The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has raised red flags over the recently approved lease agreement for salt mining in the Ada Songor lagoon. Over 150 square miles of the concession have been given to Electrochem Ghana Limited to dig, mine and produce salt for the next fifteen years. The area is currently producing only 330,000 metric tonnes of salt out ...

Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has appealed to Ghanaians to retain the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and President Akufo-Addo in the upcoming elections for more infrastructure in the Roads sector. According to him, a lot of critical roads in the country are currently receiving major facelift hence the government should be retained in order to complete them. ...

Former President John Mahama has told members of the NDC to uphold the principles and values that were cherished by their founder Jerry John Rawlings following his death. “Now, more than ever, we have a sacred duty to uphold and defend the values of the 4th Republic that President Rawlings held so dear – peace, democracy, probity and accountability, respect ...

Tributes are being paid to former President of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings following his death Thursday morning at the age of 73. Liberia’s President George Weah said “Ghana, Liberia and Africa will miss a great leader. “Liberia remembers his immense contribution to the attainment and sustainment of peace during our dark days of our own history,” he added in a ...

Dr. Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah says the late former President Jerry John Rawlings is best remembered as “a daredevil”. According to Dr. Nkrumah, many Ghanaians do not like Rawlings’s kind because he was too direct and loved to say the truth. Sekou Nkrumah, in a post on his Facebook timeline wrote of JJ ...

Ogyeahohoo Yaw Gyebi II, Paramount Chief of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Area has beaten Togbe Afede XIV at the National House of chiefs election becoming the new President. Ogyeahohoo Gyebi II, 72, polled 47 out of the 72 total valid votes cast while Togbe Afede managed 25 in the Thursday polls. The Vice-President of the House, Daasebre Kwebu Ewusi VII, also ...

Black Stars captain Andre Ayew has dedicated the teams win over Sudan to late Ghana President Jerry John Rawlings. The former President passed away on Thursday, hours before the Black Stars battled their Sudanese counterparts at the Cape Coast stadium. Andre Ayew who scored the two goals to secure the win paid glowing tribute to the iconic and charismatic former ...

NDC flagbearer John Mahama has suspended his campaign towards the December polls following the demise of former President Jerry John Rawlings. “I Just spoke with the campaign committee and we have decided to suspend the campaign for a little while,” he said. “We will be returning to Accra,” Mahama said at Obuasi in the Ashanti region where he has been ...

The Ga North Municipal Chief Executive, Hon. Gertrude Ankrah have said governments viable flagship agricultural initiatives is making significant impact on the lives of people in the agricultural fraternity. She said it was gratifying to note that the government through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has taken the initiative of introducing “planting for food and jobs and planting for ...

Renowned Nollywood actor and filmmaker Chief Pete Edochie has expressed his utmost sadness about the death of former president Jerry John Rawlings. Describing the late JJ Rawlings as his ‘dear friend’, the Nigerian actor on Thursday, November 12, 2020, took to social media to eulogize the former president. He described the late Rawlings as a man whose legacy will forever remain ...