Mr Albert Abongo, Regional Minister for the Upper East, commended the chiefs and people of Bawku for their peaceful conduct during the general elections.
He said Bawku was noted for its business activities and urged the people to mainta…
The African Court on Human and Peoples Rights has tasked African Governments to turn justice into a reality for the less empowered in 2017.This Court believes would help build an African continent that emerges from human rights wrongs.
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President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has mentioned three additional names for ministerial positions subject to parliamentary approval after his inauguration.
The names are Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto for the Ministry of Food and Agri…
The Flagstaff House is getting ready to receive President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo but it is unclear whether the name of Africa’s 5th most beautiful presidential palace will change after January 7 when the new President takes of…
The Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Stopover JRA Enterprise (manufacturers of JRA range of cosmetics and household detergents), Madam Jane Reason Ahadzi, has been inducted into the West Africa Nobles Forum at the 23rd edition…
A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), the Forum for National Equity, has commended the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for his determination to honour his promise to divide the Western Region into two.
But the forum bel…
It takes much more than wits, intellect, resource and passion extraordinaire for one to make one’s largest impact and have one’s name embedded in very exclusive sections of national history.Those are the places where the names of achiever…
Minister of Education Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang was designated Honorary Fellow of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) at the Pan-Commonwealth Forum (PCF) on Open Learning last Wednesday.
The designation, which is for life, was …
Alhaji Boniface Abubakar Saddique, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament-elect for Madina, says he will ensure that all projects started by the National Democratic Congress in the constituency are completed.
He said for the co…
President Yahya Jammeh has the gaze of the whole world fixed on him now. He came unto the scene in 1994 through a military coup. Ever since then, he has four electoral wins under his belt.
To break it down, he has been in power for …
At least 50 people have died and thousands have been left homeless after severe flooding in the south-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Torrential rain caused the Kalamu river, which flows through the city of Boma, to burst its …
New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) parliamentary candidate for the Lower Manya Krobo Constituency, Mr Samuel Teddy Nuertey Ayertey, has rejected the outcome of the December 7, 2016 election and is going through the court process for a recount.
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Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has called in the air force to help contain an invasion of army worms in maize fields, his spokesman has said.
Military planes are flying pesticides to the worst-affected areas so that crops can be sprayed…
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has congratulated the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the resounding victory in the December 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary polls.
The PS…
President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday gave the assurance that he would hand over a peaceful and stable Ghana to his successor; Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo, come January 7 next year.
"I inherited a peaceful and stable country from …
The National Executive Council of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has congratulated Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President-elect, for his victory in the December 7 election.
The Council said: “We wish to extend to you…
President John Dramani Mahama has urged Ghanaians to support the incoming government, led by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to succeed in its development programmes and projects.
He said the successes of the new government would benefit a…
The Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater Project has sent a congratulatory message to the wife of the President-elect, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, as the incoming First Lady of the land.
President-elect Nana Akufo Addo won the just-ended 2016 …
The Brong Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs has commended the Electoral Commission for successfully conducting this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
“Ghana has proved beyond all reasonable doubt that it is the beacon of ho…
The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has expressed the commitment of his incoming administration to create a new region out of the Western Region, saying: "It is high on the list of the priorities of my government."
He also…
The President-Elect of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has thanked the Chiefs and people of the Upper West Region for their massive show of support for him and for the NPP in this year’s elections, which saw the NPP increase its…
A founder member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Osei Asiedu, has called for total re-organisation of the party from the branches up to the national level.
Mr Asiedu, a Tema-based businessman, said the party did not …
Ghanaians should change their attitudes if they intend to see real change in their lives and the fortunes of the country, the lead pastor of Lifeline Assemblies of God, Rev. Jacob Botchway, has urged.
He said in spite of the fact that …
The President elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives would be elected in his government in 2018.
This, he said will ensure that those who lived in the districts were involved in ch…
The Regional Chairmen’s caucus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called for calm and a moment of retrospection for scientific analysis of the factors which contributed to the party’s defeat in Election 2016.
The Regional Cha…
The Press Secretary to the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Mr Eugene Arhin, has said the purported list of would-be ministers and appointees being circulated on social media was not genuine.
According to Mr Arhin what was …
The Korea Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Lyeo Woon-Ki, has stated that fighting corruption and prudent management of the Ghanaian economy is the biggest hurdle awaiting the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
He said although corrup…
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana has joined the list of organisations and personalities that have congratulated the President-elect, Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo, on winning the December 7, 2016 elections, urging him to see…
The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday assured the people of Bawku that he would, at all times, advocate strong bond among the citizenry and remain a unifying pillar of the nation.
His said his main objective was …
Sources from the Electoral Commission indicate that the nationwide figure of women who won the parliamentary election on Wednesday, December 7, to represent their respective constituencies in the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana…
The Minority New Patriotic Party in Parliament on Thursday expressed it unhappiness with what it describes as the unilateral decisions by the Government to have Parliament approve loans, Supplier’s Credit Agreement, Project and Implementat…
The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has declared the intention of his administration to restructure the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) to make it a genuine instrument to facilitate the development of the th…
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the Volta Region have been directed to remain at post after the inauguration of the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and his NPP government on January 7, 2017.
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Mr. Japheth Baidoo, Western Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has urged party supporters and sympathisers not to be deterred by the electoral defeat, but work extra hard to make the party attractive.
He noted…
The Ashanti Young Business Executives Association (ASHYBEC-GH) has congratulated Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo on his election as the President. This was contained in a statement issued in Kumasi and signed by its Secretary, Mr. Mustapha Nt…
Dr Zanetor Agyemang-Rawlings, Member of Parliament (MP) elect for Korley Klottey, in the Greater Accra Region has asked her constituents to get on board and support her to fulfill the development agenda of the constituency.
She said with…
The Western Region elected two women out of the eight, who contested the parliamentary election in the 26 constituencies in the Western Region last week, as their representatives in Parliament.
Out of a total of 108 candidates from the…
The Minority in Parliament yesterday declared its intention not to be part of any processes and decisions of the House regarding the approval of loans and agreements in the transition period until it receives copies of handover notes of th…
Parliament has announced that President Mahama’s address on the State of the Nation originally tabled for Thursday, December 22, 2016, will now be on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 10.00 am.
A statement issued by the Public Affairs Direct…
The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday sent a warning to people he would appoint in his administration that if they came in with the aim to make money at the expense of the state, then they should rather resort to the …
The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday announced that former Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen would hold the same portfolio in his administration.
Political Pundits had already tipped the former…
The scheduled debate on the Right to Information Bill (RTI Bill) in Parliament yesterday was shot down by the Minority.
The Minority, led by its leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, was not happy with the suggestion by the Majority Ch…
The campaign team of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) worked hard in the run-up to the December 7, 2016 elections but the result is a case of “man proposes, God disposes’’ the Presidential candidate of the party, Mr Ivor Kobina Greenstr…
The Berlin Christmas market where 12 people were killed on Monday by a suspected Islamist extremist who drove a truck into a crowd has reopened.
Police have installed concrete barriers to prevent a repeat attack.
Meanwhile police hav…
Opposition MPs in Kenya have stormed out of parliament in the capital, Nairobi, saying that they have been assaulted in the house.
The chaos came during a debate on changing the electoral laws to allow manual vote-counting for next year…
The Ghana Association of Biomedical Laboratory Scientists (GABMLS) has congratulated the President- elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for emerging winners in the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elect…
More than 20 people have been killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa, over President Joseph Kabila's failure to give up power, a UN official has said.
Some of the…
President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo might review the appointments of the new heads for the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE).
President Joh…
The Vice President, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has said the National Democratic Congress party would bounce back a formidable one.
He said “the NDC is not dead. It’s a bit crooked and we will straighten ourselves up and come back more for…
The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) says Ghana has become a beacon of democracy in the West African sub-region.
That, according to the council, was due to the successful general election the country held recently.
In a statement…
