The Electoral Commission of Ghana has cautioned the general public to “disregard any fictitious election timetable and other letters circulating on social media purporting to have emanated from the Commission”. Meanwhile, the election management body is calling on “all well-meaning Ghanaians to cooperate with it for the success of the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections”. This was contained in a ...

The Electoral Commission has stated that it will go ahead and compile a new voters’ register for the upcoming polls adding that no individual or authority can direct or control them. In a terse statement, the EC said “as stated Article 46 of the 1992 Constitution, the EC would like to reiterate that it shall not be subject to the ...

As far as a public statement or reaction from former President John Dramani Mahama about the Ghana chapter of the Airbus scandal is concerned, it appears we will live with the enigma of an inexplicable silence for a long time. He has so far tackled everything about the country but that subject, and that is rich. Not that we know ...

Relatives of the former president are implicated in an investigation into the corruption scandal that has shaken European aeronautics giant Airbus. The revelations come at a bad time for John Dramani Mahama, who is taking a fresh run at the presidency this year. One could hardly have imagined a more unlikely setting for a revelation of this nature. The scene ...

Address To The Nation By The President Of The Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, On Updates To Ghana’s Enhanced Response To The Coronavirus Pandemic, On Sunday, 10th May, 2020. Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. It has been eight (8) weeks since our nation embarked on a co-ordinated, enhanced response towards combating the Coronavirus pandemic, after we recorded our first two (2) ...

The European Union (EU), the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and SNV Netherlands Development Organisation are partnering to create jobs for at least 5,000 Ghanaians. This is under the “Boosting Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities in Ghana – (GrEEn)” project, which involves training and financial support for green businesses – plastic ...

Our attention has been drawn to a publication by fact-checkghana.com of the Media Foundation for West Africa suggesting that Government has shared different macroeconomic data with Ghanaians and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). We wish to state that this assertion is false and misleading. May we state that the Ministry of Finance welcomes discussions of the economic information we provide. ...

The Ministry of Finance has described as false and misleading, report by the fact-checkghana.com of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) suggesting that Government has shared different macroeconomic data with Ghanaians and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Factcheck-ghana.com has said it crosschecked the data submitted to the IMF by Ghanaian authorities and what has been previously shared with Ghanaians ...

The breathtaking scope of the 20-country sales scandal involving Airbus SE, one of the world’s two biggest airplane makers, extends to Indonesia, where its government-controlled flag carrier, PT Garuda Indonesia, seemingly has been in continuing trouble with the law for at least a decade. According to the January 31 judgment filed in the Royal Court of London before Dame Victoria ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has clarified that the Government of Ghana did not conceal figures to them in its presentation to secure the $1b Dollar COVID-19 relief loan. The government has been accused by the opposition NDC of presenting conflicting economic figures, specifically on fiscal deficit and gross international reserve. According to Fact Check Ghana and the NDC, the ...