Some executive of the Asene–Akroso-Manso Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lost their positions to new entrants at the party’s constituency election held at Akyem Asene near Oda in the Eastern Region last Monday.
The Constit…
The Member of Parliament for Dormaa East, Paul Apreku Twum-Barimah, has rubbished former President John Mahama’s promise to scrap the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) if elected as President.
At the National Democratic Cong…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), has set November 2022 to elect its flagbearer for the 2024 presidential elections.
It announced this in a communiqué at the end of a national executive committee meeting held on Monday, May 9, 202…
Panellists at a public lecture to commemorate 30 years of Ghana's constitutional democracy have called on the citizenry and those in leadership to make the 1992 Republican Constitution deliver the kind of development that "we expect as a n…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has outlined its calendar of activities to elect its branch to national executive members.
While the party has fixed June 15 to July this year for the branch election, the ward election will take p…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commended The Methodist Church Ghana for distancing the church as an institution from the personal comments of Rt. Rev. Stephen R. Bosomtwe Ayensu, the Superintendent Minister of the Amakom Circui…
The parliament in Mauritius will on Tuesday debate a motion of no confidence filed against the government by the leader of the opposition Xavier-Luc Duval.
The motion follows last month's protests against high prices of foodstuffs, publ…
A colonial-era unexploded mortar bomb was discovered in a village in central Kenya that some residents mistook for an overgrown local root vegetable.
Kenyan police said concerned villagers milled around the object, some arguing “that it…
In Kenya a former employee of Facebook's parent company, Meta, has filed a lawsuit alleging that poor working conditions violate the country's constitution.
Daniel Motaung's petition says locally outsourced workers, who moderate Faceboo…
At least 14 people have died, including children, in an attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Ituri province.
The incident, which took place on Monday near the town of Fataki was at a camp for displaced persons.
Suspec…
US law enforcement agencies are beefing up security for Supreme Court justices after a leak suggested they may overturn legalised abortion.
The US Marshals Service said on Monday it was helping the agencies normally tasked w…
A General Secretary hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong, says he will help strengthen the structures of the party when given the nod in the upcoming internal elections.
With the party’s bold target of breakin…
Newly elected New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives and delegates have been admonished to work assiduously towards attainment of breaking the eight years of political party cycle history.
Aspiring Greater Accra Chairman for the NPP, Alfr…
A curfew is in force across Sri Lanka after mobs burned down homes belonging to the ruling Rajapaksa family amid mounting anger at the economic crisis.
The overnight violence capped a day of unrest that saw PM Mahinda Rajapaksa …
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, son of a former Philippines' dictator, is headed for a landslide win in the country's presidential race, according to partial and preliminary results.
The 64-year-old senator has so far won 56…
Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has described private legal practitioner, John Ndebugre, who passed away on May 6, as a man of conviction and tenacity.
“Hon. Nde, as we affectionately referred to him, was a man of convi…
Chief Executive Officer of Mabelino Diplomatic Empire, Miss Mabel Ameglebetor is poised to vie for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Volta Regional Women’s Organizer position, when nominations begin.
As a leading member of the NPP, her majo…
Lawyers defending Malian Islamist suspect Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz for his role as police chief in Timbuktu in 2012 told judges at the International Criminal Court that he was the "wrong man".
"He should not be convicted because he happ…
Around 60 people were killed after a bomb hit a school in east Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Earlier, the governor of Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said 90 people had been sheltering in the building in Bi…
Colombia has sent an additional 2,000 troops and police to help contain a gang that has burned cars and threatened people as reprisal for the extradition of its leader to the US.
President Iván Duque said Dairo Antonio Úsuga…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russian forces in Ukraine were fighting for the future of their motherland, in his annual address marking victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.
Despite rumours he would make a majo…
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has formally announced his candidacy for a second term in the presidential elections due on 15 May.
He said he was pursuing a second term in “response to the Somali people’s call” and to contin…
Nigerian authorities have been accused of of failing to ensure justice for the killing of #EndSars protesters in 2020, six months after a judicial panel implicated security forces.
Human Rights Watch has tasked the government to act on …
The People’s National Convention (PNC), is proposing the introduction of a government plan that seeks to financially cushion single mothers.
The party wants the Executive and Parliament to urgently pass a legislation for the payment of …
The New Patriotic Party in the Greater Accra Region has recorded a 40 percent attrition rate in the ongoing constituency level elections.
This is according to data from the party at the regional level. Some delegates had…
A former Member of Parliament for Zebila, John Ndebugre has passed on aged 72.
He passed on at his residence in Zebilla on Friday afternoon, May 6, 2022.
It is unclear what caused his death, but family sources say, he was battling …
Nigeria's airlines have called off a plan to ground domestic flights from Monday in protest at the spiralling cost of aviation fuel.
It has risen almost fourfold this year, which was unsustainable, the Airline Operators of N…
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has said democracy in Africa should not be all about the ballot box.
He said no system of governance would survive in Africa unless it was deeply rooted in and nourished by the culture of the people…
Militants freed about 60 inmates - the entire prison population - during an overnight attack on a jail in north-west Burkina Faso.
The armed men entered the town of Nouna around midnight aboard 4x4 vehicles and motorbikes, brandishing K…
Tanzania's President Samia Hassan held an emergency meeting of her cabinet on Sunday night over price hikes of fuel in the country.
The country's energy regulator, Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority, last week announced rec…
The African Union (AU) has condemned Sunday's attack that killed 11 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula.
Egypt said the attack targeted a water pumping station, news agencies report.
Egypt has battled militants in Sinai for year…
Voting is under way in the Philippines, with millions queuing across the islands to choose their next president.
The man tipped to win the presidency is Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, the son of the nation's former dictator…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has scheduled May 27 to May 29, 2022, for the conduct of its regional annual delegates conference for the election of regional executive officers.
A statement signed by the party’s General Secretary, John B…
The People's National Convention (PNC) has suspended six of its regional and national executive indefinitely for contravening Article 67 of the party's constitution.
This follows recommendations of the party's National Disciplinary Comm…
The Mozambican government has ruled out subsidies on bread and fuels amid a rise in cost of living.
Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane said such measures were unsustainable and would end up benefitting people who do not need them.
There…
The United States' youngest congressman has said he won't "back down" after a naked video of him in bed was leaked.
Madison Cawthorn, 26, said the video showed him "being crass with a friend, trying to be funny".
…
Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will make an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo in June.
The visit will take place from Tuesday 7 to Monday 13 June, according to a statement from presidential aide Guylain Nyem…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has entreated the citizenry to work hard to consolidate the nation’s fledgling democracy.
It noted that after three decades of democratic rule under the 1992 Constitution, there was the…
The US Senate has confirmed Dr John Nkengasong to lead Pepfar, the United States public health programme aimed at combatting HIV/Aids.
Dr Nkengasong, who has been heading Africa CDC, the agency leading Africa's response to the coronavir…
A Muslim cleric has asked a Kenyan court not to release him from prison despite being acquitted of terrorism charges.
Sheikh Guyo Gorsa Buru was arrested in January 2018 in northern Kenya and charged with possessing material promoting a…
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has stated that the Ghanaian workforce is ready to sacrifice for the nation’s development if the government would readily address their concerns.
It asked the government to pay workers living wage – …
Stakeholders in governance have advocated for the deepening of democratic norms which includes the rule of law, equity, inclusiveness, building confidence in the governance system and ensuring equal opportunities for the citizenry.
Th…
Three people have been killed and others wounded in what police say is a suspected terror attack in the central Israeli city of Elad.
Israeli media reported that two attackers, armed with knives, axes, or both, targeted pass…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has suspended his minister for youth and culture, the authorities have said.
Edouard Bamporiki's suspension was as a result of "matters of accountability under investigations", a statement from the prime mi…
A Moroccan government spokesman says that a pipeline project with Nigeria is "on the right track", amid a spat with Algeria and Spain over gas supplies.
Moroccan official news agency MAP quoted Mustapha Baitas as saying that the project…
Burkina Faso's army says it has lost at least seven soldiers and killed 20 "terrorists" following militant attacks on two military bases in the north of country.
Four volunteers aiding the army in the fight against militants were also k…
Former President John Mahama has postulated that notwithstanding the challenges the country is facing, disruptions of the constitutional order cannot be an option.
“I am an unrepentant believer in democracy, I hold it is the only viable…
The US provided intelligence that helped Ukraine sink the Moskva, Russia's flagship Black Sea missile cruiser, several US media report.
Unnamed officials said Ukraine had asked the US about a ship sailing to the south of Ode…
President Biden has named Karine Jean-Pierre as his new top spokesperson - the first time a black, or openly gay, person has held the role.
Ms Jean-Pierre, 44, has served as the administration's principal deputy press secret…
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has reiterated the need for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) on non-partisan lines.
“We wish to forcefully posit that the government should allow for the…
info@businessghana.com
