With a few minutes for the Local Government Ministry to release the names of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives, supporters of the MCE for Nzema East Municipality, Frank Okpenyen, who have picked up information about him not being retained are demonstrating on the streets of Axim. The dozens …

The President, Nana Adddo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has nominated the NPP’s Ashanti Regional Secretary, Mr. Sam Pyne as the Mayor of Kumasi. This was made known today, Sunday, September 19, 2021, by the Minister for Local Government, Dan Botwe at the minister’s press briefing. Sam Pyne is expected to take over …

Astute politician Ama Benyiwa Doe has passed away • She was a former MP and Central Regional Minister under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) • Ama Beyniwa Doe was known for being outspoken and a social justice advocate Ama Benyiwa Doe was an astute politician and former Central Regional Minister under the National …

Students of the Mirigu Senior High School (MISCO) in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region have protested against the school’s caterer over the quality of their meals. According to reports, the caterer who has been tasked to feed students with one hot meal a day under the …

The body of a man was found in the septic tank of a community toilet at Sokwenya, a suburb of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region, five days after he went missing. 48-year-old Teye Emmanuel, a sprayer by profession, had told his children immediately he returned from …

Authorities of the Yilo Krobo Senior High School (YIKROSEC) in the Eastern Region are appealing to the government to help expand its infrastructural facilities to ease congestion in the school’s dormitories. They said there has been overcrowding in the dormitories which has been posing as a threat to the health …

An Accra Circuit Court yesterday remanded into police custody a 39-year-old woman for defrauding victims of GH¢139,000 in connection with enlistment. Janet Adjoa Nyarko was said to have taken the monies from her victims to secure enlistment in the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), but failed to fulfill her promise. She …

• The full list of MMDCE nominees has been released • The list, according to Dan Botwe, has also been forwarded to various regional ministers • The EC upon contact by regional ministers will commence processes for assembly elections Government, through the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, has …

Accra Hearts of Oak Coach Samuel Boadu has named his 21-man squad for their CAF Champions League opener against Guinea’s CI Kamsar on Sunday. Thirty four of the registered players are fit for the one off continental encounter at the Accra sports stadium. Conspicuously missing is lead striker Kwame Obeng …

The mayor of Johannesburg was killed in a car accident as he returned from campaigning with South Africa’s president on Saturday, just over a month after being elected, his office said in a statement. Jolidee Matongo, 46, was returning from a voter registration drive in Soweto township ahead of local …