Popular Ghanaian actor John Dumelo has won the Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary constituency seat. Dumelo, who ran under the platform of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), defeated the incumbent Lydia Alhassan of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Dumelo had been trying to win this constituency since 2018, but he lost by a narrow margin…
The Deputy Minister of Finance in Ghana and Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso, Dr Stephen Amoah, allegedly brandished a pistol during an altercation with some youths on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses told a Ghanaian news platform, 3news, that the incident unfolded when the youths confronted Amoah, accusing him of failing to honour a pledge. “MP and his…
Ghana has said it plans to buy petroleum products from Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery to cut down on import expenditure. Reuters reports that Chairman of the National Petroleum Authority, Ghana, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, disclosed this on Monday at the OTL Africa Downstream Oil Conference in Lagos. The head of Ghana’s Petroleum Regulatory Body, Abdul-Hamid, said the plan…
Ghana’s Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit aimed at overturning the law that criminalizes homosexuality in the country. In a unanimous decision, a seven-member panel of justices, led by Chief Justice Imoro Tanko, ruled that the “mere fact that certain countries have legalised the practice does not mean it should be legalised in Ghana”. The…
Some parts of Ghana and Republic of Benin and Togo countries are currently experiencing power outages due to a lingering disruption in gas supply from Nigeria. Major cities in Ghana, the Republic of Benin and Togo have been plunged into darkness. The development comes as the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited in Accra, Ghana,…
About ten Nigerian teenage girls, between the ages of 15 and 16, have been rescued by the Nigerian authorities from human trafficking and prostitution. The girls were forced into prostitution after being reportedly lured to Ghana with promises of a better life. Three of the victims are from the same parents, while the suspect, a…
