POLITICS

As part of its monitoring duties and to improve relationships between the legislative branch and other branches of government, the judicial committee of parliament paid a familiarization visit to the Ghanaian judicial system. The Committee was headed by Salaga North MP, Honorable Alhassan Abdallah Iddi. Along with the Ranking Member, …

Anthony Osei Akoto, a former Old Tafo MP, has passed away. On Monday, March 20, 2023, the previous minister of state in charge of monitoring and assessment passed away. His death’s circumstances are currently unknown. His passing was reported on the Ghanaian Parliament’s Facebook page. Age-wise, he was 69. Mr. …

The Kumasi Kejetia Market fire victims have received a donation of GHC 100,000 from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). In an interview with Ghanatodayonline.com, Party general secretary Justin Kodua made the announcement about the gift. He referred to the Kejetia fire victims as genuine NPP supporters and significant stakeholders. …

According to Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, human error was to blame for the fire at the Kumasi Kejetia Market. He claimed that the fire started when one of the merchants tried to use a gas stove to prepare food in one of the stores. He revealed this on Monday, …

Ben Ephson, a pollster and managing editor of the Dispatch Newspaper, asserts that Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has a good chance of becoming the New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) flagbearer. His remark follows the Vice President’s Sunday, March 19, 2023 visit to Akwasidae at Manhyia Palace in Kumasi. Although he was …

Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Chairperson of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has that Prof. Ken Attafuah, the CEO of the National Identification Authority, quit. He asserts that the NIA director cannot maintain his post since, despite all of his assurances, he has failed to make sure that every Ghanaian …

For the first time in Ghana’s history, according to NDC Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the country’s debt problem has gotten out of hand. He stated this recently during the NDC’s news conference at the University of Professional Studies in Accra: “We are going through a draconian debt restructuring debt programme …

The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has called Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, a former minister of environment, science, and technology, in connection with claims he made about the involvement of some presidential staff in unauthorized small-scale mining (galamsey). The invitation was issued after President Nana Addo Dankwa …

According to reports, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given the Ghana Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) permission to look into claims made by Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng about the participation of some staff members at the presidency in illegal small-scale mining (galamsey). Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, a former minister of …

The managers of the Kejetia new market attempted to postpone the facility’s closing, but the Joint Traders Association of Kumasi City Market rejected their plan. The traders have sworn to oppose any attempt by the Management to end trading after the previously determined time. Following a fire that broke out …