A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Benjamin Essuman has filed a petition against Hon Enoch Teye Mensah, former NDC Member of Parliament and current Member of the Council of State. The petition, which was addressed to the National Chairman of the NDC and the General Secretary of …
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No need to cry over spilled milk, I don’t regret appointing Amidu – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo says he bears no regrets of appointing former SP Martin Amidu despite fallouts with the latter • He said the office of OSP was equipped to aid his work • Newly sworn in SP, Kissi Agyebeng has vowed to fight corruption President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he does not regret …
Read More »I’ll respect independence of your office – Akufo-Addo assures new SP
President Akufo-Addo has assured Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyabeng that he and the entire executive branch of government will respect the independence of his office. The President gave the assurance during the swearing-in of Mr Agyaben as Special Prosecutor at the Jubillee House Thursday. His predecessor Martin Amidu, first to occupy …
Read More »OBOSS Science students construct traffic and street lights
Science students at Oti Boateng Senior High School (OBOSS) in New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region have constructed traffic and street lights as a way of exhibiting their knowledge in technology. The two products of technology were out doored during a science exhibition held in the school on Tuesday, …
Read More »Your ‘ugly noises’ won’t stop Akufo-Addo’s ‘better Ghana’ agenda – Freddie Blay
The National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Freddie Blay, has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is moving Ghana forward despite the “ugly noises” from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Speaking at the party’s 29th-anniversary on Thursday, August 5 2021, at the party’s Accra headquarters, Mr Blay …
Read More »Covid-19: Active cases spike to 6,766 as Volta, Bono emerge as hotspots
Volta, Bono and Bono East Regions are emerging as new hotspots for the Coronavirus infections, especially the Delta Variant.The Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions remain the traditional hotspots. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) said for instance, the Volta Region, which previously recorded 16 active cases on July 1, had recorded …
Read More »Kevin Taylor expresses his view on parliament’s decision to buy undercarriage scanners
American-based Ghanaian/American broadcast journalist and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Loud Silence Media, Kevin Taylor has expressed his views on the decision by the Parliament of Ghana to install undercarriage scanners in parliament. He made this known during the Tuesday edition of his socio-political show, With All Due Respect. According to …
Read More »Techiman South case: EC slapped with GH¢4,000 fine for breaching court processes
• EC to pay GH¢4,000 fine for refusing to grant application to file motion at Appeals court • NDC believes the NPP is devising tactics to delay the case • This is part of the ongoing hearing of a case brought before the court by the NDC’s 2020 Techiman South …
Read More »400 foreign trained Ghanaian doctors stranded as local exam results delay
• Some 400 Ghanaian doctors trained outside are unable to practice • Six months after writing a government exam, results are yet to be released • A former deputy Health Minister has promised to follow up on the matter About 400 foreign trained doctors have been left stranded for the …
Read More »Your behaviour was highly irresponsible, ill-advised – Jubilee House to ASEPA boss
The presidency has described an action by the Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson, to publish a response on the petition to probe the Chief Justice, on social media as irresponsible and ill-advised. The presidency further said Mensah Thompson should not only …
Read More »Akufo-Addo returning from UK to fire and hire appointees – Report
Most government appointees are not having a goodnight sleep in recent days, following the President’s departure from Ghana on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, for an official visit to the United Kingdom (UK), as they fear he is out to plot who and who will be part of the rest of …
Read More »GUM supporters worried over silence of flagbearer and party leaders
Some supporters of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM) have expressed worry over the silence of their flagbearer, the national executives and other party faithful after the 2020 general election. The party, which partook in its first major election last year, got a lot of attention from Ghanaians and became a …
Read More »Avanti Communications Partners With The Global Partnership For Education To Advance Girls’ Education
2nd August 2021, London: Avanti Communications is partnering with the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) on The Girls’ Education Awareness Program (GEAP), which will address barriers to girl’s education through targeted, context-specific awareness and information campaigns. The objective of the Program is to enhance and add unique value to girls’ …
Read More »Collins Dauda reacts to charges against him for ‘causing financial loss to state’
• The government of Ghana has filed 52 charges against Collins Dauda and four others • Out of the 52 charges, 14 have been levelled against him for causing financial loss to the state • The accused persons are said to have intentionally misapplied $200 million of state funds Former …
Read More »US$1m capital requirement will not be removed in favour of Nigerians – Speaker Bagbin
• A meeting between the Speaker of Parliamentand leadership of GUTA has been held •It was to clarify pronouncements made by some members of GUTA concerning the retail trade impasse between Ghana and Nigeria •Speaker Bagbin is said to have assured the trade body of his support in protecting the …
Read More »Assin North MP ‘fights’ High Court ruling
• James Quayson is challenging the High Court ruling annulling his election as MP • According to him, the Cape Coast High Court’s judgement was against the law • He is therefore seeking that the Court of Appeal declares the ruling as void The embattled Assin North MP, James Gyakye …
Read More »Happy Birthday to CEO of London-Hills Production Suge Knight
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Read More »Majority Chief Whip ‘fights’ Minority Leader over ‘unfortunate’ comment on Assin North ruling
The Majority Chief whip and Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri Constituency in the Eastern Region, Frank Annoh-Dompreh has waded into Cape Coast High Court ruling on the dual-citizen case involving the Member of Parliament for Assin-North, James Gyakyi Quayson. On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, the Cape Coast High Court declared …
Read More »Don’t allow corrupt heads of public institutions to go scot-free – Haruna Iddrisu to SP
• Kissi Agyebeng has been asked to deal with heads of public institutions • He is not to target only politicians as he tries to fight corruption • He will be succeeding Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader, has charged Kissi Agyebeng, Special Prosecutor (SP), to deal with heads …
Read More »Afigya Kwabre South residents beg Akufo-Addo to sack DCE
A massive campaign to remove the Afigya Kwabre South District Chief Executive (DCE) from office is gaining momentum even before the President determines his fate. Earlier this week, some residents on Wednesday staged a protest against a decision fuelled by some top politicians to renominate Christian Adu Poku, popularly called …
Read More »His mother is mentally ill, and father is dead – Sponsor finds viral ‘fufu-for-our-day’ boy
The young boy eating fufu as an ‘Our-Day meal’ in a viral photo has been found after a well-meaning Ghanaian promised to sponsor his education. During the period in which Oswald’s our day letter drew a lot of attention nationwide, a trending photo of a young boy having fufu as …
Read More »Free tertiary education coming – President Akufo-Addo hints
• President Akufo-Addo has touted the success of the Free SHS policy • He says the policy has granted more people access to education • He said that government is considering making tertiary education free President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has dropped hints of a replication of the Free Senior High School …
Read More »10 facts about Sammi Awuku: Youngest lotto boss in Ghana’s history
Sammi Awuku arguably becomes the youngest Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) since its establishment. The NLA is a statutory agency of Ghana and it is under the Ministry of Finance. As a governmental organization, the NLA is responsible for organizing raffles for the nation, for a chance to …
Read More »PHOTOS: Meet Atta Gad, JHS 1 student who makes airplane from empty cans
Atta Gad, a Junior High School (JHS) student of Dr. Saunders JHS school in Kintampo North Municipality of the Bono East Region has made an airplane that is able to move. Atta Gad whose dream is to fly an airplane has started showing his creativity by making an airplane from …
Read More »PHOTOS: ‘One teacher, One laptop’ distribution begins
The Government has secured laptops to be distributed to teachers under the one-teacher-one-laptop policy. A letter signed by the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng urged all regional directors to liaise with heads of Senior High Schools in their regions to provide them with a validated list …
Read More »How John Mahama’s election petition featured in Assin North ruling
The presiding judge at the Cape Coast High Court, Justice Kwasi Boakye in his ruling on the Assin North case made reference to the 2020 election petition filed at the Supreme Court of Ghana by the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in last year’s elections, John Dramani …
Read More »More trouble for NDC’s Assin North MP
•The Central Regional General Secretary of the NPP wants James Quayson prosecuted for perjury •He has petitioned the CID the investigate and prosecute James Quayson •The Cape Coast High Court has ruled that Quayson was not eligible to contest the 2020 elections After losing his seat as the Member of …
Read More »VIDEO: Jail Mahama Like SA President Jacob Zuma – Kofi Akpaloo
Kofi Akpaloo, founder and leader of the Liberal Party Of Ghana (LPG) has called for the incarceration of former president John Dramani Mahama. Kofi Akpaloo has asked that John Dramani Mahama be jailed like former South African President, Jacob Zuma as per a new video sighted by OccupyGh.com According to …
Read More »‘I’m a son of God’ – Koku Anyidoho reacts to his dismissal from NDC
• Koku Anyidoho has been expelled from the National Democratic Congress • The party said he breached some of their disciplinary codes hence the decision to expel him • He has reacted to the expulsion Samuel Koku Anyidoho, the former General Secretary of the National Democratic Congresshas issued a cryptic reply to the party’s …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: High Court cancels parliamentary election in Assin North
A Cape Coast High Court has cancelled the parliamentary elections in the Assin North constituency in the 2020 parliamentary elections. The court presided over by Justice Kwasi Boakye, ordered for fresh elections to be conducted in the constituency. Background The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked for the withdrawal of an …
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