The chiefs and elders of the Oguaa Traditional Council have performed a solemn libation ceremony to invoke blessings for Vice-President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, President John Dramani Mahama, and the nation at large. Led by the Oguaamanhen, Osabarima Kwesi Atta II, the libation was offered at the Emintsimadze Palace inContinue Reading

The Deputy Minority Leader in Parliament, Patricia Appiagyei, has rejected a nomination to replace Alexander Afenyo-Markin as part of Ghana’s reconstituted delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament. “I respectfully write to express my objection and hereby decline to be included in the reconstituted list of Ghana’s delegation to the ECOWAS ParliamentContinue Reading

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah, has warned of the possible revocation of 962 small-scale mining licences as part of efforts to combat illegal mining. The minister made this known following a committee’s report on the status of small-scale mining licences across the country. The committee,Continue Reading

What was meant to be Ghana’s most ambitious religious and cultural edifice has been reduced to a cautionary tale of financial recklessness. According to a government-commissioned audit by Deloitte and Touche, the National Cathedral Project has cost the Ghanaian taxpayer $97 million, with no structure to show for it. FULLContinue Reading

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has issued a wanted notice for Ernest Darko Akore, a former Chef de Cabinet (Technical Advisor) at Ghana’s Ministry of Finance, over alleged corruption in the Revenue Assurance Contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilization Limited (SML). Akore, 67, isContinue Reading

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has been elected Chair of the newly reconstituted Human Trafficking Management Board, pledging to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to intensify efforts against modern-day slavery. Established under Ghana’s Human Trafficking Act, 2005 (Act 694), the Human TraffickingContinue Reading