President Akufo-Addo has challenged Public Sector Workers to step up their game in the delivery of quality service to the public. According to the President, there is widespread dissatisfaction among Ghanaians about the poor quality of Service delivery and bad attitude of public servants towards their work which must be …
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[VIDEO]: Nsawam prisoners enrolled on NHIS – Bawumia
The Ghana News Agency has reported that 80) per cent of inmates at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison have been registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This is to enable them get access to quality healthcare. That is not all, an additional 40 medical practitioners have been seconded …
Read More »Group protests renaming of Navrongo UDS after C.K. Tedam
A group calling itself the Concerned Navrongo Citizens for Development in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal is demanding the suspension of plans to rename the now autonomous University for Development Studies, Navrongo campus after C.K. Tedam. The group on Friday marched on the streets of Navrongo in protest to the change. President Nana Akufo-Addo …
Read More »Ghanaians not ready for ‘election tax’ – EC Chair
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa has shot down requests for her outfit to push for the introduction of special taxes to fund elections in the country. According to her, such a move would not be prudent since Ghanaians are already saddled with numerous taxes. Ghana depends on …
Read More »Court slaps GH¢300k fine on Owusu Bempah, Despite Group in Ibrahim Mahama’s defamation suit
An Accra High Court has slapped a GH¢300,000 fine on Ernest Owusu Bempah, Communications Director of Ghana Gas Company Limited and Despite Group of Companies in a defamation suit. The Court presided over by Justice Georgina Mensah Datsa ruled that the comments of the outspoken politician were defamatory used on …
Read More »Dysfunctional Ghanaian Democracy Caused by Corrupt and Weak Judiciary System – Jacob Osei Yeboah
The Independent Presidential Candidate in 2012 and 2016, Jacob Osei Yeboah has observed that the agitations by the recent law students give hope that the new crop of students is tired of the corrupt, weak and outmoded fantasies of the Judiciary System. “This is not an option but the cancer …
Read More »Trust in us to do deliver Ghana – NDP
The National Democratic Party (NDP) is calling on Ghanaians to repose confidence in them in order to deliver Ghana from its current woes. Eastern Regional Secretary of the NDP Mr. Gideon Amoasi Ampah promised in an interview on Radio 1 to break the hold the New Patriotic Party (NPP) …
Read More »Ghana’s food in danger as chemicals pose health threat
Some traders have called on the Government to stop farmers from applying chemicals to the food they grow because the chemicals pose health threat and shorten the life span of most of the perishable food items like vegetables and fruits. In an interview on the World Food Day today, the …
Read More »NPP Parliamentary Primaries: I want a contest – Mampong MP declares
The Member of Parliament for Mampong in the Ashanti Region Hon. Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong has declared that he does not support any plans to let him go unopposed since he believes he has the brightest chance re-training the seat. According to Hon. Ampratwum-Sarpong who is also the Vice Chairman of the …
Read More »EC and Police reactivate Elections Security Task Force
The Electoral Commission (EC) and the Police Administration have reactivated the Elections Security Task Force to effectively address election security issues in the upcoming District Level Elections, the Referendum and the 2020 general election. Made up of heads of security agencies, the task force would plan and provide a conducive …
Read More »Schools in Sunyani to be closed today
The Bono Regional Coordinating Council in collaboration with the Sunyani Municipal Education Directorate have declared Friday, October 18, 2019, a holiday for schools in the Sunyani township. This was due to the one-week funeral observation rite of the late Nana Yaa Nyamaa Puduo II, the Paramount Queen of the Sunyani …
Read More »VIDEOLegon students mock ‘chalewote’ girlfriend
A video has emerged of some University of Ghana students making a mockery of a colleague lady who was recently in the news for slapping her boyfriend with slippers commonly known in Ghana as ‘chalewote’. The young lady identified as Karen became an internet sensation last week for slapping her …
Read More »LPG government to build Marijuana factories
The Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) under the leadership of Kofi Akpaloo will legalise the cultivation and use of Marijuana in Ghana to accelerate economic growth. Mr John Amekah, the acting National Chairman of the Party, who told the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Wednesday, said LPG Government would …
Read More »NDC can’t end Double-Track within 90 days – Deputy Education Minister
A deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum, has dispelled claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it could use 90 days to complete 100 E-Block Schools started by the John Mahama-led administration and were at various stages of completion before they left power to create enough space …
Read More »”Double-track’ will end with our comeback – Asiedu Nketia
General Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said the NDC will not run a double-track system which is currently being run as a remedy for overcrowding in senior high schools. Mr Nketia says his party has identified the shift system as a factor that has …
Read More »NPP members are ungrateful – Owusu Bempah
Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah says despite the sacrifices he made for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) prior to the 2016 elections, he has not received a penny from them since they assumed office. He said, though he is not expecting anything …
Read More »John Mahama and Bagbin to be arrested – Minister
Deputy Minister for Defense, Major (retired) Derrick Oduro has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of former President John Mahama and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin over unsubstantiated claims government is training thugs at the military installation at Asutuare. “They should get them arrested for …
Read More »Ghana Armed Forces denies ‘militias at Asutuare’ claims
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has denied claims that hirelings of the New Patriotic Party are undergoing a secret military training at Asutuare in the Greater Accra region ahead of the 2020 general elections. Deputy Director of Public Relations of the GAF, Commander Andy La-Anyane was emphatic in an interview …
Read More »Gari fotor introduced onto school feeding menu
A two-day nutrition training programme has been organised for caterers at Agona Bobikuma and Agona Kwaman in the Agona West Municipality in the Central Region. The event was aimed at engaging the caterers in the preparation of gari fotor and introducing it onto the school feeding menu in the two …
Read More »You hold the keys to my second term in office – President Akufo-Addo to MMDCEs
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 …
Read More »[VIDEO]: I will resign if indeed Mahama said he will scrap Free SHS – Asiedu Nketia
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, …
Read More »Wontumi Can’t Impose Parliamentary Candidate On Us — Asante Mampong Youth Warns
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 …
Read More »Plan By DCE, NADMO Director And Party Chairman To Unseat Assin South MP Foiled
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 …
Read More »NDC thugs beat regional secretary in public
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 …
Read More »I am not the one – Asiedu Nketia denies ‘colonial’ suit man suggestions
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 …
Read More »Sex for Grade Can Produce Intellectual Bankrupt – Education Lecturer
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. …
Read More »SHS Gold track set to re-open on November 12
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 …
Read More »Sex for grades: Lecturer openly dares female students
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 …
Read More »Two die from rabies at Somanya
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 …
Read More »NDC, NPP banned at Kade
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 …
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