Politics

1,523The Minority in Parliament says it opposed the three new loans approved by Parliament recently. According to the caucus, it did not give its blessings to the new loans and thus they were not approved unanimously. The Minority Chief Whip, Governs Kwame Agbodza thus wants the public to disregard assertions that they supported the approval […]

2,823The High Court in Accra has deferred the sentencing of En Huang also known as Aisha Huang until trial for all charges levelled against her is completed even though the accused has pleaded guilty to the charge of entering Ghana unlawfully. The galamsey queen was convicted after she changed her plea in the immigration offence […]

1,325The Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Bright Wereko-Brobby, says the unemployment rate cited in the Ghana Statistical Service’s (GSS) labour statistics report is not as bad as it looks. Data from the Ghana Statistical Service indicate that about 1.76 million persons were unemployed by the third quarter of 2022. The report further indicated […]

1,904Former President John Dramani Mahama says he will wage a strong fight against corruption should he be re-elected in the 2024 elections. According to him, the next National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will take the corruption fight more seriously. The former president insisted that corruption is a major drain on the state coffers. Addressing NDC […]

2,108Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, a former General Secretary and flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party took his campaign trail to Ghana’s parliament house and had a townhall meeting with the NPP parliamentary caucus on May 3, 2023. In an address, he re-echoed his vision for the creation of a NEW DAWN on Ghana’s political […]

1,869Charles Engola, Uganda’s state minister for labour, employment and industrial relations, has been shot dead by his bodyguard. Fred Enanga, police spokesperson, said the minister was shot dead at about 8am local time on Tuesday at his home in Kampala, the country’s capital. Enanga said it was a murder-suicide case. “He (Engola) was shot at […]

1,902The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has lamented Ghana’s drop in the 2023 global ranking in press freedom from the 60th to the 62nd position out of 180 countries. The Association made these concerns at the commemoration of the 2023 World Press Freedom Day in Accra in which it also lamented the Electronic Communications Act which […]

1,754Kofi Akpaloo, founder and leader of LPG has announced that God has made him President of Ghana and that there is no way he can doubt Him on that. The chartered accountant cum politician said on Monday at a political event at Nkawie of the Atwima Nwabiagya South District that the above assurance is paterned […]

1,798The Supreme Court has, in a unanimous decision, dismissed a case challenging government’s decision to permit Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCE’s) to remain in office in an acting capacity. Member of Parliament for South-Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, had contended that government’s directive was contrary to the constitution. President Akufo-Addo, at the commencement of his […]