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Mahama hasn’t added a cedi to presidential appointee salaries – Kwakye Ofosu
The government has rejected reports suggesting that President John Mahama has overseen a massive surge in the Presidency’s compensation bill despite reducing the number of political appointees.
Petition to Mahama expected over repeated mining operator failures in Ghana – Gomashie hints
Mining consultant Ing. Wisdom Gomashie says he plans to petition President John Mahama over what he describes as a growing pattern of regulatory approvals being granted to operators who later struggle to mobilise adequate funding for mining projects. He said the situation has become increasingly common in Ghana’s minin...
G.A. Agbesinyale writes: Sedina Tamakloe Attionu in a comfortable lead to Accra
Irony of ironies. Who would have believed how things have turned out this week in the Republic’s extradition matters? Earlier this year, our now stupefied-into-silence Attorney General announced to the world that he had proceeded with the extradition of Ken Ofori-Atta, former Finance Minister, and Sedina Attionu, forme...
Catholic Bishops rebuke government for tagging LGBTQI+ debate as unimportant
The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference has urged the government to treat the ongoing debate over family values and LGBTQI+ issues with greater seriousness, warning that dismissing the matter as unimportant undermines a conversation many Ghanaians consider morally and culturally significant. In the statement dated Friday...
Krobea Asante urges President to respond to sole sourcing concerns in road contracts
A senior official at the Media Foundation for West Africa has defended findings by its investigative arm, The Fourth Estate, insisting that data pointing to widespread sole sourcing in government road contracts is credible and difficult to dispute. Speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Monday (30 March), Programmes....
Angola braces for key MPLA congress as Lourenço seeks re-election
Angolan President João Lourenço has announced he will seek re-election as leader of the ruling MPLA party at its congress in December 2026, a move that positions him to retain significant political influence ahead of the country’s 2027 general elections, according to party and political sources. Lourenço, who is barred...
‘Electoral Commission appointments must come from parliament’ – Kofi Bentil
Lawyer and Senior Vice-President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has called for the leadership of the Electoral Commission (EC) to be appointed through a parliamentary process rather than by the President.
President Mahama to meet King Charles III and PM Keir Starmer in UK visit
President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in the United Kingdom for a working visit aimed at strengthening economic ties, deepening diplomatic relations and engaging the Ghanaian diaspora. According to a statement from the Presidency Communications Office, the President’s itinerary includes a royal audience with King C...
Bawumia meets Japanese Ambassador, Discusses digitalisation, fintech and galamsey fight
Former Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Tuesday held a productive meeting with the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Hiroshi Yoshimoto, and his team, including officials of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The meeting focused on str...
Bawumia courts Engineers, pledges government built on technical competence
New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate for the 2028 general elections, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says he will build a government where technical expertise and evidence — not politics — drive national decision-making, if elected in 2028. Speaking to the Executive Leadership of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (...
‘We’re going to work’ – Bawumia encourages NPP youth to prepare for governance
Former Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged the party’s youth wing to prepare for leadership roles ahead of the 2028 general elections, saying the party must begin organising early if it hopes to return to power. Speaking at a meeting wi...
GOLDBOD’s appearance on Government Accountability Series is misplaced – Former NMC chair
Former chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC) Professor Yaw Boadu Ayeboafo has questioned the decision to use the presidency’s Government Accountability Series as a platform for the Ghana Gold Board (GOLDBOD) to account to Ghanaians. He argues that GOLDBOD is a statutory entity established by law and, therefor...