A quality education specialist with the SOS Villages Ghana has indicated that the new curriculum for basic and high schools is being rushed. Beginning the 2019 – 2020 academic years, Ghana will be moving towards a standardized practical based curriculum with national assessment examinations to be written in classes two, …

Former Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Rachel Appoh says her former boss, Nana Oye Lithur’s defeat in last weekend’s NDC Parliamentary primary is part of the price she’s paying for her ‘sins’ against her (Rachel). Nana Oye Lithur lost her bid to be the opposition NDC’s Parliamentary …

Former Finance Minister, Prof Kwesi Botchwey, is clearly an unhappy man, Peacefmonline.com can confirm. He is said to be extremely riled over reports of his selection as running mate to the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, reliable sources disclosed to Peacefmonline. Last week, social media …

Some 11 party members of the New Patriotic Party are receiving treatment at the Francis Xavier Hospital in Assin Fosu following gunshot wounds they sustained Sunday evening. The 11 were part of a group of polling station executives from the Assin South Constituency who had just closed from a meeting …

One person sustained injuries on Saturday during the parliamentary primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Tema East after a scuffle erupted during the counting of ballots. Mr Edga Adjetey Badu, Tema Community One, Site 19 branch Chairman, NDC, sustained injuries on his face and chest as his oozing …

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Former United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, has subtly reminded actor cum politician, John Dumelo, of his ‘stolen’ Toyota Landcruiser V8 scandal as the latter emerged winner of the NDC Parliamentary primaries in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. In a ‘killer tweet’ after Mr. Dumelo was declared …

I certainly can not be happy with comments from some of the aspirants who did not emerge victorious at yesterday’s primaries.  It can’t be justify in anyway, but I believe we must give them the second chance. We can not throw the baby away with the bath water. There are …

The 2019 National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary primaries are over and we have fresh faces set to face-off against notably, the governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) line-up of MPs for the 2020 general elections. Myjoyonline.com has been providing comprehensive coverage of the primaries and here are some new candidates who have emerged winners. …

The growing trend of scandals that hit political administrations in Ghana appears to have come to stay. Year in, year out, accusations of bribery and corruption are flung far and wide by politicians, their opponents, and the neutrals who observe both sides and pass judgments. The Akufo-Addo administration, after assuming …

A total of nine incumbent Members of Parliament (MP) lost their bids to contest the 2020 Parliamentary Election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Saturday’s primaries. In what will likely shape much of the narrative for the NDC ahead of the 2020 general election, the party …

Popular actor John Dumelo has won the Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress. According to provisional results, the actor-cum-businessman won the ticket with 758 votes while his competitor Suzy Efua Adoboe polled 99 votes. In Ningo Prampram, Sam George has retained the ticket with 407 …

Belinda Zumebome, a young Ghanaian midwife in the Asikiri CHPS compound, Bawku Municipal Assembly, has received national praise for her humane service to a birthing mother. The 29-year-old midwife was captured in a photo transporting a mother who had just given birth in a tricycle to a referral health facility …

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), as part of its new academic policy has introduced what the University termed, as the “dual qualification scheme” for all its students. Under the dual qualification scheme which will begin this (2019/2020) academic year, students who enroll in a degree programme will compulsorily …

Founder of the National Democratic Congress, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, has already cast his vote for his candidate in the parliamentary primaries underway in all constituencies across the country. The former President had the crowd’s attention when he arrived at the polling center at the Arts Center in Accra …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disbursed a further transportation allowance of GHC50 per person to participants of the just ended curriculum training programme. The money has been released to the districts through GES’ regional offices. A total of 152,000 KG to class 6 teachers across the country participated in …

The National Democratic Congress is electing parliamentary candidates for the 2020 general elections today, August 24, 2019. A total of 524 candidates are contesting the internal polls in 157 constituencies out of 275 to represent the largest opposition party in Parliament in the next general elections. Thirty-nine Members of Parliament …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has announced that it has opened the voters register for transfer of votes for candidates intending to contest in the upcoming District Assembly and Unit Committee elections in areas other than where they are originally registered to vote. In a press release copied to www.ghanaweb.com, …

The leadership of NDC- UK & Ireland Chapter has sent their goodwill wishes to all the contestants in NDC’s parliamentary primaries slated for Saturday 24th August, 2019. A press release signed by the Chairman of the NDC- UK & Ireland Chapter, Alhaji Alhassan Mbalba wished all the parliamentary contestants the …

Former President John Mahama has said he regrets the failure of his government to have sold his policies to the people of Ghana in an understandable manner.“That has been one of the major difficulties in public service”, he admitted to a question during his Facebook Live interaction with the public …

Residents of Ejisu Constituency having expressed their utmost impatience to retain their industrious, humble and kind hearted member of Parliament, Honorable Kwabena Owusu Aduomi as the parliamentary candidate for the governing New Patriotic Party in the 2020 elections and also as its member of Parliament for the next parliament; a …

Civil society group, Citizen Ghana Movement wants the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei to resign from his post. The call follows what the group says was Mr. Adjei’s ‘ugliest form of political corruption’ in the “Contracts for Sale” investigative piece by former Multimedia …

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has formally written to the suspended CEO of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Mr A.B. Adjei, to make himself available for investigation following allegations of corruption levelled against him. In a letter dated Thursday, 22 August 2019, Mr Amidu stated that: “You are accordingly being invited, …

The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Prof. Mawutor Avoke has apologised to the Education Minister for undermining the process of resolving the impasse at the University. Prof Avoke who lead a six-member delegation to pay a courtesy call on Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh said their conduct of taking matters …

A house and a Land Cruiser vehicle belonging to a former Member of Parliament, Ibrahim Dey Abubakari, has been seized to satisfy a 1.5 million-cedi judgment debt in favour of a former National Security Advisor, Alhaji Baba Kamara. Court officials and auctioneer on Thursday, August 22 went to the house …

Former President John Dramani Mahama says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should feel embarrassed over the closure of Radio Gold and Radio XYZ under the cloak of enforcing regulations and laws. According to him, President Akufo-Addo, who touts himself as a human rights advocate and an advocate of free expression …

Former President John Mahama has criticised government for choosing a chaotic path in addressing the challenges in the financial sector. According to him, the state could have explored alternatives that could have reduced the burden and despondency that have afflicted customers and employees of financial institutions. In his maiden live …

Agents of the various parliamentary aspirants will not be allowed to carry phones near booths at the centres during the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primaries on Saturday, August 24, 2019. The voters will also not be allowed to carry phones when going to vote. The centres are also supposed to …

Former President John Dramani Mahama is set to address Ghanaians on the state of the Akufo-Addo led administration on his Facebook wall. The interaction which he terms #JohnMahamaLive is to also enable the citizenry to ask him questions to which he will provide answers to. The video blog according to …

The Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh on Thursday morning met with the Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Professor Mawutor Avoke and five other senior who were dismissed by the defunct governing council. MyNewGh.com sources gathered that this move is a major step towards …