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The redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park which costs about $3.5 million will be commissioned on July 4, 2023, by His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park is a monument of historic significance in Ghana. It was dedicated to the memory of the country’s first President, Dr. Kwame …

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the MP for Suame Constituency, Hon. Osei-Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has rejected calls from a section of Ghanaians to discontinue the criminal trial of embattled Assin North constituency MP-elect, James Gyakye Quayson. The Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, has described as needless for the Attorney-General (A-G), Godfred Yeboah Dame, …

The Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at Stanbic Bank, Tim Mugodi, has emphasized the need to grow the capacity of local industries if the country wants to grow the economy. Mr. Tim Mugodi said this at the 2023 second quarter edition of the Graphic Business/Stanbic Breakfast Meeting in Accra. …

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama has watered down calls for the privatisation of the revenue collection function of the company. This suggestion was made by some analysts on the back of the current impasse between the government and the Chamber of Independent Power …

A delegation from the National Peace Council (NPC) led by His Eminence Numo Blafo Akotia Omaetu III, a member of the council’s governing board, has held a meeting with the Chiefs and Elders of the Somey Traditional Area. The meeting chaired by Torgbi Adamah III, Paramount Chief of the Somey Traditional Area, …

The Chiefs and people of Nyankrom, Abuesi, and Shama in the Shama District of the Western region staged a demonstration on Monday, July 3, demanding better roads. The agitated demonstrators blocked the main entrance roads to Nyankrom and Shama, causing traffic congestion and inconvenience to workers. The demonstrators expressed their …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has extolled the importance of the media in nation-building and called on all stakeholders, especially the state, to support them. He stated that no institution, including Parliament, could succeed without the role of the media. The Speaker insisted that media institutions were …

Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area and President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, has disclosed that a stampede will likely result if a free flight out of the country is offered. In comments made at the 10th-anniversary event of the passing of John Evans …

The Court of Appeal has overturned the decision of the trial judge in the case of Stephen Opuni to start the trial from scratch and directed for the proceedings and evidence led under the previous Judge Justice Hornyenugah to be adopted This decision by the Court of Appeal aims to …

Newly elected Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson has his application for stay of proceedings adjourned by the high court to July 4, 2023. Justice Mary Yanzuh said the adjournment was because the court had not received the full compliments of the application documents. The lawyers of …