Nana Akufo-Addo is the “most corrupt” and “nepotistic” President Ghana has ever produced, the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said. President Akufo-Addo, the party said, “must accept full responsibility for the unenviable accolade as the most corrupt President in Ghana’s history, which hangs around his neck and find …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has responded to critics who claim that he has turned the Jubilee House into a ‘clearing house’ where he uses to shield members of his appointees who are perceived to be corrupt. “It is not my job to clear or convict any person accused of …

The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has disclosed that former MPs are dying from poverty. According to the outgoing MP for Nadowli-Kaleo, the perception that former MPs get a lot of goodies after their time in Parliament and live lavishly is a mirage. Speaking at the Africa evidence …

As parts of its efforts in the fight against cancer in Ghana, Peace and Love Hospitals (PLH) in collaboration with Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, UK, has organized a one week cancer care training for the nurses at the Peace and Love Hospital (PLH) at Oduom, Kumasi. The programme dubbed “Foundation …

There were chaotic scenes, once again, at the Ashanti Regional office of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Amakom-Kumasi yesterday. The regional kingpins of the opposition party, including 47 constituency executives, were locked up in the building where they were meeting. The irate supporters who were protesting the disqualification …

Some aggrieved parents of a government school at Iron City, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central region have locked up the headmistress over extortion. The parents, who stormed the Iron City M/A basic school with their own padlocks, claimed the headmistress has been charging them exorbitant fees before admitting …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has joined sister teacher group, National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) in its industrial action against what they describe as unfavourable working conditions. NAGRAT declared a nationwide strike over the newly introduced Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS) acquired by the Public Services …

All pupils entering kindergarten and primary one in the 2019/2020 academic year will undergo a mandatory medical screening during admission. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is conducting the exercise in collaboration with the Education Service and other partners. The screening which will begin Tuesday, is aimed at “the early detection of …

Former President John Mahama in 2016 openly admitted that the banking sector under his watch was crumbling due to poor supervision from the Bank of Ghana. In his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in 2016, he told Members of Parliament (MPs) bluntly about how poor supervision was adversely affecting …

The management of Koforidua Nursing and Midwifery Training College has dismissed at least six students and about 20 others repeated over poor academic performances. The affected students are mostly students pursuing Registered Midwifery Course. The dismissed students are said to have performed below the borderline of 1.5 Cumulative GPA whilst …

The Dutch Ambassador to Ghana, Ron Strikker, has clarified recent comments he made on Ghana beyond Corruption widely published by the media. In a statement Monday, he expressed regret that some media houses have suggested that he called the ‘Ghana beyond aid’ agenda to be replaced by a ‘Ghana beyond …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says twenty-one (21) officials in the Mahama administration are standing trial for their involvement in alleged acts of corruption. Their actions have caused the state to lose a total amount of GHC772million. Speaking at the 2019 Ghana Bar Association Conference, September 9, the president said …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said 21 officials of the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration are currently standing trial for their alleged involvement in corruption and also causing financial loss to the state to the tune of GHS772 million. He said the accused persons are being taken through …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has touted his efforts in the fight against corruption in all sectors of the country. According to him, he is the man who does not just speak on issues but rather a man of action. “The Akufo-Addo government is committed to fighting corruption not just in words, …

When the level of corruption in a nation becomes gargantuan and leadership is exhibiting irresponsibility, a foreigner will tell you to shut up and ask of aid to rather deal with your personal corruption and that of your appointees. In medical care, diagnosis will determine what drug the Doctor will …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rubbished any possibility of their recently held Parliamentary Primaries being influenced by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) as alleged by the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the party, Wontumi. Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, in an interview with Kumasi based Hello …

There is a looming cholera outbreak in parts of the Country as contractors have, en bloc, abandoned ongoing construction of automated modern toilet facility projects under a Public Private Partnership between Ghana First Company and the Government of Ghana. Over 200 existing public toilet facilities in communities across the country …

Comfort Nutsugah, a 51-year old trader, has taken advantage of government’s Free Senior High School Policy to further her education. Ms. Nutsugah, a mother of six, who sells used clothing after school hours, is a first-year General Arts Student of the Keta Senior High Technical School in the Volta Region. She is …

Government has succumbed to pressure from various bodies in protest against the conversion of the University Hall otherwise known as Katanga Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) into a mixed hall. The decision by the Governing Council of the University last year was met with …

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has eulogised the late Robert Mugabe, saying his “African pride, dignity and audacity were unassailable.” “RIP Comrade Mugabe. You lived for the dignity of your fellow black. Your African pride, dignity and audacity were unassailable. “Africa has lost a bold and noble Statesman. My condolences …

The government has urged the authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to maintain University (Katanga) Hall as an all-male hall of residence. Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh said while the running of the university is the sole preserve of the university’s council, it is …

The Headmaster of Donkokrom Senior High School, John Mensah Dzokoto, has been sacked by the Ministry of Education through the Ghana Education Service. The Headmaster was transferred from Klo Agogo Senior High School in the Yilo Krobo Municipality to Donkokrom in the Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region …

There’s anger from former residents of Unity Hall (Conti) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) after a government letter “prevailing” on the authorities of the University to reverse University Hall back to an exclusive male residence conspicuously left them out. Former residents of the hall took …

The NDC Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George is strongly convinced that the Akufo-Addo government will not release the report by the Emile Short Commission on the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. He says government is avoiding to incriminate itself given what he believes is the ‘damning’ nature …

The National Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) Sammi Awuku says the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) is frantically searching for a competitor in terms of which party superintends over corruption in order to share that unenviable ‘corruption honours’ with them. According to him, the NPP is miles ahead of …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has described the late Robert Mugabe as a “legend of the African Liberation struggle”. The longest-serving Zimbabwean leader died after battling ill-health at a hospital in Singapore on Friday, 6 September 2019. He was ousted in a military coup in November 2017. He was 95. …

Some delegates doubling as supporters of Masawudu Mubarick, a disqualified National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary candidate in Asawase have threatened to cut the live of the party’s General Secretary, Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia short over happenings in the constituency. “We want to send a signal to Asiedu Nketia not to …

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis and the Effia Kwesiminstim Municipality have been hit with an outbreak of the Africa Swine Fever. The fever is suspected to have affected the government allocated pigs under the Rearing for Food and Jobs programme. This was captured in a letter addressed to the Minister of Agriculture …

The alumni of the University Hall of the KNUST has vowed to challenge the Ottumfuo Asantehene Osei Tutu the second should he endorse the conversion of Katanga Hall into a mixed hall. The alumnus is angered the management of the University has gone ahead to admit female students into the …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is seeking police protection following violent protest at the Ashanti Regional office. Some aggrieved supporters on Thursday, September 5, 2019 burnt car tyres near the party’s office in protest against the disqualification of Massawudu Mubarick, their candidate for the party’s upcoming primary in the constituency. …