POLITICS

William Ato Essien, the founder of the now-defunct Capital Bank, had asked for a chance to renegotiate with the Attorney General, but his request was denied by the Accra High Court. Essien has broken the terms of a deal that allowed him to avoid jail time in exchange for agreeing …

Following Dr. Kwabena Duffuor’s withdrawal of his lawsuit against the NDC, the Electoral Commission will now supervise the party’s parliamentary and presidential primaries. The Electoral Commission on Wednesday postponed its oversight of the election due to an injunction request made by Dr. Duffour’s team that was earlier set to be …

According to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, raw bauxite and iron ore would soon no longer be exported from Ghana. On Thursday, May 11, 2023, in Accra, Ghana, President Akufo-Addo delivered remarks at the beginning of a stakeholder’s conversation on natural resource management. The event was organized by the Graphic …

Mr. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, a flagbearer candidate for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has unveiled an internet application to raise money for his presidential campaign. On the ‘Friends of Alan 2024’ social media network, brochures for the app were published. You can download the “Ketewa Biara Nsua Campaign” app …

Dr. Kwabena Duffour, an NDC flagbearer candidate, has withdrawn his request for an injunction prohibiting the party’s primary elections for president and parliament on Saturday 13 May. On Friday, May 12, Dr. Duffuor’s attorneys informed the court that they had received instructions from the plaintiff that his team (Dr. Duffuor’s …

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president of the republic, officially opened an ultramodern office building that would work as the strategic coordinating body for vaccine development and production in Ghana. It will be recalled that on February 28, 2021, President Akufo-Addo established a Presidential Committee on Vaccine Development and Manufacturing …

Abraham Amaliba, the director of legal affairs for the National Democratic Congress, has announced that the court will instead hear a move for abridgement of the lawsuit made against the party’s primaries on Friday, May 18, which is a Friday, rather than the original May 15, which is a Monday. …

Attorneys for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in opposition have asked an Accra High Court to reject a complaint that they claim is frivolous and filed by flagbearer candidate Dr. Kwabena Duffuor. They add that the case lacks a legal foundation. “We submit that the plaintiff’s suit is incompetent and …

In Accra, Ghana, the committee appointed by the Minister of Local Government, Decentralization, and Rural Development (MLGDRD), Hon. Daniel Botwe, to investigate the fire outbreak that destroyed a portion of the recently built Kejetia market in the Ashanti Region, delivered its findings today. The report includes conclusions and suggestions, among …

According to data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), the rate of inflation for April 2023 dropped to 41.2%. For the month of March 2023, the inflation rate was 45%. This represents a decrease of 3.8 percentage points from the inflation rate in March 2023. After experiencing a further …