The leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken a swipe at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for keeping mute over the rampant attacks on and destruction of state institutions by members believed to be sympathisers o…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has explained the creation of a new ministerial portfolio to handle Zongo affairs, under the name, Inner City and Zongo Development.
The portfolio according to the President would operate under…
Russia says it views the arrival of more than 3,000 US soldiers in Poland as a threat to its own security.
The troops are part of President Barack Obama's response to reassure Nato allies concerned about a more aggressive Russia.
It …
Six of the newly created ministerial portfolios will operate from the Office of the President; President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. According to him, the budgetary allocations of the new portfolios will be captured under the Office of the P…
Reverend Dr Fred Deegbe, a former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, has said the grabbing of national assets by individuals are indications of the state of joblessness in the country.
He said these people alleged to …
Mr Harrison Kofi Belley, a Governance Researcher in Ho has dismissed the description of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo’s ministerial nominations as “old wine in new wineskin”.
He said the nomination of experienced individuals wi…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday released the third batch of ministerial nominees for Parliamentary consideration.
The list of 11 nominees adds up to the previously announced 25 nominees bringing the total numb…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says a deal on reunifying Cyprus is "very close", but cautioned against hopes of a "quick fix".
Speaking after the first round of peace talks in Geneva, he said a settlement was within reach if the …
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin South, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, has urged Christians in public positions to serve the country conscientiously and selflessly, with integrity and the fear of God.
That, he said, would help ame…
The United States on Thursday blacklisted 18 senior Syrian officials it said were connected to the country's weapons of mass destruction program, after an international investigation found Syrian government forces were responsible for chlo…
As the debate on the retirement packages of Article 71 Office holders continues, many Ghanaians have called for a broad consensus solution to end the controversy over the issue at the end of every four-year tenure.
When Ghana News Agen…
IMANI Centre for Policy and Education has advised the new Government to spend within the national budget and crack the whip on ministers who engage in wasteful expenditures.
Mr Franklin Cudjoe, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the p…
Taiwan objected on Thursday to a Nigerian request to the island to relocate its representative office in the African country, a request Taiwan sees as more pressure by China to isolate it.
Beijing regards Taiwan as a renegade province, …
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara named a new and smaller government team on Wednesday, with few changes to top positions, according to a statement read on state-owned television.
Adama Kone and Abdourahmane Cisse - finance and bu…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday afternoon nominated more people for consideration by Parliament as Ministers of State.
The President explained that Mr Hamid, whom he has nominated as his Minister of Information would b…
The Taliban have released video of an Australian and an American who they kidnapped in Afghanistan last year.
American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weekes were professors at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul.
They …
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in Tema and its environs are eagerly awaiting the appointment of new chief executive officers to offer direction and supervision.
Checks by the Ghana News Agency indicated that assembly wo…
The director of the US Office of Government Ethics has criticised Donald Trump's plan to hand control of his business empire to his sons before his inauguration on 20 January.
The plan does not match the "standards" of US presidents ove…
Kenyan opposition political parties announced an alliance on Wednesday to fight the August presidential and parliamentary elections against President Uhuru Kenyatta's coalition.
Kenyatta, 55, is seeking a second and final term after win…
Cyprus leaders are holding key peace talks in Geneva, with the UN and senior diplomats voicing optimism that a reunification deal is within reach.
The foreign ministers of Greece, Turkey and the UK are involved - the countries that act …
Morocco has banned the sale, production and import of the burka, according to local reports.
Letters announcing the ban were sent out on Monday, giving businesses 48 hours to get rid of their stock, the reports stated.
There was no o…
Parliament yesterday adjourned its sittings of the First Meeting to reconvene on January 24, 2017.
Presenting the business statement, the Majority Leader and Chairman of the Business Committee, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, said the adjour…
The USA-Africa Chamber of Commerce, Ghana (USA-ACC) and iChange Nations (iCNTM), have congratulated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Ghanaians. The message was captured in a statement issued by the USA-ACC in collaboration with iC…
A section of Ghanaians, notably institutions and think tanks, is expecting the government to show clear signs within its first 100 days in office that it is committed to implementing its campaign promises.
While economic think tanks an…
Professor Benjamin Jabez Nyarko, Director-General of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) has applauded the President’s nomination of Mr Boakye Agyarko as the Minister of Energy.
He also commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-A…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has explained why new ministerial portfolios have been created under his administration.
The President has so far nominated 25 people to man various ministerial portfolios, out of which six are …
President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday announced his first batch of 13 ministerial appointees. The names have already been submitted to Parliament for vetting and approval.
Below are profiles of the various ministers designate
Yaw Osaf…
Germany says 280,000 asylum seekers arrived there in 2016, a drop of more than 600,000 on the previous year.
The German interior minister said that the decrease was due to the closure in 2016 of the Balkan route and the migrant deal bet…
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has said he will not step down before a Supreme Court decision on disputed elections, a ruling now not expected until May.
In a nationwide TV broadcast, the longstanding ruler also reiterated his concern a…
A power cut that hit part of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, in December has been judged a cyber-attack by researchers investigating the incident.
The blackout lasted just over an hour and started just before midnight on 17 December.
Th…
A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Kwaku Ntim Twumasi, has scolded supporters of the party acting outside the law, describing their conduct as completely unjustified and tasteless.
Ghana, he said, needed to…
A lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, Legon, Prof. Ransford Gyampo, has called for a maximum of 50 ministers to form the government.
Prof. Gyampo explained that the figure should include their depu…
The small West African nation of Gambia has been plunged into a political crisis since autocrat Yahya Jammeh refused to accept the result of presidential elections which saw him lose power to Adama Barrow.
Jammeh - who ruled Gambia for…
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has indicated he partly agrees with Mr Martin Amidu’s assessment of the fifth and sixth Parliaments of the Fourth Republic especially on the issue of due diligence on loan agreem…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has withdrawn his request to keep his official residence as part of his retirement package.
Mr Mahama in a letter to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo rescinded his interests in his current place…
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Joe Osei-Owusu, has indicated that integrity, accountability and discipline would be the hallmark of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government.
He explained that as a party that believed …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has released a second batch of ministerial nominees to help him steer the affairs of government.
The president on Tuesday announced his first batch of nominees at the Flagstaff House in Accra.
…
The Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) has hailed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s proposed Ministerial team responsible for the affairs of national security and defence, saying it is a reflection of his posit…
Most aid groups operating in Nigeria's north-east are wasting funds meant to help victims of the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency, a state governor has said.
Only eight of 126 registered agencies in Borno state were there to genuinely hel…
President Barack Obama has called on Americans to defend their democracy in his farewell speech in Chicago.
"By almost every measure, America is a better, stronger place" than it was eight years ago when he took office, he told thousand…
Russia has denied claims its intelligence agencies have compromising material about Donald Trump.
Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, said the allegations were "pulp fiction" and a "clear attempt to damage relations".
…
Parliament has constituted a 26-member committee to vet the ministerial nominees as announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The committee, known as the Vetting Committee is chaired by the First Deputy Speaker of Parliame…
The Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) has tasked all Constituency and Regional Executives to immediately initiate the process of evaluating the Party’s performance in Election 2016. “We need constructive recommendations, scientific solution…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has registered its displeasure over the use of force by the Ivorian military against the government and civilians, in the advancement of their demands.
The Commission said it was di…
The Federation of Muslim Councils (FMC) has congratulated Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on the occasion of their investiture as the fifth President and Vice-President, respectively, of the Fourth Republic foll…
The Legislature on Tuesday sat for the second time after the inauguration of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic and constituted a 20-member Select Committee to ensure the selection of members into the various Committees of Parli…
Britain is "first in line" for a trade deal with the United States under Donald Trump, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said after meeting the president-elect's advisers and other US politicians in New York and Washington.
Johnson had a …
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday made 13 nominations for consideration by Parliament as Ministers of State.
They include Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo as a Senior Minister whom the President described as “arguably the most suc…
ECOWAS Mediator in the political situation in The Gambia, President Muhammadu Buhari and his Co-Mediator, former President John Dramani Mahama are to meet and hold another round of talks with President Yahya Jammeh.
Information availabl…
The Parliamentary Press Corps (PPC) has congratulated Rt. Hon. Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, on his elevation to the high position of Speaker of the 7th Parliament of Ghana, and the third highest office of the land.
A statement s…
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