Ghana Politics

President Lazarus Chakwera announced the discovery of the wreckage of a plane carrying Malawi’s Vice President, Saulos Chilima, with no survivors. On Monday morning, Chilima and nine others were on a domestic flight when their military aircraft vanished from airport radars amid adverse weather conditions. Soldiers had been combing Chikangawa …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has vowed that any political party or presidential candidate violating the law in the lead-up to the December elections will face appropriate sanctions. During the commissioning of The Law House in Accra on Monday, June 10, President Akufo-Addo emphasized that his government will not tolerate legal breaches …

An indefinite strike by the National Identification Authority (NIA) staff has left many applicants in the Ashanti Region without access to essential services. The strike commenced on Monday, June 10, 2024, after being announced on Sunday, June 9. The workers cited inadequate working conditions and the government’s delay in addressing …

John Dramani Mahama, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, has committed to working with relevant authorities and partners to reclaim funds and properties acquired through corrupt practices if he wins the December 7 general elections. In a live broadcast titled ‘Mahama Conversations,’ the former president criticized the increasing corruption and …

The police have detained Phyllis Naa Koryoo Okunnor, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary candidate for Awutu Senya East, after discovering a pump-action gun in her car on Sunday. She is currently at the Cantonment Police station, aiding in the investigation. NDC National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, criticized the arrest …

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Titus Glover, has cautioned residents in the ECOMOG area near the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in Accra not to rebuild structures affected by a fire that occurred on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. A devastating blaze tore through the ECOMOG area, reducing numerous wooden structures to ashes. …

The judge overseeing the ambulance case has ruled that an audio recording of a conversation between Richard Jakpa and the Attorney General does not indicate that Godfred Dame instructed Mr. Jakpa to implicate Ato Forson. The audio was central to applications submitted by Ato Forson and Richard Jakpa, who sought …

On June 4, 2024, a consortium, including the African Development Bank, signed a $94 million senior debt funding agreement with PMD Assetco Limited (PMD) for a floating dock ship repair facility in Takoradi port, Ghana. The consortium also includes the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the Eastern and Southern African Trade …

  The GaDangme Alliance for Change (GDAC), a recent movement for promoting actionable transformation change in the GaDangme communities by way of human development, decrie sunequivocally, the prevailing trend of affliction meted out to the Gadangme peoples by political pundits and functionaries of the Ghanaian political system. Today, GDAC observes …

General Sergeant Bismark Frempah, 38, who served as an outrider for former President John Agyekum Kufuor, tragically lost his life in an accident on the Bolgatanga-Tamale Road. Frempah, riding a Police Service Motorbike with registration number AS 8297 22, collided with a Toyota Sienta vehicle registered as AS 5979 21 …