President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said his ability to win a second term in political office largely depends on the performance of his Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). He stated that the MMDCEs represented the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government in the various districts hence their performance …

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress has vowed to resign if evidence is adduced to demonstrate that flagbearer of his party ever said he will abolish Free SHS when elected president. Speaking on JoyNew’s Pm Express on Tuesday, Johnson Asiedu Nketia said John Dramani Mahama has not now, …

We welcome you all especially our friends from the media for honoring our invitation. We have noted with great concern the undemocratic developments that is gradually building up in our constituency as we all prepare for election 2020. We strongly agree that the 2020 General Election is a straight fight …

On Sunday, 6th October 2019, at 4pm, a group eminently led by the DCE of Assin South District Assembly Hon Derick Owusu Ambrose, District NADMO Director Kwabena Brewu, Constituency Chairman Taylor, Joseph Damtse (Aspiring Parliamentary Candidate), 1st Vice Chairman Fiifi Aduomi and Organizer Yaw Barimah, recruited a diabolic team of …

Kwame Zu, the Ashanti Regional Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has suffered humiliation after he was allegedly beaten by some of his party supporters in public. The incident happened at the Central Mosque in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region during the funeral rites of a certain NDC …

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia has refuted suggestions that he is the man in a colonial suit standing by former President Jerry John Rawlings as captured in a photo at a public event during the revolution days. The image of a man …

Education Lecturer at Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, Dr. Y. Gyeke Darko has appealed to the government of Ghana and the Council of the various Universities to implement policies that will deter lecturers from offering grades in return for sex in tertiary institutions. Dr. …

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said November 12 is the new date for the re-opening of Senior High School (SHS) Two Gold Track. The decision was made at a joint meeting between the Management and Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High School (CHASS) Executives. A …

The raging controversy about sex for grades scandal that has hit two prominent West African Universities, the University of Lagos and University of Ghana lingers. In a recent development, a senior lecturer in a Nigerian university has dared some of his students. Only identified as liyu Maigado, he sought to …

Two persons have been confirmed dead from rabies in Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. The situation has left some residents worried over what they believe is an outbreak of the disease. The Regional Health Director, Dr. Albert Antarah who confirmed the news said one of …

Residents of Kade in the Kwaebibirem Municipality of the Eastern Region have banned the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) from campaigning in the area. To this end, they have warned politicians to stay off the place until their only access road in the …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament(MP) for the Asawase Constituency, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka has lost his substance to continue serving as a legislator and so must be replaced, MyNewsGh.com reports. The president was addressing a gathering of Zongo chiefs and a section of …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has denied claims by the presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the party is training thugs to disrupt the 2020 polls. In a statement issued Sunday and copied to Joy News, NPP’s Director of Communications, Yaw Buabeng Asamoah, said no …

Former first Lady, Lordina Mahama does not have hope that her husband former president John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party will win the upcoming 2020 general elections, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communications Officer in South Africa, Ernest Asare Gyan has indicated. He said, even the former …

An angry standoff on Friday night between police and security guards of parliamentarians led to the calling of an emergency session at parliament.    A spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of Interior said the situation began when police demanded to search vehicles with black-tinted windows. The security guards resisted the …

Former President Mahama has insisted that he will review the government’s flagship free-shs policy within his first 90-days in office if elected in the  2020 general elections. He noted that he will engage relevant stakeholders to ensure that the policy is bettered. According to him, the current government did not …

Over 1,500 kitchen staff are expected to be employed into the country’s educational setup in the coming days to support current ones who have been overly burdened by the double-track system, according to Minister of Education Mr Matthew Opoku Prempeh. Last year 8,700 teachers were employed to support the teaching …

The University of Ghana has described comments by the CEO of Africa Integras in relation to the cancellation of a project with the university as misrepresentations and falsehoods. Andrea Pizziconi suggested in a Twitter post that Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro-Owusu treated her in a misogynistic manner during …

President Akufo-Addo wants beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy to shame critics of the programme by obtaining good grades when they sit for the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) next year. He says the only way beneficiaries can prove the efficiency of the policy is …

New Patriotic Party [NPP] Member of Parliament [MP] for Effiduase-Asokore constituency, Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie is alleged to have assaulted his District Chief Executive, Mary Boatemaa Marfo in what appears to be a misunderstanding between the two. According to eyewitness report, the incident happened ahead of President Akufo-Addo’s visit to …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the postings for teachers who have returned from their study leave. Those teachers who were on leave with pay are supposed to log-on to http://gespromotions.gov.gh, to access their various postings. A release, signed by Mrs Adwoa Van-Vicker the Director for Human Resource and …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has advised former President John Mahama to report to the rightful authorities if he believes they are planning to wreak havoc and plunge the country into chaos during the 2020 elections. General Secretary of the party, John Boadu who responded to the former President’s …

The incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Effiduase Asokore in the Ashanti region,Dr.Ayew Frimpong has refuted the claim that he has slapped the District Chief Executive(DCE) for the area ,Hon.Mary Boatemaa during the last day of President Akufo-Addo’s three days tour to the region. In a post to react to …

A video has gone viral of a man being physically assaulted for “cheating”. The 22 seconds video shows the man being repeatedly slapped with flipflops. The young man believed to be a student makes no retaliation He is seated in the chair with his head slumped into his hands while at least three other …

Former President John Mahama has alleged that the current administration is planning to wreak havoc and plunge the country into chaos during the 2020 elections. He said he knows of a letter by the Upper West Security Council requesting that some members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) be …

Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana is not Ghanaian but a Liberian born to a Liberian father known as Kofi Nwia, and Nyaniba, the woman we have been reading in the history books as his mother rather adopted Kwame Nkrumah when he first came to Ghana, A …

The Eastern Regional Minister Eric Kwakye Darfuor has asserted the Free Senior High School Policy will increase women participation in future District Level elections. Available statistics indicate since 1994 the participation of women in local governance has been less than 10% at the national level in spite of women constituting …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called for an end to the politicisation of development initiatives. The President expressed worry over recent comments seeking to downplay the efficiency of drones in the delivery of medical supplies to hard to reach areas in Ghana. The President highlighted the benefits of the technology to …

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday, 10 October 2019 officially launched Ghana’s newest medical drone delivery base at Mampong during a tour of the Ashanti Region. This is the second of four medical drone delivery bases earmarked for construction to help expand access to critical and life-saving medicines for patients across …

When people started seeing it and asked, why is your clitoris so big? It is then I realized mine was different,” these are the words of a 32-year-old hermaphrodite. Depression, mockery and embarrassment are just a fragment of the trauma Pokuaa (not real name) went through growing up, having been …