Teacher Unions have sent warnings to the government and general public regarding potential problems with the nation’s pre-tertiary education system. The Unions conveyed their dissatisfaction with the government’s approach towards the discussions over their service conditions through a unified statement. The unions are the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), …

A staff-level agreement has been achieved between Ghana and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to wrap up the second review of the 36-month program funded by the ECF. A third tranche of US$360 million will be released as a result of the deal, if the IMF Executive Board gives its …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries in the Ashanti Region’s Ejisu constituency on April 13 saw private attorney Kwabena Boateng emerge victorious. In order to become the NPP’s parliamentary candidate ahead of the by-election, he defeated eight opponents, including Kwesi Nyantakyi, the former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). …

The establishment of the Ukrainian Embassy in Accra has strengthened the long-standing bilateral and diplomatic relations between Ghana and the Ukrainian people. August 1992, not long after Ukraine attained independence, marks the beginning of a remarkable history between Ghana and Ukraine. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana, made …

President Akufo-Addo has come under fire from Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Deputy Minority Leader in Parliament, over his proposal to rebrand AMERI Power Plant as Kumasi 1 Power Plant (K1TPP). Kumasi 1 Thermal Plant (K1TPP) is the anticipated new name for the Ameri plant that was acquired under previous President …

On Saturday, April 13, Cynthia Morrison, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Agona West, was defeated in the parliamentary primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The MP received 152 votes, while Christopher Arthur, the party’s parliamentary candidate, received 240 votes. At Otabilkrom Astroturf in Agona Swedru, the primary …

Movement for Change’s founder and leader, Mr. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has announced plans to establish a Traders Bank in Ghana as part of a policy intervention aimed at supporting the private sector. Mr. Kyerematen stressed the importance of traders in the country’s development and promised that any government under his …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, Mr. John Dramani Mahama, has declared categorically that he will not tolerate corruption and that he will be held accountable if he is elected president in the upcoming December elections. Speaking to members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), the former president …

As Ghana gets ready for the elections in December, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has encouraged citizens to be on the lookout for fake news. The President underlined the risk of fake news instigating unrest during elections during his speech at this year’s Eid celebrations, which were held in Accra’s …

Former President John Dramani Mahama’s special assistant Joyce Bawah Mogtari has criticized the Akufo-Addo-led government’s recently introduced Performance Tracker, calling it a misallocation of resources. Mogtari berated the tracker for being opaque about the government’s purportedly lavish spending in a post on X, calling it an inefficient use of limited …