POLITICS

The Public Utilities Workers’ Union of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Junior and Senior Staff of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) have picketed at the company’s main headquarters on Thursday, April 20, 2023. The employees, who were wearing red and holding signs, picketed in opposition to Collins …

Dr. Kwabena Duffour, a former finance minister and National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer candidate, has vowed to never desert the party’s grassroots if he is elected president of Ghana in the 2024 elections. Dr. Duffuor said he will not behave in the same way as his predecessors who won the …

The House has been asked to meet again on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, according to Speaker of the House Alban Bagbin. In a notice dated April 20, Mr. Bagbin said that the purpose of the recall is for the House to consider “urgent parliamentary business.” The MPs, however, are anticipated …

Hon. Alan Kyerematen, a potential candidate for president, has joined the Muslim community at an Iftar program in Accra’s Ayawaso West Wougon. The Muslim community and the office of the National Chief joined the former trade and industry minister, who lives in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, to break their …

The petroleum business in Ghana brought in a record $1.43 billion in income in 2022, the most since the nation’s oil production began. Despite less oil being drilled at Ghana’s three oil fields, Jubilee, Tweneboa, Enyera, and Ntomme (TEN), as well as Sankofa, Gye Nyame(SGN), less oil barrels were still …

The Board of Trustees of Pension Funds has been encouraged by Organized Labour to resist any attempt to enlist the client pension funds on the government’s new Proposed Alternative Offer as part of the debt exchange scheme. After carefully examining a letter dated April 7, 2023 inviting the Board of …

According to Joseph Yamin, National Organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the party is prepared with a candidate for the Kumawu seat and nothing is preventing them from winning. In an interview Kojo Bimpong Marfo of the Abusua Nkomo show in Kumasi monitored by Ghanatodayonline.com, Mr. Yamin claimed that …

Electoral Commission (EC) board members Dr. Peter Appiahene and Hajia Salima Ahmed Tijani were recently appointed by President Akufo-Addo, prompting the major opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to file a petition with the Council of State. In the specific case of Dr. Peter Appiahene, political parties, civil society …

At the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, the Kumasi Mayor, Hon. Samuel Pyne, gave 70 pieces of internet-connected point-of-sale equipment to revenue officers and collectors. The Mayor emphasized that using the equipment would improve revenue collection and mobilization at the Assembly. In a statement to the media, Hon. Pyne stated that the …

For the officers, men and women of the Ghana Police Service, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic, officially launched the Kwabenya Police Barracks Project on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Speaking to the crowd at the ceremony, President Akufo-Addo said that since taking office in 2017, the government has …