Ghanaians, have been left stunned over how President Akufo-Addo and his vice, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, could reject and accept the request to build an airport in the Central Region within a spate of 24 hours. Last Friday, many woke up to news of the President, rejecting suggestion from people in the Central Region that government looks at constructing an airport ...

The Agyapa Royalties deal recently passed by Ghana’s Parliament is just a way to park the country’s debts off the balance sheet, Prof Kwaku Asare, a law professor and accountant has said. Parliament passed the deal two weeks ago by approving five agreements to allow the country to derive maximum value from its mineral resources and monetise its mineral income ...

South Africa’s students in all grades resume classes on Monday after weeks of closure because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Final-year students had resumed classes earlier to prepare for examinations. President Cyril Ramaphosa closed the schools in July after they were briefly reopened following a public outcry on rising virus cases. Monday’s resumption of classes comes as the country registers a decline in ...

The former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Cromwell Nanabanyin Bissue has refuted suggestions that President Nana Akufo-Addo was unaware that the NPP’s manifesto contained a promise to build an airport and a harbour in Cape Coast. On Friday, a day before the NPP’s manifesto launch in Cape Coast, President Akufo Addo stated in an interview ...

There are signs of hope on the African continent as cases of COVID-19 begin to fall in some worst hit countries. The continent-wide daily average was 10,300 last week, down from 11,000 the week before. Africa has recorded 1,147,369 cases, more than half of which are in South Africa, and about 26,000 deaths. The Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control ...

Bayern Munich overcame Paris St-Germain in a tightly contested Champions League final in Lisbon to claim the crown for the sixth time. Kingsley Coman, who started his career at PSG, settled a tense affair with a 59th-minute header at the far post from Joshua Kimmich’s cross to leave the French giants still searching for that elusive Champions League triumph. It ...

Kellyanne Conway has announced that she is resigning from her post as senior adviser to US President Donald Trump. In a statement, Mrs Conway, 53, said she was stepping down at the end of August to focus on her children, giving them “less drama, more mama”. Her husband, George, an outspoken critic of the president, will also be stepping back ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress holds a press conference on the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) manifesto which was launched over the weekend. The presser is also expected to address issues raised by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia during his Town Hall Meeting. Communications Officer of the NDC Sammy Gyamfi is expected to address the media. Join the feed below:   Source: www.ghanaweb.com Share on:

In 1992, Ghana re-subscribed to multi-party democracy. She promulgated her Fourth Republican Constitution in January 1993 with an expectation of building a prosperous society for all and not just a few. However, few months to her 8th presidential and parliamentary elections in December 2020, the hope with excitement that characterised the birth of Ghana’s democracy about 28 years ago has ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s resolve to fighting corruption has been rendered ineffective by a bunch of criminals around him, musician and activist Kwame A Plus has said. A Plus said in an interview with JoyNews that the so-called criminals have hijacked the government’s anti-corruption agenda and are rather fighting those who are interested in ending the canker. He disclosed ...