POLITICS

In her witness statement at her criminal prosecution, galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang denied any involvement in mining or mining support activities. Aisha Huang is accused of engaging in unlawful mining, often known as galamsey, without a permit after illegally entering Ghana after being deported in 2018. She was implicated in …

John Jinapor, the ranking member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, has demanded a comprehensive probe into a recent power outage that prompted two separate news releases from the Ghana Grid Company Limited, GRIDCo, and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). According to the MP for Yapei-Kusawgu, the …

“We are carrying the same momentum to the 2024 general election”, Mr John Dramani Mahama has said. “If history is being written about elections in Ghana, the people of Assin North will have their name written in gold,” former president John Dramani Mahama promised the residents of the constituency during …

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has updated its prediction that Ghana would see an average end-year inflation rate of 38.1% in 2023. This suggests that the cost of products and services will be high all year long. The UK-based organization credits the pass-through impact of freshly enacted levies and raised …

John Agyekum Kufuor, a former president, has counseled those in positions of authority to always act with accountability and transparency. He pointed out that this was the sign of effective leadership. The former president said, “Quality public service that ensured inclusivity and eschewed discrimination in all its forms, was vital …

The Member of Parliament for Assin North, Hon. James Gyakye Quayson, was accompanied yesterday to the S.D.A Church, El Shaddai Seventh Day Church, and the Savior Church, all in Breku, to express gratitude to God for a resounding victory in the recently concluded by-election. The delegation included branch, constituency, regional, …

Some Ho-Bankoe residents are calculating their losses after Saturday’s heavy, intermittent rains swamped stores and homes, ruining commodities and people’s possessions. Rains that started at around 3 p.m. on Saturday and persisted for almost four hours caused powerful currents to overflow culverts and bridges, as well as congested highways. This …

Despite the difficulties it has encountered, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pledged that his administration will keep implementing innovative policies and initiatives aimed at creating a progressive and affluent country. Speaking on Friday, July 7 at the Valley View University’s First Special Congregation in Oyibi, in the Greater Accra …

In order to lead the Ghanaian delegation to the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, which is being held in Bissau, the capital of the Republic of Guinea Bissau, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Saturday, July 8, 2023. The upcoming MINUSMA …

Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, a member of parliament for Assin South, has questioned why some diplomats have labeled Ghana as being behind other countries because of the anti-LGBT+ law that is now being debated in parliament. The MP charged such critics with being biased in their critique in a social …