Yearly Archives: 2019

Scrap MPs Common Fund; We Are Not Agents Of Developments – Okudzeto

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency in the Volta Region, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has called on the government to scrap the percentage of the Assemblies’ Common Fund allocated to Members of Parliament. According to him, many people are expecting the MPs to be agents of developments in …

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Teachers express worry over implementation of Student Information System

Some teachers have expressed worry over the limited information made available to them on the new Student Information System(SIS) proposed by government. The teachers lament that very little information on the project is known to them despite the fact that they remain key stakeholders in the implementation of the SIS …

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Man, 58, butchered by ‘land guards’

The Teshie District Police Command is currently holding five persons in connection to the butchering of a 58-year old man at his residence at Klanaa, a suburb of Teshie in Accra. The man, Samuel Gaius Badu, fell victim to a group of heavily built men, numbering about 15, wielding machetes, …

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FIFA approves Normalisation Committee statutes

FIFA has approved the statutes proposed by the Normalisation Committee, clearing the way for a new constitution of the Ghana Football Association. JoySports understands that the approval came in within the last 24 hours. The statutes proposed by the NC were done as a response to widespread agreement that some …

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Nigerian MPs flee chamber after snake falls from roof

Lawmakers in the south-western Nigerian state of Ondo abandoned their session on Thursday as a snake dropped from the roof, local media are reporting. Members were about to begin the business of the day when the snake dropped from a hole in the ceiling, bringing the day’s work to an …

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to address Parliament next week

Popular American politician and Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is set to address Ghana’s Parliament next week Wednesday. The former California representative will be part of an entourage of US lawmakers to visit Ghana next week before parliament goes on break on Friday. As speaker of …

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Bank Fraud: Why is Otabil, Ato Essien still walking free – lawyer asks

Private Legal Practitioner, Maurice Ampaw is questioning why founder of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Dr Mensa Otabil and the likes of William Ato Essien are walking free with their properties intact when they allegedly played roles in the collapsed banks. On Kumasi Fm monitored by MyNewsGh.com, he proposed that their …

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Couple busted for shoplifting at Legon Shell Shop

A man and a woman, both in their 50s, were arrested on Friday, 26 July 2019 by the Legon police command for attempting to steal from a Shell fuel station at Legon, Accra.Class News’ Jonas Ofori Yeboah, who was at the scene when the incident happened, reported that the shop …

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Real Madrid: Zinedine Zidane ‘bothered’ by club’s injury list

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane says he is “worried and bothered” about his side’s growing injury list as the La Liga season approaches. New left-back Ferland Mendy (calf) is the latest player to pick up an injury on a pre-season tour of the USA. Mendy joins Brahim Diaz (thigh) and …

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