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Akufo-Addo extends Auditor-General’s appointment

Auditor-General Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu will spend two more years in office as his contract has been extended by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.Mr. Asiedu was due for statutory retirement on August 1, 2024.A notice dated June 19 from the Audit Service congratulated Mr. Asiedu on the extension. “I wish to bring to the information of […]

Abossey Okai Spares Dealers Association warns politicians against using area for campaigns

The Abossey Okai Spares Dealers Association in the Greater Accra Region has issued a stern warning to political actors, emphasizing that the Abossey Okai area is primarily a business center and not a political arena. This announcement comes in response to recent incidents where politicians have been using the area as a campaign ground without […]

50 People acquire HIV every day in Ghana

An estimated 50 people are infected with HIV every day, the Ghana AIDS Commission has said.Majority of the new infections have been identified as persons between 15 and 49 years old, the economically active population. The data announced during the release of the 2023 national and sub-national HIV and AIDS estimates and projections also showed […]

Over 17k new HIV infections recorded in 2023–Ghana AIDS Commission

Seventeen thousand, seven hundred and seventy-four (17, 774) new HIV infections were reported in the country in 2023.This represents a 14.8% decrease in HIV infection in the last decade.In the same year, 12,480 persons living with the infection died with 11.2% of the number being children. Bono, Greater Accra and Eastern Region remain the regions […]

We Lost 2020 Election Because Of COVID, Death Of Rawlings–Alabi

The Campaign Manager for the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, Professor Joshua Alabi says the COVID-19 pandemic and the death of Jerry John Rawlings affected the NDC’s 2020 campaign, leading to its defeat at the polls. Professor Alabi contends that while the pandemic restricted the campaign activities of the NDC, the government had the […]

It’s Unwise To Go Independent–Ken Agyapong

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Assin Central Constituency in the Central region, has put to rest speculations about his intention to run as an independent candidate in the forthcoming December 7 elections. Speaking during his 64th birthday celebration on Sunday, June 16, 2024 Agyapong assured his constituents and NPP supporters […]

NAPO Leads In NPP’s Choice Of Running Mate For Bawumia–NIB Survey

The Energy Minister and the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh is widely preferred among party members to be the running mate to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, according to a survey by the National Investigation Bureau. The survey engaged 5,116 NPP […]

EC Opens Registration For Special Voting

The Electoral Commission (EC) yesterday opened applications for special voting for qualified institutions and individuals, which has been fixed for Monday, December 2, 2024.It will close the applications for qualified persons who have a just cause to be granted special voting rights to apply on July 1. The special voting will not be conferred automatically, […]

Bryan Acheampong Dares North Tongu MP

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, has dismissed allegations that his hotel, Rock City, is incurring losses.The rebuttal comes in the wake of accusations by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament (MP), for North Tongu who suggested the hotel was unprofitable and claimed he had documents to prove his claim. In a conversation […]

Atwima Nwabiagya: 76-year-old woman killed by daughter over witchcraft allegations

A 76-year-old woman, Afia Sarpomaa, has been killed by her daughter at Abuakwa Asenemaso in the Atwima Nwabiagya South District of the Ashanti Region over witchcraft accusation. According to reports, the assailant stormed the mother’s room in the morning of Monday, June 17, 2024, and accused her of bewitching the family, and began to stab […]