Former Senior United Nations Governance Advisor, Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah says the Council of State should be entirely scrapped from the constitution of Ghana. According to him, their role in the state machinery is redundant and merely contributes to the duplicity seen in several Ghanaian governments over the years. He noted that their main mandate which...
Borussia Dortmund legends have arrived in Ghana ahead of their maiden visit to the West African country. The former players, including Champions League winners Karl Heinze Riedle, Jan Koller and Roman Weidenfeller arrived at the Kotoko International Airport (KIA) last night for Legends Tour Ghana 2022. They are expected to be in Ghana till June...
The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has reacted to the recent massacre of worshippers by terrorists in a Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State of Nigeria, as he seeks to engage a group of security experts. The experts, who must be Muslims, will have their terms of reference centering on how to protect...
Discussions on the perceived delay of work on the anti-LGBTQ bill by the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs deteriorated into a dogfight in Parliament yesterday amidst shouting matches. The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021, seeks to criminalise homosexuality and its allied sexual orientations and make advocating...
Two armed robbers who were arrested in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region in connection with bank robbery have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each. The convicts, Emeka Opara and Samuel Kalu, were arrested on May 30, 2022, following their attack on a victim at ECOBANK, Abrepo Junction, where they succeeded in bolting with a...
Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery says government is taking threats of terror attacks in Ghana seriously. Mr. Dery says government is leaving no stone unturned in its quest to protect lives and properties. Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Ambrose Dery said the Ghana Immigration Service has increased its border patrols to check persons arriving into...
The World Bank is warning Ghana and some African countries against the widening credit spreads and weakened currencies. In its June 2022 Global Economic Prospects report, the Bretton Wood institution, also said the tightening of monetary policy to combat rising inflation has also gathered pace in several Sub-Saharan African economies including Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda,...
As the Ghanaian economy strives to rebound to pre-pandemic levels, the Government is urging the private sector to come up with innovative products and services to satisfy the needs of their markets. The remarks come at a time when businesses are complaining of high cost of production in the country which is affecting the competitiveness...
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday, 8 June 2022, launched the No Guarantor Student Loan policy at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. The policy was a promise made by the Akufo-Addo government prior to the 2020 elections. The aim is to make tertiary education accessible to Ghanaian youth,...
Deputy Executive Director at the National Service Scheme (NSS), Gifty Oware-Mensah has debunked claims by some national service personnel that their three months allowance is in arrears. According to her the Service has paid 67,000 personnel as of April, 2022, adding that only personnel who have not submitted their monthly evaluation forms are yet to...