The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated four persons for the appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court. Their appointment is subject to Parliamentary vetting. The communication from the Presidency addressed to House Speaker, Prof. Aaron Michael Oquaye and read on the floor of Parliament, Thursday, March 19, 2020, …
Read More »Many Ghanaians don’t plan properly for retirement – SSNIT boss
The Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, Dr John Ofori-Tenkorang, has revealed that the reason many Ghanaians cannot have a relaxed and happy retirement is because they have a poor attitude towards that stage of their lives. He says persons who didn’t have formal jobs in the …
Read More »Akufo-Addo appoints former WHO chief as Ghana’s coronavirus coordinator
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed a former Deputy Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Anarfi Asamoa-Baah, as the Presidential Coordinator for Government’s Coronavirus Response Programme. Dr Asamoa-Baah is expected to be President Akufo-Addo’s point man for Ghana’s response effort. He will “be responsible for pulling together and co-ordinating …
Read More »Is the EC for your mother? – Citi FM boss slams Electoral Commission
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Citi FM, Samuel Atta Mensah has criticized the Electoral Commission (EC) over its decision to force through the compilation of the new voters’ register in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The Electoral Commission on Tuesday March 17 denied reports it has cancelled the …
Read More »COVID-19: ‘Let’s seek God’s face; this too will pass’- Akufo-Addo March 19, 2020
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has admonished Ghanaians to seek the face of God, in the wake of the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic in the country, whilst observing, at the same time, the enhanced measures announced by government in dealing with the menace. At a prayer breakfast meeting held …
Read More »Coronavirus: Kakum National Park shut down
Ghana’s popular national forest reserve, the Kakum National Park, has been temporarily closed following the increasing recorded cases of coronavirus in the country. This was contained in a joint press statement by the Board Trustees of the Ghana Heritage Conservation Trust and Management of the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission …
Read More »Mensa-Bonsu, Kulendi, others to join Supreme Court bench
President Akufo-Addo has nominated Professor Henrietta J.A.N Mensa-Bonsu for consideration as a judge of the Supreme Court. The respected criminologist and lecturer was nominated along with lawyer Yoni Kulendi, Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu and Clemence Hoenyenugah. Professor Mensa-Bonsu who a member of the Short Commission which probed the Ayawaso …
Read More »‘Thieves’ invade Parliament to ‘steal’ hand sanitizers
In a rather bizarre circumstance, hand sanitizers placed at vantage points at the precincts of Parliament to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) are being drained at a very alarming rate by some unsuspecting workers, thereby, denying others from accessing the product. This unethical act, according to the …
Read More »Real coronavirus is dead, what is left is its remnants – Prophet TB Joshua
“The real coronavirus is gone. What we are seeing now are the remnants” This is according to Nigerian Pastor and philanthropist Prophet T.B Joshua. The Founder and leader of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) had predicted that the noise of coronavirus will be silenced by the end of …
Read More »VIDEO: Driver dies in gory accident in Akweteman
A commercial car driver on Wednesday died on the spot when his vehicle run into a stationary articulator truck at Akweteman, a suburb of Accra. The White and Yellow Sprinter with registration GR 1051-15 which was full of passengers was reportedly heading to Madina from Kasoa when the accident occurred leaving …
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