The Chiefs of Ngleshie Alata Traditional Area have honored the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo by enstooling him as a Chief at a durbar held at Mantse Agbona, Jamestown in Accra. President Akufo-Addo was given the stool name “Nii Kwaku Ablade Okogyeaman I,” to wit “Royal Warrior; One who fights to redeem his people.” He was given the name…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would today meet with the three former presidents of Ghana to tap into their experience on governance. The three former leaders, Messrs John Dramani Mahama, John Agyekum Kufuor and Jerry John Rawlings are expected to discuss issues on the economy, security and other social political issues with President Akufo-Addo. Early on, former President…
A former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Dr Joyce Aryee has suggested the need for government to support Ghanaians to go into mining other forms of minerals, apart from gold. According to her, there have been so much focus on gold but there are a lot more other minerals that will actually aid the development…
Religious bodies, Civil Society Organizations and Ghanaians alike are mounting pressure on President Akufo-Addo to declare his stance on homosexuality which in recent time has become topical issue. Whiles former Presidents John Mills and John Mahama, both of the National Democratic Congress, have openly stated their resentment to legalization of homosexuality, President Akufo-Addo has maintained a deafening silence on…
Two persons have been confirmed dead following a bloody confrontation between the Dagomba and Konkomba ethnic groups at Agbogbloshie in Accra yesterday. Scores of people sustained various degrees of injury in the confrontation which was characterised by gunshots and the brandishing of machetes. Three of the injured are said to be in life-threatening conditions. Property running into thousands of…
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has expressed concern that many children of school going age are constantly being taken out of the classroom into mining pits to engage in illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. GNAT said the galamsey activities was having negative health effects on the children who should otherwise be in school with some dying…
The outspoken former moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Reverend Prof. Emmanuel Martey has advised President Akufo-Addo to minimize his mistakes by dealing comprehensively with vigilantism in the country. According to the preacher, the growing cases of violent attacks and takeovers by various vigilante groups associated with the ruling party is a dent on Ghana’s democracy. The Delta…
About 235 pupils of the Jamasi SDA Primary School in the Sekyere South District in the Ashanti Region have been compelled to learn in temporary structures. This is as a result of a recent heavy downpour that ripped off roofs of the six-unit classroom block of the school. Apart from the classroom block, the storeroom and office of the…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bantama Constituency, Daniel Okyem Aboagye, has said representing the people in Parliament is a ‘heavy task’ which will require the full support of all his constituents to enable him to operate a smooth and transparent administration. Popularly called ‘Wofa Atta’, the MP expressed the belief that with continuous prayer, support and cooperation from…
Three speakers at a public forum in Accra have criticised the huge size of government appointees under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo‘s administration. In their view, such a huge size of the government would put pressure on the public purse and burden the taxpayer. The speakers were two senior lecturers at the Political Science Department of the University of…
