President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cautioned the general public against investing in financial institutions that are not licensed by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) or the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which “will put us in a difficult position.” Speaking on Techiman-based Classic FM, Nana Akufo-Addo advised Ghanaians that “it is important to find out whether a scheme is licensed by Bank of Ghana, ...

A communication member of the ruling new patriotic party (NPP), Oliver Ofori Baah is claiming that 70% of the promises in the manifesto of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is a copy and paste from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) manifesto. He argues the NDC is bereft of ideas hence they have stolen from the manifesto of the NPP ...

Work is steadily progressing on the thirty-two (32) kilometre Hohoe-Jasikan portion of the much-talked-about Eastern Corridor road part of which passes through the Volta and Oti Regions. The project which is currently more than forty-five (45) percent complete, is expected to be fully handed over by January, 2021. The Eastern Corridor road has not only become a death trap for ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday, September 7, launched its manifesto ahead of the December 7 elections at the University of Professional Studies (UPSA), Accra. A statement signed by James Agyenim-Boateng, the Campaign Spokesperson, said the National Executive Committee (NEC) unanimously approved the manifesto following a presentation to them by the manifesto committee. “The manifesto, which addresses the ...

Martin Amidu says Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the NDC’s vice presidential nominee, together with Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi, who recently published a book on former President Jerry John Rawlings, lack the ethics and integrity “to be sincere leaders of Ghana”. According to him, the two elders of the opposition party which is seeking to lead the country if they win the ...

Some 120 members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have defected to join the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Kwesimintsim Constituency in the Western Region. At a press conference to announce their defection, the spokesperson of the defectors, Mr Theophilus Kwame Fiagbe, said both former President John Mahama, flagbearer of the NDC and the party’s parliamentary candidate for ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration under former President Jerry John Rawlings once lied to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), leading to Ghana being fined US$36 million. He said this was part of the monumental economic challenges that the NDC administration left for him to come and deal with after the 2000 elections. ...

Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has asked electorates to vote him back to power to enable him to correct the mistakes of his previous administration. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer believes that although he bettered the lives of Ghanaians during his reign, there were steps he wrongly took in his first term in office. Addressing the chiefs and people of Ullo in ...

The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) is asking for the immediate withdrawal of the $150 COVID-19 testing fee at the Kotoka International Airport. A statement issued by the Bureau indicated that the imposition of the testing charges upon arrival at the Kotoka International Airport is “a direct contravention of the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations (IHR).” The Kotoka International ...

About 200 passengers on three separate flights have successfully undergone COVID-19 tests at the Upper Arrival section of Kotoka International Airport (KIA). This comes just days after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced the opening of Ghana’s air borders effective September 1. Senior officials of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Aviation, and Ghana Health Service were at the airport ...