For many people, especially millennials and the generation before them, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will always be depicted or remembered as the president under the Fourth Republic with the cleanest shave. But did you know that the 76-year-old leader of the governing New Patriotic Party used to have thick black …
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Ghana Month: What you may not know about Mfantsipim, Presec, Wey Gey Hey and others
In Ghana, one’s Senior High School (Alma Mater) is one’s pride. More often than not, people will cite and tout their secondary schools, especially in the face of educational quizzes and competitions. There are several senior High Schools in the country and each has a history. A history behind its …
Read More »My only mistake was making her the manager of my business
She was a girl I knew in the neighborhood but we hardly talked. We went to church together and sometimes brought her home because we lived close together. She would greet me and I would respond. Sometimes I would ask how she was doing and she would say she was …
Read More »Kennedy Agyapong heads Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee
Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central is the new head of the Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament. The house is in the process of forming its committees and document sighted by GhanaWeb indicates Kennedy Agyapong has been appointed as the chairman for the Defence and interior committee. In the seventh parliament, Kennedy …
Read More »NDC- UK/Ireland Chapter Chairman Loses Mother
The beloved mother of Alhaji Alhassan Mbalba, Chairman of NDC-UK/Ireland Chapter, Hajia Asanatu Alhassan affectionally known as Mma Sana has been called to eternal rest by her maker. Alhaji Mbalba, took to his Facebook page to announce the sudden demise of his beloved Mum who passed away in Tamale, Northern …
Read More »We need corruption vaccine – Okudzeto Ablakwa
Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is appealing to the government to import “corruption vaccines”. Apart from the COVID-19 vaccine, the legislator said government needs corruption vaccine to purge itself off the canker. “Mr Speaker, I wish to say that in this era of COVID-19 …
Read More »I’ve no rift with Mahama – Anyidoho
The former deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has dispelled suggestions that he has a rift with the former flagbearer of the party. Mr Anyidoho’s comment comes after some members of the NDC expressed worry over some tweets from the former deputy secretary-general on his …
Read More »We are not building personality worshippers – Allotey Jacobs slams Sammy Gyamfi
Bernard Allotey Jacobs, a former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress has criticized the party’s communication officer for his attack on minority members of parliament. Following the approval of some ministerial nominees of President Akufo-Addo, the National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, took to social media to lash out …
Read More »John Mahama pretends to be ‘clean’ but using Sammy Gyamfi as dirty boxing gloves – Dela Coffie
Former flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama all the time pretends to be the “clean guy” but behinds the scenes unleashes young Lawyer Sammy Gyamfi on his perceived political “enemies”, MyNewsGh.com reports from Dela Coffie’s stables. In an article exclusively copied to MyNewsGh.com by Pro-Rawlings activist Dela Coffie, full details …
Read More »14 medical treatment sites, other major health projects to be constructed – Akufo-Addo
A total of 33 major health projects were approved for implementation last year by my government, the President of the Republic H.E Akufo-Addo has disclosed. He said this when he delivered his state of the nation address on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. He said his administration has shown a commitment …
Read More »FDA alerts public over the seizure of fake coronavirus vaccine in South Africa
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has issued an alert over the seizure of fake Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa. According to the FDA, ”this alert has become necessary as a result of reports of the seizure of fake COVID19 vaccines in South Africa. The FDA wishes to caution the …
Read More »SoNA 2021: More health workers to be recruited – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo says his government will recruit more health workers in his second term to help improve Ghana’s healthcare delivery services following the devastating impact of COVID-19 across the globe. Delivering his first State of the Nation address in Parliament on Tuesday, 9 March 2021, Nana Akufo-Addo noted that his …
Read More »SoNA 2021: Open your eyes, you’ll see my 1D1F projects – Akufo-Addo tells Minority
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has tasked members of the opposition to pay close attention to the achievements of his government. This he explains will enable the NDC to appreciate evidence of his government’s industrialisation drive policy, the One District One Factory policy. The president Speaking in Parliament today in his first State of …
Read More »LIVE UPDATES: Akufo-Addo delivers first SONA in his second term
Hello and welcome to our comprehensive-text coverage of the 2021 State of the Nation Address (SONA). In accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution which says, “The President shall, at the beginning of each session of Parliament and before a dissolution of Parliament, deliver to Parliament a message on the state of the nation”, …
Read More »Prof Joshua Alabi speaks on his 2024 flagbearership ‘ambition’
Stalwart of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Professor Joshua Alabi has finally broken his silence on advertisements that he is lacing his boots to contest for the flagbearership position of the NDC to represent it in the 2024 Presidential Elections. According to the NDC big man whom many believe …
Read More »NDC electing a ‘neophyte’ like Sammy Gyamfi as Communication Officer grave mistake – Dela Coffie
NDC activist Dela Coffie has berated the National Democratic Congress for not heeding to his caution when he spoke against the election of Sammy Gyamfi as National Communication Officer of the party. According to him, Sammy Gyamfi is a neophyte who needed more grooming because his umbilical cords are still …
Read More »25-yr-old maths teacher in need of GH¢32,000 to undergo hip replacement surgery
A 25-year-old female Mathematics Teacher, Portia Afriyie, of Katakyiwa M/A Basic School in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti region, urgently needs GH¢32,000 to undergo surgery or risk being paralyzed in the coming days. Ms. Portia Afriyie, the only mathematics teacher for the Katakyiwa M/A JHS is suffering …
Read More »How ‘powerful’ Koku Anyidoho nearly made Mahama resign as Vice President
“I never saw the Vice President of His Excellency President John Evans Atta-Mills pay the kinds of compliments Vice President Bawumia pays to President Akufo-Addo,” NDC’s Koku Anyidoho wrote on Twitter recently, adding a photograph of Vice President Bawumia bowing to President Akufo-Addo when the Supreme Court dismissed Mahama’s election petition. Samuel Koku …
Read More »Muntaka must leave parliament immediately – Former NDC Minister charges
Former Upper East regional Minister Prof. Avea Nsoh is calling for the resignation of the Minority Chief Whip Mohammed Muntaka. According to him, his failure to whip Members of Parliament for the NDC in line with the position of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). “Hon Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, MP for Asawase must resign immediately. …
Read More »Supreme Court verdict: Mahama ‘missed a golden opportunity to copy Akufo-Addo – Nana B
The former President John Mahama reacting to the Supreme Court decision to dismiss his case said he “disagrees with the process of the trial and the ruling of the court” He bemoaned the fact that the court processes prevented the EC chairperson, Madam Jean Mensa from testifying and accounting to …
Read More »Stop punishing children for speaking vernacular in school
The Dean at the Faculty of Ghanaian Languages of the University of Education Winneba, Professor Charles Owu-Ewie says it is unjust to prohibit children from speaking vernacular in schools. Speaking at a virtual symposium on the role of the mother tongue in improving literacy in Ghana on 3fm 92.7, the …
Read More »Joshua Alabi for 2024 posters hit social media
Social Media has seen the influx of Alabi for 2024 posters immediately after Supreme Court declared John Dramani Mahama’s 2020 election petition as baseless. The flyer which has currently gone viral on Facebook groups and whatsapp groups gives an indication that the seasoned academic will want to lead the NDC …
Read More »Reopening for SHS 1 students postponed to 18 March
First-year Senior High School (SHS) students across the country are expected to report to school from Thursday, 18 March to Sunday, 21 March 2021 the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced. First-year SHS students across the country were initially scheduled to report to school on Wednesday, 10 March 2021. However, …
Read More »Election Petition: Why ‘star witness’ Asiedu Nketia’s cross-examination was used against the petitioner
John Dramani Mahama, the Presidential Candidate of the NDC in the 2020 election, got his Election Petition dismissed by the Supreme Court of Ghana for lack of merit. In the two-hour judgement of the seven-member panel delivered by Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah last Thursday, March 4, the Justices identified some loopholes in …
Read More »NDC- UK/Ireland Chapter Disagrees With The Supreme Court Verdict, Calls On EC Chairperson To Resign
Alhaji Alhassan Mbalba, The Chairman of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) Chapter in UK/Ireland has on behalf of the entire membership has joined PresidentJohn Mahama to expressed their disagreement with the verdict of the Supreme Court on Thursday, 4th March 2021 and has also called on the Chairperson of the electoral …
Read More »Registration of private candidates for BECE begins
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has opened registration for the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for private junior high school candidates. According to WAEC, first-time candidates as well as those seeking to improve on their grades had up to March 19, 2021, to register for the examination which …
Read More »Teachers express shock over how kids in primary schools are proposing love to themselves
The world has gotten to a stage where children are experimenting everything including proposing love to themselves in their various schools. What makes the development quite worrying and disturbing is that many of these children are not even in their adolescent stages yet, they can be found in the lower/upper …
Read More »‘I swear by the Qur’an nobody bribed me – Bawah Braimah replies Sammy Gyamfi
Member of Parliament for Ejura Sekyeredumase Constituency, Muhammad Bawah Braimah, has debunked claims that he absented himself from Parliament on the 3rd of March due to financial inducements with respect to approval of ministerial nominees. It would be recalled that after the House voted to approve all the vetted nominees for ministerial positions on …
Read More »NPP leading member dies
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Saboba constituency of the Northern Region, Joshua Yakpir Jagri, is dead. Mr Jagri reportedly passed on on Thursday, February 18, 2021, at the Assemblies of God Hospital at Saboba, aged 74. However, the cause of death is not yet …
Read More »Forgive us, we’ll not disappoint you in the future – NDC MPs to party
The Minority caucus in Parliament has called for the forgiveness of supporters and the grassroots of the NDC over their failure to reject some Ministers-designate who appeared before the appointments committee. A statement signed by the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, said the disappointment by some members of the party is justified adding that …
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