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The spokesperson for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) election committee, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, warned aspirants and agents against the violation of electoral rules ahead of the special delegates congress because the party will deal with such individuals ruthlessly. He emphasized that the NPP election committee is committed to conducting violence-free and peaceful elections to uphold the integrity and principles of the party. Afenyo-Markin …

The Minority in Parliament has strongly criticised the 2nd phase of the government’s agricultural flagship programme, Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ). President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, August 28, 2023, launched Phase Two of Planting for Food and Jobs at the University for Development Studies, in Tamale. Targeted at building on the successes of the initial programme, the second …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has released a shortlist of potential running mates for former President John Dramani Mahama for the 2024 general elections. The shortlisted names so far include Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang who was the running mate for John Mahama in 2020. According to a newspaper report by the DailyGuide, dated August 30, 2023, these individuals potentials have made …

Ghanaians should brace themselves to pay for the electricity and water they access while they are seeking health care at the various teaching hospitals in the country. This is because the government has directed all the teaching hospitals in the country to start paying their own electricity and water bills. Highly placed sources at some of the hospitals say they have no …

The onion importers at Kwadaso Onion Market in the Ashanti region have bemoaned the effect of the coup in Niger, and the subsequent closure of the country’s border on their onions meant for sale. According to the importers, about 50 trucks of their onions have gone bad following the coup in the West African country. Currently, the importers revealed that about 100 …

Two persons have died as a result of a shooting incident that took place at Nsawam Adoagyiri in the Eastern Region. The two unidentified persons were part of four people who sustained gunshot wounds and were rushed to the Nsawam government hospital on Tuesday following a renewed chieftaincy dispute in the area. Last week, one person sustained a gunshot wound …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported that the Upper East Region of Ghana has the highest number of cases of elephantiasis, also known as lymphatic filariasis, in the country. Approximately 2,373 confirmed cases of elephantiasis, which make up about a third of all cases in the country, have been recorded in the region. The Desk Officer for the Ghana …

Soldiers appeared on Gabonese national television, announcing the cancellation of recent election results and the dissolution of “all the institutions of the republic”. The apparent coup follows shortly after the national election authority’s announcement on Wednesday that Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba had been re-elected for a third term. A soldier appearing on TV channel Gabon 24 said, “We have decided to …

President Akufo-Addo has affirmed government’s commitment to improving Ghana’s security infrastructure to withstand and protect the country from possible terrorist attacks. Delivering a speech at the inauguration of the International Maritime and Exhibition Conference held at Burma Camp, the president noted that one of government’s concerns is Ghana’s territorial waters. As such, the Navy is being provided the necessary machinery to be …

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) Ghana, a public accountability organisation has filed documents at the Supreme Court of Ghana against the Attorney General over what the group says is Ghana’s weak Asset Declaration regime. Asset declaration is a multifunctional anti-corruption tool aimed at detecting the acquisition of illegal and unjust enrich­ment and for recovery of same …