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Otumfuo cautions Dagbon saboteurs

THE ASANTEHENE, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has cautioned against sabotaging the peace and security currently being enjoyed by the people of Dagbon in the Northern Region. He said it had taken dedication and hard work to bring peace to the Dagbon Kingdom after a protracted chieftaincy dispute and the Ya …

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I’m not sitting in Accra to give SHS statistics – Akufo-Addo jabs

President Nana Akufo-Addo has jabbed critics of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy who are constantly giving apparently erroneous statistics about the progress of implementation of the policy. According to him, unlike his critics, he has not been sitting in Accra to give statistics about the state of infrastructural …

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Gov’t can’t fix all roads in Ghana – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says government does not have the necessary funds to fix, expand and rehabilitate all the roads in the country. In his words: “We are not going to build all the roads in Ghana, we don’t have that much money, but we will make significant progress in the course …

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LIVESTREAMING: Akufo-Addo meets the press

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is holding a media encounter at the Jubilee House after his three-year leadership. The president is expected to speak about the performance of his government in areas of economy, governance, health, education, security among others, and what he is doing to turn around the fortunes …

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Akufo-Addo reveals biggest regret in 2019

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his biggest regret as president in 2019 is over the four girls who were kidnapped and subsequently killed in Takoradi in the Western Region. “My biggest regret from the begining of this year is the kidnapping and killing of the four girls in Takoradi. …

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Akufo-Addo scores himself 72%; says IMANI’s 48% wrong

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said he disagrees with policy think tank IMANI Africa’s recent score of 48 per cent as far as the delivery of his campaign promises are concerned. “I disagree with the 48 per cent assessment”, he told journalists at the Jubilee House on Friday, 13 December 2019, …

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11,000 NaBCo beneficiaries find permanent jobs – Ibrahim Anyars

Some 11,000 beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) have so far exited from the programme after successfully securing employment or establishing their own businesses. This is according to the Chief Executive of NABCO, Dr. Ibrahim Anyars. Established in October 2018 to address graduate unemployment, beneficiaries of the programme are …

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FULL VIDEO: ‘Scars of the revolution’, Joy News documentary

Ghanaians embarked on a traumatic and divisive journey into their troubled past starting 2002 when the National Reconciliation Commission began investigating the bloody secrets of dictatorial unconstitutional regimes. The formula was simple: torturers, killers and their political leaders were to come forward and confess their crimes and that if they …

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Otumfuo pledges to resolve outstanding issues in Dagbon chieftaincy

A delegation from the Dagbon kingdom led by the overlod, Ya-Na Abubakari Mahama joined the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the Manhyia palace Wednesday to mark the Awukudae festival. Ya-Na was accompanied by the Chief of Savelugu,Yoo-Na Abdulai Yakubu Andani and the Chief of Mion, Mion-Lana Abdulai Mahamadou. At …

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Rashid Sumaila powers Kuwaiti side to Super Cup win

Ghana’s Rashid Sumaila on Thurday helped his Kuwaiti side Al Qadsiya clinch the Kuwaiti Super cup after beating Al Kuwait by a lone goal. Rashid Sumaila lasted the entire duration of the game and was a valuable presence at the back for his side sniffing away every danger. It was …

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Tension rises as Oshiomhole arrives Benin, speaks on IGP’s ban

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday landed in Benin, the Edo State capital. On his arrival, he assured his supporters that the rally to receive defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will still hold. The APC leadership had organised the rally to …

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Why we burnt PDP women leader to death — Suspect

The man, Ocholli Edicha, suspected to be the gang leader of those who led some political thugs to burn Mrs Salome Achejuigu, the PDP women leader to death has confessed that they carried out the dastardly act because he had been nursing a grudge against the woman before the Nov …

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Ghana and China sign $42.62 million grant agreement

Ghana and China have signed a grant agreement for US$42.62 million for the implementation of economic and technical projects to be agreed on by the two sides for their mutual benefit. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, and Chinese Ambassador Mr Shi Ting Wang, initiated the deal on behalf of their respective …

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Christmas: Expired food products flood Koforidua markets

Some traders in the Eastern Regional Capital, Koforidua, have flooded the market with expired products to outwit unsuspecting consumers rushing to buy products for the yuletide. The perpetrators allegedly sneaked onto the market with products that have expiration dates as far back as 2017. However luck has eluded some of …

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NDC writes to Akufo-Addo over district assembly elections

The NDC has appealed to President Akufo-Addo to allow chiefs appoint the thirty percent presidential nominees at the district assembly level. According to the party, such a meove will create harmony between the assemblies an chiefs in developing communities. “In particular we would like us to consider ceding the power …

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GRIDCo staff suspend planned sit-down strike

Staff of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have suspended their sit-down strike. The staff were protesting the operational challenges of the company linked to the indebtedness of some companies to GRIDCo. A joint statement issued by the company said “following a Joint Standing Committee meeting of the Management and Staff …

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I wish I was born a Muslim – Kumchacha shockingly reveals

Founder and Leader of the Heaven’s Gate Ministries, Prophet Kumchacha, has revealed that he wished he was born a Muslim. According to him, the hypocrisy of some Christians, especially pastors makes him feel like he belongs to the wrong religion. Kumchacha made this revelation in an interview with SVTV Africa. He …

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SAD: School Bus Runs Over Bus Conductor At Koforidua

Sad reports reaching us indicate that a bus conductor has been run over by a bus at Koforidua. Per what we gathered, the incident happened today at a place called Agartha road in Koforidua. Narrating how the incident occurred, a source said the bus is for the Pentecost JHS students …

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Nana Addo to hold media encounter TODAY

President Nana Akufo-Addo will on Friday, December 13, 2019, meet members of the press at the Jubilee House. The encounter is expected to afford invited journalists the opportunity to ask the President some critical questions on topical issues in the country as far as his three-year-old administration is concerned. This …

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