Hundreds of party enthusiasts thronged the premises of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s Headoffice, Thursday afternoon to welcome President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as he files to contest in the party’s presidential primaries. Clad in party colours with various regalias, these supporters, with music playing in the background danced about, others waving as the …
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We are ready to wrestle for NDC seats in Parliament – Ursula Owusu
The Ablekuma Central MP, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says the New Patriotic Party is ready to occupy NDC seats in Parliament come December 7 2020. The MP who doubles as the Communications Minister was reacting to the Minority’s walkout on the State of the Nation Address delivered by President Akufo-Addo today February …
Read More »SONA debate boycott: Minority yet to take a decision
The Minority in Parliament says it is yet to decide if it will participate in discussions concerning the 2020 State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday or not. This comes after the Majority in Parliament vowed not to allow them participate in any debate associated with the …
Read More »First-year students at Ashesi University build drones as their end of Semester Project
First-year students at Ashesi University have built their first-ever drones. The engineering class of the class of 2023, built delivery drones from scratch. In freshman year, engineering students take a course called Introduction to Engineering; where they are introduced to the various aspects of the engineering programme offered at the …
Read More »SONA2020: Minority in Parliament explains why they walked out
The Minority in Parliament has explained its reason for walking out of the House when President Akufo-Addo was about to deliver the 2020 State of the Nation Address (SONA). At a press conference organised hours after the delivery of the Address to Parliament Thursday, Haruna Iddrisu said, “We have in the …
Read More »Election 2020: Bawumia is my running mate – President Akufo Addo declares
President Akufo-Addo has announced that he will be running for President in the 2020 elections with the sitting Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, as his running mate. The President made the disclosure at the Headquarters of New Patriotic Party (NPP) when he addressed party faithful after submitting his nomination forms to …
Read More »Minority boycotts 2020 State of the Nation Address
Members of the minority side of parliament on Thursday boycotted the State of the Nation Address as they staged a walkout. The side which earlier announced they will be boycotting the sitting made their way out just as the national anthem ended. They moved out repeating a part of the …
Read More »Akufo-Addo is an oppressor – Asiedu Nketiah
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has described President Akofo Addo as an oppressor who has thrown democracy into tatters. According to him, there’s so much insecurity in the country and Ghanaians are unhappy. Explaining the reasons for the Minority in Parliament’s walkout …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Minority boycotts 2020 State of the Nation Address
Members of the minority side of parliament on Thursday boycotted the State of the Nation Address as they staged a walkout. The side which earlier announced they will be boycotting the sitting made their way out just as the national anthem ended. They moved out repeating a part of the …
Read More »NPP polls: Akufo-Addo files nomination today
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will today, THURSDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 2020, at 1pm, file his nomination at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Headoffice to contest in the party’s presidential primaries scheduled for 25 April 2020. The President is yet again, seeking the endorsement of the delegates of the NPP to …
Read More »NPP primaries: Supporters of Addai-Nimoh and incumbent MP in bloody brawl
At least, four New Patriotic Party (NPP) sympathisers in Asante Mampong Constituency were injured when supporters of two parliamentary aspirants clashed over the filing of process. Club-wielding supporters of incumbent Member of Parliament, Kwaku Sarpong Ampratwum, engaged in a free-for-all fight with those of former MP and presidential aspirant, Francis Addai-Nimoh, …
Read More »VIDEO: Brutality at NDC meeting as MP’s guards allegedly beat former aide mercilessly
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Cape Coast South Constituency who doubles as the NDC’s Parliamentary Candidate for 2020 general elections, Kweku Ricketts-Hagan ordered his bodyguard by nickname “Shine” and the immediate past Constituency Chairman, Mohammed Muftao to unleash violent on Ishmael Abakah, the Former Aide to the MP and …
Read More »NPP fires ‘double-mouthed’ Chief fisherman
The Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Western Region has criticized the chief fisherman for the Lower Axim Constituency for publicly declaring that he will vote for John Dramani Mahama come December 2020. The chief fisherman, Nana Kofi Bentil, has reportedly been captured in a video making rounds on …
Read More »Over 800 Takoradi Technical University students deferred
Over 800 students of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) have been deferred for failing to register with the school during the 2019/2020 academic year. During a press conference on Monday, the University’s Registrar, Moses Maclean Abnory, noted that students were given ample time to register from September 2019 to January …
Read More »Tarkwa NDC STONES MP for insulting chiefs of Wassa Fiase Traditional Area
At a press conference on 18th February, 2020, addressed on behalf of the party by George Enimil Gadd; The Secretary to Tarkwa Nsuaem Constituency (TNC) NDC, the party expressed disgust for the recurring pattern of disrespect and disregard towards the Chiefs and people of Wassa Fiase traditional area, by George …
Read More »NPP Parliamentary Aspirant OPK, 4 others injured in an accident
Five (5) persons are currently nursing various degrees of injuries after a campaign vehicle belonging to Parliamentary aspirant for Mpraeso Constituency, Mr. Davis Opoku Ansah, known as OPK was involved in an accident. mynewsgh confirmed that the incident happened on Tuesday evening at about 5pm on the Accra-Suhum road while …
Read More »“My Good Works Would Campaign For me” – MP for Ahafo Ano South West braggs
The member of Parliament for Ahafo Ano South West Constituency submitted his nomination forms to contest for the third time on the ticket of the NPP today, the MP who is affectionately described by his constituents as *AFFABLE, FRIENDLY AND ACCESSIBLE* submitted his forms with the full support of the …
Read More »Sports Minister to lose Atwima Mponua seat to ‘Commando’
Atwima Mponua constituency parliamentary seat is like to shift following massive support given to a contestant, John Ofori Atta, by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates who accompanied him to submit his parliamentary nomination form. John Ofori Atta, who is the Chief Executive Officer for the Mpasaatia Community Mining at …
Read More »Election 2020: There’ll be no conflict in Ghana – Akufo-Addo to Mahama
The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated emphatically that the peace and stability of the nation which is being enjoyed by the Ghanaian people will be maintained in the aftermath of the 7th December general elections. President Akufo-Addo was speaking at the 20th-anniversary celebration of the founding …
Read More »Minority clashes with Speaker over GH₵134m tax waiver for ‘Akufo-Addo’s cousin’
The Minority in parliament today clashed with the Speaker during the House’s debate on a GH₵134m tax waiver to Platinum Properties Limited, a company allegedly belonging to the cousin of President Akufo-Addo. The drama began during the presentation of the Finance Committee’s report on the GH₵134 million cedis tax waiver …
Read More »UE/R: Pupils, teachers walk 1km to drink water, use the toilet
Pupils and teachers of the Salebuga Junior High School in the Upper East Region have to walk 1 or 2 kilometres to have access to potable water and use the toilet on a daily basis. Speaking on the Executive Breakfast Show on Class91.3FM on Tuesday, 18 February 2020, a teacher …
Read More »7 out of 21 coronavirus tests at Noguchi showed symptoms
The Head of the Virology Department of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, says seven out of the 21 cases tested for coronavirus showed symptoms as outlined by the Ghana Health Service despite all proving negative. He, therefore, called for vigilance and heightened effort as the …
Read More »JUST IN: Meningitis kills Two students of Nyankumasi SHS in the Central Region
Two(2) students of Nyankumasi Ahenkro Senior High School (SHS) have died out of Meningitis out of seven reported cases in the Assin South District of the Central Region, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. Health authorities disclosed that cases of Meningitis were reported in three communities within Assin South involving a farmer, some traders and …
Read More »Very sad news from Legon
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the core function of every university is to solve problems and advance the frontiers of knowledge. They do not just award degrees, but they carry out research regularly to suggest solutions to the problems of the people. Right now as I write, the …
Read More »EC denies Ashaiman MP information on how its consultants were selected
The Electoral Commission has turned down a request by the Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey, for the provision of information on how the commission contracted its consultants. Ernest Norgbey through his lawyers based the request on the Right to Information Law. The MP wanted to know the processes …
Read More »GES investigates teacher’s assault of pupil over ‘sobolo’ drink
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has started investigations into the case of a teacher assaulting a nine-year-old pupil who criticised the taste of her ‘sobolo’ drink. Jonathan Korsinah, the Nkwanata South Education Director, said it was an unfortunate development and they will get to the bottom of the …
Read More »NHIA owes mission hospitals GH¢87m – Catholic Bishop reveals
It has emerged that the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is indebted to mission hospitals across the country to the tune of GH¢87 million. A news item published in the Catholic Standard, the official newspaper of the Catholic Church in Ghana, indicates that Bishop of Koforidua, Most Rev. Joseph Afrifah-Agyekum, …
Read More »Don’t give birth ‘by heart’ and expect MPs to take care of them – Ken Agyapong to Ghanaians
Member of Parliament(MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has cautioned men who are led by their libidos to be responsible for their children and not expect Members of Parliament (MPs) to help them take care of their families. According to him, MPs and politicians in general, are not obliged to …
Read More »Free SHS: Ningo SHTS students study on bare floor
First-year Home Economics students of the Ningo Senior High Technical School at Ningo in the Greater Accra Region have to sit on the floor for classes due to lack of desks. The students, who number over 40, sit on the bare floor for lessons as the classroom has less than …
Read More »Mahama causes stir in Kumasi
This year’s Maulud Nabiyi, to wit the celebration of the birthday of the Holy Prophet Mohammed, was held in Kumasi where Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia and former President John Mahama suffered major protocol breaches. The programme hosted by one of the leading clerics of the Tijanniyya sect, Sheikh Wadudu Cisey, saw …
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