The Republic Day of July 1 is no longer a public holiday following President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's assent to the Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2019.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged its members to “fully participate” in the ongoing Ghana card registration following the arrest of some officials of the National Identification Authority (NIA) for allegedly registering people for the card at night.
The Volta Regional Police Command in collaboration with the 66 Artillery Regiment Wednesday arrested 81 members of the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), who allegedly intended to demonstrate against the arrest of their leaders.
The octogenarian and leader of the Ho group, said to be planning to declare independence for the Volta Region, Mr Charles Kormi Kudzodzi, a.k.a. Papavi Hogbedetor, has been granted a Gh¢250,000 bail.
Ghana’s development agenda will not progress as expected irrespective of the political party in government unless there is a conscious effort to change the minds and attitude of the citizenry towards good governance, a development expert, Mr Ernest Boateng, has said.
The Founder and Leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Mr Kwasi Addai, has stated that given the nod to become the President of the country in 2020, he will make Ghana an export-based economy.
The Volta and Oti Regional Director of MASLOC, Mr Daniel Kafui Wudome, has assured the people in the two regions that the government has no intention to deny them of the Micro And Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) scheme, but rather it was a matter of time.
Some officers of the National Identification Authority (NIA) have been busted for allegedly registering people for the national identity card, Ghana Card at night.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has distanced itself from the controversial statue of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II who is also Chancellor of the University.
The Apostolic Church, Ghana has elected new national officers to steer the affairs of the church at its National Council Meeting held at Frafraha in the Adentan Municipality last Friday.
Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings have commended Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko for their splendid leadership and spiritual guidance to the Japanese nation.
A three-day workshop to validate a report on the Assessment of Gender Mainstreaming and Election Management Bodies (EMBs) in the ECOWAS region has ended in Accra with a call on all EMBs to set up Gender Units.
The state has filed evidence in the case involving the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, and Anthony Kwaku Boahen, a Deputy Director of Communications of the NDC.
The police administration has explained that it arrested the eight leaders of the group agitating for the restoration of the Western Togoland as an independent state from Ghana because they were planning to declare independence on Thursday, May 9, 2019.
The leadership of the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), a group based in Ho in the Volta Region agitating for the restoration of so-called Western Togoland as an independent state from Ghana have been arrested.
The Bono Regional Minister, Mrs Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson, has appealed to panellists on radio talk shows to avoid the use of intemperate and foul language since they do not help the cause of peace in the region.
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has asked politicians to look beyond implementing populist projects with the intention of winning elections to investing in long term projects to create jobs and enhance security.
Parliament last Friday directed the Minister of Energy, Mr John-Peter Amewu, to renegotiate the government’s amended agreement with AGM/Aker Energy for oil exploration in the Deep South West Tano Oil block.
The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu, has challenged media practitioners to rise above the frey and not be sucked into partisanship.
The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of saying that the story the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised it to reduce the producer price of cocoa to reflect changes in international cocoa prices.
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called on journalists never to surrender to the threats and intimidation of people in government in their quest to expose the ills in the society.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has launched its “2020 Door-to-door” election campaign in the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater Accra Region with a call on party executives to work hard to help wrest power from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), Mr Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh, has bemoaned what he described as “overconcentration of political activists” on programmes in the electronic media in the country.
As part of activities marking this year’s May Day celebration, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region organised a health walk for its members and also health screening exercise for residents of Asawasi in the Asokore Mampong Municipality.
The race for the Tamale Central Constituency parliamentary seat is getting hotter day after day as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) gear up to select candidates to contest on the ticket of their respective parties in the 2020 general election.
The Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Simon Kweku Tetteh, has assured that the government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was poised to provide the infrastructure needs of the people but needed their maximum support to succeed.
![The eight, led by their chairman, Mr Charles Kormi Kudzodzi [Papavi Hogbedetor], an octogenarian were picked up in Ho on Sunday evening by a combined team of armed police and military personnel and airlifted to Accra.](/images/2019/may/07/homeland_group.jpg)
