The Headmaster of Kumasi High School in the Kumasi Metropolis Mr. Bernard Hall-Baidoo is advocating for alternative credible examinable bodies to rival the existing West African Examination Council as one of the measures to stem the perennial exams leakages and other malpractices associated with the WASCCE exams.   According to …

Residents in the Kumasi Metropolis have urged the newly appointed Kumasi Mayor,Mr Sam Pyne to make  fixing of sanitation related issues as well as   poor roads network which has become major problems in the city his topmost priorities. The residents who welcomed the nominating of the former English tutor at …

Former Chief of Staff under the John Agyekum Kufuor administration, Mr Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani has said Ghana does not need a vice president. He rather wants a Prime Minster who will be appointed by the President to serve as head of government business. “I always pity the president because you …

Former Chief of Staff under the John Kuffuor administration, Mr Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani has said claims that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hired his family and friends to work for him in government may be true but he has not done his research on that to enable him come …

The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Samuel Payne has said though his nomination by President Nana Akufo-Addo as the next Mayor of the city of Kumasi is welcoming, he was not surprised by the news. If confirmed by assembly members, the professional teacher who has …

A former Mayor of Kumasi, Kojo Bonsu, has expressed reservations about New Patriotic Party’s Ashanti Regional Secretary, Sam Pyne’s new portfolio. The Minister for Local Government and Decentralisation, Dan Botwe, on Sunday, announced Mr Pyne as the Mayor of Kumasi subject to the approval of assembly members. Mr Pyne is expected to …

The Akim Oda Constituency Education Committee, established by the Member of Parliament (MP), has organised a special mock examination for 1,688 Junior High School candidates in the area. The cost of the mock examination was fully borne by the MP, Mr Alexander Akwasi Acquah. Teachers would also be motivated for …

The Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region has recorded its first COVID-19 death. Mr William Asamoah, the District Disease Surveillance Officer who told the Ghana News Agency in an interview said the deceased would be buried according to medical advice. He gave the assurance that the District’s COVID-19 response team would …

Ad The Ministry of Education is insisting widespread reports about the leakage of some papers in the ongoing 2021 WASSCE forcing the rescheduling of some papers are false. Deputy Spokesperson at the Ministry Yaw Opoku Mensah said the papers in question were put on hold to investigate portions of the …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nomination of a Metropolitan Chief Executive, MCE, for Tema has not been well received in the Tema Central constituency. It caused aome party faithful to lock up the New patriotic Party’s office on Monday with reports indicating that the doors had been braced with wood …

• Mary Boatemaa Marfo has been replaced with the constituency chairman, Osei Adiyiah • Akufo-Addo revoked her appointment in 2020 but rescinded the decision in the same month • She is alleged to have caused a lot of violence in the constituency including campaigning for skirt and blouse voting against …

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has said he is the brain behind the exclusion of Chiefs from politics in the 1992 Constitution, MyNewsGh.com has filed. According to the NDC scribe, he and one S.P Adamu at the consultative Assembly that drafted the 1992 Constitution moved …

Some aggrieved persons believed to be supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Nkoranza South Constituency of the Bono East Region have ransacked and vandalised the constituency office. The supporters went on rampage Sunday evening after the Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Dan Botwe, announced …

Ad • Government released full list of MMDCEs on September 19 • Majority of the nominees are men • Women nominees managed to get 36 slots  Ahafo, Western and Western North were the only regions that did not produce any nominees for the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly, MMDA, positions …

• Out of the six Metropolitan Assemblies, four had new appointees while two were retained • Dan Botwe announced the MMDCEs on Sunday • The MMDCEs are to assist President Akufo-Addo at the local government level Dan Botwe, the Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, on Sunday, September …

A female Junior High School(JHS) student of Kumasi Bantama Church of Christ School in the Ashanti Region is nursing injuries after she was allegedly flogged by her teacher to a pulp for scoring 17 out of 30 in class test. Mr Jones Owusu gave the victim several strokes of the …

• Some NPP supporters in Chereponi have attacked a party office • The attack is related to the nomination of a new DCE for the area • Police had earlier deployed to the area to avert any clashes Some supporters of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, in the Chereponi District of …

Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh has decried the misconduct of drivers of Toyota V8 cars in the country, promising to cast his vote in 2024 for the political party that will make a commitment to ending the menace. Prof Prempeh condemned …

With a few minutes for the Local Government Ministry to release the names of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives, supporters of the MCE for Nzema East Municipality, Frank Okpenyen, who have picked up information about him not being retained are demonstrating on the streets of Axim. The dozens …

The President, Nana Adddo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has nominated the NPP’s Ashanti Regional Secretary, Mr. Sam Pyne as the Mayor of Kumasi. This was made known today, Sunday, September 19, 2021, by the Minister for Local Government, Dan Botwe at the minister’s press briefing. Sam Pyne is expected to take over …

Astute politician Ama Benyiwa Doe has passed away • She was a former MP and Central Regional Minister under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) • Ama Beyniwa Doe was known for being outspoken and a social justice advocate Ama Benyiwa Doe was an astute politician and former Central Regional Minister under the National …

Students of the Mirigu Senior High School (MISCO) in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region have protested against the school’s caterer over the quality of their meals. According to reports, the caterer who has been tasked to feed students with one hot meal a day under the …

Authorities of the Yilo Krobo Senior High School (YIKROSEC) in the Eastern Region are appealing to the government to help expand its infrastructural facilities to ease congestion in the school’s dormitories. They said there has been overcrowding in the dormitories which has been posing as a threat to the health …

• The full list of MMDCE nominees has been released • The list, according to Dan Botwe, has also been forwarded to various regional ministers • The EC upon contact by regional ministers will commence processes for assembly elections Government, through the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, has …

Four people said to have led a protest at Jamestown in Accra on Saturday, September 18, have been arrested, an official statement said. They have been identified Salaami Abubakar, 36; Daniel Opare Oman, 43; Edward Holm, 38 and Daniel Clottey 41. The protest was in response to the alleged removal …

Former President John Mahama Ghana’s debt level is unsustainable and the cause of the current hardship that ordinary citizens are suffering, former President Jon Mahama has said.“Our debt has ballooned to unsustainable levels – topping 80% of GDP – exposing us to very high risk of debt default“, the 2020 …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released dates for the papers cancelled in the ongoing West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). The papers – Physics 1 & 2 and Business Management 1& 2 – were cancelled as a result of widespread leakage. They were cancelled on Wednesday, September 15. In a …

The National Security Coordinator has issued security alerts to all security councils across the nation ahead of the announcement of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs). The alert, captured in the form of a memo, has the subject: ‘ANTICIPATING OF POSSIBLE VIOLENCE AHEAD OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF MMDCES’. It was …

Parents of students of Aburi Girls’ Senior High School are least enthused about a decision taken by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to interdict the headmistress, Alice Prempeh-Fordjour. The parents and guardians have, therefore, started agitations to get Mrs Prempeh-Fordjour reinstated as they consider the decision rash and uninformed. According …

A Ghanaian citizen and a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC), Eric Adjei has petitioned the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate Mr. Dominic Oppong-Adjei aka Konkonsa over what he has described as “questionable acquisition of luxurious property”. Mr. Eric Adjei in his petition said …