POLITICS

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says Ghanaians will have to re-register their sim cards with the Ghana Card beginning July or lose them. According to him, the move is part of efforts to digitize the economy for enhanced accountability and economic growth “I expect that the minister for communication and Digitalization will soon announce that we will all from the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is in Paris, France, attending a Summit on Financing African Economies, which is being convened by the French President, Emmanuel Macron. The Summit is expected to bring together several African and European leaders, and heads of international financial institutions. Participants will devise strategies that will boost strong, inclusive recovery in Africa, grounded in a dynamic ...

The Ashanti regional security coordinator, DCOP Ayensu Opare Addo, (rtd) has revealed that his purported termination notice was issued to him by the new security coordinator Major General Francis Amanfo. On Tuesday, May 11, some members of the supposedly disbanded pro-NPP vigilante group Delta Force were last week arrested for attempting to forcefully remove DCOP retired Ayensu Opare Addo from ...

The Ashanti regional security coordinator who was recently attacked in his office by members of the vigilante group Delta Force has said the group targetted him because he prevented them from undertaking illegal mining. According to DCOP Ayensu Opare Addo, he has often had brushes with members of the group who believe he is an impediment between them and their ...

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has added its voice to calls for the protection and respect for the rights of journalists in the country. The PPP in a statement said it is “worried” about the incessant brutalities the Police and some members from the National Security is meting out to innocent citizens in this country especially journalists. The statement comes ...

President Akufo-Addo has announced the second round of national vaccination against the deadly Coronvirus will commence on Wednesday, May 19. The President in his 25th national broadcast since the outbreak of the virus in Ghana said the will also take place in 43 districts. “I am happy to announce that beginning Wednesday, May 19 to Wednesday 26 May, the deployment ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has condemned the arrest and alleged assault of CITI FM’s Caleb Kudah by officials of National Security. The journalist who was arrested for taking videos of abandoned vehicles at the National Security Secretariat in Accra has recounted how he was assaulted by security officials after they arrested him. The incident has provoked many Ghanaians ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday, 16 May 2021 addressed the nation for the 25th time on COVID-19 and what his government is doing to stop the spread and fight the pandemic. Below is the President’s full address: I am embarking on a nine-day official working visit to France, Belgium and South Africa, as part of efforts being made ...

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has applauded the youth of the country for their #FixTheCountry campaign aimed at putting pressure on the government to address myriad challenges facing the country. According to Mr. Bagbin, the majority of the concerns expressed by the youth have existed since independence. However, “it is also true that these challenges have become more pronounced in ...

Pressure group OccupyGhana has described the alleged manhandling of Citi FM journalists Caleb Kudah by some national security operatives as “a bestial culture of impunity, an animalistic disregard for basic human rights and a demonic manifestation of tendencies that have no place even in a holocaust camp.” According to OccupyGhana it is “appalled and disgusted” and when the allegation is ...