POLITICS

Entrepreneur Ernest Kobeah withdrew from consideration for the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) flagbearer position. Mr. Kobeah was one of the four who had submitted an application to run for the position of flagbearer, but he has since dropped out of the campaign to support the late President John Dramani Mahama. …

The Criminal Offenses Act of 1960 has been modified by Parliament, making it a felony to try suicide. As a result of the amendment approved by Parliament on Tuesday, March 28, people who try suicide will be treated as having mental health problems and needing legal help rather than being …

From April 1, 2023, fuel costs will drop between 2% and 9% for the third time in a row, with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) anticipated to experience the biggest drop in recent memory. The Institute for Energy Security predicts that the price of LPG will decrease by about 9%, while …

A five-member committee has been established by the deputy minister of state for local government and rural development, Mr. Osei Bonsu Amoah, to look into the March 15 fire outbreak that destroyed a section of the Kejetia market. Professor Theophilus Adjie-Kumi from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology’s …

The Kumasi Kejetia Market’s barricaded area, which was impacted by the fire breakout, has been breached by some merchants. The traders rushed the impacted area of the market and took down the barricades while wearing red clothing and armbands. The market’s 807 stores have been shuttered, affecting the merchants’ means …

The government has been urged to carry out part II of the Kumasi market redevelopment project by the Combined Kumasi Central Market Traders Union (CKCMTU). The union, which claims some of its members are still living at home because they cannot afford to move to the Race Course, where the …

The Kumawu constituency representative, Phillip Atta Basoah, passed away, and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has sent its sympathies to his family and the Kumawu community. Basoah, 54, passed away early on March 28. He tragically passed away precisely one week after Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei. Before entering politics, Mr. …

“A word to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. There’s no way he can intervene. That answer he gave, wait until we pass it, and we will direct you to execute it, that is where you come in. In terms of the law which is part of the policy, we …

In order to make it clear that the anti-gay measure presently before parliament is an initiative from a small group of MPs as a private members’ bill, President Nana Akufo-Addo has removed his administration from it. The Ghanaian leader informed foreign journalists who inquired about the bill during a joint …

The problem of the criminalization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) behaviors in Ghana has been raised by Kamala Harris, vice president of the United States of America. On March 27, Kamala Harris said in response to a query that she was asked at Jubilee House in Accra …