Brexit: EU diplomats get trade deal briefing

Brexit: EU diplomats get trade deal briefing

EU ambassadors are receiving a Christmas Day briefing on the post-Brexit trade deal reached with the UK. EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier is updating diplomats on the agreement, reached after months of fraught talks on fishing rights and business rules. The UK is set to exit EU trading rules on 31 December – a year […]

ACP Kwesi Ofori behaving like a wing of the NPP – Sued NDC MP fumes

ACP Kwesi Ofori behaving like a wing of the NPP – Sued NDC MP fumes

Member of Parliament for South Dayi Mr. Rockson Dafeamekpor has accused an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kwesi Ofori as operating another wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following his conduct towards the minority in Parliament after they decided to walk to the offices of the Electoral Commission (EC). “He, ACP Kwesi Ofori can decide to operate as a wing of the […]

By-Election Looming – As NPP MP-elect caught with US citizenship

By-Election Looming – As NPP MP-elect caught with US citizenship

There is trouble heading towards the camp of the Member of Parliament-elect for Nsuta-Beposo-Kwamang Constituency in the Ashanti Region as reports claim she holds a dual citizenship. Adelaide Ntim, is believed to be carrying a Ghanaian passport which makes her a Ghana citizen. She holds another passport; an American passport which makes her an America […]

Arrest Kennnedy Agyepong Now – NDC

Arrest Kennnedy Agyepong Now – NDC

The Central Rdgional branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC has called on the Ghana police service to as a matter of urgency arrest the Assin Central Member of Parliament MP, hon. Kennedy Agyepong for threatening to burn the houses of former Ghanaian president, H.E John Dramani Mahama. The MP has also threatened to […]

GIS, national security ordered to release passport of citizen

GIS, national security ordered to release passport of citizen

The Accra District Magistrate Court on Monday ordered the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and the NATIONAL Security to release the passport of Vanetta Fosua Opoku, to enable her to travel back to the USA. Ms Opoku, a Ghanaian based in the USA, was detained at the Kotoka International Airport and her passport seized by the […]

Court grants interim injunction preventing EC from gazetting John Amewu as MP-elect

Court grants interim injunction preventing EC from gazetting John Amewu as MP-elect

The Ho High Court presided over by Justice George Buadi has granted an interim injunction restraining the Electoral Commission from gazetting John Peter Amewu as MP for Hohoe Constituency. This was after an ex parte application was argued in court by Tsatsu Tsikata for the applicants who hail from the towns who were prevented from voting in the parliamentary […]

Virus surge puts South African hospitals under severe strain

Virus surge puts South African hospitals under severe strain

South African private hospital operators have warned that they are facing severe capacity constraints due to a resurgence in coronavirus cases. The COVID-19 pandemic first peaked in Africa’s most industrialized economy in late July before infections tailed off. The country is in the midst of a second wave of the disease that began shortly before the festive […]

My son is involved in street protest – Asiedu Nketia hits back at critics

My son is involved in street protest – Asiedu Nketia hits back at critics

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has hit back at critics who have questioned why his children are not taking part in the street protests against the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election. Questions have been asked why NDC bigwigs are not involving their children in the street demonstrations but have incited […]

‘Uncle Sam’s’ smile at Ghana could get broader this New Year

‘Uncle Sam’s’ smile at Ghana could get broader this New Year

Ever since Ghana broke the shackles of colonial British rule in 1957, the United States of America established diplomatic relations with Ghana. Be it about ruling within the conformity of democracy, respecting human rights or adhering to the law, the United States and Ghana have always partnered together to bring about a stable governance. Ghana […]

Our metering systems not converting electricity credit to debits – ECG to customers, IES

Our metering systems not converting electricity credit to debits – ECG to customers, IES

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has said its metering systems do not have a feature that converts electricity credit to debits. The response comes after the Institute of Energy Security (IES) in a statement raised concerns of recent widespread challenges being experienced by pre-paid customers of ECG. “These customers who have pre-financed the use […]