The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has insisted it is in the best interest of the nation for kids at the Kindergarten (KG) level to be allowed to resume school. According to GNAT, the country has about 461,000 kids aged four (4) who would be entering the KG level …
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Schools remain closed despite reopening across the country
Some Junior High School (JHS) students in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region have said despite the reopening of schools across the country, their schools remain closed. The students who reported to school on Friday, 15 January, 2020, were unable to access their classrooms as the doors and windows …
Read More »Speaker Declares NPP As Majority Group In Parliament
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin announced the New Patriotic Party Caucus in the House constitutes the majority. This, according to the Speaker, includes the Independent Candidate for the Fomena Constituency. The declaration by the Speaker brings an end to weeks of debate between the members of the two major …
Read More »Police hunt for KNUST 3rd Year Student after running away with over GHC 100K hostel fees
A student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is being wanted by the police after bolting away with hostel fees of other students worth over GHC 100,000. The student identified as Agyapong Kwabena Fred is said to be in his 3rd year at the prestigious University. …
Read More »No NDC flagbearer aside Rawlings crossed 51% after polls – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has urged national and regional executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party to hold their shoulders high for the party’s victory in the 2020 polls. According to him, Ghana’s elections data shows that no presidential candidate of the NDC aside the late JJ Rawlings has been able to …
Read More »Election Petition: Note the difference between the 2012 and 2020 Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday, January 14, held its first hearing of the presidential election. The petition filed by John Dramani Mahama who is praying the court to order a rerun of December 7, 2020, election between himself and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who was declared the winner and sworn into office on January …
Read More »Speaker will announce NPP as majority – Osei -Kyei Mensah-Bonsu
Leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament Osei-Kyei Mensah-Bonsu says the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin will on Friday declare the NPP side as the majority in Parliament. This comes after the leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Haruna Iddrisu indicated at a press conference today, …
Read More »Pay us or we hit the streets – NUGS to SLTF
The National Union of Ghana Students has sent a stern warning to the Students Loan Trust Fund to immediately pay students their loans or they will hit the streets very soon across the country. According to the union Managers of the SLTF seem to be taking the students of the …
Read More »COVID infections in Ghana alarming, dire – GMA
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has described the rate of COVID-19 infections in Ghana as “alarming and dire”. According to the GMA, there is the need for increased public awareness campaign and strict adherence to prevention protocols in order to stem the tide of infections in the country. “This increasing …
Read More »Mahama vrs Akufo-Addo: What happened at the Supreme Court on the first day of hearing
The Supreme Court sat today, January 14, 2021, for the first time, on the election petition as filed by National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama. The case was presided over by a seven-member panel of judges headed by the Chief Justice, Kwesi Aning Yeboah. The other members were Gertrude Torkornoo, Samuel …
Read More »Pointless to test over 9.2 million returning school children – GES boss
Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, has explained why mass COVID-19 testing was not carried out for all children returning to school. The GHS boss explained that doing so would have meant deploying roughly 9.2 million tests across the country. He was speaking on Peace …
Read More »Mahama’s motion to amend errors in election petition granted
The Supreme Court has given the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Mahama, the opportunity to amend some errors in his petition challenging the outcome of the 2020 general elections. His motion in this regard was granted after a Supreme Court hearing on Thursday morning. Mr. Mahama’s petition had interchanged …
Read More »Mintah Akandoh’s wife files court suit against Ursula for ’emotional trauma’
The wife of Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has reportedly filed a court suit against Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West Ursula Owusu-Ekuful for causing her emotional pain and trauma when she harassed her husband in Parliament and same went viral on social media. During the election of Speaker of Parliament, it will be recalled that the …
Read More »Mahama’s case lacks merit, he should withdraw it – JOY
Jacob Osei Yeboah, has opined that it would be impossible for the Electoral Commission (EC) to rig an election. He believes the systems in place in organizing elections in Ghana makes it impossible for an election to be rigged. To him, parties need to present competent party agents in an election so …
Read More »How renting Asokore MCE ejected his co-tenants after getting appointed
Member of Parliament for Asawase Constituency, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak has revealed that his main contender in the just ended 2020 poll, Alidu Seidu reportedly used to earn Ghc500 as a local radio presenter but upon his assumption of office as Municipal Chief Executive of Asokore Mampong, bought houses in 6 …
Read More »Fomena MP joins NPP caucus in Parliament
The Member of Parliament for Fomena constituency, Andrews Asiamah Amoako has joined the New Patriotic Party (NPP) caucus in the 8th Parliament. This was contained an official letter to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin on Wednesday January 13, 2021. In the letter copied to Adomonline.com, Hon. Asiamah Amoako also the Second …
Read More »37 Military Hospital Emergency Unit closed Down
The 37 Military Hospital will close down it’s Medical and Emergency Unit (MEU) to the general public from Thursday, January 14th, to Thursday, February 4th 2021 to conduct a fumigation exercise. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency and signed by Colonel E. Aggrey-Quashie, Director Public Relations, Ghana Armed …
Read More »Sam Payne ‘weeps’ for parliament marshal ‘attacked’ by Jinapor
The ruling NPP’s Ashanti regional secretary, Sam Payne, has expressed concerns over the mistreatment of a marshal of parliament by Yapei Kusawgu MP John Jinapor. “I worry for the parliament marshal who was aggressed unduly by John Jinapor, to the extent that he hurled this marshal to the ground. “What …
Read More »Is infodemic on the new vaccines for COVID-19 pandemic misleading?
Many diseases like polio, HIV/AIDS tuberculosis, and coronavirus have either killed or maimed mainly due to infodemic or wrong information. In the 70s about 1000 children in Senegal were given jabs of polio medicines. Later 30 percent of the children were maimed all due to infodemic. What then is infodemic? …
Read More »651,000 kids expected to register for ‘my first day at school’ – GNAT
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has revealed that per their research about 651,000 kids are expected to register for ‘My First Day at School’ when school reopens on Monday 18 January. They have explained that these children fall under 4years and any further delay in reopening the schools …
Read More »Full list of candidates vying for the UG Vice-Chancellor office
Some seven persons have been announced as those vying for the office of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana. Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu is the current Vice-Chancellor of the University but his tenure ends on 31st July 2021. The seven vying for the office include the two Pro-Vice-Chancellors of …
Read More »How did ‘poor’ Rawlings pay the fees of his children in top UK school? – Georgette Djaba asks
Georgette Djaba, a half-sister of former Gender Minister Otiko Djaba has questioned how late President Jerry John Rawlings funded his children’s education at the Millfield School in Somerset, UK. Georgette Djaba in recounting the struggles her family went through during her father’s exile in the United Kingdom, stated that her …
Read More »TEWU to begin nationwide strike today
Members of the Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) will today, Wednesday, January 13, 2021, begin a nationwide strike to press home their demand for better conditions of service. TEWU says the failure of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to conclude negotiation on the demands by its members for …
Read More »No revenge, I forgive Muntaka for ‘beating me’ – Carlos Ahenkorah
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tema West constituency, Carlos Ahenkorah says he does not intend to take revenge on Asawase MP, Mohammed-Muntaka Mubarak. Muntaka gave Carlos some beatings after he snatched ballot papers during the inauguration of the 8th Parliament. Reports are rife that the Tema West MP who has been …
Read More »SAD PHOTOS: NPP MP involved in accident
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Sehwi Akontombra, Alex Djornuboah Tetteh, has been involved in a car accident. The crash is said to have happened on the Bibiani road when he was returning from an inaugural ceremony at Manukrom. Constituency Secretary, Addo Harry, confirming the incident, said …
Read More »Once again, Ghanaian basic schools resume without textbooks
Relevant stakeholders in the education sector— Ministry of Education(MoE), Ghana Education Service(GES), National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA)— jointly discarded the old curriculum for Primary schools and subsequently implemented a new curriculum. The new curriculum took effect from the 2019/2020 academic year with no textbooks to aid in effective teaching …
Read More »TEWU begins nationwide strike tomorrow over conditions of service
From Wednesday, 13th January 2020, all members of the Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) will lay down their tools over the government’s failure to finalise their conditions of service. According to TEWU their strike is due to the inability of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to conclude …
Read More »Ministerial list: Here are those who have been dropped, maintained and reshuffled – Report
The old is gone; all is set for new ministerial appointments. What will comprise this new administration and what numbers are we looking at? Rumours are so far rife about a possible pruning of the previous administration comprising of 110 ministers and the number projected for this one is 70. …
Read More »Yaa Billionx Feat. Twinsnation – Y3nkankyer3 Wo
This is a direct heavy Drill, we bring to you another massive presentation from the camp of Billionx Family as they kick-start their new year’s first entry. Self-acclaimed best female rapper Yaa Billionx has nothing to fear when it comes to flow and lyrical depiction. This time she teamed up …
Read More »Appointment of caretaker ministers: Haruna Iddrisu ‘schools’ Akufo-Addo, says it’s illegal
Haruna Iddrisu, the leader of the NDC caucus in Parliament has described as “unlawful” and “illegal” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s recent appointment of some ministers he administered the nation within his first term as ‘caretaker ministers’. Citing a Supreme Court judgement, the Tamale South MP explained that in J. H. …
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