The Volta Regional House of Chiefs has disassociated itself from persons who have declared independence for an area they are calling “Western Togoland” which includes parts of the Volta and the Oti regions. After its last sitting for the year, held last Thursday, members of the House unanimously declared that …
Read More »NDC fumes as NCA boss represents NPP at IPAC meeting
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has raised red flags over the appearance of the Director-General of National Communication Authority (NCA) Joe Anokye at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee Meeting(IPAC) as a representative of the ruling NPP. According to the party, the meeting was to discuss a new procurement and collation …
Read More »Teachers begin strike today over unpaid salaries
Teachers across the country’s public schools are this morning beginning a strike to demand payment of their salary arrears. Three unions, the Ghana National Association of Teachers(GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers(NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers(CCT) had earlier given Education officials a December 5, 2019 deadline to …
Read More »We are not feeling the $1 million, one constituency policy – Kennedy Agyapong laments
New Patriotic Party(NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong has criticised how government policy of $1 million, 1 constituency is being implemented alleging that party members are angry about it and its impact is not being felt. The NPP had campaigned that when voted into power, it would …
Read More »Menzgold to announce payment schedule Dec. 18
Menzgold has said it will announce a payment schedule and formula for its customers on December 18. It comes after the company asked customers whose funds have been locked up to visits centres across the country to validate their documents. The latest notification is silent on when payment, which is …
Read More »Girls in rural areas forced to exchange sex for sanitary pads
Accessing Menstrual Management Products in rural parts of Ghana is still a challenge forcing many teenage girls to sometimes exchange sex for Sanitary pads. The high prevalence of poverty in rural parts of Ghana continues to worsen the plight of young girls who in desperate attempts to have menstrual hygiene …
Read More »Video: Police officer stomps woman in the stomach
A police officer has been captured in a video stomping a woman in the stomach after he and his colleagues were reportedly called in to restore calm in a land scuffle at Kasoa. The video which is believed to have been taken over the weekend also shows the police officer …
Read More »Cardi B lands in Ghana for Accra Sports Stadium concert [Video]
American pop star, Cardi B, has finally arrived in Ghana ahead of her Livespot X Festival performance which will be taking place later this evening. The concert, which has an array of Ghanaian stars billed to perform alongside her will take place at the Accra Sports Stadium. Cardi B first …
Read More »Rawlings, Otabil, Mahama, others to join Akufo-Addo in ‘Conversations in the Cathedral’
The Accra Catholic Archdiocese will on December 11, 2019, host a number of secular and religious leaders to discuss issues of common concern to the nation. Dubbed “Conversations in the Cathedral”, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and other political bigwigs will join the Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Most Rev. John …
Read More »Scores besiege Zoe Embassy Church over locked up funds with pastor’s companies
Scores of disgruntled customers of EL Real Estates and Tikowre Capital have besieged East Legon-based Zoe Embassy Church where the companies’ founder, Kelvin Kobiri is a pastor. The customers are demanding that their locked-up investments be paid back to them. This is the third time the disgruntled customers from Takoradi …
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