POLITICS

Ghana’s government has now gotten the $750 million loan from Afrexim Bank that was anticipated. This is a portion of the $2 billion in loans from various sources that the government anticipates will help stop the wild collapse of the cedi. The 750 million euros reportedly came in three installments …

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association(CPA) International’s new president is the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin. At the recently concluded 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC), which Canada hosted in Halifax, he was unanimously chosen to serve as the President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), an association of …

Former president John Dramani Mahama has referred to the Akufo-Addo administration as “the biggest political scam in the 4th Republic.” He argues that this is due to the nation’s extreme economic problems. On Sunday, Mr. Mahama asserted that President Akufo-Addo and his Vice, Dr. Mahamadu Mahamadu, were directly to blame …

The government has promised that steps have been taken to stabilize the rapidly declining currency. Charles Adu Boahen, Minister of State in charge of the Finance Ministry, predicts that by this week, the cedi will start to stabilize. He claimed that this is so that the government “can address some …

It has come to light that the Chief of Staff’s office spent more than 240 million pounds on supplies and services just for the year 2020. This is stated in the document containing the Office of the President’s expense returns that was provided to the Parliamentary Finance Committee. Dr. Cassiel …

The Kumasi Traditional Council has refuted claims that it threatened Akwasi Addai Odike, the man who founded the United Progressive Party (UPP), with violence. This comes after Odike urged the young to rebel against the chiefs if they don’t do their part to stop the threat of illegal mining. The …

Oyerepa FM, a radio station in Kumasi, shut down this morning. This is in response to the Kumasi Traditional Council’s directive to shut down the media outlet until further notice. The Council’s Acting President, Baffuor Amankwatia VI, who is the Bantamahene, made the announcement when a team from Oyerepa FM …

Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah has stated that the fines levied by the courts against unlawful small-scale miners (galamseyers) are too cheap and not enough deterrent. He believed that harsher penalties were required to deter stubborn galamseyers. Galamsey is like fighting the black market; you fight them here, they sprout …

The Kumasi Traditional Council has requested that Oyerepa FM, a radio station situated in Kumasi, stops broadcasting on Friday, August 26, until further notice. The Council’s Acting President, Baffuor Amankwatia VI, who is the Bantamahene, made the announcement when a team from Oyerepa FM and TV appeared before the Traditional …

Dr. Clement Apaak, the MP for Builsa South, has pleaded with President Akufo-Addo to revoke Mr. Anthony Boateng’s post-retirement contract with the Ghana Education Service (GES). The contract extension for Mr. Anthony Boateng was deemed unreasonable by Dr. Clement Apaak, who is also the deputy ranking member on the Parliamentary …