Ghana Politics

A former Mayor of Accra under the John Agyekum Kuffour era, Solomon Ofei Darko has died. In a report filed by Ghanaweb.com, the news was announced by his son, Nii Doodu Darko who confirmed the news to the website. “Hon Solomon Ofei Darko, the former mayor of the Accra Metropolitan …

It has emerged that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo met with the Minority Leadership of parliament led by Haruna Iddrisu three(3) times though the details of the meetings are sketchy. The meeting according to Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu was his initiative to build consensus in parliament contrary to …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has explained why he could not preside over the voting on the controversial e-levy bill on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. The Speaker of Parliament on Monday, December 20, 2021, during proceedings of the House asked the First Deputy Speaker to take the chair and …

President Akufo-Addo has named Bice Osei Kuffour, popularly known as Obour as the acting Managing Director of the Ghana Post Company Limited. Obour, in his new position, is to see to the expansion of the company’s postal network to viable areas and improve service to non-viable areas. He will also …

Former Mayor of Accra, Nat Nunoo-Amarteifio, passed away on Monday, close family sources have confirmed. The cause of death is not immediately known, according to a report by Asaaseradio.com. He was mayor of Accra between 1994 and 1998 in the late J.J. Rawlings administration. Mr Nunoo-Amarteifio went into lecturing in …

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will on Wednesday December 22, launch the e-pharmacy digital platform in Accra. At his recent digital economy public lecture at Ashesi University, the Vice President revealed that steps had been taken to digitize the operations of pharmacies in the country, and the realisation of …

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has been fighting off claims that the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu left the Speaker’s seat to take part in yesterday’s voting and proceedings. According to him, the Bekwai MP rather wanted to excuse himself to take his medication and not to …

Fatimatu Abubakar, the Deputy Information Minister, has urged the Leadership of the Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAAG) not to act prematurely by embarking on their planned strike over the Thursday, December 23, 2021 over the yet-to-be introduced Electronic Transfer Levy. Since Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta announcement the …

Some Members of Parliament on Monday night fought following a disagreement during the voting on government’s E-levy bill. The fight ensued when the MPs were voting in a headcount to decide whether the E-levy bill should be accepted under a certificate of urgency. The Minority had attempted to stop the …

The 2020 Presidential Candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has once again taken on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Mr. Mahama is of the view that President Akufo-Addo has done very little for Ghanaians since he took over the mantle of administration of the country. …