Focus on your core mandate – PIAC admonishes GNPC
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has admonished the management of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to focus on its core mandate as the country’s crude oil production keeps declining. PIAC believes that there is an urgent need for GNPC to strengthen and streamline its corporate governance structure to enable […]
Election 2024: NDC will not tolerate intimidation– Ashanti Regional Chairman
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Augustus Andrews Nana Kwasi, says the party will not tolerate any form of intimidation before, during and after the December general election. Addressing a rally at Obuasi on Wednesday during the Ashanti Regional campaign tour of NDC vice presidential candidate, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, […]
Akua Donkor’s passing significant loss to Ghana – NPP
Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has expressed condolences to the family of the late Akua Donkor, a political icon, calling her passing a significant loss to the nation. The party praised her for overcoming challenges and noted that her resilience and determination were commendable. “The NPP is of the topmost belief that her life […]
Nigeria: Student sentenced to 14 years in prison for $22 internet fraud
By : Emmanuel Oti Acheampong Henry Nathaniel Ekanem, a final-year student at the University of Port Harcourt, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for internet fraud. Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt delivered the sentence on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. Ekanem faced a seven-count charge from the Economic […]
Ghana unveils strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction
By Savannah Pokuaah Duah The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu Ekuful, has outlined five pillars to ensure the success of the Early Warning for All (EW4All) initiative. This initiative was launched on October 28, 2024, in response to UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ 2022 call. The first pillar, Disaster Risk Knowledge and Data, focuses […]
Accra Sports Stadium to host Ghana’s crucial AFCON qualifier against Niger
By: Nana Kwame Bediako The Accra Sports Stadium is set to be the battleground for Ghana’s pivotal 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) matchday 6 qualifier against Niger, scheduled for Monday, November 18, 2024. This announcement was made known by the Ghana Football Association. The stadium, which recently hosted a goalless qualifier against Sudan in […]
Protecting Ghana’s peace is a shared responsibility – Dakoa Newman tells youth
By: Jennifer Frimpong Wiredu The Member of Parliament for Okaikwei South, Dakoa Newman, has urged the youth of the country to avoid being manipulated by frontline politicians to instigate violence before, during, and after the 2024 general election. Speaking at a peace concert organised by the Zone C of the Adventist Choir Union in the […]
First-ever Rwandan agricultural products shipped under AfCFTA launched in Ghana
By: Jennifer Frimpong Wiredu The Rwandan High Commission in Ghana has launched the first consolidated value-added agricultural products made up of coffee, tea, honey, and avocado. The products were shipped under the African Continental Free Trade Area’s Guided Trade Initiative. Speaking at the launch and taste of the products in Accra, the Rwandan High Commissioner […]
Support Police to maintain law, order during elections – Dr Bawumia urges Ghanaians
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has underscored the need for all Ghanaians to support the Police to maintain law and order before, during and after the Elections 2024. “It is the duty of all of us to ensure that we have a credible, peaceful, free and fair elections come December 7, 2024,” Dr Bawumia stated. […]
ISSER projects Ghana’s 2024 growth rate to reach 4.5 percent
The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has projected Ghana’s growth rate to hit 4.5 percent by the end of 2024. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) earlier revised Ghana’s growth rate from 3 percent to 4 percent for the same period. Speaking at the launch of the State of the Ghanaian Economy Report […]
