Elvis Anokye

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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No case of foot and mouth disease in Central Tongu

Dr Jeffery Elorm Akortia, the District Veterinary Officer for Central Tongu, said the District has not recorded any case of foot and mouth disease in cattle. “We depend on some dams in South Tongu for water in the dry season, that is why we have been observing all the cattle …

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How Komla Dumor beat racism and won among white kids in grade 5

It’s no doubt he was one of the greatest journalists Africa had produced and his impact has travelled worlds even after his demise, but it was no mean war, even from his childhood; the battle for greatness. Racism was the biggest of his challenges and at a very young age. …

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Pregnant women receive treatment on plastic chairs at Ejura hospital

Health workers at the Ejura Municipal Government Hospital in the Ashanti region have been forced to admit and treat pregnant women on plastic chairs over lack of space in the hospital’s maternity ward. Ejura Government Hospital, which is the largest hospital in the Ejura-Sekyedumasi Municipality, has a lot of challenges including …

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I Will Never Lobby For An Appointment – Kwesi Appiah

Former Black Stars coach, James Kwesi Appiah says he has never lobbied for a national team appointment in his entire coaching career. The former Black Stars captain who has been replaced by Charles Kwablan Akonnor after exhausting his 2-year contract with the senior national team has been accused severally of …

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