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In the past 24 hours, there has been surmounting pressure on Nana Akufo-Addo, as ECOWAS Chair, to speak out on the ongoing unrest in neighbouring country Nigeria. Nigerian youth have for the past twelve days engaged in a series of protest to demand better treatment from their government. The protests, themed #EndSars and #EndPolicebrutality saw thousands gather at vantage points ...

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) says it expects Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, who is also the leader of sub-regional block ECOWAS, to publicly comment on developments in Nigeria. According to the Executive Director of the group Dr Chukwuemeka B. Eze, a public statement on the chaos in the West African nation will assure the citizens that the regional ...

President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to the chiefs and people of the Afife Traditional Area, in the Ketu North constituency to vote and retain him as President at the December 7 polls to enable him continue with the development of the area and Ghana at large. President Akufo-Addo made the appeal when he addressed a durbar of Chiefs and ...

Violence that rocked #EndSARS protests across the country worsened on Tuesday with 43 protesters and six policemen losing their lives. Protesters calling for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police have been carrying out peaceful demonstrations across the country since October 8. However, the protests assumed a violent dimension last week when thugs attacked peaceful protesters ...

The Safe Haven Cancer Support Centre will on Saturday, October 24, launch its new office which will aid in providing support to cancer patients. The annual Hats for Health educational and fundraising event for cancer awareness and support will also be held same day. The Safe Haven Cancer Support Centre and Safe Haven Cancer Society are organizations that were started ...

President Akufo-Addo has reiterated government’s commitment to assisting Ghanaian enterprises to take advantage of the coming into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Speaking at the 2nd National Conference on the African Continental Free Trade Area, held on Tuesday, 20th October 2020, at the Accra International Conference Centre, President Akufo-Addo explained that the AfCFTA will ensure that ...

The vice-presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang says President Akufo-Addo and the ruling NPP are being delusional on the state of roads hence their position on Okada in the country “I have travelled to several communities and if you see the kind of roads that we are driving on, you can only conclude that ...

A young lady, Yaa Baby Oparebea Asare, who left the shores of Ghana for greener pastures has narrated the traumatising moments she served as a housemaid in Saudi Arabia. She said upon receiving her documents after contacting a Madina agency which was introduced to her by a friend, she left Ghana due to financial difficulties and family problems. She said, ...

Former President John Mahama has asked President Akufo-Addo and the governing New Patriotic Party government when they will implement the Cocoa Pension Scheme they promised Cocoa farmers after winning the 2016 polls. Speaking at Samreboi in the Amenfi West Constituency of the Western Region, Mr Mahama asked cocoa farmers to vote for the NDC in the December general elections because ...

A 24-year-old resident of Nungua Oxwell Kito who had his left hand completely cut-off during a violent incident at the Nungua Presbyterian Park popularly known as ‘Nungua Town Park’ has been detained at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for eight months due to non-payment of bills. Oxwell Kito was involved in a violent incident that took place at an SHS ...