POLITICS

Sariki Alhaji Abubakar Umar, the National Vice President of the Council of Zongo Chiefs, has urged Muslim men to speak out against domestic abuse and election interference. Alhaji Abubakar Umar stated that because Muslims are a responsible faith and think that peace is an instrument for fostering national development, he …

Tuesday saw the declaration of an emergency by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in ten provinces hit by two earthquakes that left more than 5,200 people dead and a path of devastation across a large stretch of southern Turkey and neighboring Syria. Rescuers were still struggling to pull survivors from the …

Efforts to find survivors from a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey have begun winding down as the death toll climbed to at least 36. The magnitude-6.8 quake shook Turkey’s Elazig province late on Friday, causing buildings to collapse. Some 45 people have been pulled alive from the rubble so far. …

Muntaka Mubarak, the former Minority Chief Whip, has agreed to the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) plan to realign the Minority’s front bench in Parliament. He (Muntaka Mubarak), Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, Mr. James Klutse Avedzi, who was also the Deputy Minority Leader at the time, and Mr. James Klutse Avedzi were …

Former Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has agreed to the NDC’s (National Democratic Congress) reorganization of the front bench in Parliament. According to insiders who spoke to media, he also appreciates the National Democratic Congress'(NDC) Council of Elders and former president John Dramani Mahama’s influence. The sources claim that Mr. Iddrisu …

In response to the deadly earthquake that was felt in Turkey and Syria, H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, has spoken out. Thousands of people have died as a result of the horrific earthquake, and Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu has still not been located and …

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 …