Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says his meeting with the Acting United States Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Rolf Olson, was “very constructive,” with both sides reviewing recent gains in bilateral relations. In a social media update, the Minister noted that discussions covered key developments, including the restoration of five-year visas for Ghanaians, the removal…
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has announced encouraging progress in the ongoing mediation efforts to resolve the longstanding conflict in Bawku, located in Ghana’s Upper East Region. In a recent statement, the Asantehene highlighted that the area is currently experiencing a period of relative peace, attributing this improvement to the collaborative efforts of various stakeholders…
The Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research at the Cape Coast Technical University(CCTU), Surv. Professor Emmanuel Kwamina Bamfo-Agyei has debunked the erroneous impression that the Oguaa(Cape Coast) Koto(Crab) symbol signifies “pull him down”. He explained that the nature of crabs talks about unity and not ‘pulling him down ‘as claimed and called…
A lawyer and four others have been put before the Achimota Circuit Court for allegedly falsifying a will. Joseph Kwow Addo Sam, a 57-year-old lawyer, Alhaji Seidu Adam Baba, an 82-year-old Chief, Abdullai Salia, also known as Abdullai Salia Junior, Abubakar Salia, and Saeed Salia, all of whom are at large, have been charged with…
The High Court has dismissed an injunction filed by an alumnus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) aimed at halting the extension of Vice Chancellor Prof. Rita Akosua Dickson’s term. The court determined that the injunction lacked merit and questioned the applicant’s legitimacy as an alumnus. The presiding judge pointed out that…
Anthony Kwame Ahiawodzi, a professor of Financial Economics, says high inflation continues to impede the financial sector’s ability to mobilise savings and investment to support Ghana’s sustainable economic growth. This is because over the years, financial market efficiency – the ability of the financial sector to mobilise savings for investment that promotes economic growth has…
Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (Mrs) has noted that while a lot still needs to be done in the fight against corruption, digitalization efforts that have led to e-governance and other transparency initiatives have played a key role in the fight. Speaking on how anti-corruption…
The Overlord of the Mo Traditional Area, Nana Kwaku Dankwa III, has indicated that the claim by the Omanhene of the Nkoranza Traditional Area that the Kintampo Yam Market and the waterfalls belong to the Nkoranza Stool lands is palpably false and unfounded. “It must be placed on record for all to know that it…
Sogakope (V/R), July 27. – Some 14 gazetted Chiefs and Queenmothers have been sworn into the Fievie Traditional Council at Sogakope, in the South Tongu district of the Volta Region. The event, held under the auspices of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs and Fievie Traditional Council, brought together traditional leaders, their subjects, asafo troupes,…
The Walewale Parliamentary Candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) , Alhaji Abubakari Abdallah, has described the watermelon factory being constructed by the NPP government at Walewale as an empty container. According to him, the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration is a deceptive government who only campaign on fake promises to woo Ghanaians to vote for them. He…
