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Give MPs’ Common Fund share to Assembly Members – Kwadwo Adjei Darko
Former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kwadwo Adjei Darko, has advocated a major overhaul of Ghana’s local governance framework, including the removal of Members of Parliament…
Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang speaks on presidential ambition
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has criticised what she describes as premature presidential ambitions within the National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying such moves undermine the party’s responsibility…
Gov’t makes progress in Galamsey fight, reclaims Nine Forest reserves – Deputy Lands Minister
The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Yusif Sulemana, has stated that despite the difficulties associated with tackling illegal mining, recent government interventions have resulted in…
Builsa North MP James Agalga Appointed Majority Leader
The Member of Parliament for Builsa North, James Agalga, has been appointed as the new Majority Leader in Parliament following changes made to President John Dramani Mahama’s ministerial…
Kokofu replies Okatakyie Afrifa over criticism of his NPP Ashanti Chairmanship bid
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu, has reacted to comments by media personality Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah questioning his decision to contest…
Kenneth Adjei nominated as Defence Minister in President Mahama’s latest reshuffle
President John Dramani Mahama has moved the Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, to the Ministry of Defence as part of changes made to…
12 suspected illegal miners remanded over Bosomtwe Forest Reserve galamsey
Twelve people accused of engaging in illegal mining have been remanded into police custody after being arrested during a two-day anti-galamsey operation in the Bosomtwe Range Forest Reserve…
Bekwai Court sentences cobbler to 15 Years for Armed Robbery
A 26-year-old cobbler, Thomas Opoku, popularly known as Akwasi Dekye, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Bekwai Circuit Court for robbing a nursing student…
Wontumi seeks bail pending appeal of 20-year prison sentence
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, widely known as Chairman Wontumi, has applied to the High Court for bail pending the outcome…
“The nation still mourns with you” – Mahama comforts Families of Helicopter crash victims
President John Dramani Mahama has reassured the families of the eight officials who died in the August 6, 2025 military helicopter crash that their loved ones will never…