GBC steps up efforts to maintain Highlife as Ghana’s number one music genre
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation is to collaborate with the ‘Highlife is Alive Fun Club’ to organise a music festival in September. The programme is an initiative to revamp highlife music and also affirm the Corporation’s determination to project Ghana’s heritage. Director General of GBC, Prof Amin Alhassan disclosed this when members of the club paid a […]
NPP announces flagbearer for December elections
The NPP National Council has acclaimed the President, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo as the Party’s Presidential Candidate for the 2020 Election in December. In his acceptance speech, President Akufo-Addo said he will do all in his power to lead the NPP to another victory. In accepting his choice as Running Mate of President Akufo-Addo for […]
Former Trade Minister, entourage denied entry into revenue office at Tema Port
Former Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Ekow Spio Garbrah and his entourage were Friday, June 26 denied entry into the revenue office of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, GPHA, by security personnel of the Authority during a fact finding mission to UNIPASS. The incident saw Clearing Agents hooting at the security personnel when […]
Overpass at Suhum on Nsawam-Accra Highway ready for use
President Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the Suhum Overpass in the Eastern Region with a call on all drivers to be cautious on the road. Construction of the overpass forms part of the Nsawam-Accraa Highway project. President Akufo-Addo said construction of the road, which is one of the busiest in the country, will improve economic activities immensely. […]
NPP to acclaim Akufo-Addo as presidential candidate Today
President Akufo-Addo will Saturday, June 27 be endorsed as NPP’s flagbearer for the December 7 presidential election. The event takes place at Special National Council meeting of the Party in Accra. President Akufo-Addo is also expected to officially announce Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as his running mate.
GHS to deploy health personnel to voter registration centres
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has directed its Regional Directors to assign dedicated health staff to every voter registration centre for the compilation of the new voter’s register. The Electoral Commission’s will next week commence a mass voter registration exercise which is expected to start from Tuesday, June 30, 2020, till August 6, 2020. In […]
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs demands second look at legal frame work on appointment of EC Commissioners
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has called for the amendment of the Legal Framework that appoints the top hierarchy of the Electoral Commission. This is to make way for bi-partisan consultation in the selection of the Commissioners to cure what he described as, the ‘mischief of mistrust’. Speaking at a forum on Independent Governance […]
NPP Parliamentary Primaries and Burning Issues
NEWS COMMENTARY ON NPP PARLIAMENTARY PRIMARIES AND BURNING ISSUES REGARDING CORONAVIRUS AND DECEMBER GENERAL ELECTIONS As restrictions regarding coronavirus ease for economic and human activities in the country to continue and the December 2020 general elections getting closer, the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP over the weekend held parliamentary primaries in forty-seven constituencies. Besides the […]
361 new Covid-19 cases push Ghana’s tally to 15,834
Ghana has recorded a further 361 new coronavirus infections increasing the country’s total confirmed cases to 15,834. According to the Ghana Health Service, 324 more people have recovered after contracting coronavirus. Total recoveries/discharged now 11,755. In an update, the Service said the country has however recorded 8 more deaths, bringing total deaths to 103. Total […]
Kweku Baako wins defamation case against Ken Agyapong
The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, has won his defamation suit against Businessman and MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong. Mr. Agyapong had used words Mr. Baako deemed were defamatory against him. In addition, Mr. Agyapong dared Kweku Baako to sue him if he felt maligned. The High Court […]
Journalists asked to prioritise their safety during December general election
Media Practitioner and Lawyer with the African Centre for International Law and Accountability, William Nyarko, has called on Ghanaians to bear with Journalists, as they discharge their duties in the run-up to the December polls. In an interview with Radio Ghana’s Augustus Acquaye, he said the work of the Journalist is in the public interest, […]
Electoral Commission focused on delivering incontrovertible elections on December 7
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is focused to deliver incontrovertible elections come December, whose outcome cannot be disputed. According to the Commission, June 25 Supreme Court ruling has given it enough leverage to carry out its mandate of compiling a register which is sacrosanct. Acting Head of Research at the EC, Alexander Poku Akubia, […]
Nollywood looks for silver lining after pandemic
Film producers in Nigeria hope to go back into production within the next two months, once the government gives its go-ahead. Analysts estimate Nollywood, as the industry is known, has lost almost $30m (£24m) as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The government is still working on safety measures for film sets, and industry staff […]
Rwanda reinstates lockdown in parts of capital
Rwandan authorities have imposed a stay-at-home order in parts of the capital, Kigali, following a rise in new cases of coronavirus. People living in Gikondo Hill in Kicukiro District, and some parts of Mount Kigali in Nyarugenge district, have been ordered to “immediately stay home for a period of at least 15 days,” according to […]
