The Somanya District Police Command has arrested one person in connection with the ransacking of the office of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Yilo Krobo Constituency. Officers charged to hold balloting for three candidates ahead of the party’s parliamentary primary in the Constituency were shocked on Saturday morning …
Read More »ECOWAS Finance Ministers, Governors discuss future of ECO
Finance and Economic Ministers and Central Bank Governors in West Africa have expressed reservations about the recent renaming of the common currency for member countries in the Francophone zone (CFA Franc) to ECO. They described the action as a “unilateral” decision that was not in line with the requirements for …
Read More »[VIDEO]: NDC ready to spill blood to win 2020 election – Yamoah Ponkoh
The former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ejisu Juaben who is a senior member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh has said his party, the NDC is ready to spill blood in order to show the ruling NPP where power lies, …
Read More »NPP confirms Lydia Seyram Alhassan as the party’s 2020 Parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wougon
NPP’s National Council confirms Lydia Seyram Alhassan as the party’s 2020 Parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wougon. The NPP’s National Council, which is the party’s highest decision making body has, unanimously resolved to make Lydia Seyram Alhassan, the Member of Parliament for Awayaso West Wougon the NPP’s Parliamentary Candidate for …
Read More »Illiterate can do what you are doing – Talensi DCE tells MP
The District Chief Executive for Talensi in the Upper East Region, Dr. Christopher Boatbil Sormiteyema, has cautioned the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Constituency, Benson Tongo Baba to always give credit to where it is due and stop inspecting government’s projects as an illiterate can do such propaganda. According …
Read More »Speaker Of Parliament Petitioned Over Fishing License Fee Increment
The Speaker of Parliament has been petitioned by Laif Fisheries Company Limited to hold the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development accountable for disobeying directives of Parliament to consult stakeholders before determining the fees. The petition, which was signed by Mr Richster Nii Amarh Amarfio, Director of Operations and Board …
Read More »Trump impeachment: Legal team says charges dangerous
US President Donald Trump’s legal team has issued its first formal response to the impeachment charges against him, describing them as a “dangerous attack” on democracy. The document said the impeachment articles failed to allege any crime and were a “brazen” attempt to interfere with the 2020 presidential elections. The …
Read More »Afenyo Markins writes: It is high time international schools taught Ghanaian languages
Nations across the world showcase their cultural identities in so many ways. The culture of every nation includes its set of languages. More than 250 languages and dialects are spoken in Ghana with 9 of them formally taught in schools. There are several ways and stages of acquiring languages. Apart …
Read More »Free SHS will break poverty cycle in Ghana – Adutwum
The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of secondary education, Dr.Yaw Osei Adutwum, says the implementation of the Free Senior High School Education policy will break the cycle of poverty in the country. Ghana has reduced poverty levels by half between 1991 and 2014. But it estimated that more than …
Read More »FX committee to stop cedi depreciation has exposed Bawumia’s incompetence – Elikplim Agbemava
A former flag bearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Lawyer Elikplim Agbemava has questioned the competence of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in the wake of the depreciation of the cedi. The legal practitioner wonders why Dr Bawumia, who the ruling NPP tagged as their “economic guru”, has …
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