The contest for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) seat in the Yendi Constituency is getting hotter by the day as the December 7, 2020, Presidential and Parliamentary elections draw nearer, and key contenders in the governing party’s primary, employing various strategies, including inferior tactics to undo one another. At the …
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I want full investigation into Mills’ death – Abronye tells Police
The Bono Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mr Kwame Baffoe has honoured an invitation from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service. The invitation was in connection with a petition from former president John Mahama over assassination claims against him by Baffoe. Mr …
Read More »Atik Mohammed endorses NPP’s Francis Owusu-Akyaw for Juaben seat
Atik Mohammed, a member of the People’s National Convention (PNC), has endorsed Francis Owusu-Akyaw, the man contesting for the Juaben seat in the Ashanti Region. He joins a list of known faces, especially in the New Patriotic Party, who have thrown their support behind the young politician ahead of …
Read More »Parliament summons Jean Mensa over December polls
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Mensa, has been summoned by Parliament to brief the house next week on her plans for 2020 elections. Majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu informed the House during the business statement for next week. The announcement follow demands by the Minority …
Read More »My children were sacked from their work because I belong to NDC – Asiedu Nketia laments
The general secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has narrated how his two children – son and daughter lost their jobs because of his political affiliation. In an interview on Joy News, the NDC man said his children also have a high moral upbringing and would not be intimidated by …
Read More »Atik Mohammed Endorses NPP’s Francis Owusu-Akyaw For Juaben Seat
Atik Mohammed, a member of the People’s National Convention (PNC), has endorsed Francis Owusu-Akyaw, the man contesting for the Juaben seat in the Ashanti Region. He joins a list of known faces, especially in the New Patriotic Party, who have thrown their support behind the young politician ahead of …
Read More »EC to organise IPAC meeting on upcoming voter registration exercise
The Electoral Commission is expected to meet with political Parties at the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) level on the controversial new voter registration exercise. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) together with other political parties and a cross-section of civil society still stand opposed to the compilation of an entirely new …
Read More »Mahama right to call for investigations into Mills’ death – Pius Hadzide
Deputy Minister of Information, Pius Enam Hadzide says the call by lawyers of former President John Dramani Mahama on the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate the allegation about his knowledge of the death of former President John Evans Atta-Mills is in the right direction. According to him, the …
Read More »Mahama will be made a presidential adviser of LPG – Kofi Akpaloo
Presidential candidate hopeful and founder of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Percival Kofi Akpaloo says former President Mahama will be made an adviser in his party should he choose to join it. According to him, the former president who is also the presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress …
Read More »Mahama is a threat to NPP – Afriyie Ankrah
Former Minister of Youth and Sports Elvis Afriyie Ankrah says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) went on a vitriol last week against former president John Dramani Mahama because they know he constitutes a threat to their bid of staying in power for another term. He said the ruling party did not address the substantial …
Read More »Teachers should be ready to forgo 50% of their salary if they want to stay home – Prof. Adei
Professor Emeritus, Stephen Adei says teachers must be ready to forgo 50% of their salaries if they want to continue staying at home. The outbreak of Covid-19 in Ghana has resulted in the closure of schools to curb the spread of the disease and teachers have been at home since March. Speaking …
Read More »Suspended NPP Parliamentary Aspirant sacked as Deputy NADMO Coordinator
Suspended New Patriotic Party (NPP)Parliamentary Aspirant for Nalerigu-Gambaga Constituency in the North East Region Mr. Peter Wuni Baaga has been dismissed as the Deputy Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. A letter from the Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Osei Opare sighted by MyNewsGh.com did not give any …
Read More »Kevin Taylor blasts Peace Coulcil members; Calls them ‘hungry bootlickers’
US-based journalist Kevin Taylor has tagged the members of the National Peace Council as hungry bootlickers who depend on President Akufo-Addo for their daily bread. His comment comes after the General Secretary of the National Peace Council George Amoh affirmed the independence of the Electoral Commission (EC) and appealed to all stakeholders to allow …
Read More »Asiedu Nketia’s SON SACKED from Job
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has alleged that his son was sacked from a private company where he worked after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) won the 2016 elections. “My son is out of work” for more than three years, he said in …
Read More »We never said we were reopening schools – Oppong Nkrumah
Government says that reports circulating that it will soon reopen schools across the country are untrue. Government says it is instead engaged in consultation on when and how to reopen schools. Speaking at the Information Ministry’s press briefing Thursday, Minister for Information, Kojo Opong Nkrumah said “with the greatest of respects it is not …
Read More »Ghana has not received Madagascar’s Covid-19 ‘cure’ – Oppong-Nkrumah
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has debunked claims that Ghana has received samples of Madagascar’s COVID Organics, a herbal medicine alleged to be a cure for Covid-19. Rather, he explained that they have reached out to Madagascar’s government on their supposed cure and the drug will be tested for its efficacy. …
Read More »Ndc’s Joshua Akamba Charge Ghanaians To Vote Out Akuffo Addo
The National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hon. Joshua Hamidu Akamba hosted former appointees and Ambassadors of the Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) yesterday. According to a statement issued in Accra yesterday, the meeting was called by the NDC stalwart to acknowledge the toil …
Read More »NDC Petitions Yagbonwura Over Jailing Of Gonja Chief
The Savannah Regional wing of the National Democratic Congress has petitioned the Overlord of the Gonja Kingdom, Yagbonwura Tutumba Boresa 1, over what they describe as ‘disrespectful sentence’ of Alhaji Osman Mimina Salifu, a sub-chief of Gonjaland. Tagging the sentence as politically motivated, Mr. Malik Basintale, the Regional Communications Officer …
Read More »Election 2020: EC releases 6 safety protocols for voter registration exercise
Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) is putting in place measures that will ensure the safety of electorates during the 2020 elections. The EC has announced some safety protocols it will abide by and expect Ghanaians to also abide by during the registration exercise for the compilation of a new register. The …
Read More »Govt not opening schools soon, we’re just in consultations – Oppong Nkrumah
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has explained government is in consultation with stakeholders on the possible opening up of schools should all the restrictions be lifted. According him, the notion government was going to soon open up schools is wrong and misrepresented. He pleaded with the citizenry to exert patience and await …
Read More »Sections Of Pre-Tertiary Educational Bill Deleted
The Education Ministry has deleted sections of the Pre-Tertiary Education Bill. The deleted sections have to do with the decentralization of the education service. A statement from the Ghana Education Service said the decision was taken after a meeting with the various unions within the education sector. The letter signed …
Read More »Kofi Adams praises Kennedy Agyapong for exposing fake pastors
Former National Organizer of the NDC, Kofi Adams, has praised Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, for his decision to expose fake Ghanaian pastors. Kofi Adams established that although he dislikes Kennedy’s style of politics, he is in full support of his plan. Adams’ messages were read live on NET2TV by …
Read More »CID probes NPP’s Obiri Boahen over radio comment
A Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party Nana Obiri Boahen is being investigated by the Police over a comment on Accra-based Okay FM. It comes after a fellow guest on the said show Major (Rtd) Boakye-Djan was invited and questioned by the Police over an alleged unlawful …
Read More »CID invites Abronye DC over Mahama’s allegations
The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the CID Headquarters has started investigating the Bono Regional Chairman of the NPP, Kwame Baffoe Abronye otherwise known as Abronye DC. The investigation concerns an alleged case of publications of false news reported against Abronye DC by former President John Mahama. As a result, …
Read More »I will take EC to court if they fails to compile new register…Dr Agyenim-Boateng threats
A firebrand communications team member of the ruling party, New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region, Dr Nana Yaw Agyenim Boateng, has said the Electoral Commission (EC) risks being meet him in court if doesn’t not compile a new voter’s register for the 2020 general elections. He said …
Read More »CID investigates Mahama report against Abronye
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has begun investigation into a report filed by former President John Dramani Mahama against New Patriotic Party’s Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC. Mr Mahama had written to the Director General of the CID through his counsel, Tony Lithur of Lithur …
Read More »‘Don’t Rush In Re-opening Schools’- Headmaster to Gov’t
Assistant Headmaster in charge of Academic, Apostle Safo School of Arts and Sciences at Awoshie Last Stop, Accra, Hughes Lartey, has cautioned the government against the re-opening of schools in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In his firm estimation, school children, especially those in the lower primary, …
Read More »New Register: 25 Would Be Allowed At Registration Centre At A Time – EC
The Electoral Commission says not more than 25 people will be permitted at a registration centre at a given time when the Electoral commission begins the mass voter registration exercise for the December polls. The Communications Director for the Commission, Sylvia Annor noted that the commission will put the necessary …
Read More »We did not say we will complete 1D1F in 4years – NPP Stalwart
Leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and parliamentary candidate hopeful for Asutifi North Constituency, William Frimpong-Bonsu has asserted that the 1 District, 1 Factory (1D1F) policy initiated by the government is a lifelong policy. According to him, the ruling government’s 1D1F initiative was never intended to be completed …
Read More »Hon Hawa Koomson And Hon. Kow Quansah Hayford Lost Touch: Ignore Them
The communication bureau of Mfantseman constituency has listened with shell-shocked and disappointment, a pronouncement made by MP for Mfantseman,the 21% score Member of Parliament for Mfantseman on the ticket of NPP (Mr.Ekow Quansah Hayford) being franked by MP for Awutu Senya East, who doubles as a minister for business development, …
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