The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in its 2020 manifesto has promised seven days paternity leave for fathers in the country. Under its health policies, the main opposition party noted that it will “amend the law to provide four months maternity leave, in addition to existing legal maternity provisions and grant …
Read More »SAD VIDEO: Six killed in gruesome accident at Suhum
Information states six persons have died on the spot when a VVIP Bus with registration number, GL 527-13 driving from the Northern part of the country and heading towards Accra was involved in an accident at Amanase near Suhum in the Eastern Region. The accident occurred in the early morning of …
Read More »We don’t believe you’ll return our excavators – Obuasi miners to Mahama
The Association of Small Scale Miners at Obuasi in the Ashanti region say they do not trust the NDC will deliver on their promise to return their seized excavators if they win the December polls. Former President John Mahama while unveiling the NDC’s manifesto for the 2020 elections, among other …
Read More »CSIR lands, properties under attack
Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation has disclosed to a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) public hearing in Accra that lands and estate properties of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are under attack by encroachers. Such attacks and threats of ejection of staff …
Read More »MFWA slams Mahama for endorsing ‘Akyem sakawa boys’ comments
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has condemned the NDC flagbearer John Dramani Mahama for endorsing ethnocentric comments made against Akyems by the Bolgatanga Central MP. In a statement, MFWA explained that the statement tends to “provoke and incite reprisal attacks which can fuel political tensions” in the country. …
Read More »I’ll Scrap Law Banning Importation Of Salvaged Vehicles – Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has promised to throw away the law that bans the importation of salvaged vehicles into the country if he wins the December 7 elections. Mahama says his next government will also scrap the proposed increment in the import duty for such vehicles. The move, according …
Read More »President of Ghana Akufo-Addo elected as chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been elected as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He was elected at the ongoing 57th ECOWAS Summit, which is being held in Niamey, capital of Niger and replaces Nigerien President, Muhamadou Issoufour. West African leaders gathered in the …
Read More »135-year-old queen mother attacked by machomen
Some heavily-built men have allegedly attacked a 135-year-old queenmother and some residents of Adum-Afrancho in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region. The men stormed the palace, vandalised the main gate and barged into the bedroom of the queen mother and attacked her after they had assaulted some of …
Read More »Kasapa Fm’s News Anchor Pomaah Kyekyeku Nominated For 2020 National Communications Awards
Pomaah Kyekyeku Astute,affable and renowned news anchor of Accra based kasapa Fm has been nominated for the second time in a row for the National Communications Awards’ 20. Ms. Kyekyeku affectionately known as The voice of Kasapa FM was adjourned the winner in the same category last year. …
Read More »4-year-old Boy escaping beatings from Dad jumps from 3rd floor to death
Information gathered indicates that a 4-year-old boy has jumped from the balcony of the second floor of Block ‘B’ flat 7 at Ayikoo Ayikoo in Cape Coast. The sad incident happened at about 6 am Sunday, September 6, 2020, at about 6 am. The Ayikoo Ayikoo flats are government two-storey …
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