman of the NDC has said. Additionally, all “last minute” appointments in the government sector will also be terminated, if proven to have been illegally done. […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) insists that the confusion that rocked the collation of results in some constituencies in the just-ended general elections was largely caused by the disruption of collation exercises at collation centres by party supporters. Some party supporters besieged some constituency collation centres in response to instructions from their party leaders, causing confusion […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on the Ghana Police Service to revisit its operational strategies to prevent the recurrence of prolonged violence following elections. His appeal follows reports of unrest after the 2024 general elections, including acts of vandalism targeting public property and the Electoral Commission’s offices. The incidents were allegedly linked to supporters of […]
Professor Stephen Adei, a former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), has expressed strong reservations about the potential removal of the Chief Justice by President-elect John Dramani Mahama. According to Professor Adei, such an action would set a dangerous precedent with long-term implications for Ghana’s judiciary and democratic stability. Speaking […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has appealed for enhanced security to ensure the smooth completion of the re-collation process for some nine constituencies following the December 7, 2024, elections. The Commission has firmly stated that it will not validate results declared under duress or without adherence to proper collation processes as enshrined in the […]
President-elect John Dramani Mahama has voiced serious concerns over the critical state of Ghana’s energy sector, calling for urgent and comprehensive reforms to address its numerous challenges. Speaking during a courtesy visit by Canada’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Myriam Montrat, in Accra on Thursday, December 19, Mr Mahama warned that the sector’s frailty poses a […]
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has refuted false claims on social media that the recently commissioned electronic gates at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), cost the nation $240m. In a press release issued on Thursday, December 19, 2024, GIS stated emphatically that the installed E-gates at the KIA, cost the nation $1.7m and not $240m […]
The 16-year-old son of Bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako, Founder and General Overseer of the Alive Chapel International Church, involved in the fatal accident at East Legon in Accra, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment in a senior correctional centre for his role in the accident. The charges included two counts of manslaughter, negligently causing […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has expressed strong displeasure over the presence of party supporters at collation centres during the December 7 polls. According to the Commission, this situation arose from directives issued by some political party leaders instructing their supporters to gather at the constituency collation centres of the EC, where results collation was underway. […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has indicated that it will not accept the collated results of the Ablekuma North and Okaikwei Central constituencies in the just-ended parliamentary elections. Addressing a press briefing on Thursday, the EC Chair explained that the Commission arrived at this decision because of irregularities recorded during the collation and subsequent declaration. According […]
