POLITICS

Nigeria, the largest democracy in Africa, has a new president who used his inauguration speech to propose a significant policy change that will relieve pressure on the country’s finances. According to Bola Tinubu, the long-standing subsidy on petroleum goods has been eliminated. He declared before a crowded audience in Abuja, …

President Akufo-Addo has been urged by the Ashanti regional executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to start work on the Suame interchange project. On October 20, 2022, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo turned the first sod for the construction of a four-tier interchange. If completed, the project will …

Following negotiations with government representatives on May 29, the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has decided to suspend its indefinite strike for two weeks, until June 12. The Judicial Council authorized JUSAG’s new salary scheme, but the government has yet to accept it, leading to arrears that have been …

Dr. Sam Ankrah, a famous Ghanaian economist and independent presidential candidate, has urged Ghanaians to persist in their efforts to alter the nation’s political system and focus instead on individual and collective progress. The financial expert stated that if Ghanaians wait for the government to address the over 60-year-old economic …

The Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana, Justice Kwasi Anim Yeboah has called on traditional leaders, non-governmental organizations (NGO’s), and stakeholders to support government to resource the Judicial Service. He stated that it is his goal to increase the number of Municipal and District court houses around the nation, …

A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications director has stated that he is not pleased with the “insults” that former president John Dramani Mahama gave at him after he requested that Mahama give up his ex-gratia as a demonstration of good faith. Nana Akomea claimed that the former president also …

Dr. Clement Apaak, the deputy leading Member of the Parliament’s Education Committee, has urged the government to pay off its various debts owed to suppliers in the educational sector as soon as the initial $600 million from the IMF arrives. The first tranche of $600 million will be deposited into …

Projects that were put on hold after attempts to obtain a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will soon restart, according to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The President provided this reassurance during his 29th address to the country, which also included an update on the IMF program and …

On Friday May 26, 2023, Chief Justice nominee Justice Gertrude Torkornoo disputed the idea that the Supreme Court has rendered unjust decisions in response to the title of “Unanimous FC” that has been affixed to it. When the Supreme Court announces a judgement to be unanimous, Justice Torkornoo noted, it …

The latest agreement Ghana made with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given President Nana Akufo-Addo reason to believe that the nation’s economy would once again enjoy public confidence. On Sunday, May 28, 2023, President Akufo-Addo said in a national broadcast that although the IMF accord won’t immediately put an …