Muslims across Ghana are pushing for a review of the April 2020 time period for the commencement of the registration exercise for the new biometric voter’s register. Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has set April 18, 2020, as the date for the compilation ...
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KuYA condemns govt’s “malicious strategy” to collapse Ashanti owned businesses
Kumasi Youth Association(KuYA) has condemned what it says is the Akufo Addo led-government’s “malicious strategy” to collapse businesses owned by former Finance Minister and Founder of uniBank Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, and other industrious Ashanti businessmen. KuYA, describing the development as ...
Read More »NPP Primaries: It will be suicidal for NPP, govt if I’m contested – Majority Leader
The Majority Leader Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu says it will be suicidal for the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) to allow aspirants to contest him and others in the party’s upcoming parliamentary primaries. Some aspirants, especially in the Ashanti Region are very ...
Read More »EC, Eminent C’ttee meet political parties today over new voters register
The Electoral Commission will later this morning hold an urgent meeting with political parties and the Eminent Advisory Committee over the controversial decision to compile a new voters register. The parties, as well as some Civil Society Organizations, have kicked ...
Read More »NPP Primaries: Ghana Publishing Company MD picks nomination forms
The Managing Director of the Ghana Publishing Company, David Asante on Wednesday, 29th January 2020 picked up his nomination forms to contest the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) Parliamentary primaries of Nkawkaw constituency. The Convener of the pressure group, Let My ...
Read More »Rex Omar’s Case: Court awards GHS200k damages against Joy Industries Ltd
The High Court in Koforidua has awarded damages of GHS200,000 and costs of GHS30,000 to musician Rex Omar against Joy Dadi Bitters for using portions of his song “Da da di da” in their adverts without his permission and in ...
Read More »A-G to block salaries of over 10k employees
The Auditor-General has served a final notice to civil servants of its intention to purge the payroll of all unaccounted for persons in the coming days. The A-G on Thursday, January, 28, 2020 insisted “there is no or insufficient justification ...
Read More »Coalition petitions Rawlings on voters register
The Inter-Party Resistance Against New Voter Register (IPRAN), has petitioned former President Jerry John Rawlings to seek his counsel in its quest to stop the Electoral Commission from compiling a new register ahead of the 2020 elections. A delegation of ...
Read More »Report corrupt officials to my office – Akufo-Addo to Diplomatic Corps
President Akufo-Addo has made a passionate appeal to the Diplomatic Community in Ghana to report any of his appointees who engage in acts of corruption in the course of their official dealings with them or with their offices. The President ...
Read More »Nigeria’s Lagos city to ban motorcycles
Nigeria’s business capital, Lagos, plans to ban motorcycles and tricycles – the city’s most common forms of transport – from its major roads. The Lagos state government said the ban is as a result of deaths and disorderliness caused by ...
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