CHAOS HITS VOTER REGISTRATION 2 LOGOS POP UP

The first day of the limited voter registration exercise which began yesterday recorded incidents of date errors, mechanical hitches, low turnout and confusion at some centres.

EC SUED OVER ROPAA

Ghanaians resident abroad are putting pressure on the Electoral Commission to implement  the Representation  of the People Amendment Act (Act 699), popularly called ROPAA, to enable them to vote in the upcoming crucial November general election.

MAN KILLS SON, COMMITS SUICIDE

A 32-year-old driver from Akatsi in the Volta Region has committed suicide after allegedly killing his two-year-old s at Ablekuma Curve in the Ga Central Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.

FERTILIZER SUBSIDY COULD TAKE A HIT

Once economic challenges affect allocations to other sectors, farmers should expect fertiliser subsidies to take a hit as well, Alhaji Alhassan Yakubu, Deputy Agric Minister, has said – raising concerns as to whether government will deliver the full complement of the 180,000 metric tonnes of the input it promised farmers this year.

ECONOMY GROWS LOWEST IN 15-YEARS

The size of the Ghanaian economy grew by 3.9 percent in 2015, the slowest in 15 years, on the back of a slump in commodities prices and energy supply deficit, the Ghana Statistical Service has reported.

TULLOW LOWERS SPENDING FORECAST

Africa-focused oil exploration company, Tullow Oil, said on Thursday it has lowered it 2016 spending plans while reporting lower output from a key project offshore Ghana.

EC SUED OVER ROPAA

A non-political advocacy Ghanaian group based in New York City in the United States of America has filed a suit in the Human Rights Division of an Accra High Court praying the court to order the EC to immediately implement the Representation of the People Amendment Act (ROPAA), Act 699.

CATHOLIC BISHOPS DISOWN BONKING PRIEST

General Secretary of the National Catholic Secretariat, Very Reverend Father Nicholas Afriyie, says Rev Father Yves-Lucien Evaga Njana does not work with the Ghana Catholic Bishops.