POLITICS

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has caved in to the criticism of his selection by naming top stars Kwadwo Asamoah and Baba Rahman in his starting line up for Saturday’s crucial 2019 Africa Cup of Nations clash with Cameroon. But legendary striker Asamoah Gyan remains on the bench as is unimpressive left-back Lumor Agbenyenu. The selection is part of the four ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to African leaders to, as a matter of duty, extend a blanket of protection for women on the continent and ensure that their rights are upheld and respected. He made the appeal when he addressed the Gender and Development Initiative for Africa (GADIA) presidential event dubbed: ‘The Status of African Female Refugees and ...

President Akufo Addo has made a passionate appeal to Africa leaders to, as a matter of duty, extend a blanket of protection for women of the continent and ensure that their rights are upheld and respected. He made the appeal when he addressed the Gender and Development Initiative for Africa (GADIA) presidential event dubbed “The Status of African Female Refugees ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pledged to ensure that there are no job losses in the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) as a result of the Meridian Ports (MPS) concession Agreement. Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the Minister of Transport, in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the President made the pledge, after listening to concerns ...

The construction of a new parliamentary chamber for sittings is expected to begin before the end of 2019. This was disclosed when Members of the Parliamentary Service Board received a model for thr proposed new chamber on Friday. According to the Speaker of Parliament, some allocation has been made towards the project by the government but additional funding is being ...

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) is calling for criminal charges against former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Betty Mould Iddrisu, for her involvement in the payment of GH¢51.2 million as judgment debt to businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome. The party also wants some other former appointees of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) who, somehow, facilitated the erroneous payment to ...

Head Pastor of the Glorious Wave Church International, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi has predicted the defeat of the governing New patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2020 elections should the party’s delegates maintain President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as flagbearer. He admonishes delegates in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to reject President Akufo-Addo as flagbearer for the party come 2020 ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong has sent a stern warning to custodians of lands mostly chiefs in the country as well as encroachers to stay away from lands he legally bought from them. “I will not hustle outside Ghana and sit unconcerned for any chief in Ga, Fante or Asante ...

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has dismissed the case filed by businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, against the state. The court said Woyome’s right to non-discrimination, right to equality before the law, equal protection before the law and his right to be heard by an impartial tribunal had all not been violated. Below is a summary of the ...

Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings has called on the Electoral Commission to take a critical look at the concerns raised by the National Democratic Congress on the ongoing limited voter registration exercise. The former President said following concerns raised in a press conference by the NDC on Thursday, it has become necessary for the Electoral Commission to give the ...