POLITICS

President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo has sent his sincere sympathies to Turkey in the wake of Monday’s devastating earthquake. The accident left more than 1,300 people dead and 6,000 wounded, according to the authorities. A few hours after the first earthquake, a 7.5 magnitude aftershock hit southern Turkey. Reports state …

More than 2,400 people were killed and many more were injured when a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake slammed large areas of Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday. It toppled hundreds of buildings and buried occupants under piles of debris or flattened floors. Authorities anticipated that as rescuers combed through tangles …

The Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Dan Botwe, has been named as acting minister for the Ministry for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs by President Akufo-Addo. This comes after Ebenezer Kojo Kum’s resignation. This was after Hon. Ebenezer Kojo Kum submitted his letter of resignation to the President …

Ebenezer Kojo Kum, the Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, has resigned from his job effective right away. The Presidency made this known in a statement on Friday, February 3, 2023. The resignation was thus accepted by President Akufo-Addo. The current representative for the Ahanta West constituency is Ebenezer Kojo …

The largest wireless carrier in Africa, MTN Group Limited, has declared that a tax bill for GH8.2 billion ($672 million) it received from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been canceled. According to a filing by MTN on Friday, Ghana’s decision followed “extensive and fruitful discussions” during a 21-day negotiation …

The former Deputy Education Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the North Tongu MP, has replied to the restraining order issued by Reverend Kusi Boateng by stating that the “Truth and Justice shall not be buried.” The MP claims he has given his attorneys the go-ahead to proceed with the matter as …

On February 11, 2023, the Parliamentary Education Committee plans to summon Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum to testify over suspected corruption in the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). The Computerized School Selection and Placement System has come under fire when claims surfaced that some people were paid …

Ghana’s corruption is widespread because the entire nation has accepted it as a way of life, according to Mr. Michael Boadi, the fund-raising manager for the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the country’s chapter of Transparency International (TI). In order to reduce the number of violent extremists in the country, he …

Rev. Kusi Boateng, also known as Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, is the founder and senior pastor of Power Chapel Worldwide International. He has obtained a restraining order against Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the member of parliament for the North Tongu seat. According to this, Mr. Ablakwa is prohibited for the following 10 …

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to choose a date for its presidential and parliamentary primaries ended without reaching a decision. The President, Vice President, Chief of Staff, certain Members of Parliament, and potential presidential candidates were present at yesterday’s meeting [Thursday, February 2, 2023], which …