The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong has criticised the arrest of Alfred Ababio Kumi—popularly known as Adenta Kumi—calling the incident a “disgrace” to the rule of law and a “shame” to the nation…
The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of deliberately withholding statutory payments owed to key national institutions and district assemblies, despite enjoying what it describes as “overwhelming goodwill” from the Ghanai…
The Municipal Chief Executive for Juaben in the Ashanti Region, Eunice Ohenewaa Ansu, has promised to run an open-door administration and all-inclusive governance to ensure rapid development in the area.
That way, she said, she would …
The US will impose new sanctions on Sudan after finding it used chemical weapons last year in the ongoing civil war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the state department has said.
US exports to the country will be restricted an…
The Trump administration has moved to end Harvard's ability to enrol international students, escalating a standoff with America's oldest university.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the administration had revoked Harvard's…
Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has called on suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo to reconsider her choice of legal representation in the ongoing proceedings concerning her possible removal from office.
Speaking on C…
The Vice Chairperson of Parliament’s Gender Committee, Hajia Zuwera Mohammed Ibrahimah, has called for a change in the perception that women should not be at the forefront of politics.
This notion, she said, was wrong and had to be di…
Donald Trump has proved to be the political Rottweiler of right-wing Afrikaner groups, taking their fight to South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa.
They were quick to celebrate the US president's ambush of Ramaphosa in the Oval Off…
Access to the social media platform X has been restricted in Tanzania after some official accounts of government and private institutions were targeted by hackers.
On Tuesday, the official police account was compromised, with sexually…
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has condemned a "serious accident" during the launch of a new warship on Thursday, calling it a "criminal act" that could not be tolerated.
Parts of the 5,000-ton destroyer's bottom were crushed, tippi…
The Member of Parliament for Bantama, Francis Asenso-Boakye, on Tuesday hosted another successful session of the Bantama Constituency Clinic, an initiative designed to deepen direct engagement between the MP and his constituents.
The ev…
The Member of Parliament for Asunafo North, Haruna Mohammed, has commended President John Dramani Mahama for his commitment to youth development, citing the separation of the Youth Ministry from the Sports Ministry as a groundbreaking …
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has expressed deep concern over the increasing influx of arms and ammunition into the country, many of which are unregistered and untraceable.
During a meeting…
Dr. Tiah Abdul-Kabiru Mahama, Member of Parliament for Walewale and former Economic Advisor to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration did not leave behind a depreciating currency when handing…
The family of former President Jerry John Rawlings has expressed gratitude to the government and people of Burkina Faso for the naming of a street after him, describing it as an honour not only to the family but to the people of Ghana.
…
The Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana has urged Members of Parliament to stop associating with unregulated and self-proclaimed pastors, warning that such support gives them false credibility and undermines the image of the relig…
The Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court challenging her suspension by President John Dramani Mahama.
In a writ filed yesterday by her lawyer, Godfred Yeboah Dame, a former Attorne…
The US has accepted a plane intended for the Air Force One fleet from Qatar, a gift that has sparked criticism including from some of President Trump's biggest supporters.
"The secretary of defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar…
Former Vice -President and 2024 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has expressed optimism that the party will return to power in the 2028 general election.
“I believe that in 2028, the NPP is…
Three months into Donald Trump's second term, foreign leaders should be aware that a coveted trip to the Oval Office comes with the risk of a very public dressing down, often straying into attempts at provocation and humiliation.
Wedn…
The Minority has asserted that President John Dramani Mahama’s recent acknowledgment of Ghana’s $10.6 billion gross international reserves as of April 2025 confirms that the stability of the cedi is largely due to policies implemented …
Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of "trying to buy time" to continue its war in Ukraine, a day after Donald Trump said progress towards a ceasefire had been made in a call with Vladimir Putin.
"If Russia continues to put forward …
The United Nation's top court has sided with Equatorial Guinea in a row with Gabon over three islands in potentially oil-rich waters.
The two Central African countries have been arguing over the isles - Conga, Mbanié and Cocoteros - s…
Akuapem North Municipal Assembly has confirmed President John Dramani Mahama's nomination of John Evans Kumordzi as a new Chief Executive (MCE) of Akuapem North Municipal Assembly.
This was done in a transparent voting process, conducte…
Mr John Kwadwo Gyapong, Oti Regional Minister, has reaffirmed the government's commitment to collaborating with traditional authorities to foster peace, development, and effective governance in the Oti Region.
This was stated during a m…
The Chief Executive of the Bolgatanga Municipality in the Upper East Region, Roland Atanga Ayoo, has pledged to pursue balanced development with the ultimate aim of ensuring that the municipality attains a metropolitan status in the not-…
The government is to decentralise the collection of property tax to metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) before the end of this year, the Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, …
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Ing. Kirk Koffi, has expressed strong confidence in Energy Minister John Jinapor’s capacity to address Ghana’s recurring power outages, commonly known a…
Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has issued a formal demand for a retraction and apology from New Patriotic Party (NPP) activist P.K. Sarpong over allegations that he received a Lexus…
A former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been sentenced to a decade's forced labour for corruption.
Augustin Matata Ponyo was found guilty of embezzling about $245m (£182m) of public funds by the Congolese Const…
The US has selected a design for the futuristic "Golden Dome" missile defence system, says US President Donald Trump, adding that it will be operational by the end of his time in office.
Just days after returning to the White House in…
Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu, Attah Issah, has criticised former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for suggesting that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had no role in the recent appreciation of the Ghanaian cedi.
I…
Seven Mexican youths have been shot dead at a festivity organised by the Catholic Church in the central state of Guanajuato.
Gunmen opened fire on a group of people who had stayed behind in the central square of the village of San Bar…
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has warned activists from neighbouring Kenya that she will not allow them to "meddle" in her country's affairs and cause "chaos".
Her comments came after prominent Kenyan lawyers and rights cam…
The Member of Parliament for Effia, Isaac Boamah Nyarko, has commended the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer for the 2024 elections, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, for openly acknowledging the shortcomings of the Akufo-Addo administration an…
Prof. Kwesi Aning, Head of the Office for International Cooperation at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), has commended the leadership of Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré for sign…
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) nominees for Ablekuma West, Ablekuma North and the Ledzokuku Municipal Assemblies have been approved by their respective assemblies.
The confirmation election, which was held at the various assembl…
The Minority in Parliament has proposed a seven-point intervention that it believes would resolve the country’s recurring power outages, popularly known as dumsor.
They urged the government to focus on resolving fuel supply challenges…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Koforidua has granted an interlocutory injunction brought by Professor Margaret Kweku and others from the SALL [Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe] traditional areas to restrain John Peter Amewu, a former…
The Member of Parliament for Afram Plains North, Worlase Kpeli, has lamented the severe lack of infrastructure in his constituency, revealing that the area does not have a single tarred road.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Ey…
Former Finance Minister Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam has advised against Ghana imposing retaliatory tariffs on the United States, warning that such a move could harm the domestic economy and undermine recent progress in econo…
Fierce Nigerian political rivals Peter Obi and President Bola Tinubu were seen laughing and joking at Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass in Rome.
Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress defeated Obi of the Labour Party in the heated and ti…
US President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will "immediately" start negotiating towards a ceasefire and an end to the war, after a two-hour phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Trump, who described the conversati…
President John Dramani Mahama has stated that feasibility studies were underway for the design of a new national capital.
That, he explained, was to address the mounting pressure from rapid urbanisation, traffic congestion and inadequ…
The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Anlo, Sandra Seyram Kpedor, has pledged to encourage grass-roots inclusion in policymaking and the holistic development of communities.
She also pledged to encourage women to take up leadership ro…
The election committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has opened nominations for the election of national and regional officers of the association.
The elections will be conducted on Monday, June 30, 2025.
A statement i…
France will build a new high-security prison in its overseas territory of French Guiana to house drug traffickers and radical Islamists, the country's justice minister announced during a visit to the territory.
Gérald Darmanin told Le…
South African authorities say they will continue with legal proceedings against Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso who was acquitted of rape last month, even though he has left the country.
Mr Omotoso, who denied the 32 charges ag…
Almost a decade after it was abandoned and left to rot, the John Evans Atta Mills Presidential Library, will soon be made functional.
The facility, which was inaugurated in July 2016 by then-President John Dramani Mahama, was envision…
The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has dismissed claims that its Minister, John Jinapor, is engaging in scaremongering over the country’s energy challenges, asserting that his recent statements to Parliament we…
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