POLITICS

Asiedu Nketia is not Ghanaian – Banda MP aspirant alleges

Former Member of Parliament for Tain Constituency Joe Danquah has alleged that the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is not a Ghanaian. He says Johnson Asiedu Nketia hails from Ivory Coast, where he has external family relations and a mansion. He said it is by the “grace of God” that Mr Asiedu …

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Konadu’s NDP targets 15 parliamentary seats in Ashanti Region

The National Democratic Party (NDP) says it is targeting to win 15 out of the 47 parliamentary seats in the Ashanti Region in the 2020 general elections. The party founded by former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings says members who picked nominations to contest for the parliamentary seats have begun …

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Headteacher of Bright Senior High School released on bail

The proprietor of the Bright Senior High school at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has been granted self recognizance bail by the Akyem Tafo police command following his arrest this morning. Bright Amponsah was arrested by a team of police officers on Friday when he will be billed to address …

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Free SHS has come to stay – Mahama

Former President John Mahama has urged Ghanaians to dismiss suggestions that he will cancel the free SHS policy if he wins the December polls. According to him, what he is against about the policy is its ‘poor’ implementation by the Akufo-Addo government – which initiated it. “Free SHS has come …

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Abronye DC calls for Asiedu Nketia’s arrest

The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe Abronye, has called for the arrest of the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia. Mr. Abronye, widely known as Abronye DC, in a press statement issued on Friday, August 7, called for the …

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WASSCE violence: GES sacks 14 students

The Ghana Education Service has dismissed some 14 final year students who are believed to have caused chaos and destroyed properties in their respective schools in the wake of the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The GES in a statement said the action is to serve as …

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WASSCE: Bright SHS no longer examination centre – WAEC

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has relocated its examination centre from the premises of Bright Senior High School to the Ofori Panin Senior High School following the student riot that occurred at the centre on Thursday. WAEC in a statement also noted it will not hesitate to sanction students …

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Mike Oquaye is an oppressive Speaker – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has described the current Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye as an oppressive leader of the lawmaking chamber. Mr Mahama, who has been touring the Savanna Region ahead of the 7 December 2020 polls, said: “Today, you cannot expect justice when you go to the …

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NDC drags Govt to UN over ethnic profiling

The opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) has filed a complaint of ethnic profiling against the Akufo-Addo administration at the United Nations(UN), General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has revealed. The party has accused the government of engaging in ethnic profiling as Ewes in border towns across the country have …

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Arrest students who assault teachers during WASSCE – GNAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on authorities to arrest students who perpetrate violence against its members facilitating the ongoing examinations in senior high schools across the country. According to Philipa Larson, reports of threats of assault on teachers over the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations …

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NDC has disbanded all its vigilante groups – Alex Segbefia claims

The Deputy Campaign Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alex Segbefia says his party has disbanded all vigilante groups. According to him, the party has given instructions for all not to recognize vigilante groups that were formed prior to the passage of the vigilantism bill The NDC had …

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WASSCE violence: WAEC must probe and take action – Adutwum

The Deputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has stated that the West African Examination Council will take action against Senior High Schools flouting examination rules in the ongoing West African Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE). On Thursday, a reporter with the Daily Graphic in Koforidua, Damalie Emmanuel Pacome, was …

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We’ll deal with you – GES tells rioting students

The Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng, has said authorities will deal with all students who rioted and vandalised school property to protest against the non-featuring of past questions procured for them by the government, in their final exam. The GES, in November last year, procured 400,000 …

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John Mahama is now Chief of TRUTH in Bole

Former President, John Dramani Maham has been enskinned as the Chief of Truth in Bole in the Bole District of the Savannah Region where he hails. The NDC flagbearer was enskinned when he visited the Bolewura after going to register for his voter identification card in the ongoing registration exercise Addressing the …

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Sammy Gyamfi files police complaint after Ken. Agyapong threats

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress Sammi Gyamfi has filed a complaint with the Police over what he says are threats directed at him by Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong. Mr Agyapong is reported to have threatened to organise an attack on the NDC executive during an …

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WAEC to Cancel entire 2020 WASSCE of Some Ashanti Region Schools

WAEC to Cancel entire 2020 WASSCE of Some Ashanti Region schools – The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) is investigating allegations of examination malpractices in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Teachers of some Senior High Schools (SHS) have been implicated in acts of misconduct in the …

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Nana Oye blames 90-year-old’s lynching on Akufo-Addo govt

A former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection in the Mahama administration, Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, has said the Akufo-Addo government must be blamed for the recent lynching of a 90-year-old grandmother at Kafaba in the East Gonja municipality for alleged witchcraft. In Nana Oye Bampoe Addo’s view, Akua …

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Mahama is confused, lacks credibility – Owusu Amankwah

The Member of Parliament for Manhyia North constituency, Collins Owusu Amankwah has slammed former President John Dramani Mahama describing him as a “confused man” who is engaging a tribal agenda. The legislator appearing on the maiden edition of Eboboba on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM, he said the NDC candidate’s claims of voter suppression …

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