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March 7, 2024March 7, 2024

Declare Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill Null And Void – Richard Sky Pleads With Supreme Court

Private legal practitioner and radio broadcaster, Richard Dela Sky has taken a bold step by filing an application with the Supreme Court to challenge the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, popularly known as the anti-gay bill, on the grounds

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024

We’ll Never Abandon Victims Of Akosombo Dam Spillage – Akufo-Addo Assures

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated the government’s pledge to assist the victims of the Akosombo dam spillage. At the 67th Independence Day celebration in Koforidua, themed ‘Our Democracy, Our Pride,’ Akufo-Addo said GH¢80 million of the earmarked GH¢220 million

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024

Mahama Presents Running Mate To NDC’s NEC Today

In accordance with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) constitution, the party’s leader and flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, is scheduled to meet with the NDC National Executive Committee (NEC) today March 7, 2024 to officially submit his nomination for Running Mate. Earlier

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Excellent Grades Not Enough, Acquire Skills – President Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaian youth, especially students, to bear in mind that formal education is not just about securing excellent academic grades. He said students must additionally acquire skills, values and knowledge that would empower them to

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Be Competent, Independent – CJ To Judges

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has urged judges to always remember the ethical values with which they are supposed to conduct their work, including the need to work in truth, fairness as well as working in propriety, independence and competence. According to

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Power Generators Warn Of Tariff Reduction Woes

THE country’s power distributors risk contracting further debt of $1.8 billion to Independent Power Producers by the end of this year. This follows the recent decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission to further reduce electricity tariffs by 6.56%. The Chamber

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Tarkwa: Accident Kills School Girl

An accident that happened at Kwabedu in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region on Friday, has led to the death of a school girl, believed to be about 13 years old. The girl, whose name was not immediately known,

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill: Ghana Will Not Slip From Her Enviable Human Rights Record – Akufo-Addo Assures Diplomats

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the diplomatic community in Ghana that despite the passage of the “Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill” (Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill) by the nation’s Parliament on Wednesday, 28 February 2024, the country will not

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill Yet To Be Submitted To Presidency Says Majority Leader

Majority Leader in Parliament Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has stated that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, (Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill), has not yet been transmitted from Parliament to the office of the President for assent. The Effutu lawmaker explained that the drafting department

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Ignore Challenges Of Free SHS, Focus More On Successes – Deputy Coordinator

Nana Afrah Sika Mensah, the Deputy Coordinator at the Free Senior High School (SHS) Secretariat, has urged the nation to concentrate more on the policy’s successes rather than its challenges. While acknowledging that there are issues such as food shortages in