Former Energy Minister Boakye Kyeremanteng Agyarko has refuted speculation currently going on within the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) that he intends to contest for the party’s chairmanship position in the future. There was rumour recently that the former Energy Minister had planned to contest President Akufo-Addo during the party’s presidential primaries. However, Mr Agyarko denied the claim and accused ...

President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has laid the foundation stone for the construction of the first ever machine tooling centre and foundry in the country at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission facility. Addressing attendees of the foundation laying ceremony today the 31st of August 2020, President Akufo-Addo said “it is widely acknowledged that every nation that has ...

Travelers arriving in Ghana by air are to pay $150 (¢866) for COVID-19 testing, officials have revealed prior to the reopening of air borders on September 1. The Kotoka International Airport has been closed to international passenger traffic since March following the outbreak of COVID-19. The Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Yaw Kwakwa told the media the accuracy of ...

The Member of Parliament for Ejura-Sekyedumase who’s also NDC Parliamentary candidate for the December 7 election Hon. Bawa Braimah has vowed to protect the seat by any means possible from being wrestled by the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP). According to him, NDC Ejura-Sekyedumase constituency has also put in place a strategy and is poised to increase the party’s presidential vote ...

ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, AON UPDATES TO GHANA’S ENHANCED RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, ON SUNDAY, 30TH AUGUST, 2020. Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I thank you for welcoming me into your homes for the sixteenth (16th) time, as the fight to defeat COVID-19 continues not only in Ghana, but across the ...

Ghana’s borders will be reopened on Tuesday, September 1, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced on Sunday,August,30,2020. This comes after five months of shutdown as part of measures to slow the spread of COVID-19. In an address to the nation, announcing this, the president stated that enough measures have been put in place to prevent a second wave of the ...

President Akufo-Addo is expected to announce the reopening of the country’s borders later tonight in his scheduled 16th address. In his previous Address on August 16, 2020 he was optimistic Ghana’s borders would be reopened on September,01. According to him, the Ministry of Aviation, the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and the Ghana Airports Co. Ltd., had been working, with the ...

Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to 276 after six more succumbed to the virus Also, 87 more cases of COVID-19 were recorded taking the national tally to 44, 205. GHS website, however, reports that active cases have significantly reduced to 1152 with 42, 777 people recovering or discharged. Cumulative Cases per Region (Case Count from Highest to Lowest) Greater Accra Region ...

Lnyx Entertainment signee, Kuame Eugene, has been crowned Artist of the Year at the 21st Edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. The Highlife musician beats off competition from Sarkodie, Medikal, Kofi Kinaata and Diana Hamilton. The Vodafone Ghana Music Awards came off at the Accra International Conference Centre on Friday and Saturday, August 28 and 29 and is aimed ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has postponed the launch of its 2020 Election Manifesto to September 7 in Accra. This is to enable the National Executive Committee and the Council of Elders to approve the policy principles andstrategies promised in the Manifesto. The launch had initially be scheduled for Monday 31st August. A statement issued by the General Secretary, ...