Ghana Politics

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has reported that approximately 1,237 individuals lost their lives in road accidents from January to June 2024. Pearl Adusu Sateckla, Head of Public Relations at the NRSA, described the situation as alarming, attributing many of the fatalities to wrongful overtaking and failure to observe …

Former Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Asawase, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has dismissed the governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) ambitious goal of securing over 80 percent of votes in the upcoming December election in the Ashanti Region, labelling it as unattainable. Muntaka emphasised that the NPP’s poor performance …

Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sefwi-Wiawso constituency, faced the wrath of Speaker Alban Bagbin, leading to his expulsion from the parliamentary chamber on Monday, July 22. The incident unfolded after Dr. Afriyie told the Speaker that it was not his responsibility to remind lawmakers about the …

President Akufo-Addo’s request for the Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) to reconsider its decision not to vote in the December 7 election seems unsuccessful. The SDA Church reaffirmed its stance, citing the conflict between the election date and their religious observance of the Sabbath. In a statement, the Church emphasized …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled to commission a 320-unit housing project for the Ghana Police Service on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. The ceremony will take place at the National Police Training School in Tesano, Accra. The project, initiated in 2018, includes seven blocks of two-bedroom apartments and thirteen …

The King of the Gonja kingdom, Yagbonwura Bii-Kunuto Soale Jewu Soale, has issued a ban on the Member of Parliament for Damongo and Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, from visiting any palace in Gonjaland. This decision follows a protest by the youth of Gonjaland, who accused the …

Linda Asante Agyei, Vice President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has advised media outlets to avoid declaring final results of the 2024 elections, highlighting that this responsibility rests solely with the Electoral Commission (EC). Speaking at the launch of an SDG facility project by the Ghana Center for Democratic …

The Mahama 2024 Campaign has issued a warning to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to cease any attempts to dismantle or hinder the billboards of its presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama, or other National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidates. The campaign team revealed that the Chief Executive of the Tema …

The Myra Clark Gaines litigation, recognized as the longest court case in U.S. history, spanned over fifty years, beginning around 1834 and concluding in 1889. This case, involving numerous rulings by the Louisiana Supreme Court while it was located in the Cabildo, centered on Gaines’ fight to be recognized as …

The Mahama 2024 Campaign has sharply criticized the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) following its announcement of a presidential debate for the 2024 elections. The IEA recently unveiled plans to organize Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debates leading up to Ghana’s 2024 General Elections. However, in a statement dated Friday, July 19, …