POLITICS

Why NDC opted for a re-run – Alex Segbefia bares it all

A Spokesperson for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the election petition case, Alex Segbefia has said that the NDC decided to opt for a rerun of the elections because of the limited time at their disposal to prove their case. It has emerged that the National Democratic Congress after the 2020 elections said …

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Suspend resumption of KG, primary schools – NAGRAT

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) wants the reopening of primary and kindergarten schools to be suspended. The President of the Association, Angel Cabornu, in a Citi News interview opined that pupils in the said groups are more vulnerable since they are unable to fully appreciate the COVID-19 safety protocols. “Those …

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Aftermath of 2020 Polls: NPP maltreated its own – Kennedy Agyapong

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong is categorical that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) finds itself at the crossroads because of the kind of treatment meted out to the party’s grassroots. Though he observed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo worked tirelessly to give the party a sound footing, same cannot …

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Minority Leader, 19 other NDC MPs fail to appear in court

The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu and his 19 other colleague Members of Parliament who were expected to appear before an Accra Circuit Court over their protest march to the Electoral Commission head office on Monday failed to appear in court. The police prosecutor indicated his readiness to proceed with the …

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8,000 teachers fail licensure exams

Over eight thousand teachers have failed the mandatory Licensure Examination (NTLE) representing 30.75% of the total number who sat for the test. A statement by the National Teaching Council on Monday, January 4 said 27,455 candidates sat for the exams. According to the NTC, 19,013 candidates representing 69.3% passed the …

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WASSCE to be written in September/October, BECE in November – GES

The Ghana Education Service has begun talks with the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to be scheduled for September/October 2021. It also recommended that the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) should also take place in November 2021. According to the Director-General …

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Gov’t partially cancels double track system

All SHS 3 students will no longer run the double-track system, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced on Sunday, January 3. Announcing the reopening of schools in the country in an address to the nation, Mr. Akufo-Addo explained that his government has been able to embark on infrastructural development in …

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NPP gave contracts to Rawlings – Kennedy Agyapong blows alarm

Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong has expressed anger at the fact that NPP contractors were denied contracts in the party’s first term but former President Jerry John Rawlings was given several contracts. The maverick politician who believes that the leadership of the NPP and appointees by the President were not fair to …

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Minority MPs to face court on Monday over protest march

Minority Leader and ten other NDC MPs will face the Accra Circuit court on Monday, January, 04, 2020 over the Minority’s protest march to the headquarters of the Electoral Commission. They have been charged with unlawful assembly for failing to notify the Police of holding of a special event contrary to …

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UG to begin shift system for 2021/2022 academic year

The University of Ghana (UG) has announced plans to run a shift system of education for the 2021/2022 Academic year. The university says the large number of students expected to be admitted this year coupling with the COVID-19 safety protocols has accounted for this. Speaking to Citi News, the Dean …

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Former NDC MP for Ho West dies

A former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho West Constituency, Lawyer Francis Aggrey Agbotse has been reported dead. The current MP for the Constituency, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah who broke the news through a post on Facebook on January 2, 2020, said: “Sad News this morning. We have lost the Hon. FRANCIS AGGREY …

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Widow of Mfantseman MP Gets Appointment

Widow of late Nfantseman Member of Parliament, Ekow Quansah Hayford has been given a position in the Majority leadership in Parliament. Mrs. Ophelia Mensah Hayford now MP for Nfansteman and MP for Tolon, Habib Iddrisu are now Deputy Chief Whips. They are expected to take over from Kpandai MP, Matthew …

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Ghanaian schools to reopen mid-January 2021

Schools in Ghana will return to full academic work beginning mid-January 2021, sources within government have told Graphic Online. The major decision, the outcome of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting chaired by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is expected to be announced soon. The exact resumption date is unclear yet but the …

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There’ll be annoying leadership skirmishes in NPP – Gabby

New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko set social media alight as he jokingly, among others, predicted the future of the governing party in 2021. Similar to how some Ghanaian pastors proffer contradictory prophecies, Mr Otchere-Darko in a Facebook post, Friday night, shared a list of events that could …

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Rerun request by Mahama shocking – US-based lecturer

A Ghanaian lecturer at the Auburn University, Alabama in the United States of America (USA), Dr Hayford Nsiah, has said even if the Supreme Court of Ghana grants John Mahama his relief for a rerun of the 2020 presidential elections, a lot of voters will move away from him and …

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Machomen attack Awutu Senya East NDC Constituency Secretary

The National Democratic Congress Constituency Secretary for Awutu Senya East, Amadu Taurik has been subjected to severe beatings by some yet to be identified machomen. According to an Adomonline.com report, Mr. Taurik together with other executives of the party was attacked by the thugs whose appearance on the scene was swift with …

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5 health benefits of coffee you probably never knew

Most of the time we hear reasons why caffeine is bad for our body, but that’s really not all there is to coffee. Drinking about 3 to 4 cups of coffee daily can do your body some good and if you want to get the maximum benefit from coffee, avoiding …

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Errors in Mahama’s election petition unpardonable – Legal Practitioner

Private Legal Practitioner in Ghana and Member of the British Bar, Ralph Poku-Adusei, says the errors associated with the election petition filed by lawyers of the defected flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, are unpardonable and same has dragged the legal profession into public ridicule. “The mistakes, omissions and …

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2021: Confusion to hit NPP over Bawumia, Alan tight race

Prophet Salifu Amoako has predicted that there will be confusion within the New Patriotic Party in the coming months as Vice President Mahamamudu Bawumia locks horns with Trade Minister Alan Kyeremateng over who replaces President Akufo-Addo as flagbearer of the ruling NPP. Prophet Salifu therefore asked members of the NPP …

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Hawa Koomson’s thugs attack NDC Secretary

The Awutu Senya East Constituency’s General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Constituency, Tuarik Amadu was today January 1, 2020 attacked by some thugs believe to that of the MP in the Hawa Koomson. According to information, the rambo self-styled MP was present when the physical attack was being …

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Fomena MP-elect makes fresh demand

Member of Parliament-elect for Fomena Constituency Andrews Amoako Asiamah has called for the resignation of the entire constituency executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The call for the entire Fomena Constituency executives to resign, according to the MP-elect, falls in line with his laid down conditions to determine whether to rejoin …

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Tony Lithur heads Mahama’s legal team in election petition

Renowned lawyer Tony Lithur will be the lead counsel for John Dramani Mahama in the latest election petition filed by the former president. The head of Lithur Brew and Company was also the same lawyer in the landmark election petition of 2013 when then-President John Dramani Mahama was cited as one of the respondents. …

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