While it is hard for some artistes, actors and celebrated personalities in Ghana to open up about their years of addiction to hard drugs, alcohol, marijuana or cigarette, it is good to note that many of our superstars have had to deal with such secret battles that have caused some …
Read More »NPP releases timetable for National Delegates Elections
The New Patriotic Party has released its timetable and rules and regulations for the conduct of the election of National Officers of the party. This follows the approval of same by the party’s National Council at its meeting on May 12, 2022. A document released and signed by the General Secretary of …
Read More »You dare not take on other chiefs like Togbe Afede – Kwesi Pratt ‘tackles’ Paul Adom Otchere
Editor-in-Chief of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has taken a subtle dig at the host of Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom Otchere over his recent ‘attack’ on Togbe Afede XIV for returning ex-gratia he received. Speaking on Metro TV’s ‘Good Morning Ghana’ programme on June 8, Pratt opined that all chiefs and citizens alike …
Read More »Gov’t launches ‘No Guarantor Student Loan’ policy
Government has cancelled the policy which required students to provide three guarantors to secure a loan. Ghanaian tertiary students will no longer require three SSNIT contributors as guarantors before they can secure student loan to pursue tertiary education. Prior to election 2020, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised to cancel …
Read More »Archbishop Palmer-Buckle suspends Catholic Priest for refusing transfer, establishing ‘prayer camp’
Archbishop Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast, has suspended a Priest, Rev. Fr. Robert A.K. Oduro, for refusing transfer and for establishing and managing a ‘Prayer Camp’ on his own. The suspension which took effect on June 3, 2022, implies that the Rev. Father cannot function as a …
Read More »No school feeding caterer has been paid – Association
Caterers under the school feeding programme have denied claims that government has released funds to pay caterers in five regions. This comes on the back of information Citi News gathered that government has made payments to caterers in five regions. The caterers on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, embarked on a …
Read More »VIDEO: Overgrown weeds at Tetteh Quashie interchange used as cover for open defecation
Tetteh Quashie interchange, named after a pre-Ghanaian agriculturist, has become a haven for unscrupulous people who find comfort in defecating in the bushy area. The location of the huge roundabout could be described as the heart of Accra due to its prime location and accessibility to other routes in the …
Read More »Come and arrest me – Nii Lante Vanderpuye dares Odoi Kwao family
Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, MP, Odododiodio Constituency, has dared the Nii Odoi Kwao family to call for his arrest after revealing that he is a member of the Owoo family. According to him, he has never dealt with the said Nii Odoi Kwao family and so he is ready for …
Read More »‘Ex-gratia is a lexicon not in the Constitution’ – Inusah Fuseini
Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, a former MP for Tamale Central, has stated that the 1992 Constitution of Ghana does not give room for Article 71 officeholders to be paid what is known as ex-gratia. He indicated that it is only retirement benefits that these public servants are entitled to thus after their …
Read More »King Philippe of Belgium returns looted Suku mask to DR Congo
Visiting Belgian King Philippe on Wednesday personally handed back a traditional mask looted from DR Congo during its troubled colonial period. King Philippe, who arrived in Kinshasa on Tuesday for his maiden visit to Africa’s former biggest Belgian colony, was not even born yet when the mask was looted. But …
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