The National Identification Authority (NIA) has denied any wrongdoing in the issuance of a Ghana Card bearing the name Kwabena Adu Gyamfi. According to the NIA, the registration officials are bound to register and issue a Ghana Card to an applicant who presents any of the valid documents specified by …
Read More »Godfred Dame and the 5 other lawyers who saved Ghana from a $55 million judgment debt
Ghana was saved from having to pay a sum of $55 million after a Chinese-based construction company dragged it to the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The company; Beijing Everyway Traffic & Lighting was seeking for arbitration from the international court over what it said was the termination of a contract …
Read More »Permanent Court of Arbitration throws out international arbitration against Ghana
The Permanent Court of Arbitration has, in a final award dated January 30, 2023, dismissed an investor-state arbitration instituted by Beijing Everyway Traffic & Lighting Tech. Co. Ltd. (the “Claimant”) against the Government of Ghana (“Respondent”) after upholding a preliminary objection by the Attorney-General acting as counsel for the Government …
Read More »Ghana free from sleeping sickness
Ghana has eliminated gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as Sleeping Sickness, as a disease of public health concern. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a tweet, congratulated the government, health workers and communities for working towards the elimination of the disease. “This is …
Read More »Monkeypox outbreak: Ghana records four deaths and 116 cases
Ghana recorded four deaths and 116 confirmed cases of the Monkeypox disease in 2022, in 14 out of the 16 regions. Two deaths were recorded in Upper East and one each in the Greater Accra and Central regions. The Savannah and Ahafo regions did not record any cases, Dr Farida …
Read More »Regions with the most feared and powerful shrines in Ghana
Ghana is known as a secular country with a high Christian population and a favorable Islamic following too. In spite of these two dominant religious groups the country also enjoys the existence of shrines and traditional deities. It is believed a greater part of the population Christians and Muslims alike …
Read More »There is no Victor Kusi Boateng in NIA’s database – Ablakwa reveals Ghana Card records
The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu has disclosed some purported details on the Ghana Card of embattled secretary to the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana, Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng. The secretary is accused of operating under the pseudonym Kwabena Adu Gyamfi for criminal purposes, in …
Read More »VIDEO: I’m taking my hood to Africa, they’ve got to see Ghana – Meek Mill
Following criticism from many Ghanaians for filming portions of a music video at the Jubilee House, American rapper Meek Mill has admitted that he won’t return to Ghana alone the next time he visits. In a tweet, the artiste shared, he said he was going to invite others to make …
Read More »I was scared while coming to Ghana – American citizen
Chloe, popularly known as Yaa Baby was born and raised in the United States of America and had to journey to Ghana together with her family at age ten. Her father was a missionary and was tasked to oversee the affairs of a Baptist Church in the West African country. …
Read More »Kufuor cried, begged when I refused to return to Ghana to save him from coups – Rambo
A former Ghanaian soldier who worked closely with Ghana’s oldest-living former president, John Agyekum Kufuor, has narrated what he said was a moment when the elderly statesman cried in front of him because he refused to return to Ghana. According to the 75-year-old man, Michael Molley, who is better known as …
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