The deadline for the current limited voter registration exercise has been extended, according to the Ghanaian Electoral Commission (EC). The commission announced on social media that the registration period has been extended by two days, with a new expiration date of Wednesday, May 29, 2024. The initial plan was for …

Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, has denied allegations made by members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) regarding an accusation made by Richard Jakpa, the third accused, during Thursday’s (May 23) court proceedings, that the Attorney General wanted his cooperation in order to get Cassiel Ato …

Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame allegedly met Richard Jakpa, the third accused in the ambulance purchase trial, with the intention of accusing Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the former Deputy Finance Minister and minority leader. Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe advised Jakpa to give straight answers and not waste the court’s time during …

Bail has been granted to Hopeson Adorye, a vociferous member of the Movement for Change who was detained after he admitted to setting off dynamite in the Volta Region before the 2016 elections in order to support the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The Dansoman District Court granted Mr. Adorye bail …

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has dismissed as baseless claims made by the opposition National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) director of elections that the government has criminalized state organizations like the NIA. On Tuesday, Omane Boamah asserted that the NIA, led by Prof. Ken Attafuah, had peculiarly selected the current voter …

According to the Electoral Commission (EC), extending the deadline for the current voter registration exercise is “not feasible.” The procedure has subsequently gone smoothly and without any problems across the nation, according to the EC, despite the technological difficulties that were faced during the exercise’s first two days. New voter …

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the national chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), claims he no longer believes in the values upheld by renowned lawyer and former special prosecutor Martin Amidu. He claimed that up until Mr. Amidu’s recent appeal to President Akufo-Addo asking to remove Kissi Agyebeng from her …

President Akufo-Addo has named Joe Ghartey, a former minister of railways, to lead the reorganized board of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Elsie Addo Awadzi, the second deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana, Julie Essiam, the commissioner general of the GRA, and tax and fiscal policy enthusiast Dr. Alex …

Stephen Ayesu Ntim, national chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, has been named board chairman of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). Joe Addo-Yobo, who held the position since 2017, has been replaced. Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Energy, administered Ntim’s oath of office as board chair on Tuesday, …

The government has made progress in addressing the economic difficulties that arose during the COVID-19 epidemic, according to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. But he advised against becoming complacent. He urged chief executives and governing boards of all state agencies to embrace digitization, saying, “Even though we have turned the …