President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday delivered his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) to Parliament stating that he would not do self appraisal but would allow history to judge his performance in governance.
He said:"Politics …
President John Dramani Mahama on January 5, delivered his last State of the Nation address.
Full text:
Your Excellency the Vice President,
Right Honourable Speaker,
Your Ladyship the Chief Justice
Honourable Members of Parli…
The outgoing President, John Dramani Mahama has called on the incoming administration to continue the works he has started putting aside political affiliations.
Speaking during his last State of the Nation Address in Parliament, the out…
President John Dramani Mahama has eulogized the President elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo saying they both entered Parliament in 1997 as parliamentarians. "I started my political carrier in holding first public office in parliament and …
The prominent Egyptian activist Ahmed Maher, one of the leaders of the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, has been released from prison.
A security source told AFP news agency that Mr Maher was freed on Wednesday evening after co…
The Third Meeting of the Fourth Session of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana is to end on Friday night, January 6, 2017.
That will bring an end to the Sixth Parliament and usher in the Seventh Parliament on Saturday, …
A French court on Wednesday postponed the corruption trial of the son of Equatorial Guinea's president until June 19, bringing proceedings to a halt two days after they had begun.
The lawyer for Teodorin Obiang had asked for the hearing…
The trial of Choi Soon-sil, the woman at the centre of an influence-peddling scandal involving South Korea's president, has got under way.
Ms Choi, a close friend of President Park Geun-hye, is charged with abuse of power and attempted …
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) salutes Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, the President Elect, and the New Patriotic Party for winning the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
“We also congratulate President John Dramani…
The Right Reverend Sam Kofi Osabutey, Bishop of Accra, has congratulated Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for emerging winner in the December polls.He also congratulated President John Dramani Mahama for also conceding defeat in the election de…
The Member of Parliament(MP)-elect for Jomoro, Mr Paul Essien has expressed gratitude to his constituents for giving the New Patriotic Party(NPP) the mandate to represent them in Parliament.
It is the first time in the fourth Republic t…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has outlawed the keeping of wild animals, like lions or tigers, as pets.
For some in the oil-rich Gulf State, owning the likes of a cheetah is a status symbol, but they now risk jail or a fine.
Big cats…
The head of Gambia's army has given his full backing to the country's president, Yahya Jammeh, amid a deepening political crisis.
Mr Jammeh suffered a surprise electoral defeat last month to Adama Barrow.
He initially accepted the re…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has filed a petition at the High Court challenging the Parliamentary election results in three constituencies won by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Brong Ahafo region.
The three constituencie…
The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday put out the names of key presidential staffers and some appointees for national security.
Earlier, he had mentioned five names for key ministerial positions including Kwa…
The incoming Chief of Staff, Madam Akosua Frema Osei-Opare has indicated that her experience in human management skills would help ensure that government business was successful.
According to her, she has the requisite knowledge and…
Naa Kobluga Wuni Bukari II, Mamprusi Chief of Adentan, have presented smocks to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo, the President- Elect and Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President-Elect.
He made a similar presentation to the New Patriotic Pa…
Cynicism is a threat to our growing democracy and if not carefully addressed could degenerate into extreme partisanship which is no better than dictatorship, outgoing President John Mahama has observed.
Delivering his last State of the …
As part of preparations to take over the reigns of government, President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo, has been given a tour of the Flagstaff House by President John Mahama.
The tour of the seat of government was conducted by President Maham…
The President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has apppointed Frema Osei-Opare as the Chief of Staff of the incoming New Patriotic Party administration.
Nana Addo made the announcement Wednesday during a press briefing at his Nima resi…
An Israeli soldier filmed shooting dead a wounded Palestinian attacker after he had been disarmed of a knife has been convicted of manslaughter.
Sgt Elor Azaria, 20, shot Abdul Fatah al-Sharif, 21, in the head while he was lying immobil…
A car bomb wounded at least four U.N. guards when it exploded near a United Nations compound in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police said.
Al Qaeda-allied al Shabaab insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack.
"We c…
Liberal Democrats, a civil society organisation, has congratulated Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on his election to the high office of the President of Ghana, and urged him to retrieve all state money wrongfully paid to some individuals.
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The Winneba Diocesan Youth Organiser of the Methodist Church of Ghana, Reverend Sarfo Anning, has called on Ghanaians not to mount pressure on the incoming government to fulfill election promises in a shortest period.
He said it would n…
Crime Check Foundation, (CCF) a prisons crime prevention advocacy NGO has congratulated President-Elect, Nana Akufo-Addo for his resounding victory in the 2016 elections.
In a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency, its Executive Dir…
Leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) transition team, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has stressed that one of the major preoccupations of the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government is to fight corruption.
In this regard, he said the new government …
All is set for the inauguration of the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday, January 7 at an extended sitting of Parliament at the Black Star Square in Accra.
Briefing journalists on the preparations in Accra ye…
The Board and Members of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) have congratulated the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and elected Members of Parliament.
The Association also congratulates the outgoing President, J…
The Presiding Bishop of Western-West Africa Episcopal District of the AME Zion Church, Right Reverend Dr Hilliard Dela Dogbe has urged the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo’s administration, to sustain the dialogue with religious leaders.
Thi…
Security forces in The Gambia have shut down two private radio stations, the main press union has said, amid a crisis over President Yaya Jammeh's refusal to step down.
The closure of Teranga FM and Hilltop Radio was a "slap in the face…
The head of Gambia's electoral commission has fled to Senegal due to threats to his safety after declaring that President Yahya Jammeh lost last month's election, a defeat the ruler has refused to accept.
Alieu Momarr Njai left the coun…
The UK's ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers, has resigned.
Sir Ivan, appointed to the job by David Cameron in 2013, had been expected to play a key role in Brexit talks expected to start within months.
The government said Sir Ivan…
ADDRESS BY H.E. FLT. LT. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS AT THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 31ST DECEMBER REVOLUTION
December 31, 2016
Niimei, Naamei,
Ministers of State,
Religious leaders & Wulomei,
Comrades,
Fellow Ghanaians,
Ladies…
Sixty local government staff drawn from the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra Region have received training to sharpen their managerial skills in local governance.
The foreign training programm…
The Member of Parliament for Agona East in the Central region, Queenster Pokuah Sawyerr has filed a defamation suit against a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Central region.
The NDC member, Julius Medly, who is a…
Police have detained two Moroccans who tried to smuggle migrants into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta - two hidden in a car and one in a suitcase.
When police checked a car on Monday one person was found hidden in the dashboard a…
Equatorial Guinea's flamboyant vice-president has gone trial in absentia in France on charges of corruption after he failed to stop the landmark case.
Teodorin Obiang Nguema is accused of buying a mansion and sports cars in France with …
Republicans in the US House of Representatives have voted to weaken the body that investigates claims of misconduct against members of Congress.
Under the change, the independent Office of Congressional Ethics would come under the contr…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) lost the 2016 elections before the December 7 polls because of the corrupt, uncouth and uncultured actions of government appointees.
In an address on Satu…
Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang-Badu, the Paramount Chief of Dormaa Traditional Area, has appealed to all Ghanaians to support Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President-elect, for development and progress.
While commending President John D…
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 …
