The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to increase presidential filing fees for the 2020 general election to GHC100,000 as disappointing and a deliberate attempt to exclude some people from contesting. “It is rather disappointing that rather the Electoral Commission is not being sensitive to the very institution …

Final year Junior High School students across the country started their final exams today. The Basic Education Certificate Examination started today amongst JHS 3 students across Ghana. The examination which will last for a week kick started on Monday September 14 with the English paper.   At the Agona Odoben …

The Electoral Commission has declared that Presidential candidates for the upcoming 2020 elections are required to pay an amount of GH¢100,000 as filing fees to enable them to partake in the elections. The Commission has also set aside a filing fee GH¢10,000 for that of Parliamentary candidates which is to be paid …

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has suspended its intended strike. The strike was supposed to help the university teachers demand the payment of their book and research allowance. According to the Association, the government has shown the needed commitment to pay the allowance for the 2019/2020 academic year, …

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has said his integrity and abhorrence for thievery and lying ensured that he stayed in office for almost nineteen years. Mr Rawlings said he did not come to public office to steal and never did. “We had to go through a lot of sacrifices to …

About 600 members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Krachi East Constituency of the Oti Region have defected to the New Patriotic Party, barely three months to the general elections. The defectors mainly youth activists of the party are said to be dissatisfied with the former President …

When Adom 106.3 FM launched its new segment called Beyi W’ano on the morning show, Dwaso Nsem, little did the station know that its maiden edition will not be just another development gap. What the producers of the show have had to deal with is a production of a ‘life-and-death situation; it’s a story …

A 26-year-old lotto forecaster has joined the over 530,000 Junior High School pupils nationwide to partake in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Isaac Arthur, a pupil of Juaboso School ‘A’, after successfully writing his English Language paper, spoke to Adom News on his motivation to sit for the first paper …

The 2020 manifesto for the governing New Patriotic Party is being debated on in South Africa instead of Ghana, an outspoken member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Yayra Koku has said. The NDC activist in a post on Facebook claimed that the NPP manifesto has no popularity in the country because the party …

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor says Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s achievements so far during his three and a half years presidency is something he will describe as “thinking out of the box”. According to him, even though the four-year period is too short for any government, if you look at Akufo-Addo’s infrastructure development, …

ore than 500,000 final-year junior high school students will today, Monday, 14 September 2020, begin sitting their week-long Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).   The 2020 edition will end on Friday, 18 September 2020 at all designated examination centres throughout the country.   Figures from the West African Examination Council …

A political analyst who double as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Ramseyer Herbal Center, Rev Nana Takyi Aseidu has revealed that, the upcoming Presidential and Parliamentary  general electons  need  to  be cancelled due to Spiritual Calendar.   Rev. Takyi Aseidu Speaking on Sweet FM (Iron Media) Kumasi base radio  with …

This year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will commence tomorrow, Monday, September 14, 2020, and end on Friday, September 18, 2020. Below is the final timetable which, according to the West African Examination Council, was amended in July 2020: Adomonline

Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom’s running mate in the 2016 general elections, Brigitte Dzogbenuku, has been outdoored as the party’s 2020 flagbearer ahead of the December 7 polls. Speaking at the ceremony, she said: “We have been so disappointed and disempowered repeatedly with each subsequent election that we have lost hope …

Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the party’s “rescue mission” is the will of God to save the nation from mismanagement. “We will do the will of God to save this country,” she said, adding that an NDC administration will provide the …

Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, says the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation is a threat to the ‘whole planet and the US itself’. His criticism follows an ‘unprecedented’ wildfires raging across the western United States. It has emerged that the wildfires …

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Bernard Antwi Bosiako, has made known his position on the legalisation of commercial operation of motorbikes, popularly known as Okada. According to Chairman Wontumi, as he is affectionately called, the Okada riders can better be positioned by the Akufo-Addo led government …

A trending video sighted by My News Ghana has shown an SS3 student who just finished writing his WASSCE exams proposing to his girlfriend. The students had just finished writing their exams and were leaving the school compound when the boy followed her to propose to her. The romantic boy …

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress has dismissed claims of facilitating the registration of some 66 Ivoirians in the just ended voters’ registration exercise. According to Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) orchestrated its own acts and now wants to blame him for it. He disclosed …

As the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana  sets to open nomination for presidential and Parliamentary candidates for 2020 general election, this paper wishes to caution all stakeholders especially the two leading Political parties in Ghana to further scrutinize their candidates before filing their documents. Information available to your authoritative, The …

Details are emerging about the possible murder of Prof Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, a senior lecturer of Law at the University of Ghana. He is said to have been killed at his home in Accra. While details of his death and possible murder are sketchy at this moment, his colleague at …

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for the La Dadekotopon constituency, Nii Amasah Namoale has revealed that he once planned to subject Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong to a severe beat down. According to him, the plan was hatched after the outspoken parliamentarian made offensive comments about Ewes and Gas prior to …

LISTEN TO THE AUDIO BELOW: A presidential hopeful is accusing opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of stealing his policy to complete its ‘People’s Manifesto’. Samson Asaki Awingobit, who is vying to lead the People’s National Convention (PNC) in the December general election, said the opposition party’s concept on industrialisation was …

Ghana has recorded two new COVID-19 deaths pushing the country’s death toll to 285. Also, 75 new cases have pushed the country confirmed cases to 45, 388 whiles 44, 267 clinical recoveries have been recorded. Meanwhile, Ghana’s active cases have seen a decline. The country’s active cases are now 836. …

The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Deputy National Youth Organiser, Edem Agbana says his party is going to increase the Student Loan Trust Fund by 100% and reintroduce the Student Loan Trust Fund Plus. Speaking on Joy News’ Joint Caucus, Agbana stated that this has become necessary because his party in …

Running mate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has stated that whereas former President John Dramani Mahama prosecuted his appointees for corruption, President Akufo-Addo has failed to subject his appointees to similar course whenever such allegations are levelled against them. Speaking at an interaction with officials of the Ghana …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is set to take its Peoples’ Manifesto to the good people of the Ashanti Region and its environs, as the party holds a Town Hall Meeting in Kumasi on Tuesday. The event, which will afford the party an opportunity to breakdown and explain the transformational …

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has said it will advise its members against performing their core duties if the government fails to pay their Book and Research Allowance (BRA) by Monday, 14 September 2020. This follows what the association describes as the “countless attempts” to see the authorities …

The Ghana National Teaching Council has announced the postponement of the Ghana teacher licensure examination (GTLE) scheduled to take place on Thursday, 24 and Friday, 25 September. The new dates for the exam are now October 1 and 2, 2020. A statement issued by the National Teaching Council and signed …

Mr. Michael Awuah, an automobile businessman based in Japan who also doubles as the NPP Japan branch 1st vice chairman has descended heavily on the NDC manifesto that promised to abolish the purported ban on salvaged cars.    He said, in reality, the Customs Amendment Bill, 2020, has been withdrawn …