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 …

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 …

•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 …

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 …

• 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 …

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 …

Residents of Mpasaaso Number 1, a farming community in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region have bitterly lamented over how males and females within the community share the same ward at its main health facility. According to the worried residents, male and female patients who are …

Pollster and Managing Editor of the Dispatch, Mr Ben Ephson has said that the suspended former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho may challenge his dismissal from the party in court. Mr Ephosn who said he was not surprised about the news of Mr Anyidoho’s suspension told Moro …

• Effective Tuesday, July 27, 2021, Koku Anyidoho will not be recognized as a member of the NDC • Koku Anyidoho is to return any party property in his custody  • He will also forfeit any money he paid to the party The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expelled Koku Anyidoho for indiscipline. The decision was taken …

The University of Ghana Council has appointed Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has been appointed to act as the Vice-Chancellor of the University. Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo’s acting tenure will begin on August 1, 2021. She is expected to act as the Vice-Chancellor until the time that the University …

• A number of lawmakers in Ghana’s Parliament are pushing to criminalise LGBTQ acts •A leaked 36-page bill proposal has garnered social media commentary with some LGBTQ advocacy groups suggesting it violates human rights •Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has already made his stance clear on being anti-LGBTQ rights While a …

• Parliament‘s Privileges Committee will hear a case involving two MPs today • Tamale South MP dragged Assin Central counterpart to the committee for threatening a journalist • Speaker Bagbin has warned MPs to conduct themselves in a dignified manner outside the house  Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, all things …

•President Akufo-Addo is presenting his 26th update on measures to combat Coronavirus in the country • The address comes at a time Ghana has passed the 100,000 caseload with deaths passing the 800 mark. • Experts have warned that a next wave could overwhelm the health systems President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is …

MyNewsGhana has intercepted a provisional list of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMCEs) to be nominated by the president for various assemblies in the Eastern Region. The list has both new entrants and old ones. In Asuogyaman, for example, Samuel Kwame Agyekum has been ousted and replaced with Owusu-Banahene …

The authorities of the Achimota Preparatory School (APS) in Accra on Thursday petitioned Parliament to investigate what they described as unlawful take-over of the school by the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education. The petition was tabled before the House on behalf of the board, management and …

• Some 7 persons have been convicted for impersonation • They were caught writing exams for people in the 2020 WASSCE exams • They are each supposed to pay fines while the students involved in it have been banned from writing the exams for the next three years Seven persons …

The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 has proposed several extreme sanctions against activities of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Transexual, Ally, Pansexual+. The Bill which is yet to be passed will provide for proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values, proscribe …

Ad Former President John Dramani Mahama in his 2021 Eid-ul-Adha message said there is the need for Ghanaians to be reminded of the value of obedience and sacrifice as Muslims celebrate Eid-ul-Adha across the world. Mr Mahama in his Eid-ul-Adha message on 20th July, 2021, said Ghanaians should use Eid-ul-Adha …

• Parliament’s Appointment Committee vetted and passed Special Prosecutor nominee, Kissi Agyebeng, on July 22 • One issue he responded strongly to was his age and experience and its suitability for the top anti-graft post • Agyebeng’s response has won him plaudits especially on social media platform, Twitter  Special Prosecutor nominee Kissi …

• Captain Smart says Kennedy Agyapong owes his success to former president JA Kufuor • He says a contract handed Kennedy Agyapong by Kufuor made him rich • He has dared Kennedy Agyapong to make revelations about him Godsbrain Captain Smart, the host of Onua FM morning show has rubbished claims by the Member …

Kissi Agyebeng, the newly nominated Special Prosecutor, is before the Appointments Committee of Parliament. His appointment comes after Martin Amidu, the first ever Special Prosecutor, resigned in November 2020, citing interference by the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as one of his reasons. Kissi Agyebeng, a private legal practitioner, and a …

Minister of Finance Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta has finally answered Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on his urgent question regarding the cost of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s recent three-nation travel to France, Belgium, and South Africa. According to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP, who is the …

Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central is back again to respond to some topical issues. Following his comments last week, veteran journalist Kweku Baako Jnr released a strongly-worded statement, daring him to release a damning video he claims to have about him. There is also a secret …

PBaba (not his real name), a patient at the Tamale Teaching hospital has accused two staff of the X-ray department of pulling a fast one on the hospital by receiving payments from patients instead of allowing them to do so at the official designated paying points dotted across the facility. …

• President Akufo-Addo has appealed to Ghanaians to do everything to maintain the free speech we are enjoying • He said he is a firm supporter of free speech • But Manasseh Azure Awuni thinks otherwise Manasseh Azure Awuni says all is not well with the free speech that Ghanaians are enjoying under …

Mr Mathias Tulasi, the Chief Executive Officer of Literacy Ambassadors Ghana (LAG), a non governmental literacy organisation, has lamented over the huge amount spent on printing new sets of ‘Pasco’ for SHS candidates and that the shambles bedeviling Free SHS will not be solved by ‘pasco’ for candidates.   Mr …

The National Democratic Congress(NDC) Chapter in the United Kingdom(UK) and the Republic of Ireland under the leadership of its affable Chairman Alhaji Alhassan Mbalba has on behalf of the condemned inappropriate comments made by Nana Hesse Ogyiri, a presidential staffer and Nana Ansah Obofour who serves as the Communications Director …

• Deputy Minister for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour has responded to some allegations regarding the purchase of past exam questions • He was reacting to suggestions made by Dr. Clement Apaak, MP for Builsa • He also provided documents to back his claims Deputy Education Minister, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour has responded …

The National Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammi Awuku has urged constituency chairmen of the party to stop what he says are subtle campaign activities at funerals for presidential candidate hopefuls. He said the move is a recipe for disunity which would affect efforts and the agenda of the …

Article 71 office holders include the President, the Vice-President, the Speaker of Parliament, the Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of Parliament (MPs), Ministers of State, political appointees, and public servants with salaries charged to the Consolidated Fund but enjoying special constitutional privileges. Read fulltext of the Ghana’s 1992 constitution …