Dela Coffie, a fierce critic of the governing New Patriotic Party, has heaped praises on President Nana Akufo-Addo. Dela Coffie, who is a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress, described the president as ‘smart thinking’ for taking the initiative a notch higher with the introduction of the ‘Beyond the …
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Behave and speak like a former President – Cecilia Dapaah hits hard at Mahama
Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has hit hard at former president John Mahama in an interview monitored by MyNewsGh.com for describing her Ministry as ‘useless’. “As a former President, you should speak to encourage people especially as the year goes to an end but not to describe the Sanitation Ministry …
Read More »Australia : Thousands told to evacuate in Victoria
Soaring temperatures and strong winds have sparked new fires in the Australian state of Victoria, where tens of thousands of people were urged to flee. Many tourists have heeded warnings to leave the East Gippsland holiday region – but others remain. The worsening weather started blazes and fanned existing ones …
Read More »How a 52-year-old blind farmer has been left devastated after fire gutted his 2-acre rice farm
A 52-year-old visually impaired farmer, Mr Aduni Achana, has been left distraught and penniless after his two-acre worth of rice was reduced to ashes by fire recently. Mr Achana who hails from Bonia, near Navrongo in the Upper East Region, lost not only his rice but some farm resources such …
Read More »Bawku Naba rejects call to join ‘Western Togoland’
The Over-Lord of the Bawku Traditional Area, Zug-Raan Bawku Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has rejected calls by some persons to join the ‘Western Togoland.’ “I admit having been contacted by persons advocating for secession of parts from Ghana a number of times, but I want to assure you that …
Read More »Sarkodie is the only Ghanaian artiste to reach the top – Akon
RnB singer, Akon has named Sarkodie as the only Ghanaian singer ‘at the top.’ The US singer was asked at a press conference Sunday to name three Ghanaian artistes who are putting the West African country on the map. But in response, Akon noted that the same question has been …
Read More »59 inmates of Nsawam Prisons enrolled in UCC’s Distant Learning Programme
Fifty-nine inmates of the Nsawam Prisons are pursuing various diploma programmes in Business and Education through the University of Cape Coast’s Distance Learning Programme. Twenty-seven of them are reading Diploma in Commerce, (Management and Accounting options), while the remaining 32 are studying Diploma in Junior High School Education (Science, Mathematics, …
Read More »Fire guts Assin Fosu market, goods worth thousands destroyed [Photos]
Goods worth several thousands of Cedis have been destroyed by fire at the Assin Fosu main market. The fire outbreak was so intense that personnel from the Assin Fosu Fire Station, spent close to two hours before the situation was brought under control. According to a witness, Akwasi Korankye, he …
Read More »Former Western Regional Minister Esther Lilly Nkansah dies
Former Western Regional Minister, Esther Lilly Nkansah has passed on while receiving treatment at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi. The late Esther Lily Nkansah was a lawyer and the last Western Regional Minister to serve under the Rawlings’ administration from 1997 to 2000. In 2010, she was named in a 10-member …
Read More »We’ll tackle growing indiscipline in Ghana – Queen Mothers
Leaders and Members of the Queen Mothers Foundation of Ghana have vowed to tackle the growing levels of indiscipline in the Ghanaian society. Addressing a ceremony at the La Palm beach hotel to celebrate the 21st anniversary since the formation of the Queen Mothers Foundation of Ghana, President of the …
Read More »Hearts lose, Kotoko win on Day One of Ghana Premier League
Visiting Berekum Chelsea defeated Accra Hearts of Oak by a lone goal in their clash at the Accra Sports Stadium on Day One of the Ghana Premier League 2019/2020 season, sending supporters of Hearts baying for the head of their head coach, Kim Grant. The Hearts fans may have started …
Read More »Momoni, the special one or the ‘stinking’ ingredient?
One could be misled by the nose and miss out on a delicious culinary journey in a Ghanaian environment because of the smell of a verritable food ingredient called momoni. The mighty momoni is Ghana’s answer to Swedish surstromming, Korean hongeohoe or and the Japanese Kusaya, although not as putrid …
Read More »VIDEOS: Top 20 songs of 2019
Some songs which were released in 2018 still enjoyed rotation in 2019 prolly because they were too hot to be kicked out by the 2019 records or were released in the last quarter of the year, hence, their dominance in the subsequent year. Stonebwoy’s ‘Kpo Keke’ which featured Medikal, DarkoVibes, …
Read More »Xmas Bonanza: MTN Ghana Surprise Christmas Babies With Packaged Humpers In Upper West Region
Ghana’s largest telecommunications network MTN Ghana has donated Christmas Humpers for Babies born on Xmas day at the upper west regional hospital. The breif ceremony, led by Seth Owusu Nyamekye on behalf of the CEO and MTNers, saw lucky children and their mother’s receiving sizeable packages from the country’s largest …
Read More »Bantama A/G donates to Prisons, Kumasi Children’s Home
The Calvary Temple Assemblies of God at Bantama in the Kumasi Metropolis have donated household items worth thousands of Ghana cedis to the inmates of the Kumasi Central Prisons and Kumasi Children’s Home to support and put smiles on the faces of the less privileged in this festive season. The …
Read More »AUDIO: Mahama explains why he came out to weed
Former President John Dramani Mahama has explained why he led a section of his security detail to clear overgrown weeds in front of the new Military Cemetery in Accra last month. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flag bearer for the 2020 presidential election in an address to his supporters in …
Read More »Free SHS Has Increased Enrolment By 69 Percent
The Free Senior High School Policy has increased enrolment in secondary schools by 69 percent within the last three years, Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said. “There was a lot of skepticism about whether we could actually implement the free senior high school education, but with conviction and determination …
Read More »Video of John Mahama In A Musical Chair Contest Surfaces – See Who Won
video of ex-president John Dramani Mahama in a musical chair contest has just surfaced online, going viral instantly. In the video sighted by us at OccupyGh.com, the flag-bearer for the New Democratic Congress, John Mahama is captured in a game with his loved ones on Christmas Day. Just like the rules of the …
Read More »All You Need To Know About The 2019/2020 SHS Academic Calendar
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the new academic calendar of 2019/2020 for double-track and single track Second Cycle (Senior High School) Institutions. Academic calendar attached Source: Peacefmonline.com
Read More »Sad news as school proprietress orders area guys to beat up Security Agent Irons
A staff of Daniel Security Services situated in Ikoyi Lagos identified as Muyiwa was allegedly attacked by yet-to-be-identified area boys on the directive of his employer, the proprietress of the private school where he works. The sad incident occurred inside the premises of a private school named Kotright international school …
Read More »Video of Kantanka’s new airplane goes viral
Gorgeous ladies who serve in Kantanka’s new airplane. Kwadwo Sarfo Kantanka on today, December 29, has unveiled his latest products at his annual technology exhibition. The event was graced by Vice President, Dr. Bawumia as well as other member of parliament and other dignitaries. Since this new development by Kwadwo …
Read More »Guinea-Bissau votes in presidential run-off pitting two former premiers
Voters in Guinea-Bissau will choose their next president on Sunday in a run-off election pitting two former prime ministers who both promise to bring stability to the turbulent West African nation. Incumbent President Jose Mario Vaz failed to make it to the second round after a five-year term marred by …
Read More »Africa’s fake news of the year
A man raised from dead, an imposter as president, Jesus on a visit, or imminent attacks: The lines between reality and fiction were outrageously blurred on African social media networks in 2019. South Africa was the scene of a resurrection miracle, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was said to have died …
Read More »Truck bomb kills at least 90 in Mogadishu
At least 90 people were killed when a bomb-laden truck exploded at a busy checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, an international organization working in the country said, in the deadliest attack in more than two years. The dead included many students and two Turkish nationals, Somalia’s foreign …
Read More »VIDEO: Wendy Shay & eShun installed as queen mothers
Popular female vocalist, eShun together with Rufftown Record’s music diva Wendy Shay, have been installed as Queen Mothers of Gomoa Afransi, a town in the Central Region. The ceremony took place earlier today during the annual Akwambo festival of the Chiefs and people of Gomoa Afransi Traditional Area. Source: …
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