Government says it has directly or indirectly put an amount of 12.2 billion cedis into the pockets of many Ghanaians since 2017 through its major initiatives and social interventions. Delivering the 2020 Budget statement in Parliament on Wednesday, the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta disclosed that the Free SHS …
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Ghanaians yet to see no-nonsense leadership from Akufo-Addo – Serwaa Amihere
Television personality, Serwaa Amihere has indicated that the president’s fight against corruption in his three years in office has been nothing but a figment of the imagination. According to the GHOne TV news anchor, the promises President Nana Akufo-Addo made during his campaign period, particularly in relation to fighting corruption, …
Read More »NDC constituency chairman shot in chieftaincy feud
Report reaching MyNewsGh.com indicates that the Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Wassa Amenfi Central has been shot during a traditional coronation at Ankwaso in the Wassa Amenfi Central of the Western Region. The scuffle ensued when a faction he supports attempted to stop the coronation of a …
Read More »NPP Chairman Declared Wanted
A Techiman Circuit court presided over by Justice Sylvester Nii Okai has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman for Banda Constituency in the Bono East Region over his alleged involvement in a recruitment scam. The Chairman is alleged to have used the …
Read More »Akufo-Addo appoints 3 to Supreme Court
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made three appointments to the Supreme Court subject to parliamentary approval. The three appointees, Justice Mariama Owusu, Justice Lovelace Johnson and Justice Gertrude Tokornoo, have been elevated to the bench of the apex court from the Court of Appeal. They have been appointed to …
Read More »NPP employs Stonebwoy to nurture music stars in Volta Region
The Energy Minister of Ghana, Hon Peter Amewu working on behalf of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has employed sensational Dancehall Artist, Stonebwoy to nurture and mentor the youth in the Volta Region to create more music stars. In a meeting with Stonebwoy, Peter Amewu said the agenda is …
Read More »NDC to observe nationwide weeding day in honour of Mahama
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will on this Saturday [November 16, 2019] embark on a nationwide weeding and clean-up exercise to honour its flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama. This comes barely a week after John Mahama cleared some weeds in the capital – an action the party says …
Read More »December Referendum: NDC backs ‘no’ vote
The opposition National Democratic Congress is canvassing for a ‘no’ vote in the upcoming referendum on political party participation in district level elections. On December 7, Ghana will go to the polls in a referendum to decide of political parties should partake in local level polls. Currently, the law does …
Read More »Sex for Grades: 10 lecturers sacked, 7 suspended
The Kenule Beeson Polytechnic, Bori formerly known as Bori Polytechnic, has sacked 10 lecturers in connection with sex for grades Rector of the Institution, Onengiye Goergewill disclosed this when the Rivers State House of Assembly Committee on Education visited the school on oversight function. Georgewill said apart from the sacked …
Read More »Stop using the Cedi because Akufo-Addo’s 3 relatives are on it – Abronye DC to NDC
The Chairman for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Bono Region, Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC has chastised the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for engaging in an anti-nepotism campaign against President Akufo-Addo. The NDC, on Tuesday November 5, 2019, claimed that President Akufo-Addo has turned his …
Read More »Kwesi Ahwoi surest bet as running mate to John Mahama
2020 is an election year and ahead of the December Presidential election, the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama is expected to select a running mate to partner him to wrestle political power from the Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo led New Patritic Party (NPP) administration. …
Read More »Mahama challenges government to fix hardships
Former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has challenged the government to fix the unfavourable economic climate it has created and not apportion blame. He empathised with traders on their poor sales, attributing the situation to unfavourable economic climate created by government which was a fact the …
Read More »KNUST beats UG, ‘Ibadan’ to claim top spot in West Africa
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been adjudged the best University in Ghana and West Africa. The Ashanti Region-based university also came 14th on the African continent and 706th out of selected 1,500 best universities worldwide. It displaced two of West Africa’s prestigious tertiary institutions, the University …
Read More »Ghanaians Urged To Participate In December Referendum To Be Part of Decision Making
Ghanaians have been urged to participate in the December 17th Referendum to help amend some clauses in the 1992 Constitution in relation to local governance. Information Officer at the New Juaben North municipality of the Eastern Region, Elizabeth Afia Ansaah, in an interview with Bryt fm news indicated the need …
Read More »Ghana being ruled by ‘fools’ – Odike fumes
The founder and leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Mr. Akwasi Addai Odike has said on Radio 1 (100.7) that one major problem of this country is that we are being ruled by fools. Speaking with Nana Kwabena Addo monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Odike said instead of the leaders finding …
Read More »‘Akufo-Addo’s ambulances’ to be distributed in 2020
Government has decided to distribute all 275 ambulances in January 2020, Minister for Special Development Initiative, Mavis Hawa Koomson has said. The reason, she explained, is to ensure a fair distribution of the ambulances across all 275 constituencies in the country. The first 48 ambulances, which arrived months ago are …
Read More »NPP more ‘violent’ than NDC – A Plus
Controversial musician, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, says compared to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) are more violent in attacking people on social media. His comment comes after some NPP members verbally attacked Ghanaian media personality, Nana Aba …
Read More »GMA reveals health crisis in Ghana prisons
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has raised the alarm over the health crisis in Ghana’s prisons and called for urgent and comprehensive healthcare for inmates in various prisons across the country. It has identified overcrowding, drug abuse, poor diet and hygiene, infections and substandard healthcare as the cause of the …
Read More »You are even incompetent when it comes to handling a mower- Wontumi jabs Mahama
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party has mocked former President Mahama for pulling a “fake PR stunt” when he grabbed a mower to clear weeds at the new Military Cemetery in Accra. Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako in an interview with Peacefmonline.com stated that desperation has caught up with …
Read More »HOT AUDIO: Namoale reveals the only relative in Mahama’s govt
LISTEN TO THE AUDIO BELOW: Former Member of Parliament (MP) for La Dadekotopon constituency, Nii Amasah Namoale, says former President John Mahama had only one family member in his administration. According to him, the special aide to Mr Mahama, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, was the only relative he had in his …
Read More »John Mahama shares position on Akufo-Addo’s economic management
John Mahama, the flag-bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has empathised with traders on their poor sales, attributing the situation to unfavourable economic climate created by the government. Addressing market women in Sogakope in the Volta region, John Mahama said the economic hardship Ghanaians are enduring is a fact nobody can deny. …
Read More »Kokofu exposes Sammy Gyamfi, says Akufo-Addo has given him 2 appointments
Former Member of Parliament for Bantama Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Henry Kwabena Kokofu has denied reports that the ruling government has been unfair to him as far as appointments are concerned. The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi is reported to have stated at …
Read More »Ghana Medical Association threaten to withdraw services next week
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA), mother body of doctors in Ghana, has indicated that it will soon withdraw its services in the various government hospitals over the failure of government to address issues relating to conditions of service of its members. The health professionals gave the indication in a communiqué …
Read More »St. Mary’s Boys SHS students injured after cutlass attack by assailant
Two students of St. Mary’s Boys Senior High School at Apowa in the Western Region have sustained serious cutlass wounds after they were attacked by an unknown assailant. The two whose identities have been withheld, are currently on admission at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. Reports indicate that they were …
Read More »Ibrahim Mahama was more than a vice president – Vim Lady fires NDC
The 2020 general election is around the corner and as such, political issues are headlining conversations on media platforms. Some vocal media personalities have also given Ghanaians a piece of their thoughts in relation to ongoing debates. The NDC announced a controversial list of 51 public officers alleged to be …
Read More »Apologize or face us in court for slandering Gabby Otchere-Darko – Aide to Sammy Gyamfi
A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko is demanding an unqualified apology and retraction from the Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi for making supposed derogatory remarks about him. Sammy Gyamfi at a press conference on Tuesday accused President Akufo-Addo …
Read More »‘Jealous’ NDC MMDCEs killed one another with juju – former NDC mayor
Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of Takoradi, Kobena Prah Annan, has made a shocking revelation that the quest for power within the NDC led to the killing of his colleagues through the use of “juju”. “…it was my own NDC folks who made sure that I …
Read More »Baffour Awuah is new Ghana Health Service boss
The Medical Director of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Dr. Baffour Awuah, has been appointed Director-General of the Ghana Health Service. According to a letter dated November 5, 2019, and signed by Executive Secretary to the President, Nana Bedietuo Asante, Dr. Awuah will head the GHS in an acting capacity “…pending …
Read More »COCOBOD loan: School kids to enjoy cocoa drink everyday – Fiifi Boafo
COCOBOD says every schoolchild in Ghana will now receive a cocoa drink a day following the passage of the $600-million loan agreement for the Cocoa Productivity Enhancement Project. According to Fiifi Boafo, the executive secretary at the office of the COCOBOD CEO, the move is to develop taste of Cocoa …
Read More »‘NDC betrayed me’ – Koku Anyidoho speaks
Former Spokesperson at the Presidency (2009-2012) and now Chief Executive Officer of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho has revealed that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) betrayed him during his detention by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) last year. He argued that his detention by BNI was a …
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