A 3-unit Junior High School block together with a storeroom and teachers’ office has been razed down by fire at Tarsor/Kulfuo Basic School in the Sissala East Constituency. It was one of the newly commissioned facilities in the last adminstration. The incident, according to sources, happened in the early hours …

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) will soon launch its own Ideological Institute. The institute, among other things, is to inculcate the party’s principles, ideologies, and values in members. NPP General Secretary, John Boadu revealed the party’s plans on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Tuesday. He indicated that the plans are far …

A 44-year-old abandoned maternity block at the Komfo Anokye Hospital is set to be demolished to pave way for construction of a new building. This follows a test report from Contracta, a construction firm responsible for the completion of the project saying the structure must be pulled down. According to …

Counsel for the Petitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata has filed two applications before the Supreme Court following the apex’s court dismissal of the application to re-open the Petitioner’s case to subpoena the Electoral Commissioner. The applications are a review of the ruling by the court on February 11, dismissing the application to compel the …

The Supreme Court has, in a unanimous decision, dismissed an application by the 2020 National Democratic Congress presidential candidate that sought leave to reopen his case. John Dramani Mahama, who is the petitioner, had urged the court to grant his request saying he intends to subpoena Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, …

Having listened to the argument from counsels for the three parties on Monday, February 15, 2020, the Supreme Court is set to rule on an application by John Dramani Mahama to reopen his case. Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata, the lead counsel for John Mahama intimated during Monday’s sitting said that it will be a …

The Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua is reintroducing the abolished cash and carry system of healthcare services. The Hospital has directed that all patients going on admission must make upfront payment of their medical bills before being admitted except elective cases. Management of the hospital has directed that effective February …

The Minister-designate for Education says the Akufo-Addo government will improve Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs to better prepare students for the job market. Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum said the initiative will be a priority in Ghana’s education in the second term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to help all students …

Former Deputy General Secretary of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho says times and seasons are in the hands of God, taking into account the current positions of Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin, Cletus Avoka and E. T. Mensah who were all once abandoned under former President Mahama’s Administration. According to the CEO …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has lost one of his top notch personal security officers, Mohammed Gorka. Mohammed Gorka died on Saturday, February 13. The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) visited the family of the deceased on Monday, February 15. It is unclear what led to his demise. “Former …

Ghana’s youngest Member of Parliament (MP) who represents the people of Kwabere East constituency, Francisca Oteng Mensah, has tied the knot. The lawmaker got married to Mr Kwadwo Adade Amponsah in a colourful ceremony on Sunday, February 14, 2021, at the Blessed Bible Church in Kumasi. Her big day coincided …

The Ghana National Council of private Schools (GNACOPS)in collaboration with the Ministry of Education through the National teaching council has launched a nationwide training programme to prepare private school teachers to become professional teachers.   To implement this nationwide programme, the Ministry of Education through the National Council for Curriculum …

Sex coach Dzifa Sweetness has talked about love and sex and she elucidates that, sex can’t create love but love can create sex. Speaking with Justice Boakye Danquah (Adwen) on e.TV Ghana’s In Bed With Adwen, She explained love as a special kind of feeling which you feel for someone …

When that Kwame Poku strike hit the back of the Setif net, it felt as though Kotoko were on their way to victory. Momentum swung to their side and Gama and Poku began to see much of the ball, exchanging some passes and making moves which should have at least …

Social Commentator Kwame A Plus has told the Finance Minister-designate Ken Ofori-Atta to look for money to build world-class hospitals in the country so he does not go abroad to seek medical care in the future. A statement from the Finance Ministry indicated that the Minister who was set for vetting on …

After its last sitting on Thursday, February 11, 2021, the Supreme Court will later today, Monday, February 15, 2021, sit to hear an application by lawyers of the petitioner, John Dramani Mahama, to reopen his case in the ongoing 2020 Election Petition case. Lawyers for the former president, who is in …

The Supreme Court is expected to hear a motion from lawyers of former President John Dramani Mahama in the ongoing election petition trial in their attempt to reopen their case. The application was premised on the apex court panel of seven chaired by Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah’s ruling that it cannot compel …

The Akufo-Addo government is facing criticism from some Ghanaians particularly members of the opposition National Democratic Congress for allowing former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings to die at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra while flying Finance Minister designate Ken Ofori-Atta to the United States for treatment. The reactions come after Finance …

Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Minister-designate for Parliamentary Affairs, has vehemently disagreed with the practice of organising primaries to elect parliamentary candidates every four years. The practice, he said, often resulted in high attrition rate of experienced Members of Parliament, adversely affecting the work of the legislature. Mr Mensah-Bonsu, also a Member of Parliament for Suame, …

A private legal practitioner, Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo has admonished petitioner and former president John Dramani Mahama to drop his case against December 2020 presidential elections if he fails to get the Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson to mount the witness stand. Supreme Court Judges hearing the December election petition on Thursday, February …

Pupils of Ampenkro/Asratoa M/A Primary School in the Jaman South Municipality of the Bono Region have been forced to study under trees due to the unavailability of classrooms. The pupils numbering over 160 have classes under trees on the school’s compound as the school building built in the 1960s has …

Out of the 16,763 applications offered by the University for Development Studies (UDS) to applicants to study various undergraduate programs in the 2020-2021 academic year, only 5,518 honoured the admission to study in the university. This was disclosed by the Vice-Chancellor of the UDS, Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye at the …

“One day my wife travelled and I decided to prepare banku for myself, I suffered due to the process of kneading. “I saw that it was very difficult and it motivated me to look for a simpler and easier way of preparing banku, akple and kokonte. “That’s why I came out with …

A daughter of Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia, Nana Frema Busia, has listed some corrupt activities under the late Jerry John Rawlings, who hitherto was hailed for preaching, “probity, accountability, transparency and social justice”. In her latest article titled “Jerry John Rawlings in perspective”, she wrote that a retrospective assessment of the era …

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communication team Stephen Atubiga has chided Ghanaians criticizing Eugene Arhin for amassing wealth in a space of four years. According to him, it is wise that as an individual working there is the need to amass wealth so you can give back …

Bono Regional Deputy Communication Officer of the NDC, Eric Adjei says Koku Anyidoho should have been dismissed outrightly from the party. The former Deputy General Secretary of the NDC has been suspended from the party. In a statement signed by Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the party, Koku Anyidoho breached the party’s disciplinary …

The Ashanti Regional NPP Chairmen Association has on Saturday, February 13, 2021 met to elect new executives to steer the affairs of the Association. Chairman for Afigya Kwabre south, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah retained his position as the chairman of the Association. This was made known during the general meeting held …

Students of Damango Senior High School (SHS) in the Savannah Region are calling on the authorities to help with water supply after an acute water shortage hit the community. The students now have to pay GHS1.50 to get a jerrycan of water or spend about two days searching for water …

The Electoral Commission on Friday, February 12, 2021, conducted elections for new regional representatives to the Council of State. The exercise, enshrined in Paragraph (C) of Clause 2 of Article 89 of the 1992 constitution resulted in 102 candidates from 16 regions filing to contest the election which was held …

The National Secretary for United Patriots of NPP, a pro-NPP group, Kwabena Frimpong has appealed to the President of the Republic, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to permit members of Parliament and Constituency Executives to choose their preferred MMDCES to help avoid the numerous tension that brewed between them that …