Author: Gifty Baoateng

Ghana today, Friday, March 6, is celebrating its 69th Independence Day celebration, across the country with the main event underway at the Jubilee House, in Accra. The event comes a year before the West African nation marks its 70th Platinum Jubilee anniversary as the first nation in the sub-Saharan African to gain independence from colonial rule from the British. This year’s event is themed “Building prosperity; inspiring hope”. Gracing the occasion is the Prime Minister for St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Terrance Michael Drew Drew and his wife. Also present are speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, the Chief Justice, Justice…

The candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Baba Jamal, has been declared the winner of the just-ended Ayawaso East by-election. This was announced by the Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday evening. He secured 10,884 votes representing 63 per cent to win the contest. His closest contender, Baba Ali Yusif, the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, garnered 4,009 representing 23 per cent. A total of 16,928 valid votes were cast, with 120 rejected ballots, bringing the total votes cast to 17,048. Interestingly, this is not what was forecasted at least by pollster, Mussa Dankwah’s Global Infoanalytics, which predicted a…

A Presidential Committee set up to review appointments and promotions hurriedly done during the dying days of the Akufo-Addo government, has upheld a total of 1,201 while revoking 541. Additionally, some 338 appointments involving persons with disabilities were also allowed to stand as according to the Committee they were found to have complied with due process by the Committee set up by the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah.This means that the total number of appointments that were left to 1, 539. It follows a comprehensive review by the Committee set up to examine a controversial decision after the December 7,…

President John Dramani Mahama has advised against health professionals turning away patients simply because there is no bed to admit them. He maintains that, people in need of healthcare especially in emergency situations should be treated even if at unusual places. President’s comment adds to growing calls by the public for hospitals and professionals to do better following the death of one engineer, Charles Amissah. The 29-year old tragically lost his life on February 6, after he was turned away by three major referral hospitals. He was a victim of hit and run at the Circle Overpass in Accra. He…

The woes of cocoa farmers in La Cote d’Ivoire, are going to deepen as reports suggest that, the Ivorian government is set to reduce the price of cocoa. According to a report by Reuter News Agency, the government is looking at sharply reducing a bag of cocoa between 800 and 1, 000 CFA francs per kilogram. The decision which is going to be implemented in March, forms part of measures to address mounting unsold stock, according to a report first published by Reuters. The move will see cocoa produced next month classified under the mid-crop season instead of the main crop,…

President John Dramani Mahama today, Friday, February 27, delivered the 2026 State of the Nation Address (SoNA) but one of the highlights of the presentation was how the name of former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta surfaced on the floor of Parliament. Although the ceremony was successful, it did not end without some drama from the Members of Parliament (MPs). As known of parliamentarians, the two sides took the opportunity to throw jabs here and there with the Majority side, climaxing the day by blandishing images of the former Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, in an unexpected fashion. The former minister…

President John Dramani Mahama has subtly jabbed his political opponents saying his administration did not arrest the US dollar, but rather, it has strengthened the national currency. Addressing Parliament during the second State of the Nation Address (SoNA), the president touted the economic gains made so far, highlighting the strong appreciation of the cedi and broad-based growth across key sectors of the economy. President Mahama clarified that his government did not “arrest the dollar” as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) claimed in previous government but instead implemented policies that strengthened the local currency. The vice president then and current flagbearer of…

A well-orchestrated plan by the Minority in Parliament to exploit the pressing issues in the cocoa sector, was shot down as President John Dramani Mahama visibly ignored the side. The President arrived in the Chamber before 10am on Friday February 27, to deliver his second State of the Nation Address (SoNA). Before he was invited to address the House, the Speaker sought permission to recognize dignitaries and invited guests which included the Vice President, Chief Justice, First Lady, former President John Kufuor and many others including the diplomatic corps. After seeing to this, Alban Sumana Bagbin, invited the President to…

Patricia Osei Boateng, the so called Kumawood actress, who was declared wanted for aiding and abetting with her husband has turned herself in to the Police. It comes after the Police said it was on a man manhunt for Osei Boateng after preliminary investigations showed that, she worked in connivance with her deceased husband Eric Antwi Duku. Her husband is alleged to be involved in car-snatching in the Ashanti, Bono and Western Regions. He was shot dead days ago by the Police during one of his car snatching operations, involving the father in-law of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of…

A Nigerian man, name withheld, has been apprehended by the Ghana Police Service, after he kidnapped a Ghanaian young man, confined and held him in captive in his room for months. He is alleged to have subjected his victim to severe beatings and abuse during the period of confinement. According to reports, he was kept in his appointment for more than a month. His action was later uncovered and reported to the security agency, leading to his victim’s recue and subsequent arrest. A video of the arrest showed the victim appearing very weak with bruises on his upper body. He…