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The President of the association, Mrs Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, who made the call, expressed deep frustration over the delay in fulfilling the agreement signed in May 2024.  Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday (May 28, 2025), she outlined the reasons for the delay and the urgent need forContinue Reading

The Attorney-General, Dr Dominic Ayine, has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s interlocutory injunction seeking to halt her removal proceedings. In a 20-point affidavit, the Attorney General argued that the appropriate legal remedy for not receiving a document or process was not an injunction. “I verilyContinue Reading

President John Dramani Mahama has said metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) under his leadership are to be empowered to raise their own funding through the issuing of bonds for infrastructural projects such as roads. He said the measure is intended to address the persistent lack of funding for localContinue Reading

An Associate Professor of Law at the University of Ghana, Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, has criticised the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, describing them as symptomatic of deeper constitutional and institutional weaknesses. Speaking on Joy FM’s Newsfile programme on Saturday, [May 25, 2025] Prof. Appiagyei-Atua argued that holding theContinue Reading

The Deputy Minister of the Interior, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi has explained that security officers who went to Bernard Antwi Boasiako’s house in Kumasi on Friday morning were there to invite him. Earlier on Friday officers from the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) withdrew from the residence of Bernard Antwi Boasiako, alsoContinue Reading

Vice President Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang returned to Ghana on Thursday afternoon (May 22, 2025) following a period of medical treatment in the United Kingdom. Her arrival at Kotoka International Airport was met with a warm reception led by President John Dramani Mahama and First Lady Mrs Lordina Dramani Mahama. Also presentContinue Reading

A total of 41,647 students from public tertiary institutions across the country have successfully completed their registration on the portal launched to implement the government’s ‘No Fee Stress’ initiative, which covers admission and facility user fees for all first-year students. This was made known by the Minister of State inContinue Reading

Six months after the official opening of the 97.7-kilometre Tema-Mpakadan railway operations on Friday, November 22, 2024, the much-publicised service remains inactive, dashing hopes of commuters for a more reliable alternative. The standard gauge line, inaugurated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with two Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) trains, wasContinue Reading

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has tasked the newly inaugurated governing board of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) to champion transparency, enforce value for money, and reverse the growing trend of sole sourcing in public procurement. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Accra, Dr. Forson congratulated theContinue Reading