The special prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has slammed the author of the book ‘Working with Rawlings’ Professor Kwamena Ahwoi in his fourth critique of the popular book. In his latest epistle, Mr Amidu also attacked the reviewer of the book Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang cannot saying both people cannot be trusted …
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Ghana Council of Private Schools supports Mahama’s scraping of double-track system
The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has expressed its support for the abolishment of the double-track system by Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama. Speaking at the manifesto launch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Mahama asserted that he will abolish the double-track system by bringing onboard the …
Read More »Rawlings, other NDC bigwigs absent at 2020 manifesto launch
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday, September 7, 2020, launched its “People’s Manifesto”, touting it as a better alternative to that of the governing New Patriotic Party. The well-organised and successful event brought together many power brokers within the party to the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA Hall), but also …
Read More »VIDEO: NDC boys attack Policemen at Madina
My New Ghana has intercepted a video on social media where a group of young men believed to be supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is seen attacking some police officers in the area. My News Ghana cannot ascertain the true cause of the attack on the police …
Read More »GES Releases Names of Teachers Qualify For Legacy Arrears Pay – CHECK OUT
Report convened has it that GES has released verified data of teachers that will qualify for the payment of the legacy arrears. We hereby publish this data for all CCT Ghana members that are affected to check in their names in the list. We also want to state that GES …
Read More »Bawumia congratulates Akufo-Addo for Ecowas post
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has congratulated his “boss” Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his selection as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). President Akufo-Addo was selected to chair the sub-regional body at its 57th Summit in Niamey, Niger on Monday, September 7. “This …
Read More »We will investigate the assassination of Ahmed Suale, J.B Danquah – Mahama promises
John Dramani Mahama, the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, has vowed to find the murderers of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale and J.B Danquah Adu, the former MP for Abuakwa North. He said, “We will commence investigation into the death of Ahmed Suale and other unsolved issues including the murder …
Read More »NDC-UK & Ireland Chapter Executives Congratulate His Excellency Professor Kweku Danso Boafo
The NDC UK & Ireland Chapter led by Alhaji Alhassan Mbalba has issued a press statement on behalf of the entire executives to Congratulate His Excellency Professor Kweku Danso Boafo, former Ghana’s High commissioner to UK and Ireland on his appointment into the party’s manifesto committee ahead of the 2020 …
Read More »NDC to provide free laptops to students – Naana Opoku-Agyemang
A next NDC government will absorb half of fees to be paid by all tertiary students in the country. This was made known by the running mate of the NDC, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang at the manifesto launch of the party. “we will absorb 50 percent of fees for tertiary students,” she …
Read More »Messages from political parties not from us – Telcos
Telecommunication companies in Ghana say unsolicited messages from political parties are not from them. According to the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications (GCT) in a press statement copied to GhanaWeb, the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are politically neutral and that their “policies and principles prohibit the promotion of any political party”. …
Read More »[VIDEO]: NDC manifesto: Private schools to join Free SHS, double-track to be abolished
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised to include private schools to the Free Senior High School programme introduced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Giving highlights of the 2020 NDC manifesto on Monday, September 7, 2020, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, stated that a future NDC administration will make the free SHS better …
Read More »[PHOTOS]: NPP Supporter Brutalized at Party Office
An NPP supporter in Berekum West Constituency of the Bono Region, Amos Boakye a.k.a Amando has been hit on the head with a stick. The casualty was on a mission visit with different supporters of the NPP to hoard vote in favor of the gathering on Sunday sixth September 2020. …
Read More »School of Hygiene students unhappy with 10-months allowance arrears clearance
Students of the School of Hygiene have expressed their discontentment with the decision of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to pay 10 months allowance of financial clearance out their three-year backlog of allowances. In an exclusive interview with Univers News, President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana …
Read More »Photos: NDC manifesto launch
The University of Professional Studies, Accra, venue for the manifesto launch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), is charged up. Already, the venue is packed with supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), including executives from the national, regional and constituency levels, as well as former state appointees. Dubbed, …
Read More »Chiefs, people of Akyem states go on demo tomorrow over ‘Akyem sakawa mafia’ comment
Chief and residents of Akyem Abuakwa, Kotoku and Bosome, all in the Eastern Region, have served notice of a mammoth demonstration against the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama. The demonstration is scheduled for Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Protesters have been asked in a notice sighted …
Read More »Kufour states two things he will change if he got the chance to be president again
Ghana’s constitution offers no second chance to presidents who have served their two terms. But former President J.A. Kufuor says if he had another shot at the Presidency, he would put his political surgeon’s knife to work on the 1992 Constitution. It was a blunt admission that he had his …
Read More »Confusion rocks Anyaa-Sowutuom NPP as Youth Reject Bawumia
The Anyaa-Sowutuom chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party is seething with anger as some party members are covering up the face of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia from the NPP’s 2020 campaign posters in the constituency. Chairman Albert Sam in a voice note on the constituency’s WhatsApp platform warned the perpetrators …
Read More »You Are God Gift to Ghana – Npp Japan Branch To Nana Addo and Bawumia Leadership
The entire membership of the NPP Japan branch and Ghanaians diaspora in Japan and across Asia are enthused about the kind and the fast pace of development in the railway sector in just 3 and a half years of the administration of President Akuffo Addo. This was poured out …
Read More »Retract and apologize your unfortunate ethnocentric comment
Last week, we woke up to read of the unfortunate and ethnocentric comments by no other person than someone who occupied the highest office of the land for six years. The NPP Japan has realised that the lack of campaign message of the NDC flagbearer has pushed him to resort …
Read More »‘My Wife Buried Our Baby Alive Due To Poverty’; President John Mahama’s Proposed Primary Health Care Could Be The Panacea To This Social Problem – NDC UK/Ireland
It has been reported on Ghanaweb (3rd September 2020 edition) that a man alleged his wife buried their new baby girl alive due to poverty. As a social protection expert, I am inclined to believe that this is just the tip of the iceberg due to lack of robust primary …
Read More »Filing of Nomination for 2020 polls: Beware of of dual citizens, fake documents – NPP& NDC told
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, …
Read More »NHIS pays GH¢915 million claims
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has paid GH¢915 million claims from January to August 2020 to service providers. In the order of payments, a total of 4,292 service providers comprising 2,993 public health facilities, 1,038 private health facilities, 228 mission health facilities and 33 quasi-government health facilities have been …
Read More »‘I started knowing it all since 1995’ – Franklin Cudjoe jokes in reply to Elizabeth Ohene
Founding President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has said that the suggestion that he carries himself as “all-knowing” may not be far from the truth because he was conferred with a similar title by the BBC. Mr Cudjoe’s comment, via his social media handles, comes on the back of an article …
Read More »You can report us to the UN Secretary-General, we’ll not apologise – Mahama’s aide to Akufo-Addo
Former President John Dramani Mahama will not bow to pressures for him to apologize for amplifying an alleged ethnocentric post by Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, an aide has said. Calls for the NDC flagbearer to show remorse for endorsing the statement by the MP have intensified with some …
Read More »Tension in Anyaa-Sowutuom NPP as Bawumia’s face is covered in 2020 posters
The Anyaa-Sowutuom chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party is seething with anger as some party members are covering up the face of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia from the NPP’s 2020 campaign posters in the constituency. The chairman Albert Sam in a voice note on the constituency’s WhatsApp platform …
Read More »NPP supporters back Akwatia MP Ama Sey to go independent
Some supporters of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Akwatia Constituency in the Eastern Region have impressed upon the incumbent MP for the area to contest the December 7 Parliamentary election as independent Candidate. The MP, Mercy Ama Gyamfi popularly known as Ama Sey, a hairdresser by profession …
Read More »NDC to launch 2020 manifesto today
Ghana’s largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), will today, Monday, September 7, 2020, launch its manifesto for the upcoming December 2020 elections. The rescheduling, the party said, was to enable its National Executive Committee and Council of Elders to approve the policy principles and strategies promised in the …
Read More »Mahama gave Ghana’s Bauxite to his brother – Samira Bawumia
Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Samira Bawumia has said that President Akufo-Addo has achieved a lot in the four years, he has been in office and lauded him for terminating Ibrahim Mahama’s bauxite deal. Samira in her campaign hit out at the John Dramani Mahama government when he compared his administration to …
Read More »I know how to do it; Akufo-Addo doesn’t – Mahama on comeback bid
Former President John Mahama says he is asking for a second term in office in order to improve the living conditions for Ghanaians. In a piece ahead of the NDC manifesto launch Monday, Mr Mahama said “I run for President because I want to leave a legacy: a solid infrastructure, …
Read More »6 positive OVID-19 cases recorded at Kotoka International Airport
Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Bernard Okoe Boy, has revealed that six new coronavirus cases have been recorded at the Kotoka International Airport since its reopening. Speaking on JoyNews’ The Lockdown, he said that the first case was recorded on Friday, with two others on Saturday and the other three …
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