The headmistress of Achimota School is under fire for allegedly denying a guy admission because of his dreadlocks. Ghanaians are divided on whether it was a good step to deny a student the right to education based on his choice of hairstyle. Some are hailing the Headmistress for her bold …

A Koforidua Circuit Court has sentenced a 45-year-old unemployed man to five years imprisonment in hard labour for defrauding over 40 people. The convict, Edmond Nii Ansah, popularly known as Abi Nii, was convicted on four counts of defrauding by false pretences. The polling station Executive Member of the New …

A public school in the Upper East Region, where schoolchildren sit on the floor to learn for lack of furniture, has received 81 dual desks after a teacher made the children’s ordeal public through social media. A number of entities donated the writing desks to the Naaga Primary School after …

Pollster, Ben Ephson has averred that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has always had problems when it comes to the selection of a new flagbearer for the party. His comment follows the recent battle on who succeeds President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the 2024 elections as vice president, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia …

The minority in parliament has served notice of a possible rejection of President Akufo-Addo’s 2021 budget over what it terms deceptive reporting of the 2020 deficit figures. According to the caucus, the budget statement sought to blame COVID-19 for what it calls the abysmal performance of the economy in the …

First-year Senior High School (SHS) students Thursday reported to school to begin the 2021/22 academic year. A visit by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to the St Thomas Aquinas SHS and Accra High School saw the ‘freshers’ going through the registration process. Mr Paul K. Amoasi Baidoo, the Headmaster of …

A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho has asked the current National Chairman of the party Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo to step down if he cannot uphold the party’s constitution. His comments come after Mr Ofosu Ampofo dismissed his earlier suggestions that he Mr Ofosu Ampofo should take over the leadership of …

A government shutdown is on the horizon with Ghana’s executive and legislature currently involved in an impasse that could bring businesses to a halt. The Legislature, through its leader Alban Bagbin, has served notice of its decision not to approve the 2021 budget if the Executive does not alter its position …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) grassroot has called on Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, to denounce posting of pictures purporting to promote his candidature for flagbearship position. According to the grassroot members in a press statement, they have seen pictures of the Vice President being posted in public places, an action they …

According to businessman and politician Kennedy Agyapong, most Ghanaians steal from their employers in order to amass unimaginable riches for themselves. He said that these thieves are not only in private businesses but also in public sectors and not a surprise to see one in President Akufo Addo’s government. On his television station …

WO1 Joseph Ashitey Hammond, a Ghanaian soldier who fought in the Second World War, has said he has witnessed the performance of all the presidents that have come after Ghana’s independence and can therefore state on authority that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the second-best president ever in the history of …

The CEO for Center for Leadership and Democratic Governance (CLDG) Mr. Apatsea Isaac Kwasi has stated that failure for NDC hierarchy to solve the NDC grassroot members and Minority members of parliament differences will result in producing more independent candidates in NDC come 2024. He said as Human beings and …

Somewhere in the Daboya-Mankarigu Constituency, the constituency chairman of the National Democratic Congress and ten other branch executives are in a tussle with other constituency executives over their future in the party. The situation, according to a report by Nkilgi FM has created deep cracks within the party in the constituency and …

In the end, it became the cross-examination that never was. It had been billed to be the climax of the 2020 election petition. Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer had labelled it as the El Classico with Abraham Amaliba, a member of the legal team of the NDC requesting a …

The out-gone North East Regional Minister and former MP for Bunkpurugu-Yonyoo Constituency, Hon. Solomon N. Boar has wary of all possible mischief and negative propaganda against Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia by the opposition NDC. He believes the NDC could fuel behind some mischief and negative propaganda from elements of the …

Former Deputy General Secretary of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Koku Anyidoho has lambasted the National Communication Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi for attacking the party’s leadership in Parliament including the Speaker of Parliament. Describing Sammy Gyamfi as an upstart who recently joined the NDC, …

Lead counsel for Professor Margaret Kweku, the NDC’s parliamentary candidate for Hohoe in the 2020 elections and four other interested parties, lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata, will on Wednesday, 17th March 2021 argue for a review of the Supreme Court’s earlier ruling quashing an order by the Ho High Court. On 5th January 2021, …

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Chairman Wontumi, has revealed that the National Chairman of the party, Freddy Blay, gave him the approval to contest for the latter’s position. However, he [Chairman Wontumi] has an unfulfilled purpose he has to complete as a regional chairman. According …

A group identifying itself as the NPP Grassroots has expressed worry over the preponderance of posters, videos and other communication materials of Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, championing his presidential ambition. In a press release, the group said it is puzzled as to why the Vice-President’s team were deliberately flouting the party’s …

The Food and Drugs Authority has assured the Ghanaian public that the AstraZeneca vaccines are safe adding that no side effects have been recorded in Ghana yet. Over 300, 000 Ghanaians have been given the jab after the country took delivery of some 600, 000 doses of the vaccines last …

As part of measures to help recover Ghana’s economy, government has announced a one percent increment (1%) in the National Health Insurance Levy(NHIL). This is to say that the hitherto 2.5% NHIL charge on goods and services has increased to 3.5%. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader in Parliament …

Late former General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie popularly referred to as Sir John in March 2019, declared Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia as the perfect replacement for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Sir John at the back of his assertion called on members of the NPP …

Posters of Vice- President Dr Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia as the Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have flooded Damongo, capital of the Savannah Region of Ghana. Postera that can be found on trees, street light poles, electric poles, market and private buildings Damongo captures the vice president with …

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said the club supporters will soon see the best of Thomas Partey whose spell with the gunners has been plagued by injuries. Partey, who joined the Gunners last summer from Atletico Madrid for £45m, has struggled to stay in shape in the ongoing campaign. The …

It started on the very first day that we returned from our honeymoon. We had barely taken our seats when he told me that he had something to discuss with me. He sounded very excited and that made me wonder what he had to tell me. He said, “This is …

In 2024 Ghana will once again go to the polls to elect a new leader and one thing is certain in that contest, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will not be on the ballot paper. His two terms in office, as stipulated in the 1992 Constitution would be up and he …

The Ghana Aids Commission chalked some notable successes at the end of 2020 as it was focused on achieving its mandate. One of the most recognizable achievements was the reduction of new infections from 20,068 in 2019 to 17,581 in 2020. This was captured in the 2021 budget presented by …

The race for the flagbearership of the New Patriotic Party has already begun, or so it seems. A walk around the Kasoa overhead in the Central Region shows posters plastered on pillars, walls and several other surfaces. The poster, obviously designed with the governing party colours has the inscription, “Break …

Parliament is expected to invite the Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum to appear on the floor of the House to answer questions relating to newly-authored history textbooks for students. This comes after lawmaker for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said he has filed an urgent parliamentary question requesting the …

Speaker Alban Bagbin has told Class Media Group’s Accra100.5FM, Class91.3FM and CTV in an interaction scheduled for simultaneous airing on Monday, March 15, 2021 on all three channels that he does not belong to any political party now that he occupies the position of the third-most powerful person in Ghana. The longest-serving …