Members of the Nkoranza South Municipal assembly on Frday October 22, 2021 gave one hundred percent approval to Hon Daniel Owuredu as the Municipal Chief Executive for the area. All the 45 assembly members endorsed Hon Daniel Owuredu who was nominated by the President to represent him in the Municipality. Hon Daniel …
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Students impregnating female classmates at Ajumako Kokoben Basic School – Report
The Girl Child Coordinator for the Ajumako Kokoben D/A Basic School in the Central Region, Alberta Enyonam has denounced the worrying development where female students of the school are being impregnated by their male colleagues. According to her, teenage pregnancy has become the norm in the school and it was …
Read More »E-Block: Retract, apologise to Aflao chief over ‘build it yourself’ comment – Ablakwa to Akufo-Addo
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to apologise to Torgbui Adzongaga Amenya Fiti V and the people of Aflao for telling the chief to go ahead and complete the Afloa E-block of he feels it has taken too long to …
Read More »Complete Aflao E-block if you’re giving ultimatum to my minister – Akufo-Addo to Togbui Fiti
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the paramount chief of the Aflao traditional area, Torgbui Adzonugaga Amenya Fiti, might as well go ahead and complete the Afloa E-block he recently fumed about if the traditional leader is the one now dishing out an ultimatum to the Minister of Education, …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Kwami Sefa Kayi interviews Akufo-Addo on Peace FM
This Thursday morning, ace broadcaster, Kwami Sefa Kayi, takes his seat in the studios of Peace FM again, and with his panel members, they will discuss pertinent issues relating to governance and national interest. As is expected, the ‘Kokrokoo’ morning show host will stir insightful conversations and ensure that listeners …
Read More »Rotting E-blocks: Minority demands accountability for $1.5bn GETFund facility
The Minority in Parliament has served notice that it will trigger a series of actions to demand accountability from thegovernment in respect of some abandoned E-block projects started by the John Mahama administration. Wrapping up a two-day tour of the Greater Accra, Volta and Eastern regions to ascertain the progress …
Read More »Joe Wise supports Ofori Attah; describes unemployed graduates as miseducated
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, the Right Honorable Joseph Osei Owusu has indicated that Ghana is suffering the scourge of an ever ballooning unemployment bulge because graduates are miseducated. Speaking on Kumasi-based Ultimate 106.9 FM, he described miseducation as the phenomenon of attending school for certificates with no regard …
Read More »Aflao chief gives govt 4-month ultimatum to open E-block
The Paramount Chief of the Aflao Traditional Area, Torgbui Adzonugaga Amenya Fiti, has given the government a four-month ultimatum to open the e-block community day senior high school which has stalled since 2016. The ¢9 million project which was part of some 200 classroom blocks the erstwhile Mahama administration started …
Read More »2020 polls ‘shamefully stolen’ but 2024 presidency is yours – Chief to Mahama
The chief of the Challa traditional area in the Oti Region, Nana Kennewu Chederi II, has said the 2024 presidential election is former president John Mahama’s for the taking. The chief described Mr Mahama as a God-fearing person who, for the sake of Ghana’s prevailing peace, refused to hold onto …
Read More »Pupils of Abansere Basic School learn under roofless shed
Pupils of Abansere Basic School in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region currently have classes under harsh and unfavourable conditions due to the absence of befitting classrooms. Pupils from classes two, three, and four learn under a shed that was constructed by the school with the support of …
Read More »Spio-Garbrah sues Wontumi for calling him a thief
Ad • Wontumi labels Ekwow Spio-Garbrah a thief • NPP Ashanti regional chairman sued for defamation • Spio-Garbrah seeks 10 million dollars as compensation A leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, has filed a lawsuit against the Ashanti regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known …
Read More »Mankarigu health workers return to post
Health workers at Mankarigu Health Centre in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region have returned to post after partially closing down the facility on Friday, October 15. Their decision to return to work follows a meeting between the North Gonja District Health Directorate and opinion leaders from the …
Read More »FULL TEXT: NDC’s press conference on recent increase in fuel prices
STATEMENT DELIVERED BY THE NATIONAL COMMUNICATION OFFICER OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS, SAMMY GYAMFI ESQ., AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AT THE PARTY’S HEADQUARTERS ON THE PERSISTENT INCREASE IN FUEL PRICES BY THE AKUFO-ADDO/BAWUMIA-NPP GOVERNMENT. Monday, 18th October, 2021 Good afternoon distinguished ladies and gentlemen of the media. It is …
Read More »Mankarigu Health Center temporarily closed down after attack by NPP youth
The Mankarigu Health Center in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region has been closed down temporarily on Saturday, October 16, 2021. This follows the vacation of post by nurses and other staff of the facility to protest an attack by a gang believed to be a pro-New Patriotic …
Read More »WATCH| Kumawu youth curse Wontumi, Council of State member over DCE confirmation
• Some Kumawu youth have invoked curses on persons they claim are interfering in the DCE confirmation process • The youth say they are against the renomination of Samuel Addai Agyekum as DCE for Kumawu • Mr Agyekum has already failed in two attempts to secure confirmation The renomination of …
Read More »Savanna NDC sacks constituency executives
The Savanna arm of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sacked some constituency executives in the region including the constituency chairmen for Salaga South and Daboya-Mankarigu. A letter dated Thursday, 14 October 2021, and signed by Regional Secretary Salisu Be-Awuribe, announced the fate of Haruna Salifu and Alhaji …
Read More »Osafo-Maafo makes major statement about Alan
Senior Presidential Advisor to President Nana Akufo-Addo, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has distanced himself from a viral social media message purporting to endorse Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen as the next flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Describing the message as disappointing, he added he has never at any point made such …
Read More »Twice rejected Kumawu DCE nominee finally secures 100% endorsement
The District Chief Executive nominee for the Sekyere Kumawu District in the Ashanti region, Samuel Addai Agyekum has finally been confirmed by the Assembly members of the district. The twice rejected nominee of President Nana Akufo-Addo secured an overwhelming endorsement of 100% Yes votes in the 28 total votes cast. …
Read More »‘I’m no fool to build sugar plant with no raw material plan’ – Mahama
Former President John Mahama has said his government had plans of establishing a sugar cane farm around the Komenda sugar factory to provide the raw materials for production but that part of the project has been ignored by the Akufo-Addo government since taking office in 2017. He told Cape 93.3FM …
Read More »1m ‘extra ballots’ stuffed for NPP yet ‘run-away’ Jean Mensa says 2020 polls ‘best ever’ – Mahama
Former President John Mahama has said some one million extra ballot papers which were printed for the 2020 general elections, were thumb-printed in favour of the governing New Patriotic Party and stuffed during last year’s polls. “More than one million extra ballot papers were printed, which the EC claimed …
Read More »Haruna Iddrisu rallies MPs for ‘make-or-break’ anti-LGBTQ Bill
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has rallied his fellow legislators to back the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ Bill in Parliament. At a press conference on Friday, October 15, 2021, Mr. Iddrisu said the Bill had full bipartisan support, with all MPs united in “holding high the moral flag of our country.” He …
Read More »Anti-LGBTQ+ bill: We’ll reciprocate if visas are used as weapon – Ablakwa cautions Ayorkor Botchwey
• It has emerged that some MPs are being threatened with visa bans • Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has described the action as primitive and a grave assault on the sovereignty • He says Ghana will reciprocate Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has advised Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, to caution …
Read More »Kofi Adda died of heart failure – Report
• Joseph Kofi Adda died at age 65 • Autopsy report states that he died of heart failure • Kofi Adda was the former minister of Aviation Former Minister for Aviation, Joseph Kofi Addadied of heart failure, mynewsgh has reported. In the said report sighted by GhanaWeb, a source confirmed to the news …
Read More »Tension in Bantama NPP over party album
Tension is brewing within the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Bantama in the Ashanti Region as some polling station executives complain of intimidation by constituency executives to flush some names out of the delegate’s album. It was a hot verbal banter on Akoma FM’s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma …
Read More »Tell Ghanaians why NPP has one signatory to anti-LGBTQ+ bill – Sam George to Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
• Sam Goerge accuses Majority Leader of introducing partisan politics into the LGBTQ+ conversation • He challenges the Suame MP to tell Ghanaians why only one NPP MP signed the bill • Sam Goerge and his colleagues are advocating for LGBTQ+ activities to be criminalised Samuel Nartey George, has challenged …
Read More »Ghana loses US$5 billion to mental health issues
The medical director of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Dr Pinaman Appau, has revealed that Ghana loses at least US$5 billion per year to mental health issues. Speaking to Asaase News, Dr Appau said the challenge is as a result of a lack of attention to the problem in the country. Her …
Read More »All the answers to Ghana’s problems are in NDC’s 2020 manifesto – Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that the 2020 manifesto document of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) contains solutions to all the challenges that Ghanaians are saddled with at the moment. The 2020 Presidential Candidate of the NDC stated that the manifesto contained plans for job creation, for the …
Read More »NDC official, Kwesi Dawood remanded over fresh charges
Kwesi Dawood, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communication officer in the Central Region, was on Thursday (14 October) remanded into police custody after reappearing in court over fresh charges. Dawood has been accused of alleged incest and abortion with his biological daughter. On Wednesday, Dawood was granted a GHC30, 000 …
Read More »10 facts about the late Joseph Kofi Adda
• Joseph Kofi Adda has passed on • He is said to have died, Thursday dawn • Kofi Adda, according to sources, was unwell Joseph Kofi Adda is reported to have died in the early hours of Thursday, October 14, 2021. According to a family source as reported by mynewsgh.com report, …
Read More »Former Aviation Minister Kofi Adda has died
• Kofi Addah dies at age 65 • He died at the Legon Hospital after a short illness • The incident occurred on Thursday Former Member of Parliament for Navrongo Central, Joseph Kofi Adda, has been reported dead. He is said to have died after a short illness. The former Aviation …
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