Police Battle Readiness To Mitigate Violence On Election Day
NEWS COMMENTARY HIGHLIGHTS POLICE ACTIONS TO MITIGATE VIOLENCE, AS MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND FLASHPOINTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AHEAD OF THE DECEMBER 7 GENERAL ELECTION In 35 days Ghanaians will vote in Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The Ghana Police Service has furnished the National Election Security Taskforce with details of 4,098 flashpoints to guide its tactical […]
MTN Group announce strong performance despite challenges
The MTN Group, on Friday announced a set of financial results for the third quarter, supported by the performance of its larger operations in South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana. The results showed good group-wide growth in subscriber numbers despite challenging trading conditions and COVID-19 which took a toll on people everywhere. Mr Ralph Mupita, the […]
Ghanaians in Denmark & Sweden donate over 8,000 Euros towards COVID-19 fight
Ghanaians in Denmark and Sweden have donated more than 8,000 Euros to the COVID-19 Fund, to aid Ghana’s fight against the coronavirus. Ghana’s Ambassador to Denmark Mrs Amerley Ollenu Awua-Asamoah presented the cheque to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Habibu Tijani in Accra. Mr. Habibu Tijani appealed for more support from Ghanaians in […]
EC to engage first time voters on electoral activities & violence
A group of first time voters under the auspices of the Youth Bridge Foundation wants the EC to initiate and maintain regular engagements with the youth on electoral activities. The first time voters made the appeal when they paid a courtesy call on the Chairperson of the EC Mrs Jean Mensa in Accra. In a […]
EU provides €2m Grant to support ReDIAL initiative
The European Union has provided a grant of two million Euros to support an initiative known as Research for Development and Innovation Agriculture and Learning code-named ReDIAL. The initiative is towards improving soil fertility and modernizing agricultural production in five municipalities within the transition and savanna belts of the Country. At the launch at Akyawkrom […]
Disqualified Presidential aspirant Kofi Koranteng demands for inclusion
Mr. Kofi Koranteng, one the disqualified Presidential aspirants in the next general election scheduled for December 7, 2020 has called on the Electoral Commission to add his name to the list of the Presidential Candidates on the ballot paper. According to him The Commission has wrongly disqualified him for counterfeiting names and signatories of persons […]
South Korean ex-president Lee ordered back to prison for 17 years
The Supreme Court of South Korea on Thursday upheld a 17-year prison term for former President Lee Myung-bak and ordered him sent back to prison. He is the second former leader of South Korea behind bars on corruption charges. Mr. Lee, who was president from 2008 to 2013, was expected to be taken to prison […]
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn suspended from the Party over Anti-Semitism Report
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended from the party over his reaction to a highly critical report on anti-Semitism. The human rights watchdog found Labour responsible for “unlawful” harassment and discrimination during Mr Corbyn’s years in charge of the party. But Mr Corbyn later said the scale of anti-Semitism within Labour had been […]
Finance Minister seeks approval for over GH¢27 billion as Expenditure in Advance – Details
The Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, on Wednesday 28th October, 2020 presented the 2021 Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation from January to March, 2021, to Parliament. The Finance Minister is seeking the house to approve an amount of GH¢27,434,180,520 (Twenty-Seven Billion, Four Hundred and Thirty-Four Million, One Hundred and Eighty Thousand, Five Hundred and Twenty […]
Minority responds to 2021 Expenditure In Advance Budget Statement
The Minority Leader and MP for Tamale South has stated that the current NPP government is going to leave what he called “fractured economy” for the NDC government to inherit. The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu interacting with Journalists in Parliament in respond to the 2021 Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation presented by The Finance Minister, […]
