Hello and welcome to our comprehensive-text coverage of the 2021 State of the Nation Address (SONA). In accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution which says, “The President shall, at the beginning of each session of Parliament and before a dissolution of Parliament, deliver to Parliament a message on the state of the nation”, …
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Niger president wins $5 million Mo Ibrahim African leadership prize
Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou has won this year’s $5m Ibrahim prize for Achievement in African Leadership for his work in promoting economic progress and joining regional efforts to quell the threat of Islamist militants. Issoufou was first elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2016. He stepped down after serving two …
Read More »VIDEO: Female University Students N@k3d themselves in a Fight Over Sugar Daddy
There was a massive drama as two shameless female University students undr£ss each other while shamelessly fighting over Sugar Daddy. The footage seen by BROADCASTGHANA captured the very moment the incident ensued. It is quite obvious that if a lady will fight for anything, then it should be because of a man. …
Read More »PHOTOS: JHS Graduate Mysteriously Commits Suicide Over ‘No School Placement’
Report convened has it that all is not well in community where the unthinkable thing happened. The family of an eighteen year old girl and the residents of Kentinkrono in the Ashanti Region have been thrown into a state of shock and mourning this morning after their daughter hanged herself …
Read More »The kitchen is not a woman’s bonafide place – Public Health Nurse asserts
Public Health Nurse, Cindy Ofori Appiah had disabused the minds of Ghanaians on the archaic saying “a woman’s place is in the kitchen”. On her accord, the saying is not a fact, and “especially in the times we live in, the woman’s place is not only in the kitchen”, she …
Read More »Prof Joshua Alabi speaks on his 2024 flagbearership ‘ambition’
Stalwart of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Professor Joshua Alabi has finally broken his silence on advertisements that he is lacing his boots to contest for the flagbearership position of the NDC to represent it in the 2024 Presidential Elections. According to the NDC big man whom many believe …
Read More »Reasons Why 20 Person Died in Apam Beach
Broadcastghana has established that the cause for the loss of lives in Apam Beach has been revealed by traditional rulers. According to Rainbow FM’s report, the traditional authorities in Apam of the Central Region have disclosed to Rainbow Radio’s Nana Yaw Asare that some of the children who drowned in the Apam River …
Read More »ECG breaks silence on frequent power outages
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has informed Ghanaians of tireless efforts being made to resolve the intermittent power outages being experienced in the southern zone of Ghana. The inconsistency, it said, is as a result of challenges being faced by GRIDCo, National Interconnection Transmission System Operator. In a press …
Read More »Mahama Attacks Judges Over Verdict
Former President John Mahama has infamously descended heavily on the justices of the Supreme Court, accusing them of being the cause of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) failure to get the results of the December 7, 2020 Presidential Elections annulled to pave way for a rerun, as he had wished. …
Read More »Andre Ayew excellent in making players around him better—Swansea goalkeeper
Swansea City goalkeeper, Freddie Woodman, says Andre Ayew is excellent in making players around him better. The Ghana captain scored two goals at Liberty Stadium on Saturday to help Steve Cooper’s side defeat Middlesbrough 2-1 to stay in contention for Premier League promotion. Speaking after the game, Woodman maintains that …
Read More »Your 2017 interview with Aljazeera gave us hope, now we are more endangered – LGBTQ+ Ghana to Akufo-Addo
LGBT+ Rights Ghana, a group advocating for the rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgenders and persons of other sexual orientations, has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to adhere to local and international laws that guarantee the rights of LGBT+ people, stressing that President’s stance on LGBT+ rights in 2017 gave them …
Read More »NDC electing a ‘neophyte’ like Sammy Gyamfi as Communication Officer grave mistake – Dela Coffie
NDC activist Dela Coffie has berated the National Democratic Congress for not heeding to his caution when he spoke against the election of Sammy Gyamfi as National Communication Officer of the party. According to him, Sammy Gyamfi is a neophyte who needed more grooming because his umbilical cords are still …
Read More »Anger over ‘profane’ billboard near National Mosque at Kanda
A section of Muslims in Ghana have taken an exception to a sexually provocative billboard close to the 15,000 seater-capacity Ghana National Mosque complex at Kanda in Accra. The billboard that has partially naked skinny ladies in Bikinis with Ghanaian hip-hop and Afrobeat musician, entrepreneur Desmond Kwesi Blackmore, known by …
Read More »Address cash flow challenges of GRIDCo, ECG – IES to Gov’t
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has called on government to address the cash flow challenges of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to enable them operate effectively across the country. This follows the disruption of power supply across the country on Sunday, 7 …
Read More »‘The gods of Apam river drowned the children for having sex in the river’ – Traditional Leaders
Traditional authorities in Apam of the Central Region have disclosed to Rainbow Radio’s Nana Yaw Asare that some of the children who drowned in the Apam River had sex along the river the gods reside. The residents in Apam were left in a state of mourning after 12 bodies of …
Read More »Election Petition: I am most grateful – Akufo-Addo to Legal team
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia have met with their legal team in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition at the Supreme Court. The President’s legal Team was led by Akoto Ampaw and Frank Davies. Speaking for and on behalf of the legal Team, …
Read More »25-yr-old maths teacher in need of GH¢32,000 to undergo hip replacement surgery
A 25-year-old female Mathematics Teacher, Portia Afriyie, of Katakyiwa M/A Basic School in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti region, urgently needs GH¢32,000 to undergo surgery or risk being paralyzed in the coming days. Ms. Portia Afriyie, the only mathematics teacher for the Katakyiwa M/A JHS is suffering …
Read More »How ‘powerful’ Koku Anyidoho nearly made Mahama resign as Vice President
“I never saw the Vice President of His Excellency President John Evans Atta-Mills pay the kinds of compliments Vice President Bawumia pays to President Akufo-Addo,” NDC’s Koku Anyidoho wrote on Twitter recently, adding a photograph of Vice President Bawumia bowing to President Akufo-Addo when the Supreme Court dismissed Mahama’s election petition. Samuel Koku …
Read More »Over 200k Ghanaians vaccinated; aged top list – GHS
A little over two hundred thousand Ghanaians have received their first dozes in the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination exercise, government has announced. The exercise began exactly a week ago with the AstraZeneca vaccine. The Greater Accra region has recorded the highest number of persons vaccinated. Director-General of the Ghana Health Service …
Read More »New rules to protect dormant deposits
The Bank of Ghana last week unveiled new regulations that address the sometimes controversial issue of inactive deposit accounts. Up till now, deposit-taking institutions have been allowed to apply their own definitions of what constitutes a dormant account and what to do with accounts they classify as dormant, and this has sometimes …
Read More »Did Bawumia-Alan battle force Akufo-Addo to pick Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu to read 2021 budget?
The first impact of the race for the leadership of the New Patriotic Party in the 2024 elections appears to have been felt with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo having to settle on the more neutral Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu as the presenter of the 2021 budget. As already known, Finance Minister …
Read More »Palace Remains Silent Over Meghan And Harry Claim
Crisis meetings involving senior royals have taken place following the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey. BBC royal correspondent Daniela Relph said it was “increasingly unsustainable for Buckingham Palace to say nothing” about Prince Harry and Meghan’s claims. She said the palace “will not want to feel …
Read More »Muntaka must leave parliament immediately – Former NDC Minister charges
Former Upper East regional Minister Prof. Avea Nsoh is calling for the resignation of the Minority Chief Whip Mohammed Muntaka. According to him, his failure to whip Members of Parliament for the NDC in line with the position of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). “Hon Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, MP for Asawase must resign immediately. …
Read More »Designer of Ghana flag deserves a befitting monument – Anum Traditional Council
The Anum Traditional Council in Asuogyaman District has called on the government to construct a befitting monument in honour of the designer of the Ghana Flag, Theodosia Okoh, at Anum – her hometown. The traditional council has bemoaned the failure by the state to erect a monument in the hometown …
Read More »Rainstorm rips off houses, schools, markets in Eastern region
A recent rainstorm recorded in parts of the Eastern Region has ripped off over a hundred houses, schools, and markets. Dozens of residents have been also displaced. The violent rainstorms were recorded on March 4th, 5th, and 6th. In Fanteakwa South District for instance Some teachers at Nsutem Senior High …
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