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AOW Launches in Accra 2025, Marking a Historic Move from Cape Town After 30 Years

1,328  Together with the Government of Ghana, Africa Oil Week (“AOW”) and the Africa Prosperity Network are thrilled to announce that the 2025 event will be held in Accra from September 15th to 18th at the prestigious Kempinski Hotel. This momentous relocation from South Africa to Ghana highlights Ghana’s central role in the global energy […]

Politics

Election 2024: We’ll recruit health volunteers for early disease detection – Mahama

1,377  National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Dramani Mahama has pledged to recruit community health volunteers nationwide to conduct house-to-house visits and monitor residents’ health. Mahama explained that this initiative aims to identify and address minor health issues early, preventing them from escalating into serious conditions. He emphasized that this plan is part of his […]

Politics

I’m ready to work with ‘Amanfi Judas’ ( Kwakye Ackah) -Joana Gyan Cudjoe

1,706  The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Amenfi Central, Joana Gyan Cudjoe, has said that she is ready to work with Peter Yaw Kwakye Ackah(incumbent MP who is now running as independent candidate in the area) for the sake of NDC . According to her,Peter Kwakye Ackah, the disappointed independent candidate for the […]

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PLO Lumumba in 2023:’Africa is suffering because we elect the worst to lead us’

1,188  Kenyan lawyer and activist, Prof. Patrice Lumumba, says most African countries continue to suffer because they keep electing the worst among them to lead their respective countries. Lumumba, who was a guest speaker at The Covenant Nations Platform on Monday, said Africa will only realize its potential in all areas when it begins to […]

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Minority won’t return to Parliament until after December polls – Nii Lante Vanderpuye

1,451  Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo, has announced that the minority caucus will not return to Parliament until after the upcoming elections. This decision follows the majority caucus’ move to trigger a recall of Parliament in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling overturning Speaker […]

Education

NDC government will initiate a national dialogue on education -Mahama

1,376  The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has revealed plans to initiate a national dialogue on education if elected president, aimed at addressing the sector’s key challenges. Mahama highlighted issues such as food shortages, intimidation of school heads over free speech, and the lack of basic amenities in schools as […]

Politics

EC disqualifies GFP’s replacement flagbearer over alleged document irregularities

1,488  The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has disqualified Philip Appiah Kubi, the replacement flagbearer for the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), due to errors and alleged irregularities discovered in his nomination documents. EC Chair Jean Mensa made this announcement during a press conference on Tuesday, 12 November, emphasising that the disqualification followed a careful review […]

Politics

Supreme Court overrules Bagbin’s decision on vacant seats

1,481  The Supreme Court has ruled against Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin’s decision to declare four parliamentary seats vacant, siding with a challenge brought forward by Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin. In Tuesday’s ruling, the seven-member panel, led by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, delivered a 5-2 majority decision in favour of Afenyo-Markin. Chief Justice Torkornoo noted […]

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Let’s all fight against LGBTQI – Mahama

1,587  The leader of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama has urged Ghanaians to join forces against LGBTQI+. According to him, religious groups in Ghana frown on the act, saying it is an abomination. “Traditionalists are against it, our Muslim brothers and sisters are also against it, we the Christians also are against […]