POLITICS

Protect the ballot in December – Mahama to Voltarians

Former President John Dramani Mahama has charged supporters of the NDC in the Volta region to ensure that they protect ballot boxes at their polling stations in the December polls to prevent rigging. According to Mr Mahama, happenings at the just ended voter registration exercise is an indication of the ruling NPP’s …

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Sammi Awuku gives funny description to the Jane and John ticket

National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammi Awuku, has made a sarcastic assertion about Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidate, John Mahama and Prof. Jane Opoku-Agyemang. Mr Awuku, speaking at the inauguration of the NPP’s campaign team in the Volta region, described Mr Mahama and his running mate as …

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9-week-old baby killed by coronavirus

The latest update on Ghana’s Coronavirus figures indicates that a 9-week-old child has succumbed to the disease. According to the Ghana Health Service, the baby’s unfortunate demise occurred in the Central region. He is one of the 8 persons who are said to have been killed by the virus in the latest …

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Ahwoi scheming to take over NDC after 2020 polls – Rawlings

Former President JJ Rawlings has accused Professor Kwamena Ahwoi of scheming to take over the NDC if former President John Mahama losses the December polls. According to him, the timing of the launch of Professor Ahwoi’s controversial book – Working with Rawlings – is deliberate and not wrong as has …

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UCC, others to resume on August 24 to write end of semester exams

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that continuing students in schools that could not write their end of semester examinations will be reopened on August 24. According to the President, this is to allow them the opportunity to write their final exams for the academic year. The President made …

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Government to provide meals to JHS pupils

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the Gender Minister to provide one hot meal to all final year Junior High School (JHS) pupils in schools preparing to write the BECE. …More soon… Source: www.ghanaweb.com

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Akufo-Addo begins two-day visit to Western Region on Tuesday

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President of the Republic Ghana, will begin a two-day working visit to the Western Region on Tuesday, August 18, 2020. The visit will enable the President to inspect some ongoing projects executing by his administration, cut sod for some new projects and also interact with …

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Sawla NDC sacks alleged NPP Nasara wing members over EC data collection

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Constituency have chased out a group suspected to be from the Nasara Wing of New Patriotic Party over allegedly impersonating Electoral Commission (EC) officials. The group were alledged to be taking vital information of potential voters. Nkilgi FM sources say some NDC executives led by the Savannah Regional …

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Create jobs and stop giving free things – Mahama tells Akufo-Addo

Former president John Dramani Mahama has admonished the Akufo-Addo led government to focus on developing the key sectors of the economy that will create jobs and prosperity for Ghanaians instead of policies that only provide free things for people. The former president who is also the flagbearer of the opposition …

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Osofo Kyiri Abosom appoints Alhaji Abu Lukeman as running mate

The Flagbearer and Founder of Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, has appointed Alhaji Abu Grant Lukman as his running mate for the 2020 December general election. Rev Lenin B. K. Trotsky, Political Scientist of GUM, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that Lukman came with …

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I will dissolve the Supreme Court if elected – JOY

Jacob Osei Yeboah, an independent candidate for the 2020 elections has expressed worry over what he contends to be the ‘politicization of the judiciary.’ According to him, successive governments have abused their rights to appoint judges and infiltrated the judiciary with their members. He averred if given the nod to …

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A Call To Reinstate Discipline In Schools

I watched  openmouthed  and rested in melancholy after the pitiful and contemptuous submissions from the recalcitrant students, that affront to the president’s dignity were presented to my  sight and hearing.    The Ghanaian educational system and status quo have been corrupted and on the verge of dilapidation, where respect for …

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‘NDC never cancelled trainee allowance’ – Prof Opoku-Agyemang

Former Education Minister, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) under John Dramani Mahama did not cancel the trainee allowances for teachers as has been widely held. The running mate of John Mahama for the December polls admitted when she spoke on the matter on Friday, August …

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[VIDEO]: Agya Koo drops 2020 election campaign song

With few months to Ghana’s 2020 general election, award-winning actor and comedian Kofi Adu, popularly known as Agya Koo, has released a campaign song for the New Patriotic Party. He released the song titled ‘AFA’ to solicit votes for the leader of the party and the 2020 presidential candidate, Nana …

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I never introduced ‘spoilt’ Tracey Boakye to Mahama- Appiah Stadium

National Democratic Congress(NDC) activist based in the Ashanti region, Appiah Stadium has denied ever introducing Kumawood actress, Tracey Boakye and other slay queens currently fighting on social media to John Dramani Mahama. According to him, these ladies do not add anything to any political party’s campaign so there’s no need for …

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Minority fights BNI operatives inclusion as frontline workers

Kumbungu Member of Parliament, Ras Mubarak has raised concerns about the inclusion of BNI officials as frontline workers. Speaking to Kasapa News in Parliament, Mr. Mubarak argued the move is unjustifiable given agitations from some health workers over their exclusion. But vice Chairman for the Committee on Health Dr. Ayew …

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KATH goes paperless

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has announced the operationalisation of the computerisation of the final phase of all its clinical functions on Saturday, 1 August 2020. In a statement issued by KATH and signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Dr Oheneba Owusu-Danso on Thursday, 13 August 2020, the hospital noted …

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Fire at EC regional office won’t affect 2020 polls – Spokesperson

Public Relations Officer of the Electoral Commission (EC), Slyvia Annor, has said the upcoming elections will not be affected by the fire that ravaged the Commission’s Greater Accra Regional Office at Sapeiman. She told Citi News that important public data at the office remain “safe and secure.” The fire ravaged portions of …

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EC reveals items destroyed in fire outbreak

The Electoral Commission has broken silence on a fire outbreak that swept through one of its Regional offices in Sarpeiman, Accra. The EC, in a press statement released on the outbreak, said the fire struck the storage facility in the office and destroyed a number of items including old forms, …

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VIDEO: Twitter on ‘rampage’ over Wontumi’s vocabulary

The Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman has taken over Twitter trends for his usual funny style of speaking the English language. Despite his wealth and power, Mr Benard Antwi-Boisiako popularly known as “Chairman Wontumi” has proven a number of times that addressing matters in the Queen’s language is a huge challenge …

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ASEPA to challenge dismissal of Jean Mensa petition in court

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has said it disagrees with the decision by the president to dismiss its petition for the removal of the chairperson of the electoral commission, Jean Mensa. In June, ASEPA secured a declaration from CHRAJ that madam Mensa failed to declare her assets …

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