Dr. Kwabena Duffour, an NDC flagbearer candidate, has withdrawn his request for an injunction prohibiting the party’s primary elections for president and parliament on Saturday 13 May. On Friday, May 12, Dr. Duffuor’s attorneys informed the court that they had received instructions from the plaintiff that his team (Dr. Duffuor’s …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo prepares Africa for the next pandemic, commissions National Vaccine Institute
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president of the republic, officially opened an ultramodern office building that would work as the strategic coordinating body for vaccine development and production in Ghana. It will be recalled that on February 28, 2021, President Akufo-Addo established a Presidential Committee on Vaccine Development and Manufacturing …
Read More »9 children drown as boat capsized at Faanaa-Botianor
On their way home from school, nine kids drowned in a lake in Faana-Bortianor, an island village in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 12 students were reportedly paddling a canoe across a lake on their way from Wiagoman to Faanaa. Nine …
Read More »High Court to hear NDC injunction application on Friday according to Lawyer Abraham Amaliba
Abraham Amaliba, the director of legal affairs for the National Democratic Congress, has announced that the court will instead hear a move for abridgement of the lawsuit made against the party’s primaries on Friday, May 18, which is a Friday, rather than the original May 15, which is a Monday. …
Read More »Duffour’s suit incompetent ought to be dismissed – NDC
Attorneys for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in opposition have asked an Accra High Court to reject a complaint that they claim is frivolous and filed by flagbearer candidate Dr. Kwabena Duffuor. They add that the case lacks a legal foundation. “We submit that the plaintiff’s suit is incompetent and …
Read More »Kejetia fire outbreak: Committee presents report to Local Gov’t Minister
In Accra, Ghana, the committee appointed by the Minister of Local Government, Decentralization, and Rural Development (MLGDRD), Hon. Daniel Botwe, to investigate the fire outbreak that destroyed a portion of the recently built Kejetia market in the Ashanti Region, delivered its findings today. The report includes conclusions and suggestions, among …
Read More »Ghana’s inflation rate for April drop to 41.2%
According to data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), the rate of inflation for April 2023 dropped to 41.2%. For the month of March 2023, the inflation rate was 45%. This represents a decrease of 3.8 percentage points from the inflation rate in March 2023. After experiencing a further …
Read More »EC will not supervise NDC primaries over interlocutory injunction by Duffour
The primary elections for the National Democratic Congress(NDC) are set for Saturday, May 13, but according to the Electoral Commission (EC), supervision won’t begin until all legal concerns are settled. The EC claims that holding the primaries would be disrespectful to the legal system because it would be an act …
Read More »NDC Communications Director fined Ghc 3,600 for attacking journalist of Dagbon FM
Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Northern regional communications officer Hardi Pagzaa and one Mumuni Osman were fined GH3,600 by the District Court in Tamale, which is presided over by His Worship Amadu Issifu, for attacking a radio presenter of Dagbon Radio in Tamale. The two who were detained by the …
Read More »Ghanaians are now suffering more than they were in 2016 – John Mahama
John Mahama, a former president, has bemoaned the current economic difficulties Ghanaians are experiencing. According to him, the Akufo-Addo administration has utterly failed to keep the promises it made to Ghanaians in the run-up to the 2016 elections. The NDC candidate for flagbearer said that the incumbent administration had tricked …
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