The Minority Caucus of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has called for urgent presidential-level intervention in the face of alleged xenophobic attacks on Ghanaians and other African nationals in South Africa. In a statement signed by the MP for Damongo and Ranking Member, Samuel Abu Jinapor, the caucus said recent incidents in KwaZulu-Natal, Durban and Gauteng…
Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has called for greater transparency and clarity on arrears in the Pan-African Parliament warning that last-minute disclosures could undermine confidence in the proceedings. In an extraordinary session in Johannesburg, he called on members to rely on institutional memory, acknowledging the contributions of leaders such as Fortune Charumbira and Roger Nkodo…
The First Deputy Minority Whip and Tolon MP, Habib Iddrisu, has officially invoked the Right to Information Act, 2019 (Act 989) to demand detailed disclosures from the Energy Ministry concerning what he terms a failure to submit a mandatory report on energy-sector levies. In a letter to the Information Officer of the Ministry, he cited…
Dennis Miracles Aboagye, an aide to former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said that he will expose the involvement of high-ranking officials in illegal mining (galamsey) in the coming days. On April 29, speaking on Breakfast Daily, he stated that his claims are based on firsthand observations and highlighted what he called widespread impunity…
The Minority Caucus of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has called for urgent presidential-level intervention in the face of alleged xenophobic attacks on Ghanaians and other African nationals in South Africa. In a statement signed by the MP for Damongo and Ranking Member, Samuel Abu Jinapor, the caucus said recent incidents in KwaZulu-Natal, Durban and Gauteng…
Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has called for greater transparency and clarity on arrears in the Pan-African Parliament warning that last-minute disclosures could undermine confidence in the proceedings. In an extraordinary session in Johannesburg, he called on members to rely on institutional memory, acknowledging the contributions of leaders such as Fortune Charumbira and Roger Nkodo…
The First Deputy Minority Whip and Tolon MP, Habib Iddrisu, has officially invoked the Right to Information Act, 2019 (Act 989) to demand detailed disclosures from the Energy Ministry concerning what he terms a failure to submit a mandatory report on energy-sector levies. In a letter to the Information Officer of the Ministry, he cited…
Dennis Miracles Aboagye, an aide to former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said that he will expose the involvement of high-ranking officials in illegal mining (galamsey) in the coming days. On April 29, speaking on Breakfast Daily, he stated that his claims are based on firsthand observations and highlighted what he called widespread impunity…
The former Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has warned that drastic reduction of the company’s capital expenditure could adversely affect its operational efficiency and long-term sustainability. Speaking on Ekosiisen on Asempa FM, he also called for candid decision-making to resolve the challenges facing ECG, raising concerns that while…
China has officially handed over a $56.5 million headquarters complex to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, completing one of its most significant institutional projects in West Africa within two years. At the event, China’s ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, said the facility was a flagship aid project to improve the…
A pastor, Richmond Frimpong, 36, popularly known as Prophet, a hairdresser and mother of a five-month-old baby, Beatrice Agyapongmaa, 23, and Emmanuel Appiah have been remanded by the Bibiani District Court in the Western North Region for allegedly attempting to bury the child alive at a refuse dump near Abofrem. Frimpong and Agyapongmaa have been…
Ibrahim Adjei, resident country director of International Investment LLC, has described the government’s 24-hour economy policy as a “scam”. According to him, the frequent power outages are making the policy unworkable and are already having a toll on businesses, reducing productivity and eroding investor confidence. He expressed concern about the viability of the policy’s “1-3-3”…
Chairman of Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Mahama Shaibu has assured Ghanaians and the international community that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2026 will be treated on the floor of Parliament in line with the principles of justice, fairness and human dignity. He stressed that no individual rights will be…
Julius Debrah has apologised on behalf of government to the Church of Pentecost over controversial comments made by Mavis Awusi concerning its Chairman, Eric Nyamekye. Addressing a thanksgiving service at the Pentecost International Worship Centre in Trasacco on April 26, he described the comments as an unintended “slip” and sought for forgiveness, adding that the…
