• 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

• 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, …

• 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 …

Tamale North Member of Parliament, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini, has opened up about how he was denied a visa to one of the Western countries. He, however, insists he does not think it’s a result of involvement in the Anti LGBTQI+ bill before Parliament. “I have been one person that people have …

• Adansi Asokwa MP KT Hammond says the anti-LGBTQ+ bill has the unanimous support of MPs • He avers that all concerns related to it will be resolved before it is passed • He has explained why NDC MPs are at the forefront of championing it Kobina Tahir Hammond, Member …

• Social media has been riddled with discussions on LGBTQ+ rights and act • Some 8 MPs put the bill before parliament to push for the criminalization of LGBTQ+ activities • Some other groups of 18 renowned lawyers and professionals want the bill thrown out as it violates fundamental human …

Lawyer for Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Godwin Edudzie Tamakloe says the suit filed against his client for allegedly evading customs duties and taxes was baseless. Mahama Ayariga was accused of fraudulently evading customs duties and taxes by paying GH¢6,062.86 instead of the approved duties and taxes of GH¢36,597.15 to …

Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng has dropped Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga’s tax evasion case. In court on Monday, the Special Prosecutor Lawyer Kissi Agyebeng told the court of their intentions to drop all charges against the accused persons. “We wish to inform the court of the Republic intention to enter …

The nominee for the Nabdam District Chief Executive (DCE) position, Agnes Anamoo, was sent to hospital to receive medical attention after taking the oath of office inside a car, according to reporters who covered a repeat of her confirmation ceremony on Sunday. Her nomination had been rejected by assembly members …

The Electoral Commission on Friday said it has not created new constituencies and does not intend to embark on such exercise as being circulated on social media. Dr Bossman Eric Asare, the Deputy Chair-in charge of Corporate Services at the Commission, told the Ghana News Agency that no such decision …

More than 1.3 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States have arrived via COVAX in Accra. Today’s delivery brings the total to more than 2.5 million doses donated by the United States to Ghana to date. U.S. Ambassador Stephanie Sullivan was joined by Ghana’s Deputy Minister …

The Guan District which is made up of the people of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi (SALL) in the Oti Region, has been inaugurated on Friday October 8, 2021. “My special commendation appreciation goes to the joint consultative committee which exhibited high spirits of volunteerism, dedication, and loyalty to execute …

The Municipal Chief Executive nominee for New Juaben North, Comfort Asante has been rejected by Assembly members. The MCE nominee polled 15 Yes votes as against 14 no votes on Friday October 8, 2021. The renomination of the comfort Asante, a retired lecturer as MCE for New Juaben was met …

Assin South District Assembly Members in the Central Region have invoked curses on the District Chief Executive, Coordinating Director, Regional Minister, New Patriotic Party Regional Chairman and others for disenfranchisement. According to the angry members numbering 16, they were prevented from exercising their rights and responsibility due to alleged lateness. …

The confirmation of the President’s nominee for Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ketu South was delayed for almost two hours. The delay was occasioned by first, the last-minute revocation of all former government appointees of the Assembly, which affected Samuel Doe Haligah, who was also the Presiding Member and the …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cautioned authorities at the various Senior High Schools against collecting any unauthorised and/or illegal charge from newly graduated final year students under the guise of the clearance system. In a letter to Regional Directors, the Director-General, Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, stated that the Service had …

It has been one wild event or the other after the confirmation of some MMDCE nominees of President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The confirmation of some of these nominees presented by the president were done today and whilst some of them were successful, others came with their own set of drama. …

• Gertrude Quashigah says she is yet to meet the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection • All to efforts to meet the minister have yielded no result • She had a strong relationship with Otiko Djaba Gertrude Quashigah, the National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Program has …

• Nicholas Buamah is a child author • His first book was accepted into the U.S. Library of Congress • Like the first, his third, ‘Is Santa Really Real?’ has also been accepted into the library Nicholas Buamah became a sensation in 2019 when his bestseller book, Kayla & Kyle …

The opposition National Democratic Congress has described the report of the committee that probed the chaos in Ejura in the Ashanti region as a coverup. The party at a press conference said the findings of the committee are faulty and flawed. “After an objective and painstaking examination of the report, we …

President Akufo-Addo’s nominee to the position of Metropolitan Chief Executive of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Sam Pyne has been confirmed by Assembly members. A total of 60 assembly members were expected to turn up for the election held at the Prempeh Assembly Hall Tuesday, however, due to ill health two of …

• Some names have emerged as possible candidates for the party • Ahead of an election of some presidential aspirants for the NPP, some individuals have already expressed interest • The party however maintains campaigning is prohibited by such till further notice It appears the heat is building up in …

• Seats in Ghana’s Parliament could rise to 300 by 2024 • This is according to Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu  • He says the NDC has picked up hints that the EC wants to add 25 seats to the existing 275  Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has hinted that the Electoral Commission, EC, is seeking …

• President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his position on term limits • He says he is looking forward to handing over in January 2025 • He believes ECOWAS should officially ban third term bids President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his position of leaving office at the end of his current term …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as unfair the position taken by members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly that they will not confirm his nominee for the position of Metropolitan Chief Executive, Sam Pyne until government pays off a GHS50 million debt the Assembly owes. They say the Assembly’s indebtedness has …

Ad The fate of the Ashanti Regional Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party will be determined today as assembly members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly have been called for a special meeting on Tuesday October 5,2021 to that effect. The eighth Assembly Meeting will determine the fate of the …

Ghanaian journalist and a member of the Network of International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), Emmanuel Dogbevi, has revealed that three unnamed top notch Ghanaian politicians have been captured in the Pandora Papers leak which was released on Sunday October 3. Mr Dogbevi said this on the News 360 on …