Ghana’s 2022 World Cup play-off opponents Nigeria suffered a shock exit at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations when they were defeat 1-0 by the less-fancied Tunisia in Garoua on Sunday. The Super Eagles, who were tipped as favourites for the competition, were stunned in front of their own supporters in the neighbouring Cameroonian city. The Carthage Eagles upset 10-man ...

Ken Ofori-Atta presents 2022 budget before Parliament Minority MP reject it, Minority rescission and approve it MPs fight over E-levy approval processes Late last month, Members of Parliament exchanged blows on the floor of the house when it was time to vote on the Electronic Transactions Bill, popularly referred to as E-levy. Government has recently announced that the Bill will be resubmitted before the ...

Military withdraws officers deployed to secure Speaker Bagbin National Security Ministry justifies move despite uproar Kweku Baako presents 2021 letter of request for military attachés In the wake of the withdrawal of military attachés to Speaker Alban Bagbin, a major point of reference was a letter dated January 21, 2021 via which the Speaker’s office was seeking specific personnel of ...

ASEPA boss invited by CID over Facebook post Military denied content of post surrounding misuse of presidential jet Mensah Thompson apologizes and retracts initial allegation Mensah Thompson, Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability, ASEPA, has confirmed receiving an invitation from the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service. According to him, the invitation is ...

The Vice President of the Republic, H.E Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is currently in Appiatse with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare to personally gather first-hand information after Thursday’s explosion. On Thursday, January 20, 2022, there was an accident involving a truck conveying explosive material for a mining company, a motorcycle, and a third vehicle close to ...

Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte, one of the representatives of the Petitioner in the ‘strongroom’ of the Electoral Commission (EC), has explained that he “noticed many material irregularities during the entire process of the December 7, 2020, Presidential Election.” According to Kpessa-Whyte, he consequently alerted his colleague representative in the ‘strongroom’, Robert Joseph Mettle-Nunoo, and these irregularities were brought to the attention ...

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the NDC says, Jean Adukwei Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission(EC), was biased in the December 7, 2020 elections because of her “close familial relationship” with first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo. Ghana’s EC Chairperson, Jean Adukwei Mensa was appointed in 2018 by President Nana Akufo-Addo. In his witness statement submitted to the Supreme ...

The Supreme Court ruling on the appropriateness of the charges levelled against a former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Mr Ernest Thompson has been adjourned to March 17, 2021. Mr Thompson and four others have been accused of causing financial loss of more than $14.8 million in the SSNIT Operational Business Suite (OBS) project. A ...

More than 32 deaths have been recorded in Ghana from COVID-19related diseases between January 1 and 24, this year, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, announced on Monday. He said the third phase of COVID-19 surge in the country was very severe and deadly than the surges in July and September last year. Currently, 372 persons ...

President Akufo-Addo’s lawyers in the ongoing Election Petitionhearing at the Supreme Court have asked the court to dismiss the stay of proceedings application filed by lawyers of the petitioner, MrJohn Dramani Mahama asking the court to discontinue the hearing. Lawyers of Mr Akufo-Addo described the application as baseless, for which it should be dismissed. Mr Mahama asked the court to ...