Poland says racism was not a factor in its decision to refuse entry to South African presidential guards and media for more than 24 hours. The stand-off happened at Warsaw’s Chopin airport. The aircraft...
Poland says racism was not a factor in its decision to refuse entry to South African presidential guards and media for more than 24 hours. The stand-off happened at Warsaw’s Chopin airport. The aircraft will now be held there until Sunday, an airport spokesman told the BBC. About 120...
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia filed his nomination on Friday, June 16, 2023, to contest in the upcoming flagbearer race of the ruling New Patriotic Party. The Vice President, whose nomination was picked on his behalf in May, delivered an address at the NPP’s national headquarters on Friday....
According to a recent survey conducted by Global InfoAnalytics and Citi TV/Citi FM among New Patriotic Party delegates, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has emerged as the favored candidate to lead the NPP into the 2024 presidential elections. The survey results indicate that Dr. Bawumia secured 34.8% of the...
The unseated Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, would face the High Court in Accra on Friday, June 16, 2023, over the criminal charges levelled against him by the state. Quayson was recently ousted from parliament after the Supreme Court of Ghana ruled that he was...
Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Ohene Ntow, has revealed how certain individuals within the party exploited the name ‘Alan cash’ to undermine the reputation of Alan Kojo Kyerematen, a contender for the party’s flagbearer position. Mr Ntow shed light on the genesis of the...
The Accra High Court has dismissed a ‘submission of no case” filed by alleged Chinese illegal mining [galamsey] kingpin, En Huang, also known as Aisha Huang. In a ruling today, the court, presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, held that the prosecution had established a prima facie case...
Former Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan is making a case for the reduction in the number of collation centers in Ghana. This, in his view, will reduce the rate of voter manipulation. He said this while speaking at a forum to mark 60 years of...
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has said he prefers to die than see the legalisation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) activities in the country, adding that he would not allow Ghana to go extinct. Ghana’s LGBTQ bill seeks to provide for human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values while hoping to prohibit...
A member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) legal team, Edudzi Tamakloe has said Ghana’s Supreme Court (SC) is a platform for serious business. The Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Searchlight, Kenneth Kuranchie, has filed suit at the Supreme Court seeking interpretation on whether former President John Mahama can...
Kenyan authorities have dug up more bodies found in mass graves linked to a cult whose pastor allegedly ordered his followers to starve to death to meet Jesus. The 19 bodies were recovered within the 800-acre forested land in Kilifi County of coastal Kenya, where pastor Mackenzie Nthenge and...