Finance Minister-designate Ken Ofori-Atta says he has never taken salaries since his assumption of office back in 2017. He made these comments during his vetting before the Appointments Committee in Parliament. According to him, other entitlements and compensations from which he has not drawn as Minister includes per diem. “I do not take a salary, I do not...
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, has said his National Democratic Congress (NDC) comrades should not expect him to do the party’s bidding in his current position. He said is the Speaker of Parliament for Ghana and not the party so they will be disappointed if they expect him to will use his office to serve the...
The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed the Election 2020 Petition by former President John Dramani Mahama, saying it was without merit. The Court said the Petitioner, Mr John Dramani Mahama, could not demonstrate how errors made by the Electoral Commission affected the declaration of the presidential election results by Mrs Jean A. Mensa. According to the seven-member panel,...
Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has taken his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine today, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The 2020 flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) took part in the vaccination exercise with his wife, former First Lady, Lordina Mahama, at the Police Hospital. After his vaccination, he urged Ghanaians to discard all the rumours...
President Akufo-Addo has disclosed that a committee has been established to produce an action plan on how the country can develop and manufacture its own vaccines. Addressing the nation on Sunday, he said the decision is to reiterate his position in manufacturing local products to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. He further indicated that former Environment, Science, Technology and...
President Akufo-Addo has given the strongest indication yet about his position on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ+) activities in the country. As far as the President is concerned, legislation of same-sex marriage to become lawful is not a matter he will ever consider. “I have said it before, and let me stress it again, that it will...
Amnesty International has condemned the police for what it describes as an invasion of the safe space for LGBT Rights Ghana. The police on Wednesday morning stormed and locked down the recently opened office of the group at Ashongman in Accra in the wake of public discourse over their operations. This followed an uproar by a cross-section of...
Ghana on Wednesday, February 24, will receive the first batch of the Corovirus vaccines at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. In a press statement, the Information ministry revealed that the Minister-Designate for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu will lead the government delegation to receive the vaccines at 7:00 am. The ceremony, according to the communique will be televised...
The Supreme Court will today hear oral arguments by the petitioner in the 2020 election petition hearing who is seeking a review of the ruling that stopped him from reopening his case. The lawyers for the 2020 NDC Presidential Candidate, who is also the petitioner, John Dramani Mahama filed for the review on Friday, February 19, 2021, after...
Chief Executive of the Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA), Richard Dombo has died. Sources say he succumbed to Covid-19 complications on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Mr Dombo has reportedly had a brief stint with health issues since he contracted the novel coronavirus in January 2021. He has not returned to work due to the toll it had on...
