POLITICS

President Akufo-Addo says, the call by Africans and Africans in the diaspora for the payment of reparations by European nations who carried out the transatlantic slave trade some 400 years ago is not a plea for alms, but a demand for justice. The President demanded that reparatory justice must go hand in hand with restitution, adding it should be executed ...

The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the 2024 budget statement in Parliament today Wednesday, November 15. The budget statement will throw further light on the performance of the economy, and efforts to boost the country’s productive capacity through the new growth strategy, the Finance Ministry said. The Ministry described the budget as a crucial document to ...

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Limited Company (BOST) has responded to reports that it purchased 18 iPhone 13 Pro Max phones for some staff at a total cost of over GH¢28 million. In a statement addressing these reports, BOST confirmed that it did indeed buy the phones for its corporate executives in May of the previous year. The statement ...

The Eastern Region branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to beef up security at the district office of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) in Upper West Akyem. The NDC is accusing the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman, Nana Adei Obuobi, of causing mayhem and intimidating EC’s officials by leading ...

The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ntim, has called upon Regional Chairmen and party members to exert relentless efforts to secure the party’s victory in the 2024 general election. Mr Ntim delivered this charge during an emergency meeting with Regional Chairmen on Thursday, September 28, 2023, held at the party’s headquarters in Asylum Down, Accra. LEARN ...

The National Chairman of Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Stephen Ntim, led a delegation to engage in discussions with the leadership of Nigeria’s All-Progressives Congress (APC) on fostering good governance in the West Africa region. Accompanied by the NPP’s National Treasurer, Dr. Charles Dwamena, and Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Rashid Bawa, Mr. Ntim met with Abdullahi Ganduje, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament to formulate concrete proposals aimed at assisting governments throughout West Africa in addressing the growing threats of insecurity and coups d’état. President Akufo-Addo emphasised the importance of identifying the root causes of military uprisings to better equip the sub-region in tackling the recent ...

The Cape Coast South Chairperson for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has predicted that the Central Region will decide who becomes the flagbearer for the 2024 elections. Madam Caroline Ewusi said just as the Region has been the decider for who becomes the president of Ghana over the years, it will again be the decider for who becomes the flagbearer ...

Lecturer and economist at the University of Ghana Economics Department, Dr Adu Owusu Sarkodie cannot fathom how Ghana is touted as the number one gold producer in Africa, but struggles to raise funds to finance a flagship policy. Propagating the need to seek financing from elsewhere, Dr Adu-Sarkodie maintained that government ought to face the problems associated with the free ...

Adaklu Member of Parliament Kwame Governs Agbodza has written on the Tamale Airport redevelopment project as Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia opened the new Tamale International Airport on Tuesday, August 22. This infrastructure project supported by the UK Government through UK Export Finance (UKEF) in Ghana is expected to increase connectivity across the country and the West African region as ...