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2024 polls: Ghanaian children call for peaceful elections

As Ghana gears up for the upcoming general elections, the children of Ghana are earnestly appealing to various political parties to prioritize the preservation...

2024 elections: Martin Amidu reacts to NDC’s running mate choice

The former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu is skeptical about the impact the running mate of former President John Mahama will make in the party's...

Anti-LGBTQ Bill: Parliament did not go against the Constitution – Sam George

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, says no part of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill (Anti-LGBTQ Bill) infringes...

Chief of Staff star-strucked after meeting Asamoah Gyan [Watch]

The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare was star-strucked after meeting Ghanaian football icon, Asamoah Gyan at the launch of the New Patriotic Party...

GPCC urges Akufo-Addo to assent to Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) is appealing to President Akufo-Addo to assent to the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill...

Bagbin commends Chief of Staff’s compassionate leadership

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has expressed gratitude to the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, for her pivotal role, emphasising her exceptional...

Independence Day: Parliament to have extended sitting on Monday, March 4 

Parliament will on Monday, March 4, have an extended sitting, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Majority Leader, said on Friday.  He explained that Wednesday, March 6...

It was bad – Freddie Blay recounts prison experience

Former Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and lawyer, Freddie Blay, has recounted his traumatic arrest and imprisonment years ago. According to him, it...

Juaboso NPP commends Akufo-Addo for appointing PC as Deputy Minister

The NPP Executive Committee of Juaboso Constituency has extended their warmest appreciation to President Akufo-Addo for the exceptional recognition he has given the constituency...

2024 elections: Knowing what the NPP has done, I fully support Mahama – Kofi Amoabeng

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of defunct UT Bank and UT Holdings, Captain Prince Kofi Amoabeng (rtd) has thrown his weight behind former President...

I’ll make Central Region the new financial services center – Alan Kyerematen

Independent presidential aspirant and founder of the Movement for Change, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has promised to make Central Region, the new international financial services...

SONA was Akufo-Addo’s self congratulatory note – Dr Sam Ankrah

Dr. Dam Ankrah, an independent presidential aspirant, has strongly criticized President Akufo-Addo State of the Nation’s Address, describing it as self-congratulatory. He said the President...

ECG re-connects Parliament after settling debt

Parliament has been reconnected to the national grid after the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) task force disconnected the Legislature. The development was over the...

You have nothing to offer – Dan Botwe tells Mahama

Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) campaign team, Dan Botwe has said flagbearer of the Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has nothing...

‘Dumsor’ in Parliament: MPs were working, we were also working – ECG boss [Listen]

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has defended his outfit’s decision to disconnect electricity supply to Parliament. According...

Mary Asiedu: Ghana’s creative arts industry and crowd funding

In the past years, crowding funding in Ghana's creative arts industry has become prevalent as players are seen or heard raising funds for their...

Lecturer confirmed as Nkoranza MCE

Assembly members in the Nkoranza Municipality, confirmed the President's nominee, Dr. Augustine Akwasi Amoateng, a lecturer at Sunyani Technical University as the Municipal Chief...

Jinapor brothers clash over ‘dumsor’ in Parliament [Watch]

Two brothers clashed on the floor of Parliament over erratic power supply known in local parlance as 'dumsor' while debating President Akufo-Addo’s State of...

Parliament denies owing ECG GH¢23m amidst power outage

Parliament has refuted allegations of owing the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) GH¢23 million in unpaid electricity bills, which allegedly led to a power...

Anti- LGBTQI+ Bill: We’re ready for you in court – Prof Gadzekpo told

The Executive Secretary of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, Moses Foh-Amoaning has expressed readiness to meet Prof Audrey...

Why Akufo-Addo will assent to anti-LGBTQI+ bill – Foh-Amoaning

Executive Secretary for the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, Moses Foh-Amoaning, has expressed confidence President Nana Akufo-Addo will assent...

Dumsor: I nearly collapsed in elevator – Parliamentary staffer

A parliamentary employee has shared a distressing incident of nearly collapsing in an elevator in the Job 600 building on Thursday, due to a...

Omane Boamah: Dear Jean Mensa, EC has a lot of work to do

Happy new month (March 2024)! And special greetings from the NDC Elections and IT Directorate. In this open letter, I deploy definite statements and questions to...

Catholic Bishops’ take on anti-gay bill

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has asserted that the imprisonment of homosexual could increase lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) and related activities and...

Politics must not divide us; we’re one family – NPP, NDC told after funeral grounds chaos

Savannah Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Sulemana Iddrisu has appealed to sons and daughters of the region not to turn it...

You can’t use principles of cultural values to enact laws – CHRAJ boss on anti- LGBTQ+ bill

The Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Joseph Akanjolenur Whittal, is questioning what legislators were trying to achieve with...

Bawumia highlights over 200 development projects in Zongos

The Vice President and Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has shared extensive achievements chalked by the ruling government in...

Chief Imam, Muslim Conference present manifesto proposals to Bawumia

The National Chief Imam, Dr Sheik Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, together with the leadership of the National Muslim Conference(NMC) have presented their manifesto proposals to...

We will not allow imposition of a PC on us – La Dadekotopon NPP supporters warn

New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the La Dadekotopon constituency have said they would not allow the party to impose a parliamentary candidate on...

Mahama promises to include private secondary schools in free SHS programme

The flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has emphasised the importance of private schools as partners with the government...

Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang retained as Mahama’s running mate

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has maintained Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as his running mate for the...

SONA 2024: Ayariga not happy with Akufo-Addo’s address on Bawku conflict

The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has expressed dissatisfaction over President Akufo-Addo's address on the conflict in Bawku. President Nana Akufo-Addo in...

NDC bereft of ideas – Bawumia

The flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has criticised the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), accusing them of lacking...

SONA 2024: NDC condemns Akufo-Addo’s silence on flood victims

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta Region has condemned President Akufo-Addo over what they describe as a "deliberate omission" of flood victims...

Yendi primaries: Thousands demonstrate as they demand for a re-run [Video]

Thousands of supporters of Hajia Habibata Shani Mahama, a parliamentary candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have taken to the streets of Yendi...

Moment Parliament was plunged into darkness [Video]

Electricity supply to the Parliament House and Job 600, the office complex for Members of Parliament, has been disconnected due to a GH¢23 million...

Frema Osei Opare will be a ‘liability’ running mate to Bawumia – Prof. Adei

Prof. Emeritus Stephen Adei, an economist, administrator, and writer who previously served as Director General and Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and...

I’ll rate Akufo-Addo 5 out of 10 on corruption fight – Prof. Adei

Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof. Stephen Adei, has criticised President Akufo-Addo's efforts in addressing corruption.According to...

Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: Sam George shades Barker-Vormawor [Listen]

A lead sponsor of the Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill, Samuel Nartey George, has taken on prominent activist and former leader of the #FixTheCountry movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor,...

Execute your duties with a united front – Bawumia to Campaign and Manifesto Committees 

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has charged members of his campaign and manifesto teams to execute their duties with a united front to ensure...