CAF Awards 2024: Dreams FC nominated for team of year award
By: Nana Kwame Bediako Ghana Premier League club Dreams FC has been nominated for the prestigious Team of the Year award at the upcoming CAF 2024 awards. This nomination highlights the club’s remarkable achievements and contributions to African football in their debut participation in the CAF Confederation Cup, where they made it to the semifinals […]
Deadly Highways: Fixing Ghana’s Silent Epidemic
By Dasmani Issifu Laary, Snr Editor & Eastern Regional Manager, Ghana News Agency | Email: laarygna@gmail.com As the sun sets over the bustling highways of Ghana, shadows lengthen across roads that should symbolise progress and connectivity. Instead, these highways have morphed into silent killers, claiming lives every day, shattering families, and leaving scars that never […]
NCCE findings: Education, employment, healthcare, roads, economy, and others are top concerns for voters
By Angela Adu-Asomaning and Mabel Esinam Awagah The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has identified education, employment, healthcare, roads and infrastructure, and the economy as the top concerns for voters ahead of the 2024 elections. According to the NCCE’s latest report, many voters are particularly focused on issues surrounding the Free Senior High School […]
Election 2024: We have intercepted a secret document by NDC – Richard Ahiagbah alleges
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it has intercepted an alleged secret document of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), which is aimed at making the country ungovernable. According to the Communications Director of the party, Dr. Richard Ahiagbah, this document has been behind all the unreasonable stands of the NDC in major socio-political issues. Dr. […]
NPP Women’s Wing engages widows in Tema East
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Women’s Wing in Tema East, led by Naa Angerley Nai and Irene Naa Torshie, have held a heartfelt engagement with the widows of the Constituency at the Ghana Apostolic Church. The gathering served as a platform to reaffirm the party’s commitment to supporting its constituents, particularly those with significant challenges. […]
World Bank Meeting, Washington DC reveals looming labour crisis in developing countries
By Osman Mubarik Abu The ongoing World Bank Group annual meeting in Washington DC, reveals that in the next decade, 1.2 billion young people will require employment, but only 400 million jobs will be available. The Co-Founder of the Tudu Center for Leadership and Development, Osman Mubarik Abu, made this revelation to media personnel at […]
UTAG develops pact for 2024 presidential candidates
BY REGINA KWAPONG The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has announced that they have developed a pact for the 2024 presidential candidates to sign in order to be held accountable after they win power. This development comes on the back of the Association declaring a halt to its nationwide strike action against illegal mining. […]
“Current macroeconomic challenges due to reckless management of public finances” – IMANI Africa
By: Godfred Amoaful IMANI Africa has partly attributed the country’s current macroeconomic challenges to what it called “the reckless management of public finances and the lack of commitment to long-term public reforms rather than the blame on COVID-19 and the Russian-Ukraine war”. This was contained in the 2021–2023 IMAN’s Fiscal Recklessness Index report. Presenting the […]
Political parties must go back and rewrite Manifesto- Local Governance Expert
By Regina Kwapong Local Governance Expert, Dr. Eric Oduro Osae, has put forth a compelling proposal urging political parties to review and realign their manifestos with the research findings from the National Commission for Civic Education’s report on ‘Matters of Concern to the Ghanaian Voter” launched in Accra on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. This insightful […]
Prof. Karikari slams political parties for prioritising votes over Galamsey fight
By Savannah Pokuaah Duah Former Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Professor Kwame Karikari, has criticised Ghana’s major political parties for failing to address the illicit issue of illegal mining (galamsey) due to fears of losing votes in the upcoming December 7th elections. “For the 9th time, Ghanaians are preparing to […]
NSS gains authority status, new App deployed saves Ghana Ghc251M ghost payments
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The National Service Scheme (NSS) has officially transitioned into the National Service Authority following the passage of the National Service Authority Act (Act 1119) by Parliament. Management of the scheme now authority has over the past few years put in place robust measures and systems to check compliance and fraudulent payments. This […]
State experimental M/A Basic School commemorates Girl Child Day
By Akosua Frema Frempong State Experimental M/A Basic School One in Kumasi has held a durbar to commemorate this year’s International Day of the Girl Child. The event was observed under the global theme: “Elevating Girls’ Voices for Sustainable Development”. Activities lined up for the event included poetry recitals, choreography, a cultural display, a […]
Abdul Mumin named Rayo Player of the Month for September
By: Nana Kwame Bediako Abdul Mumin has been honoured as Rayo Vallecano‘s Player of the Month for September. The announcement was made on Wednesday, 23 October 2024, at the club’s training grounds, marking a significant achievement for the talented centre-back. Mumin’s exceptional performances have not only solidified his position within the team but have also […]
Parliament saga: We are wasting time on legalities; Address critical issues- Prof. Agyeman Duah
By Savannah Pokuaah Duah Former UN Governance Advisor, Professor Baffour Agyeman Duah, has expressed concerns that Ghana’s leaders are wasting time on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin’s ruling. In an interview on GBC’s current affairs programme ‘Focus’, Prof. Duah spoke on the topic “Constitutional Standoff in Parliament: Speaker’s Ruling, SC Intervention, and Two Majority […]
