Political scientist and lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Amakye-Boateng, has rated the outgoing President, Nana Akufo-Addo’s performance as “below zero”.
He says the president has not demonstrated enough competence to gain public trust in governance and democracy. As a result, he rates his tenure as poor over the years he has served as...
A tragic accident involving three
vehicles has left two people feared dead and several others injured at Gomoa Otsew on the Winneba-Cape Coast highway in the Central Region.
The collision occurred between a Sprinter Benz Bus (GW 5064-24), a Honda Pilot 4×4 (DE 3440-13), and a Samsung Kia truck (GW 8308-21) loaded with pineapples en route from Ekumfi Nanaben to Accra.
According to...
In an official statement from the White House, President Biden designated Shalanda D. Young, Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, to lead the delegation.
The delegation comprises notable figures, including:
Virginia E. Palmer, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, who has played a key role in fostering bilateral relations between the two nations.
Karen Bass, Mayor of Los...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed confidence in Ghana’s economic recovery, asserting that the nation’s economy has outperformed initial projections.
In his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered to Parliament on January 3, 2025, the President emphasized that Ghana is not in a state of financial distress and highlighted the resilience of the economy in the face...
Samuel Inkoom, a former player of the Ghana Black Stars, has been granted a GH¢100,000 bail with two sureties over visa fraud.
The Court presided over by Mrs Susana Eduful ordered that each of Inkoom’s sureties should earn not less than GH¢5,000.
He is also to deposit his passport picture with the Court’s Registry.
Inkoom is alleged to have taken US$4,000 from Madam...
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced plans to re-run the 2024 election in three outstanding polling stations in the Dome Kwabenya constituency.
The decision comes after confusion erupted on Saturday, December 28, 2024, during the re-collation of parliamentary results after weeks of dispute.
“The report from the returning officers was that they have concluded collating 367 polling station results. They were...
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has revealed that his campaign team initially opposed his decision to concede defeat in the December 7 election.
Despite their objections, Dr. Bawumia announced his concession on December 8, shortly after vote counting began. The following day, the Electoral Commission declared John Dramani Mahama the winner, securing 6,328,397 votes,...
The Supreme Court has annulled re-collated parliamentary election results for Okaikwei Central, Ablekuma North, Tema Central, and Techiman South, overturning the Electoral Commission’s (EC) declarations for these constituencies.
The ruling comes amidst intense legal and political disputes surrounding the re-collation process.
The court, however, upheld the re-collated results for Nsawam Adoagyiri and Ahafo Ano South West, leaving them unaffected by the...
President-elect John Dramani Mahama spent the weekend before Christmas harvesting crops on his private farms at Yapei and Busunu in the Savannah Region, as he prepares to assume office on January 7, 2025.
In a video posted on Facebook, Mr Mahama is seen operating a combine harvester on the farm, which produces yellow maize for the poultry industry and soya...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has fulfilled his pledge to introduce visa-free travel for citizens of all African nations to Ghana.
The promise, made during the Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD 2024) in January, was aimed at enhancing the free movement of people, goods, and services across the continent.
With executive approval granted on Wednesday, 18 December 2024, this policy is set...
