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Six primary schools in the Jomoro constituency of the Western region have benefited from a refurbishment project Hon. Dorcas Afo-Toffey undertook over the weekends because she recognizes the value of education in producing the next generation of leaders. Gyegyekro Basic School, Cocoa Town Basic School, Alenrezule Basic School, Tikobo Number …

The Bill empowers the Ministry of Interior to grant a license for the cultivation of cannabis for industrial and medicinal purposes. The Supreme Court struck out provisions in the Narcotic Control Commission Act that allowed for the cultivation of certain kinds of cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes arguing that …

In June, Ghana’s inflation rate reached a three-month high, mostly due to skyrocketing food costs. Inflation progressively decreased for four straight months until April after hitting a high of 54.1% in December that was higher than it had been in more than two decades. However, according to government statistician Samuel …

Osabarima Adusei Peasah IV, the Chief of Akyem Old Tafo in the Abuakwa North of the Eastern region, has reaffirmed his resolve to assist in overseeing development projects in his enclaves. He has therefore urged his sub-chiefs and the local populace to work hard to realize his goals. The request …

Following student protests about a lack of food, the Upper East Region’s Binduri Community Day Senior High School was closed. Some furious students skipped class on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 to protest and voice their unhappiness with the administration of the school’s ongoing failure to supply them with one hot …

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the majority leader and minister for parliamentary affairs, said he will discuss the Minority group’s ongoing boycott of parliamentary proceedings on days James Gyakye Quayson is in court with his colleague Minority Leader Cassiel Ato Forson. On days when Collins Dauda, the Minority Leader, Assin North and Asutifi …

A corporal was taken into custody by the police in the Ashanti region’s Atwima Mponua settlement of Nyinahin for allegedly stealing and damaging property. While on leave and stationed at Asaam in Mampong, Corporal Lansah Umar allegedly broke through the security door to his colleague’s home and took some sacks …

Mr. Azubila Emmanuel Abdul-Salam, Executive Secretary of Anchoring Democracy Advocacy Movement Ghana ADAM-GH, has expressed grave concerns about the way in which the country’s justice system is developing as well as the public’s perception of and faith in the judicial system. He claims that Ghana, which has long been hailed …

All ten candidates for the special Electoral College election have been approved by the vetting committee of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, Kwadwo Poku, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Boakye Agyarko, Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Joe Ghartey, and …

John Mahama, the candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has charged that the Akufo-Addo administration plans to rig the 2024 general elections by taking advantage of the Electoral Commission’s “partisan” leadership. Speaking on July 8, 2023, at the Alumni Connect of the Tertiary Education Institutions Network – KNUST chapter …