President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the Attorney General to prepare and submit a specific legislation to Parliament “as soon as possible” to deal with political vigilantism. According to a letter written by the president to the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the legislation will be without prejudice to the outcome … The post Political

The exhibition “Galle Winston Kofi Dawson: In Pursuit of something ‘Beautiful’, perhaps…” is billed to debut at this year’s Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art (SCCA) in Tamale. The artist run project space, exhibition and research hub, an initiative of world-renowned artist Ibrahim Mahama, begins its Tamale event on Friday, March 15. SCCA-Tamale intends, with its … The post Kofi

Former President Jerry John Rawlings, has called for a concerted national effort to offer boxing and other popular sports the needed support to enable athletes excel. Referring to the resurgence of boxing achievements in Ghana, the former President noted that “when the soul of this country wants to pick itself up it manifests in sporting … The post Rawlings calls for

Oxfam Ghana has launched a tax dialogue project as part of a broader active citizenship and accountable governance programme. Known as the Ghana Tax Dialogue (GTD), it involves high level series of roundtable dialogues with key actors within the Ghana tax system corporate bodies. These bodies include the Ghana Revenue Authority, Ministry of Finance, professional … The post Oxfam

Security expert and former Director of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), Kofi Bentum Quanson, has underscored the need for political vigilantism to be tackled “boldly and sincerely”, noting the phenomenon poses a national security threat. As a security capo who was the first to head the BNI, he said a proper understanding of vigilantism … The post Political

A group calling itself Patriotic Advocates for Truth, Peace and Development, Ghana, has challenged  investigative journalist, Anas Amereyaw Anas and his Tiger Eye PI, to premiere an exposé it did on illegal mining during John Mahama’s regime if they have nothing to hide. The group is suspicious Anas and his team may have been influenced … The post Group demands Anas

The Central Regional Security Council has indefinitely shut down two campuses of the University of Education following violent protests Thursday leading to injuries of some students and destruction of university property. Students of the university have up to 6:00pm today to vacate the Winneba and Ajumako campuses, Central Regional Minister Kwamina Duncan ordered after visiting … The post UEW

Former President John Mahama has asked President Nana Akufo-Addo and his government to admit they do not have the answers to the challenges facing the economy, which has caused a rapid depreciation of the cedi against major international trading currencies. “The recent free fall of the cedi against all major foreign currencies, may be exposing … The post Learn

Police are firing warning shots and teargas at the University of Education Winneba (UEW) in a bid to push back student protestors who have since Tuesday been demanding the reinstatement of some dismissed lecturers. At least 10 people have suffered varied degrees of injuries and currently receiving treatment at the university campus clinic, one of … The post UEW

Parliament will today begin vetting of 19 new government ministers-designate and deputy ministers-designate for the newly created regions as well as those announced by president Akufo-Addo in his last reshuffle two weeks ago. Catherine Afeku removed as Tourism Minister in latest reshuffle Three ministers-designate – Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah for Western Region, Solomon Namliit Boar for … The post Vetting

Facebook has suffered the most severe outage in its history, with key services rendered unusable for users globally for much of Wednesday. The last time Facebook had a disruption of this magnitude was in 2008, when the site had 150m users – compared with around 2.3bn monthly users today. Facebook’s main product, its two messaging … The post Facebook and Instagram suffer most

Boeing has grounded its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft after investigators uncovered new evidence at the scene of the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash. The US plane-maker said it would suspend all 371 of the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration said fresh evidence as well as newly refined satellite data prompted the decision to … The post Boeing grounds entire crash aircraft fleet

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated new chief executives for six municipal and district assemblies. The nominations were in accordance with Article 243(1) of the 1992 Constitution and Section 20(1) of the Local Government Act, Act 936. The nominations were contained in a statement issued by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, … The post Akufo-Addo nominates

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The Finance Committee of Parliament has given the go-ahead for some GH¢2 billion to be approved for the issuance of a sovereign guarantee for the Ghana Amalgamated Trust (GAT) Limited. This is aimed at lending support to some indigenous Ghanaian banks. The Ghana Amalgamated Trust was formed off the back of reforms within the banking … The post Parliament’s

President Donald Trump has issued an emergency order to ground all Boeing 737 Max aircraft following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet on Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration had previously held out while many countries banned the aircraft from flying over their airspace. President Trump said the planes would now be grounded until Boeing … The post US to ground all Boeing crash aircraft

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is not happy with the idea that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is inviting its leaders for a dialogue, one of its officials has said. The party’s Communications Director, Kakra Essamuah, said the largest opposition party is against the idea. He explained that even between the day President Nana … The post We don’t

The alleged militia, De-Eye Group, has sued journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni and his employer, demanding 10 million cedis as compensation for alleged defamation contained in his documentary, ‘militia in the heart of the nation’. In a writ issued at the High Court Wednesday, the group said “without any reasonable, just or probable cause,” Manasseh claimed … The post Alleged

At least eight children have died and many more are feared trapped after a building containing a school collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos. The school, which was on the top floor of the three-storey building in Ita Faji on Lagos Island, had more than 100 pupils, a rescue official told the BBC. About … The post Nigeria school collapse: Children killed in Lagos building appeared

The University of Applied Management, Germany (Ghana Campus) held its 10th graduation ceremony as well as opened a new Campus at Kwabenya in Accra near the KNUST Accra City Campus over the weekend. The graduation ceremony and official opening of the Kwabenya Campus was attended by Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Werner (Founder and President of … The post UAM Ghana holds 10th congregation appeared first on