The National House of Chiefs is urging all dissatisfied candidates or political parties on the outcome of the December 7 general elections to endeavor to seek redress by using the laid down processes and procedure for the settlement of electoral disputes.   The House said the numerous demonstrations by a …

Ashanti Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTD), Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) and the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) are embarking on road safety Campaign dubbed “Arrive Alive’’ aimed at reducing carnage on the roads before, during and after Christmas. The campaign seeks to sensitise road users and …

Ghana’s economy has, for the first time in nearly four decades, experienced a recession for consecutively two quarters of 2020. According to provisional GDP figures by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), the economy suffered a contraction as a result of the adverse impact of the coronavirus pandemic and its associated …

The Electoral Commission has released the pink sheets for the presidential elections held simultaneously with the parliamentary elections on December 7, 2020. The pink sheets as they are popularly known are results sheets used to collate data from the polling stations through to the regions. The EC on Wednesday, December 16, released …

The Wench High Court has thrown out a case brought before it by the New Patriotic Party against the Electoral Commission and the National Democratic Congress on the Sene West Parliamentary Elections. The court ruled that the said case lacks merit, reason it was dismissed. The NPP has also been fined an amount of GHS 20,000 …

Some prominent individuals in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have arrived in Wenchi in the Bono Region ahead of the High Court ruling on the Sene West constituency election petition. The petitioners are seeking that the court grants them favour that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate for Sene West, Joseph Markay Kumah be …

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has announced that it has released the provisional results of students who sat for the 2020 Basic Certificate Examination (BECE). The Council indicated that the entire results of 44 candidates have been cancelled for bringing mobile phones into the examination hall. It added that subject …

Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has assured of government’s support for traders whose wares were destroyed by the Tuesday evening fire at the Katamanto market. On his visit to the scene of the fire, he described the incident as a “human tragedy.” “It is a tragedy. It is a situation …

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has in a statement today confirmed that provisional results of the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have been released. According to the statement, the West African Examination Council wishes to inform its publics that it has released provisional results of candidates who sat …

Parliament has passed the controversial Public Universities Bill (PUB). However, the respected Ghanaian educationist, Counsellor Daniel Fenyi has described the Bill as a “serious political attack” on tertiary education. Even though the Bill currently awaits Presidential assent and some ‘optional’ recommendations from the Parliamentary select committee on education, Counsellor has …

Award-Winning Radio personality and Musician  Abubakar Ahmed known popularly as Blakk Rasta says it’s only a crazy person who will believe that the 2020 elections were credible. According to him, the Electoral Commission which is the body charged with the management of elections in the country has on several occasions …

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Ghana has increased to 1,011, the Ghana Health Service has announced. It follows the confirmation of 116 new cases. So far, a total of 53,386 cases have been confirmed in Ghana since mid-March 2020. Out of that, a total of 52,048 have recovered. …

The Ghana Commodity Exchange on Monday added rice contracts [Ghana rice] to the number of commodities traded on the electronic trading platform following the approval by the Security and Exchange Commission. The move is expected to boost local rice production and consumption as government works to put a moratorium on …

The E-waste recycling project, introduced by government, is gradually taking shape and expected to ensure sustainable disposal and proper recycling of e-waste. The project, being implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), is still in its pilot phase. It is helping to promote an incentive system …

The Ghana Commodity Exchange on Monday added rice contracts [Ghana rice] to the number of commodities traded on the electronic trading platform following the approval by the Security and Exchange Commission. The move is expected to boost local rice production and consumption as government works to put a moratorium on …

As the nation awaits the National Democratic Congress to present evidence to validate its claims of flawed and rigged elections against the Electoral Commissions, the New Patriotic Party has given a comprehensive account of how it won the 2020 elections. On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, edition of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana program, the …

As the nation awaits the National Democratic Congress to present evidence to validate its claims of flawed and rigged elections against the Electoral Commissions, the New Patriotic Party has given a comprehensive account of how it won the 2020 elections. On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, edition of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana program, …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has finally completed the collation of elections 2020 results after auditing polling stations pink sheet across Ghana   The changes after their collation is really huge and if this is true, hmmm. This comes after the flagbearer of the NDC John Dramani Mahama rejected the …

The national leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says it is disappointed in government continued moves to pass the Public University Bill. It says the developments with the Bill are being done on the blindside of the association, a week before Parliament’s recess. It says it will …

The Assembly Press in Accra has gazetted the 2020 presidential election results declared by Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission who is also the Returning Officer of the presidential election. This gives legal backing to the results as declared by the EC Chairperson and paves way for …

In the coming year 2021, the banking sector in the country will no longer be with astute brands that have held the fort. These individuals are peculiar for nurturing and growing the banking industry in Ghana they served and headed for decades. About six managers, in 2020, have paved way …

COPEC says the situation as a result of prices on the international market recording upward trend Tue, 15 Dec 2020Source: 3 News The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC) has predicted that fuel prices in Ghana are likely to go up in the coming days. Executive Director of the COPEC, …

The World Bank Board of Directors have approved a $60 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to help Ghana and some other African countries strengthen the resilience of their agricultural sectors to the threat posed by climate change. The grant fulfils the World Bank’s commitment at the 2019 United Nations …

WATCH THE VIDEO: John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has explained he is not ready to concede defeat in the just-ended December 7 elections because of the over six million Ghanaian voters who voted for him on election day. According to him, this will also …

Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) John Mahama says he’ll accept the results of the 2020 presidential election if the Electoral Commission conducts an independent audit of the results.   Mr. Mahama and his party have rejected the results of the December 7 polls describing the election as flawed. …

As part of the country’s efforts to fight the coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic, the Ministry of Aviation (MoA) and Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) on Monday (December 14, 2020,) evening begun the third phase of disinfection exercise at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).   …

Following A Successful First Closing, Leader in African Flexible Workspace AfricaWorks Gears Up for Second-Round Fundraising to Support Regional Expansion Plan.   Accra, 14 December 2020: AfricaWorks, the first uniquely pan-African flexible workspace provider announces its intention to enter second-round fundraising following a successful closing of 3.5m EUR, ahead of …

Ghana ranked Fifth and scored 0.875 on the 2020 Africa Visa Openness Index with 24 requiring no visa to enter the country, 28 requiring visas on arrival with travelers from Morocco requiring visas to enter the jurisdiction. The Index shows Benin, Seychelles, and the Gambia topping the ranking in allowing …

The preponderance of mathematical errors being committed by the Electoral Commissionhas made it a butt of jokes on social media platforms. The EC which came under fire after admitting to making errors in the presidential results appears to have committed another mistake, causing some public figures as well as social …