POLITICS

The One Million Coders Program was launched by President John Dramani Mahama at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Accra. Over the next four years, the program, which is a component of the government’s Reset Ghana Agenda, intends to teach one million Ghanaians critical digital skills. …

Richard Ahiagba, the director of communications for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has declared that the party will not release the reports of the 12-member committee that looked into why it lost the general elections in 2024. Speaking to JoyNews, Mr. Ahiagba clarified that the report is solely meant …

The National leadership of the opposition National Patriotic Party (NPP) was presented with a report of the investigation by the 12-member committee tasked with looking into the party’s loss in the 2024 general elections on Wednesday, April 16. The committee’s chairman, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, and his staff gave the …

The new municipal leadership is set to bring a new level of infrastructure and development to the Bono Regional capital’s Sunyani East Municipality. Following the confirmation of Mr. Vincent Antwi Agyei as the new Municipal Chief Executive, the highly expected development that has been anticipated by the whole Sunyani population …

Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, the Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, has vehemently advocated for a patriotic approach to crisis resolution and the rapid depoliticization of the issue. The number of deaths is increasing. People are living in fearterrified. “Children cannot attend school,” he stated on Monday evening …

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has donated GHC200,000 to assist impacted traders in the wake of the recent fire breakout at Kumasi’s Adum Blue Light Market. At a brief ceremony in Kumasi, Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin gave the money and sent his deepest sympathies to the traders who lost their …

Friday, April 18, 2025, and Monday, April 21, 2025, have been proclaimed statutory public holidays in Ghana by the Ministry of the Interior. Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak affirmed in a statement released on Monday that the two holidays—Good Friday and Easter Monday—will be honored across the country. Christians throughout remember …

Ghanaians should keep an eye out for the New Patriotic Front, a new political party that is expected to break away from the New Patriotic Party (NPP), according to Dr. Amoako Baah, a political scientist and member of the NPP. The Political Scientist stated in an exclusive interview with Alfred …

Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama, has stated that the country imports chicken worth around $400 million annually. The President reiterated plans to assist 54 people in producing four million birds, or 10,000 metric tons of chicken, and said the imports should be a source of shame for all Ghanaians. President …

Traders working along pavements in Kumasi’s central business district have been issued a two-week ultimatum by the city’s mayor to leave the area immediately or face penalties, including being beaten. Mr. Richard Ofori Agyemang Boadi warned the vendors that the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) will begin a two-week decongestion exercise …