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Two years ahead of the next general elections, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced significant changes to voter registration and voting. With the development of a constitutional instrument that has not yet been laid, these will have an impact on the source papers for voter registration and the voter ID …

Today Monday, September 12, 2022, a few irate clients of the now-defunct gold collectible company Menzgold have been given notice to go to the president’s office to intervene in the payment of their locked-up monies. According to the group, the walk will begin at the customs parking lot opposite the …

The National Communications Authority (NCA) and the Attorney-General (A-G) have been sued by Pressure Group, the People’s Project on the ongoing SIM card re-registration exercise. The group is requesting that the Supreme Court annul the registration deadline and any accompanying sanctions for failing to register. It makes the constitutionality of …

The Ghanaian Electoral Commission (EC) has urged political parties to urge its followers who are eligible to vote but are not registered to vote to do so during the approaching voter registration drive. The decision was reached by the EC during a news conference on September 8, 2022, in Accra. …

The Ghana cedi is not the weakest currency in Africa, as claimed by Dr. John Kumah, the deputy finance minister. He asserts that such a claim is untrue and just intended to discredit the government’s budgetary policies intended to stop the free slide of the cedi versus the dollar. Despite …

In connection with the murder of 15-year-old Regina Sarfo at Ahenbrom in Konongo, Ashanti Region, three people have been detained. The three accused are now helping the police with their inquiries into the girl’s slaying. The girl’s body was discovered on September 8, 2022, dumped in a thicket in the …

The current global economic crisis has had a significant impact on the education sector, particularly the tertiary institutions, according to Pastor Professor Robert Osei-Bonsu, Chancellor of Valley View University (VVU) and President of the West Africa Division of The Seventh Day Adventist Church. He argues that switching from traditional face-to-face …

The Ghana Cocoa Farmers Association and its Chief Farmers in the Bono Region’s Berekum East Municipality have urgently urged the Ghanaian government and the Ghana Cocoa Board to raise the price of cocoa from the present GHC660 per bag to GHC1,000 during the 2022–2023 cocoa harvest. An untold burden has …

The former Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr Brogya Genfi is urging the Nursing and the Teacher Trainees to increase the tempo of agitation to get their allowances owe by the government of Ghana. According to the Aspiring National Youth Organizer for the NDC the …

According to an official, Nigeria’s customs office seized 7,000 donkey penises on their way to Hong Kong at an airport in the country’s commercial capital, Lagos. Sambo Dangaladima, the customs controller at Murtala Muhammed airport, said the animal parts were included in 16 sacks that were discovered in the animal …