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Afoko gets heavyweight backing as Dr Amin Adam declares support
Former Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for Karaga, Mohammed Amin Adam, has declared his support for Awentami Paul Afoko in the race for National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), describing him as the right leader to reposition the party in opposition. Dr Amin Adam said the NPP requires experienced l...
Wontumi pushes for plea agreement in GHC30m EXIM Bank trial
The State has notified the High Court in Accra of a request to commence plea negotiations with the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, also known as “Wontumi”, in a criminal case involving allegations of fraud and financial loss to Ghana EXIM Bank, court documents show. T...
UP proposes long-term flood solutions
The United Party (UP) has called on the government to revisit and implement the master plans prepared for Accra and other major cities in the 1960s as part of long-term measures to address the perennial flooding affecting lives and property. A statement signed and issued by the party's Director of Communication and Spo...
OMC’s commence fuel price increase; Star Oil sells petrol at GH¢13.67, GOIL GH¢13.88
Based on the National Petroleum Authority price quotes, no oil marketing company should sell a litre of petrol below GH¢13.38 and diesel at GH¢14.35.
Paul Afoko calls for international airport in Upper East Region
Renowned Ghanaian businessman and Upper East indigene, Awentami Paul Afoko, has called for the construction of an international airport in the Upper East Region, describing it as crucial to unlocking the area’s agricultural and export potential. Speaking at the Regional Development Framework validation forum in Bolgata...
Asenso-Boakye worried over delays in key flood control projects
The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Select Committee on Local Government and Decentralisation, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has raised concerns over the status of major flood control projects initiated under the previous administration, warning that delays in completing them could leave thousands of Ghanaians exposed to recur...
Gov't to build two new community day senior high schools in Nima and Kasoa - Haruna Iddrisu announces
Two new community day senior high schools at to be constructed in Nima in Accra and Kasoa in the Central Region under the proposed STAR-J infrastructure programme aimed at expanding access to secondary education and ease pressure on existing schools. The Minister for Education, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, speaking at a press br...
NHIA announces free NHIS registration for Accra flood victims amid cholera fears
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced free National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) registration for persons affected by the recent floods in Accra as part of efforts to protect public health amid rising cases of diarrhoea and cholera. In a press release issued on Tuesday, July 1, the NHIA said th...
Parliament must be guarantor of press freedom - Minority Leader advocates
The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has urged Parliament to serve as the guarantor of press freedom in the country. He said deliberations in the House must send a message to every Ghanaian that their voices mattered, their rights were sacred and that Parliament stood ready, willing and resolute in its defence...
NDC reduced ministers but expanded diplomatic payroll – Oppong Nkrumah
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is challenging the NDC government's repeated claim that it has reduced the cost of governance, according to Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah.
NPP laid foundation for flood control, don’t ignore achievements – Baffour Awuah
The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, has rejected claims that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) failed to address Accra's perennial flooding while in government.
“24-hour economy reduced to slogans” — Booba fires at NDC over “failed” policy rollout
A leading figure within the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ahafo Region, Robert Sarfo-Mensah, popularly known as Booba, has launched a blistering critique of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), accusing it of misleading Ghanaians with what he describes as a “deceptive and failed” 24-hour econ...