Some aggrieved youth of the ruling New Patriotic Party in the Saboba Constituency in the Northern region have vandalized the NPP constituency party office. In the early hours of Saturday June 6, the youth were seen breaking louvre blades, burning car tyres amidst chanting of war songs. This follows the …
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NPP Primaries: 46 out of 47 aspirants will go unopposed in Ashanti region – FF Antoh
There is tension across the forty seven (47) constituencies in the Ashanti region as National Officers of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) resolves to make all but one candidate go unopposed in the upcoming Parliamentary Primaries of the party on June 20. The June 20 primaries would elect Parliamentary …
Read More »Speaker accused of animal farm tactics in coronavirus fight
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has called for a total shutdown of Parliament, following reports of 15 COVID-19 cases recorded in the House, led by Speaker Aaron Mike Oquaye. According to Asiedu Nketia, it is surprising that institutions that recorded cases of COVID-19 in the country, were closed down to …
Read More »Use the money you steal to develop Ghana – Diplomatic expert
International Diplomatic Expert, Al Wahab Farouk, has advised that leaders who steal from the populace should divert the money into profitable ventures for the benefit of the country. In an interview with Kwame Afrifa Mensah on the ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ show, he stated that it is difficult to control corruption …
Read More »New Voters’ Register: Don’t register your names – Nana B appeals to NDC
Nana Boakye, National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has appealed to members and supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to participate in the new voters’ register by Electoral Commission (EC). The registration exercise will begin in the last week of June 2020. The EC piloted …
Read More »JHS students to spend only four hours in school daily – GES
Junior High School students will not spend more than four hours in school per day, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said. The comment comes after President Akufo-Addo announced the reopening of schools for final year students in the country. As part of measures to return lives to normalcy while …
Read More »Group Threatens To Petition Akufo-Addo To Sack EC Chair
Some aggrieved Ghanaians are seeking for information from the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, to determine whether or not to petition President, Nana Akufo-Addo, to remove her from office. In a statement, the lawyer for these persons, Chris A. Ackummey of BCMS Consulting, cited 11 reasons for …
Read More »Why fight over an interchange none of you paid for? – Franklin Cudjoe quizzes Akufo-Addo, Mahama
President of Policy think tank IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has expressed surprise about a seeming ‘brawl’ between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) over ownership of the recently commissioned Tema Motorway Interchange project. Whilst the NDC maintains the project was kick-started by the NDC’s John Mahama …
Read More »Closed borders: KNUST working to bring back international science students for exams
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is working with the Government to allow entry for international students returning to the campus to complete their academic work for the Second Semester. They include those in the fifth and sixth years in the School of Medicine and Dentistry, School …
Read More »Registration exercise: Nobody will die in Ghana – Charles Owusu rubbishes incendiary comments
‘Nobody will die in this country’, Charles Owusu rubbishes the seditious comments by PNC National Chairman Bernard Mornah and other politicians. The Head of the Monitoring Unit of the Forestry Commission, Charles Owusu, says neither the Electoral Commission’s registration exercise or general elections is a do or die affair for …
Read More »Chairman Wontumi Vows To Expose Prez Mills’ Killers
Chairman Wontumi has emphatically stated that he is ready to mention the names of people who killed the former president of Ghana, H.E. John Evan Atta Mills. According to the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, he knows all those connected to the death of Atta Mills and he is ever ready to …
Read More »EC yet to receive full kits procured for the registration exercise
With just about three weeks to the start of the compilation of a new voter’s register, the Electoral Commission is yet to receive the full consignment of kits purchased for the exercise. The Commission has procured 8,000 biometric voter registration (BVR) kits to be used for the June-July registration and …
Read More »Sammy Gyamfi Tweet: “Your Mouth Like Egyptian Condom; Shut Up” – ‘Kevin Taylor’ Blasts Sarkodie [Video]
Kevin Taylor happens to be a broadcast journalist in Ghana with experience in radio and television broadcasting. He has been in the news for going after Kennedy Agyapong and quite a number of people in the country. An arrest warrant was recently issued on him by a court in Accra …
Read More »Stop paying ‘small boys’ to insult me, learn from NPP’s ‘focus’ – Koku Anyidoho to NDC
Founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Mr. Koku Anyidoho has disclosed that most of the insults that are heaped on him are paid for by his own party, the National Democratic Congress at a time the ruling New Patriotic Party is focused on its message. Koku was speaking at a …
Read More »Anger as NPP NEC upholds disqualification of 15 aspirants
There is raging anger among some branch executives and supporters of ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Eastern Region after the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party upheld the disqualification of fifteen (15) aspirants by the vetting committee. The branch executives and supporters of the disqualified aspirants were hoping NEC …
Read More »30 Health workers test positive for COVID-19
Nearly 30 health workers in the Eastern Region have tested positive for Covid-19. The affected health workers are a mixture of those conducting contact tracing and those working in hospitals and other health facilities. About eight (8) out of the total number have, however, recovered. The inadequate Personal Protective Equipment …
Read More »NDC’s biggest mistake is choosing Mahama as flagbearer – Nana B
National Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye popularly known as Nana B, has said the biggest mistake the largest opposition NDC has made is to make former President John Mahama their flagbearer. But he says it is to the advantage of the which the …
Read More »‘Cursed’ MP reacts to angry youth demo
Member of Parliament (MP) for Offinso South, Ben Abdallah Bandah, has described as unnecessary curses invoked on New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives by some angry youth. The suspicion of the youth is that there are attempts by some executives to by hook or crook maintain the incumbent MP. To this …
Read More »4 dragged to court for gang rape of teenager
More than four years after six gangsters at Ehi, in the Volta Region, allegedly dragged a teenage girl into a classroom where all but one took turns to rape her for hours and also filmed the sex acts, four members of the gang were put before a Ho High Court …
Read More »Group Storms Buipe Palace to present Case against New Register
An amalgamation of political parties, civil society groups in the Savannah region with the identity “Savannah First” will storm the Yagbonwura’s Palace today 5th June 2020 to request for the Gonja Traditional Council to halt the new voter’s registration process in the Savannah region as many will stand disenfranchised. Speaking …
Read More »EC declines to appear before Parliament on June 9
The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has shot down an invitation by the Parliament of Ghana to appear before the house on June 9 to brief the legislature on its plans for the upcoming December polls. The minority in parliament has since April 30 been mounting pressure to have the EC summoned before the …
Read More »Tarkwa assembly members threaten court action
Some members of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly in the Western Region have threatened to take legal action against the municipal assembly and the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Benjamin Kesse. According to the counsel for the plaintiffs, Stephen Kwesi Kesse, on May 22 his clients were physically prevented from performing their …
Read More »Confusion Breaks Out at Headquarters Of EC
Very reliable sources have confirmed to the ‘Daily Post’, that there was serous confusion yesterday morning at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission (EC) in Accra with junior staff of the commission calling for the cancellation of the compilation of a new voter’s register. The EC has decided to compile …
Read More »Read: Open letter to Akufo-Addo by Canoe Council
Mr. President, we call on you to save Ghana’s fisheries from the scourge of Saiko: Open letter from Canoe Council and NGOs An open letter from the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen’s Council and eight NGOs has called on Ghana’s President to intervene to end the damaging illegal fishing practice known …
Read More »Dormaa Central NPP supporters go beserk; burn party property [video]
A group of irate youth of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region has set some property of the party office ablaze. This was after the irate youth ransacked the party’s office. Constituency organiser for Dormaa Central, Seth Asare, who disclosed the …
Read More »Anonymous Ghanaian citizens start processes to remove Jean Mensa from office
Some anonymous aggrieved Ghanaian citizens have, through their lawyer Chris Arcmann-Ackummey, started processes for the removal of Electoral Commission Chair Jean Mensa just as her predecessor Charlotte Osei, was. In a letter to Mrs Mensa to demand her response to some eleven allegations made against her by the aggrieved citizens, their lawyer …
Read More »Asante Juaben NPP delegates invoke curses over aspirant disqualification
Some aggrieved supporters and delegates of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asante Juaben constituency of the Ashanti region are demonstrating over the disqualification of a parliamentary aspirant Francis Owusu- Akyaw by party executives. Second National Vice Chairman of the party Fredrick Freduah Antoh on Thursday announced on …
Read More »NPP youth set fire to party property in Dorma Central
Some angry youth believed to be supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have set some properties of the party ablaze to protest the rumoured disqualification of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) from the party’s internal primaries. According to reports reaching Angelfmonlinegh.com, the youth are known supporters of the MCE, …
Read More »Rawlings lied, I never hid under my wife’s bed on June 4th – Osahene Boakye Djan
Former Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) spokesman, Osahene Boakye Djan has said the controversial June 4 apprising wasn’t directed at any regime. According to Boakye Djan at the time, he was commanding their troops so he was mobile and not stationed at one place. The former Army major in an …
Read More »If you don’t lead well, don’t blame anybody for your woes – Anyidoho to NDC leadership
Mr Koku Anyidoho has bemoaned the insults rained on former President Jerry John Rawlings and himself by their own party members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on social media. Speaking at the 41st-anniversary of the June 4, 1979 uprising in Accra on Thursday, 4 June 2020, the former Director …
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