President Akufo-Addo pledges to work with new Speaker of Parliament
President Akufo-Addo has promised to work with the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin in the interest of Sincerity and Corporation. Mr. Bagbin, a nominee of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) won the votes to become Speaker after chaotic Scene in Parliament. At his inaugural address in Parliament, President Akufo-Addo who described Mr. Bagbin as […]
Mahama, NDC MPs boycott swearing-in of President Akufo-Addo
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs failed to show up at the inauguration of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo earlier today (January 7). The Party’s Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama was also absent at the inauguration. Although there has been no official explanation for their absence, it is widely perceived that the boycott is in […]
Facebook and Instagram block Trump for the rest of his term
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Trump’s account will be suspended for the remainder of his term in office. “We believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” he wrote in a statement. Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook and Instagram will be banning […]
FULL TEXT: Inaugural Address By The President Of The Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Inaugural Address By The President Of The Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, At His Swearing In As President Of The Republic And Commander-In-Chief Of The Ghana Armed Forces, On Thursday, 7th January 2021. Mr Speaker, I extend a hearty akwaaba, our word of welcome, to their Excellencies, the distinguished leaders of sister states from our region and […]
Nana Addo congratulates Bagbin on his election as Speaker of 8th parliament
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin on his election as the Speaker of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic. “I must, at the outset, express my warm congratulations to my good friend and colleague of many years in this House, the Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, on his assumption […]
President Akufo-Addo sworn into office for second term
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been sworn into office for a second term as Ghana’s president following his re-election in December, 2020. He took the Presidential Oath and the Oath of Allegiance administered by the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, in the Chamber of Parliament in Accra today (January 7, 2020). Vice President Mahamudu […]
Obour shows off new look as he cuts dreadlocks
Although former President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffour popularly known as Obour, said he would cut off his signature dreadlocks before his 40th birthday on November 7, it seems that date was too far for him. On Thursday, January 7, Obour, who had kept his dreadlocks for nearly 20 years, […]
Former President Mahama congratulates new Speaker
Former President John Dramani Mahama has congratulated Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin on his election as the Speaker of the eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. In a Facebook post, Mr Dramani Mahama said “The events of last night stretching into the morning of January 7th have been both a great occasion for […]
Put Ghana First – Oguaa residents to Parliamentarians
Residents of Cape Coast have urged Parliamentarians to endeavour to work together and to put the nation first in all their deliberations. The call followed worry by some residents over what they described as the ‘distasteful’ actions of some Members of Parliament-Elect on the floor of the House in the early hours of Thursday (January […]
SSNIT increases 2021 Pension pay by 10%
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), in accordance with Section 80 of the National Pensions Act 2008 (Act 766), on Thursday said the indexed monthly pensions have been increased upwards by 10 per cent 2021. SSNIT working in consultation with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) said all Pensioners on the SSNIT Pension […]
