A judgment debt secured against the Government of Ghana by Africa Automobile Limited in 2009 has ballooned to a whopping GHS1.5 trillion. The said judgment arose out of a contract for the provision of automobile services rendered by the Africa Automobile Limited to the Ministry of Employment in which the High Court awarded judgment in […] The post Africa

The big news stories in this edition of Eyewitness News are; – NDC re-files lawsuit against EC’s one-day voter registration exercise – PNC elects David Apasera as flagbearer for 2020 general elections – Bernard Mornah losses PNC chairmanship bid to Moses Dani Baah – Government won’t engage criminal secessionist groups – Bawumia – EC to […] The post Eyewitness

The Audit Service has debunked claims by the Minority in Parliament that it has deliberately delayed the submission of the 2019 Audited Public Accounts to Parliament in an attempt to cover-up supposed malfeasance following the absence of the Auditor General, Daniel Domelevo. According to the Service, the delay was due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We […] The post Delays

David Apasera has been elected flagbearer of the People’s National Congress (PNC) at the party’s National Delegates Conference held on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. He polled 1,315 votes as against Samson Asaaki’s 789 votes. His other contender, Rev Samuel Adjei Baah obtained 465 votes. In his victory speech, the flagbearer-elect while speaking on all the […] The post PNC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has re-filed its case against the Electoral Commission on the reopening of the voters’ register for new registrations. A High Court in Accra on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, dismissed the NDC’s and advise that the party should have filed the suit on notice so that the EC could have been […] The post NDC

Bernard Mornah has lost his bid to retain the chairmanship of the People’s National Convention (PNC). This comes after keenly contested race at the party’s national delegates conference. After collation of votes from the 16 regions across the country, Mornah polled 1266 while Moses Dani Baah polled 1297. The post Bernard Mornah losses PNC chairmanship bid

First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to vote massively for President Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the upcoming December 7 general elections to ensure it continues with its good works. She made the call when she visited the Adentan Constituency on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Mrs. Akufo-Addo said […] The post Vote

Barring any last-minute hitches, the Electoral Commission (EC) will organise its one-day voter registration exercise on Thursday, October 1, 2020, despite a lawsuit filed by the opposition National Democratic Congress against the exercise. A statement from the EC stated that: “As previously advertised, the Electoral Commission will undertake a one day voters’ registration exercise tomorrow […] The post EC

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has revealed that time for delivery of passport to Ghanaians who subscribe to the premium service will be reduced to two hours. Currently, it takes a minimum of 15 days when it is expedited and submitted at the premium passport application centre. The online application process currently […] The post Turnaround

Government has announced plans to offer career opportunities for evacuees from Lebanon who were subjected to maltreatment by their employers. This was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration’s following announcement that over 2,200 stranded Ghanaians in Lebanon are being evacuated by the government. Speaking to journalists, a Deputy Minister of Foreign […] The post Government

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia says government will not engage the groups claiming to be campaigning for the independence of an imaginary Western Togoland state. He said the groups and their demands are criminal and as such the government will under no circumstance engage them on the matter. He indicated that granting the separatists […] The post Government

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the Akufo-Addo government is run by “most competent people”. He said this in response to critics who have tagged the Akufo-Addo administration as a “family and friends” government. “I think that if you look at what we are doing, I wouldn’t honestly classify it as a family and friends […] The post Akufo-Addo’s

Singer and songwriter NaaNa Blu who is signed to the Quophimens Musiq record label is out with her maiden EP, ‘This is highlife.’ This comes a few months after the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Darling Records, Mimi Andani had disclosed that NaaNa breached a contract she had with her label. She, therefore, requested NaaNa […] The post NaaNa Blu makes bold statement

The Rwanda diplomatic mission in Ghana has paid a working visit to Citi FM and Citi TV as part of a media tour. The Rwandan High Commission to Ghana views engagements with the media as critical to its work and thus devoted the time to such establishments. The delegation from the mission was led by […] The post Rwanda High Commissioner to Ghana pays working

The Alliance of Civil Society Organisations working in Extractive, Anti-Corruption and Good Governance says it will continue to kick against the Agyapa Royalties deal despite a move by the Special Prosecutor to get the implementation process suspended. Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has written to the Finance Ministry to pull the brakes on the issuance of […] The post We’ll

In this edition of The Voters’ Diary on Citi FM, Abena Nyamekye Ampadu hosted Nathan Quao. They analysed Ghana’s industrialization agenda. Also on the show, Abena Nyamekye Ampadu interviewed Deputy Minister of Trade, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay on the NPP’s plans for the trade and industry sector. Citi97.3 · Voters’ Diary, Wednesday September 30, 2020 About Voters’ […] The post Voters’

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 30th September 2020, commissioned the sixty-bed Ahafo Ano Municipal Hospital, located in Tepa, in the Ashanti Region. This hospital, initiated by former President John Agyekum Kufuor in 2008 as part of the ‘Ghana Hospitals Project’, is the third such Hospital commissioned by President Akufo-Addo following the opening […] The post Akufo-Addo

It has emerged that as much as 78 percent of communities in Ghana sampled did not benefit from Government’s free water initiative. According to the COVID-19 Local Economies Tracker by the Ghana Statistical Service and the UNDP, these localities relied on alternative sources of water and were not served by the Ghana Water Company Limited. […] The post COVID-19:

A cleaner of Professor Emmanuel Benneh has allegedly confessed his involvement in the murder of the law lecturer. The prosecution, Inspector Ebenezer Teye-Okuffo made this known to the Kaneshie District Court on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. He told the court that, Mr. James Nana Wamba, the cleaner, was first arrested on the 13th of September […] The post Prof. Benneh’s

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for work to commence on the 83.5-kilometer standard gauge railway line from Kumasi to Obuasi, as part of the new Western Line being constructed. Performing the sod-cutting ceremony, on Wednesday, 30th September 2020, President Akufo-Addo noted that, by January 2017, out of the 947 kilometres […] The post Akufo-Addo