President Akufo-Addo has been encouraged by the Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, to step in and prevent the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) planned construction of a new headquarters building. The Minority in Parliament has vowed to hold a demonstration against the Central Bank’s facilities in response to the $250 …
Read More »EC sets December 19 for District Assembly elections
The District Level Elections (DLE) for 2023 will take place on Tuesday, December 19, according to the Electoral Commission (EC). It will be necessary to elect new Assembly Members for the following four years since the terms of the currently serving Assembly Members, who were elected in 2019, expire in …
Read More »Foreign Affairs Ministry release hotlines to report corruption and mistreatment
Hotlines have been made available by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration for applicants who experience abuse and extortion at the numerous passport offices located around the nation. The Ministry encourages candidates who experience staff maltreatment or extortion to either phone one of the hotlines or submit an …
Read More »Cecilia Dapaah ‘fights’ OSP over frozen bank account
Cecilia Dapaah Former Sanitation Minister called the Special Prosecutor’s request to uphold the order to freeze and confiscate her assets as an attempt to continue the arbitrary exercise of power based on misrepresentation of the facts and the resulting media frenzy. Her attorneys announced on Thursday that they were objecting …
Read More »Kofi Adu-Amoateng approved as DCE for Bosome Freho
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominee for Bosome Freho District Assembly Mr. Kofi Adu Amoateng has been confirmed as the new Chief District Executive (DCE) for the Assembly. Mr. Kofi Adu Amoateng was overwhelmingly supported by MPs on Wednesday 16 August 2023 at Bosome Freho District Assembly Hall. He received …
Read More »Assin North MP drags Attorney General to Ghana Legal Council
James Gyakye Quayson, the Member of Parliament for Assin North, has filed a complaint with the General Legal Council (GLC) regarding what he believes to be improper conduct on the part of the Attorney General (AG). Mr. Gyakye Quayson explained the AG’s improper conduct in a letter to the head …
Read More »Prof Gyampo elected as University of Ghana UTAG president
Ransford Edward Gyampo, a professor of political science at the University of Ghana, has been chosen to lead the University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). In the election held on August 15, 2023, the brilliant and well-known scholar received 93.3 percent of the total …
Read More »EC to begin voters’ registration on September 12
Approximately 1.35 million people are expected to be registered to vote in the 2023 elections, which will take place between September 12 and October 2. This is based on the EC’s prediction that, by 2020, at least 1,350,000 people may have reached the age of 18 since the last registration …
Read More »ECOWAS promises to employ all legal means to help Niger get back to constitutional order
The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CDS) has promised to employ every tool at its disposal to help Niger return to constitutional order. The deployment of the ECOWAS stand-by force in the Republic of Niger is the topic of a 2-day emergency meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of …
Read More »Ablakwa intercepts undeniable documents from the BoG over bloated cost of project
According to records revealed by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the member of parliament for North Tongu, the Bank of Ghana’s new premises originally cost just over US$81 million, but their current estimated worth is expected to go beyond US$250 million. In a publication dated August 17, 2023, the MP revealed, among …
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