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The Electoral Commission of Ghana, the 1st Respondent in former President John Mahama’s election petition, has averred that “the full results of the 7 December 2020 presidential election” were “known to the Petitioner and that the claims in the petition are contrived, have no legal basis and ought to be dismissed in …

Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, says the Tema West MP, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, cannot be arrested and prosecuted without the prior consent of the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. This comes after the MP on the dawn of January 7, 2021, amidst the counting of ballots for …

Chairman for the New Patriotic Party in the Bono Region, Kwame Baffoe known in the political circles as Abronye DC, has advised party foot soldiers not to be fooled by GH¢300 given to them by people who want Ministerial appointments to circulate their supposed contributions during the campaign season. According to him, …

A 40-year-old commercial driver identified as Ernest Kwabena Afrani has allegedly committed suicide in the early hours of Thursday, January 7, 2021, at Gbetsile in the Kpone-Katamanso municipality. Confirming the incident to the Ghana News Agency, Mr. Rahim Yahaya, Assembly Member for the Gbetsile electoral area, revealed that, the deceased …

Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency, Sarah Adwoa Safo has denied ever betraying the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the voting exercise that sought to elect the Speaker for the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic. Mrs. Adwoa Safo was one of the names that popped up as NPP MPs suspected to have voted …

Public and private basic schools in the Ashanti Region on Saturday, January 9, 2021 benefited from the ongoing mass schools disinfection and fumigation exercise.   The exercise follows the President’s directive for all educational institutions to be fumigated and disinfected before reopening.   Among the schools disinfected and fumigated included …

Two lower-tier Ghanaian clubs are smiling all the way to the bank from the Thomas Teye Partey transfer to Arsenal from Athletico Madrid. The two sides namely Tema Youth and Revelation FC have been paid training and development fees following their former prodigy’s big-money move to Arsenal in the summer. …

The 17-year-old boy was a casual labourer in the tomato farms in Lwanda Sub-county, Rakai District. His mother, Teopista Nansubuga, who works in a stone quarry, says she raised Ssenkima on her own. “I separated with the father of my two children 10 years ago. However, as a single mother, …

Another edition of the weekly United Showbiz is currently underway. The Show hosted by Nana Ama McBrown today has its regular guest, Arnold Asamoah Baidoo, Halifax Ansah Addo, Bulldog and female comedian, Afia Schwarzenegger discussing celebrity endorsement in the just ended December 7 elections. Watch today’s show below:   Source: www.ghanaweb.com

The Black Starlets of Ghana take on Nigeria in their first group game in the ongoing WAFU U17 Cup of Nations this afternoon. The team arrived in Togo on Wednesday and have since prepared for their first game. The Black Starlets headed by Coach Ben Fokuo are aiming to qualify …

Ghanaians must not only pray in the search for durable peace, they should work actively towards consolidating peace. The General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, CCG, Dr. Cyril Fayose, made the call while tasking especially political parties and the electoral commission to lead the process by working together …

Asante Kotoko has confirmed that four players and four officials tested positive for the novel COVID-19 upon their arrival at Kotoka International Airport. Kotoko arrived in Ghana on Friday following their inability to play their second leg Champions League encounter against Al Hilal due to series of alleged COVID-19 positive …

There has been a reported incident of fire outbreak on the Campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Sunday dawn. Though details of the fire outbreak are sketchy, initial reports on social media were that the fire outbreak happened at the Republic Hall, one of the halls …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says that the Declaration of President-Elect Instrument is the proper method “at law” for declaring a winner of a Presidential Election and not the initial announcement by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission which has no basis in law. This was contained in his Response dated 8 …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has said his wife is threatening to sue legal Ablekuma Central MP, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful for harassing him in Parliament. Aside the drama and heated debate in Parliament, the encounter between the two MPs brought some comic relief. Draped in a …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has filed its Response to the election petition filed by the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress, former President John Dramani Mahama, challenging the declaration of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Nana Akufo-Addo and the EC who are respondents to …

Controversial dancehall artiste, Shatta wale has poked MPs over their misconduct on the floor of the House Thursday, January 7, 2021. According to the self acclaimed Dancehall king, even his beef with Stonebwoy which got nasty on the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards stage can’t be compared to the melee exhibited …

The Northern Regional Vector Control Director of Zoomlion, Mr Abdul Aziz Yelsuma has allayed the fears of parents, teachers, students and pupils that all schools in the region are safe for the scheduled January 15th 2021 reopening which was announced by the President H.E. NanaAddo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to the …

The United Nations (UN) Peace Ambassador, Bishop Samuel Ben Owusu has condemned the pandemonium that occurred in Ghana’s Parliament during the election of a speaker for the 8th legislature on January 7. Heated confrontation leading to exchange of blows occurred between the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic …

As part of plans to safely reopen educational institutions in the country, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has partnered waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), to disinfect and fumigate all senior high schools (SHSs) in the Central Region. The exercise, which kicked-off on Friday, January 8, is targeted at …

In a reciprocal measure, Mozambique has, since Thursday, been barring travellers from South Africa with a South African Covid-19 rapid test result from entering national territory. South African authorities have refused, since the beginning of the week, to allow Mozambican citizens with rapid tests to enter their country, demanding the …

A 20-year-old ‘okada’ operator, William Cephas, who allegedly sped with a hawker on the back seat of his motorbike to a bush behind the Ho Airport, and raped her, is standing trial at the Ho District Magistrate Court ‘2’. The court, presided by Mr Akosah Agyare-Amoanpong Yaw, was told that prior …

Liverpool reached the FA Cup fourth round with a comfortable victory over a Covid-affected Aston Villa – but it took until the second half to get on top of a home side made up of academy players with no first-team experience. A coronavirus outbreak at their training ground this week meant …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it is committed to motivating teachers who accept to be posted at remote schools in the country. The Director-General of GES, Professor Opoku –Amankwa in an interview with Accra-based television UTV, indicated that it was no mistake the service decided to post trained teachers …

A piece of sad news convened has it that, the wife of Bob Marley who is known as Rita Marley “the lioness of reggae” is reported to have died. It is gathered that the talented Cuban Jamaican singer died and the cause of her death has not yet been disclosed to the media. …