The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has asked the government to place restrictions on social activities such as parties, church service and funerals following the increasing number of the coronavirus cases. Last year, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo placed restrictions on movement of persons in some parts of the country to contain the virus. But the President lifted the restrictions after ...

Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director General of Ghana Health Servicehas disclosed the three countries contributing most of Ghana’s positive cases via the airports. Currently, the airports remain Ghana’s sole entry and exit points. All land and sea borders remain closed. “Positivity rate for the airport continues to rise, that is if you look at the airports alone. “But it is the ...

The Ghana School of Railways and Infrastructure Development has finally started operations. The School of Railways and Infrastructure Development is part of the University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa. All programmes being offered by the School are engineering courses. On January 15, 2021, the first batch of students reported to the School and are currently undergoing orientation. In 2021, the ...

IATA is urging governments to press ahead with adopting systematic testing as a means to reopen borders to air travel even with the recent positive news regarding potential coronavirus vaccines. More positive news emerged today around the potential efficiency of vaccines being worked on – this time from the AstraZeneca-Oxford University trials. IATA has since September been promoting the use ...

John Dramani Mahama has filed an application to the court praying for a stay of proceedings in the ongoing election petition trial. The Petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition, John Dramani Mahama, is expected to file witness statements and the accompanying affidavits on his petition at the Supreme Court registry today, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Based on this order, the ...

After weeks of speculations and projections, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has concluded on persons who will make up his government in the 2nd term. Many of the Ministers who served in the first term, according to a release from the presidency Thursday, have been retained and in their various capacities. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, Trade and Industry Minister, ...

On Day 22, that is Wednesday, January 20, 2021, of the election petition filed by former President John Mahama, the justices of the Supreme Court were seated by 9:35 am, but the counsel for the petitioner was notably not present in his chair. Johnson Asiedu Nketia a.k.a General Mosquito represented the petitioner. Asiedu Nketia explained that Tsatsu Tsikata and Co ...

A member of the legal team for the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, Dominic Ayine, has explained that the reason for his misconduct earlier in court today was because he was shocked at the proceedings in court. The Chief Justice, Justice Anim Yeboah, chided the former Deputy Minister for Justice and Attorney General, Dominic Ayine, for continuously raising objections ...

The Supreme Court has outlined five key issues it will make a determination on in the ongoing Presidential Election Petition brought before it by the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 Presidential Election, John Dramani Mahama. This was announced afterparties to the case filed their memoranda of issues. The 2nd Respondent Akufo-Addo for instances filed ...

Parliament has announced members of the Appointments Committee with both parties represented in the house having 13 slots each. The last appointment committee had 16 NPP MPs against 10 from the NDC side. The new committee has as chairperson, the first deputy speaker and MP for Bekwai, Joe Osei-Owusu. The vice-chair is Alexander Kwabena Afenyo-Markin. Ursula Owusu Ekuful, Mathew Opoku ...