Monthly Archives: May 2020

Passengers can check in or out luggages at Kumasi Airport by 2021 – Gabby reveals

Contrary to what has been speculated that the construction of Kumasi International Airport has come to a halt, governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) strongman, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has disclosed the project is on course. Although the project has seen some delays with procurement, following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Gabby Darko indicated, travellers from Europe, US and elsewhere in ...

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NDC drags AG, EC to Supreme Court over new voters register

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has dragged the Electoral Commission (EC) to the Supreme Court over the compilation of a new voters register. The NDC is praying the court for an order directed at the EC, to include “all existing voter identification cards duly issued by the 2nd Defendant (EC) as one of the documents serving as proof of identification ...

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We can’t live under coronavirus restrictions forever – Akufo-Addo

Stakeholder consultations are taking place on the way forward toward the easing of COVID-19 restrictions so that the social and economic lives of Ghanaians “can go back to normal”, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced. “I expect these consultations to conclude this week”, he said at a virtual national Eid celebration on Sunday, 24 May 2020, adding: “So that ...

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1D1F: New Kasapreko factory starts production in Ashanti Region

The National Coordinator of the One-district, one-factory (1D1F) programme Gifty Ohene-Konadu, has inspected the progress of a new factory being set up by beverage giant, Kasapreko, in the Ashanti Regional town of Tanoso (Atwima Nwabiagya District). Set upon a 10,000-metre square property, the yet-to-be-commissioned structure, which is almost completed and has already commenced production of a number of Kasapreko brands, ...

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Insistence on compiling new voters’ register a product of bigotry – Kwakye Ofosu

A former Deputy Minister under the Mahama administration, Felix Ofosu Kwakye says insistence on the part of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Electoral Commission(EC) to compile the new voters’ register is a product of bigotry. Some Executives of the NPP have insisted that the current register contains names of Togolese who are not supposed to be in Ghana’s voter ...

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British actor Philip Middlemiss wanted in Ghana over alleged £5m airbus bribery scandal

The Ghana Police Service has declared British television and radio actor Philip Middlemiss wanted over the role he played in the alleged £5 million airbus bribery. Ghana’s special prosecutor Martin Amidu since February launched a full scale investigation into the Airbus scandal and has released the passport details of the actor and four others online as wanted for questioning. He ...

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Tema Motorway Interchange: Mahama or Akufo-Addo legacy? – Here are the bare facts

The newly constructed Accra-Tema Motorway Interchange was opened to traffic on Saturday, May 16, 2020. Since its completion, the airwaves of traditional media, as well as social media space, have not known peace as the two main political parties engage in a fierce battle over who takes credit for the project. While members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are ...

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