POLITICS

Checkout this photo of hairy Akufo-Addo

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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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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”, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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