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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been commended for avoiding his usual expensive luxury jets to fly commercially during his recent Ghana-Egypt-USA trip. According to Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who has serially tracked presidential travels for the past two years, the president for the longest period avoided flying a €20,000-an-hour luxury jet. The North …

President Akufo-Addo says Twitter’s decision to fold up its satellite office in Africa is unfortunate. “We had looked forward to its presence,” he told journalists in the US. The President added: “It was not too long ago that it was up, but I understand it is part and parcel of …

Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has apologised to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the general public on behalf of some five students of Chiana Senior High School (SHS) over a video in which the students are heard insulting the president. GES, in a press release dated November 14, 2022, …

In 1999, when Ghana’s sitting president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, was the Member of Parliament for Akim Abuakwa South, the House considered a motion that was filed against the Minister of Finance at the time. It was a debate that had been prompted by a motion filed by a member of …

As a young learner of Ghana’s politics, I have witnessed both military regimes as well as democratically elected governments. The fourth republic has successfully delivered four former Presidents. Two of these former presidents have departed. The remaining two have gone through the governance system with a lot of experience, but …

Most Rev. Prof. Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante, the 18th Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has tasked Ghanaians to critique the government using the proper channels stressing that doing otherwise ultimately hurts the economy as it has the tendency of chasing away investors. “There is …

Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party has dismissed calls for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to resign amid economic hardships. Richard Ahiagbah, speaking on Joy FM’s Newsfile programme, November 5, 2022, called out the convener of the Kume Preko Reloaded protest that took place on the same day. Ahiagbah stated that private …

One-time presidential spokesman, Koku Anyidoho, has vowed to expose appointees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the current state of the Asomdwe Park. The park, which is the resting place of former president John Evans Atta-Mills was only recently refurbished and recommissioned by the state-owned Coastal Development Authority, CODA, …

H.E. Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic, is currently underfire to resign due to worsening economic hardships in the country. Lawyer Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, has today, Saturday, November 5, led some Ghanaians to hit the streets of Accra in a demonstration dubbed “Kume Preko reloaded.” …

Former President John Mahama has said that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) while in opposition thought governance was easy and that now that they are in power, the difference between the governance of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and that of the NPP is clear for all to see. …