The Paramount Chief of the Ejisu Traditional Area of the Ashanti region has described the incumbent Member of Parliament of the Ejisu Constituency, Hon. Kwabena Owusu Aduomi who was defeated at last Saturday’s parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a “fool” who did nothing to develop the area in …
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Covid-19: Okere District Education Office shuts down indefinitely
The Okere District Education Directorate has been shut down indefinitely after a staff tested Positive for Coronavirus. The office was shut down upon advise by the Ghana Health Service on Wednesday. All staff at the facility including the District Education Director have been asked to the self-quarantine pending …
Read More »My bicycles were not gifts – Defeated Assin North aspirant
Defeated aspirant in the Assin North NPP parliamentary race, Eric Amankwa Blay, says the bicycles he gave to delegates in the lead up to the party’s primaries were winning bonuses. Mr. Amankwah generated headlines when news went round that he ordered the recall of some 250 bicycles his …
Read More »Ghana’s COVID-19 case count hits 15,013
The number of coronavirus cases recorded in the country has once again shot up from 14,568 on June 23, 2020, to 15,013 after barely 24 hours. Per the new updates by the Ghana Health Service, the number of recoveries and discharges have also seen a boost as 605 infected persons …
Read More »Eastern Regional NPP threaten to Chase Out Hooligans NDC’s who intend to Disrupt EC Registration
The Eastern Regional General secretary of the ruling New Patriot Party(NPP) Hon. Jeff Konadu on behalf of the party has warned the National Democratic Congress(NDC) to desist hooligans which intend to disrupt the registration exercise by the Electoral Commission. Addressing the media in a press conference held at the …
Read More »Construction Of Ahafo Regional NHIS Office Begins – Hon. Bobie
The National Health Insurance Scheme was introduced in Ghana by one of the former presidents of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. John Agyekum Kuffour, who governed Ghana on the ticket of New Patriotic Party (NPP) between the year 2001 to 2008. It was so pathetic that, before the …
Read More »It’s time we end the era of appointing MPs as ministers – Ras Mubarak
The Member of Parliament for Kumbungu constituency, Ras Mubarak has underscored the need for Ghana to review the provision that enjoins the president to appoint MPs as Ministers. He argued that some MPs are only interested in getting ministerial appointments and thus neglecting their core function as lawmakers, a situation he said …
Read More »Covid-19: Korle Bu CEO Tests Positive
The Chief Executive Officer of the Korle Bu Teaching hospital, Dr. Daniel Asare has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Citi News sources say the CEO has been out of office for the past 10 days as a result. In his stead, the Medical Director of the Korle …
Read More »I lost an election because I didn’t give delegates ‘waakye’- NDC Communicator
A communication team member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Narsh, has bemoaned the monetization of internal party elections. Recounting his bitter experience in contesting in an internal party race as an organizer, he disclosed he lost to his opponent because of ‘Waakye’. According to …
Read More »Education Minister suspected of contracting coronavirus, isolates at UGMC
The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, is in isolation at the University of Ghana Medical Center (UGMC) in Accra after being suspected of contracting coronavirus. This follows a voluntary test he undertook of COVID-19 at the same centre on Monday evening after he returned from his constituency. The …
Read More »NPP polling station executive murdered
A polling station executive of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Kubekror in the Wassa East district has been murdered by an unknown assailant. The 50-year-old Madam Mary Adade was allegedly murdered in her room last week Friday. The younger brother of the deceased, Mr. Isaac Kwaku Boateng …
Read More »Muntaka is not relevant, I won’t reconcile with him – Kennedy Agyapong
Kennedy Agyapong says the MP for Asawase is not someone relevant in his life, therefore, he is not going to reconcile with him. The two men had a fracas in Parliament over a year ago. According to the Assin Central MP, he would have fought the MP in Parliament, …
Read More »Kufuor sacked me from his house over Alan’s candidature – Kennedy Agyapong recounts
Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the Assin Central Member MP, has recounted a bitter experience he had with former President John Agyekum Kufuor during which the latter sacked him from his house over an alleged lie told by a young man called Ato Eshun Kufuor. According to him, President …
Read More »Four students of Odorgonno SHS allegedly isolated due to high temperatures
Four students at the Odorgonor Senior High School in Accra have been allegedly isolated because they registered high temperatures on thermometer guns. According to Accra-based Atinka News, this was the observation when its team visited schools in Accra on the first of day reopening on Monday, June 22, 2020. …
Read More »What NPP parliamentary aspirants allegedly used to ‘influence’ votes
In case you missed it or didn’t quite follow the fallouts from the just ended NPP primaries, then this could be a sub summary of some interesting events. Since the inception of Ghanaian democratic development, there have been very paramount complaints about issues of vote-buying and electorate influencing or any …
Read More »EGS Boss Petitioned Upper Manya Krobo DCE Over COVID-19 Allege Fraud
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Educate Ghana Summit’s (EGS) querys District Chief Executive (DCE) of Upper Manya Krobo District . According to the information, two petitions were served i.e. increased in transport fare in the district and COVID-19 fraud (kuluulu). PETITION 1 Read the …
Read More »Moshake invites KB, Ben Ashitey, and others to join NDC
An executive member of the Tema East Constituency branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Stephen Ashitey Adjei, has invited some losing candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to join the National Democratic Congress. He said candidates like Kofi Brako, Benjamin Ashitey Armah, Ramseyer Agyeman Prempeh, and Charles Forson who lost …
Read More »Act as statesmen – Speaker admonishes losing NPP MPs
Speaker of Parliament Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has admonished members who lost their party’s primaries over the weekend to be diligent and perform their duties with “promptness” from now till the end of the year. He said the outcome of the primaries is usual of politics and so they should …
Read More »[VIDEO]: SHS 3 students stranded in Sekondi
Over 100 final year students of the Sekondi College in the Western region were on Monday evening left stranded for close to three hours at the school’s main gate. The students, most of whom had come from outside the Region, were seen with their personal effects lined up …
Read More »Mahama will fulfil these 18 promises when elected
The opposition National Democratic Congress has outlined 18 comprehensive manifesto promises it says will be fulfilled if its presidential candidate, John Mahama is elected during the December polls. National Communication Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi during a press conference in Accra described the upcoming general elections as …
Read More »Mahama make U-turn on new voters’ register; urges all to turn up in numbers
Former President, John Dramani Mahama has asked Ghanaians to participate in any form of voter registration exercise undertaken by the Electoral Commission (EC) in the build-up to the 2020 general elections whether EC compiles a new roll or not. Speaking during a community engagement at the Tongor area …
Read More »I love NPP than my wife – Chairman Wontumi
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako has stated that he loves the NPP than his wife. Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known in political circles as Chairman Wontumi speaking on Wontumi TV and radio noted that he loves the New Patriotic Party than his wife. “I …
Read More »Return bicycles or be sacked – John Boadu to defeated aspirant
The General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP, John Boadu has issued a stern warning to Eric Amankwa Blay, an aspirant in the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary primaries at Assin North constituency to return bicycles he seized from delegates after losing the election or …
Read More »Odogono SHS Student mysteriously missing at Kasoa
A Seventeen year old male student of the Odogono SHS, Master Richmond Gyangbe is reported missing since Sunday June 21 2020 from home. In an exclusive interview with the Father, Mr. Stephen Mensah, a Self-Employed man at Kasoa, he said their Hometown is Edura in Ashanti Region but …
Read More »CEO Of Zongo Business Incubator Congratulates Lawyer John Kumah
Mr. AbdulSalam Mohammed Daaru, the Chief Executive Officer of Zongo Business Incubator has send his congratulatory message to Lawyer John Ampontuah Kumah for winning the just ended parliamentary primaries to contest on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party in the Ejisu Constituency for the forthcoming 2020 General …
Read More »The Free SHS 3 Students May Get Free Results If…… – Boadi William
A proverb to me, “A mind is like an umbrella, only useful when open”. On the 21-06-2020, the President of Ghana addressed the nation and he disclosed that the free SHS 3 students are “Akufo Addo graduates”. He added that he will pay the exam fees for the …
Read More »Ahead of Kwadaso Polls: Kingsley Nyarko Campaign Team Member Curses Delegates at the Cemetery
The New Patriotic Party in Kwadaso Constituency in the Ashanti regional capital of Kumasi would be electing their Member of Parliament on Wednesday 24th June,2020 at all electoral areas within the Constituency. There are 3(three) Aspirants competing for the hot Kwadaso Constituency seat, Hon Dr S K …
Read More »Sammy Gyamfi pooh-poohs NPP primaries
National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi has lashed out at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the manner in which its primaries were conducted on Saturday. He said the entire exercise was conducted in “an environment where those who could afford the biggest pecuniary or monetary inducements carried the …
Read More »Akufo-Addo explains sudden jump in Ghana’s COVID-19 recoveries
President Nana Akufo-Addo has explained why Ghana’s COVID-19 recoveries more than doubled overnight on Saturday, 20 June 2020 by over 5,000. In his 12th address to the nation on Sunday, 21 June 2020, Mr Akufo-Addo said: “Our approach to dealing with the virus, as I have always said, …
Read More »Kicking out incumbent MPs a good omen for NPP – Mac Manu
The New Patriotic Party’s Campaign Manager for the 2020 election, Peter Mac Manu has observed that kicking out some incumbent Members of Parliament(MPs) is a good omen for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ahead of the December 2020 election. Political Analysts have argued that kicking out experienced incumbents and especially …
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