“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out” – John Wooden. According to my observation so far, oftentimes, delegates do vote for the rich or bootlickers as Parliamentary Candidates after they have promised and taken money from them without …
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ADAM-GH Petitioned Torgbui Afede over EC’s Belligerent Posture of a New Voter’s Register
ADAM-GH successfully submitted a petition to the President of National house of Chief office in Kumasi Manhyia palace today Thursday 18th June 2020. The President of National house of Chief Torgbui Afede the petition from Executive secretary of ADAM-GH Mr. Azubila Salam Emmanuel on behalf of the house in the presence of various traditional …
Read More »December polls: NPP to acclaim Akufo-Addo as flagbearer next week
The governing New Patriotic Party will next week Saturday, June 27, 2020 acclaim President Akufo-Addo as its flagbearer for the December polls. The acclamation, according to the party, will be done at a Council meeting in Accra before the media relevant stakeholders. “The NPP will, on Saturday, June …
Read More »NDC declares absolute boycott of Gabby’s Asaase Radio over XYZ, RadioGold closure
The opposition National Democratic Congress has declared a boycott of new radio station Asaase Radio owned business Gabby Asare Otchere Darko and others affiliated to the NPP. In a statement, National Communication Officer of the NDC Sammy Gyamfi said the boycott is a show of disproval on the …
Read More »NPP man regrets curses in river
One of the four New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the Juaben Constituency who cursed their party leaders in a river has regretted his weird action. Ransford Osei, an NPP Polling Station Executive at Juaben Anglican, and three other party members did the unthinkable by cursing their party leadership recently. The four aggrieved party …
Read More »REVEALED: Why NPP chose Hassan Tampuli as Gushegu Parliamentary Candidate
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives in the Gushegu Constituency of the Northern Region have explained reasons why they settled on the Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority(NPA) Hassan Tampuli as their parliamentary candidate. In a release issued and copied to my NewsGh.com, the Constituency Chairman Mohammed Majeed …
Read More »EC schools Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu
The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has described as “unfortunate” recent statements made by the Minority Leader of Parliament following a meeting of the Chair of the Commission with the Special Budget Committee. Haruna Iddrisu on Tuesday told journalists that after meeting the Committee, Jean Mensa had suggested that the number of polling centres to …
Read More »Misplaced focus – Baako tells NDC on NPP manifesto promises
The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has said that the opposition NDC have misplaced priorities. Kweku Baako has asked the largest opposition party in the country to get their priorities right after they claim the ruling government had fulfilled only 14 per cent of …
Read More »Injustice leads to curses – Otumfuo’s Chief Priest warns political leaders
The Nsumankwahene (Chief Priest) to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has cautioned to political leaders to ensure fairness in the way they dealt with their party members. Baffour Asabre Kogyawoasu said political leaders should avoid prejudices and cheating which had the tendency to hurt party members, thereby leading to …
Read More »Surgeon, two critical care staff contract coronavirus at Ho Teaching Hospital
Fear and anxiety have gripped health workers at the Ho Teaching Hospital in the Volta Region after a surgeon and other staff tested positive for COVID-19 at the facility. The surgeon, who is on housemanship together with two other critical care staff of the Hospital working at the …
Read More »Npp Primaries: Jacqueline Boatemaa Bonsu endorsed at Nkoransa North Constituency
A first vice chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Japan branch who is also staunch executive of the Asia caucus of the Asia NPP, Mr. Michael Awuah, has declared his support for Madam Jacqueline Boatemaa Bonsu in b upcoming Nkoranza North NPP parliamentary primaries. …
Read More »Minority demands probe into missing cocaine at GRA
The Minority in Parliament is demanding an independent investigation into the alleged missing substance believed to be cocaine from the custody of customs branch of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). According to the minority, the lack of synergy among the country’s security agencies at the border mirrors the failure of …
Read More »Stop NDC, Rawlings from commemorating Dec 31– Lawyer prays SC
Ghanaian lawyer based in the U.S, Prof Stephen Kwaku Asare, has prayed the Supreme Court to stop the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) from commemorating 31 December. On 31 December 1981, the founder of the NDC, former President Jerry John Rawlings overthrew the constitutionally elected PNC government led by …
Read More »NDC signs document to disband political vigilante groups
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has today, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 signed the Code of Conduct and roadmap to ending political vigilantism with a call on the National Peace Council (NPC) to ensure strict adherence to the code and crack the whip on defaulters. The NDC on 4 February 2020 …
Read More »Akufo-Addo grateful to Ejisu MP for selfless commitment to “year of roads”
The Akufo-Addo led New Patriotic Party last year themed this 2020 year as a “year of roads”. Despite the year being overridden by the corona virus pandemic, the NPP seems relentless in their commitment to this enviable program. The last two months has seen some commendable commitments in various …
Read More »Hon Abena Osei-Asare Acclaimed by Regional Executives as NPP Candidate for Atiwa-East
Hon. Abena Osei-Asare, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Atiwa-East was yesterday popularly acclaimed by Eastern Regional NPP executives as the party’s candidate for the December parliamentary elections. Having retained the status as the party’s sole candidate in the upcoming internal primaries, the regional officers by the …
Read More »Amidu’s office is manifesto promise – NPP
DGN Online further presents other manifesto promises that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has so far fulfilled over the last four years of being in power. Prior to the 2016 general elections, the NPP made a number of pledges. And although the opposition National Democratic Congress has to discredit the NPP’s government’s achievements, …
Read More »Watch | Owusu Bempah warns Kevin Taylor never to think of coming to Ghana
Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, leader and founder of the Glorious Word and Power Ministry has warned the US-based Ghanaian broadcaster Kevin Taylor not to think of coming back to Ghana. According to Owusu Bempah, the host of With All Due Respect has been insulting him for some time now and …
Read More »KATH: Over 20 doctors, 100 nurses infected with coronavirus
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, has revealed that at least about 20 doctors have been infected with Coronavirus. He also noted that though the number of infected nurses hasn’t been fully collated, he can project that for every doctor that is infected, five …
Read More »Life-saving COVID-19 drug found
A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus, UK experts say. The drug is part of the world’s biggest trial testing existing treatments to see if they …
Read More »Change Mahama and come back strong – Sekou Nkrumah advises NDC
Sekou Nkrumah has advised the opposition NDC to change their flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, in order to come back strong to contest Nana Akufo-Addo for the presidency in the December elections. According to Dr Sekou Nkrumah, son of Kwame Nkrumah, the corruption and incompetent scars of the eight-year rule of the …
Read More »Sammy Gyamfi outlines NDC’s promises for election 2020
National Communications Director for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has debunked rumours that the NDC has no promises for election 2020. In an interview with Kwame Afrifa Mensah on the ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ show, he outlined what the NDC hopes to achieve in the education, economy and banking sectors, among others when …
Read More »No new constituencies – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it does not intend to create new constituencies this year ahead of the December 7 general elections and that claims of such assertion are false. Deputy Commissioner in charge of Corporate Services, Dr. Eric Bossman Asare stated that the Commission has no such plans to …
Read More »Vote for Professor Tina Abrefa-Gyan – NPP Japan first vice chairman appeals to Wenchi Constituency delegates
A first vice chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Japan branch, Mr. Michael Awuah, has appealed to delegates to consider voting massively for Professor Tina Abrefa-Gyan in the upcoming NPP parliamentary primaries. According to him, besides women constituting more than 51 per cent of Ghana’s population …
Read More »We’re not reducing registration centres- EC
The Electoral Commission has refuted claims by the Minority in Parliament that the commission is knocking off over 6,000 centres for the upcoming voters’ registration exercise. Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu after a meeting between the special budget committee and the chairperson of the EC Jean Mensa told the media that …
Read More »Covid-19 Fight: SHS Heads Assure Students of Their Readiness
As senior high schools (SHSs) prepare to re-open on Monday, June 22, heads of SHSs in the Eastern Region have assured that all arrangements were in place to receive both the final-year and Form Two students. These arrangements, they said, included availability of Veronica buckets, soaps, and …
Read More »New voters register: EC to reduce polling stations by 6300
The Minority in Parliament has rejected a decision by the Electoral Commission to knock off over 6,000 polling stations from the upcoming voters’ registration exercise. The EC told the special budget committee of Parliament Tuesday that 6,300 out of the existing 33,000 polling stations will not have registration centres. Voters in the …
Read More »Govt to employ 8,076 jobless nurses in November
The government through the Ministry of Health has been given clearance to employ 8,076 nurse assistants who completed in 2017 in both clinical and preventives. According to a letter dated June 9, 2020, from the Ministry of Finance and signed by the Deputy Minister, Abena Osei-Asare, is to take …
Read More »I will always pray for you – Yagbonwura to Mahama
The King and Overlord of the Gonja Kingdom, Yagbonwura Tuntumba Boresa (I) have assured former President John Dramani Mahama of his prayer and support for all his endeavours. This came to light after John Mahama had a closed-door meeting with the Yagbonwura at the Jakpa Palace in Damongo on June 14, 2020. …
Read More »Ghanaians react to EC ruling out transfer of votes in 2020 elections
Ghanaians have expressed mixed reactions to the Electoral Commission’s (EC) statement that there will be no room for the transfer of votes in the 2020 elections. In less than six months, electorates will be heading to the polls to decide who rules the country for the next four years. The …
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