The National House of Chiefs is urging the appropriate authorities to take immediate action to assist the thousands of Volta Region inhabitants who have been seriously impacted by the recent floods brought on by the spillage of the Akosombo dam. Vice President Naa Puowelle Karbo III underlined the need for prompt …
Read More »Misinformation by media, academia and civil society poses significant threat to Ghana’s stability – Kan Dapaah
“Misinformation, whether intentional or inadvertent, from these individuals because they are influential poses a significant threat to Ghana’s stability” according to the National Security Minister. Albert Kan Dapaah, the minister of national security, has accused some people in the media, civil society, and academics of intentionally using their positions of …
Read More »Lawyer Akoto Ampaw is dead
Anthony Akoto Ampaw, one of Ghana’s best private attorneys, has passed away. The circumstances surrounding his death, however, are still mostly unknown. The outstanding legal knowledge of Akoto Ampaw was well known. As the principal attorney defending President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo throughout the tumultuous court battle over the 2020 …
Read More »Dam spillage: Gov’t will do everything possible to assist the affected people – Bawumia
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has offered his condolences to the communities that have been flooded by the excess water that the Akosombo Dam spilled, which has caused the displacement of 26,000 people, mostly from the Volta Region but also in some areas of the Eastern and Greater Accra regions. The …
Read More »It is better late than not at all – Asiedu Nketia on Duncan-Williams, Eastwood Anaba’s resignation
The resignation of Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams and Rev. Eastwood Anaba from the Board of Trustees overseeing the construction of the National Cathedral in Ghana, according to Johnson Asiedu Nketia, National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), does not surprise him. Both Reverend Anaba and Archbishop Duncan-Williams said in a …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo receives credentials of six envoys
At a brief presentation ceremony marking the start of their tour of duty in Ghana, six new Ambassadors and High Commissioners presented their letters of credence to President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at the Jubilee House in Accra. They are H.E. Kittisak …
Read More »We need an African Energy Bank – Dr Opoku Prempeh at Africa Energy Week
According to Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Africa needs an Energy Bank, which should be established. In the wake of the energy transformation, the bank, according to the minister, would serve as the bastion for financing African energy initiatives. The Minister stated that the “energy transition conversation” from an African perspective …
Read More »1D1F: President Akufo-Addo commissions Sinotruck’s phase 2 Assembly Plant
On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic, officially opened the second phase of the Sinotruk Vehicle Assembly Plant in Tema as part of the government’s flagship 1-District-1-Factory initiative. At the same time, he turned the first sod for the start of work on the …
Read More »National Cathedral Secretariat replies Duncan-Williams and Eastwood Anaba over resignation reasons
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has made several attempts to politicize and stoke discontent for the National Cathedral project, and the National Cathedral Scretariat claims it is well aware of these attempts. The secretariat said that this had influenced their earlier choice to reject a motion by Archbishop Nicholas …
Read More »NDC chastises government for condoning the destruction of Ghana’s environment with galamsey
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), the major opposition political party, has accused President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of being responsible for the willful damage galamsey has done to the country. The NDC argues that the two are active partners and advocates of the threat, which accounts for …
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