The Textiles Workers Union has raised concerns over the alleged importation of the new uniforms introduced by the Ghana Education Service (GES). They say the move makes no sense at all. The new uniform, which was introduced in April this year, was met with criticism as some said it was …

A defeated former Member of Parliament (MP) for Tain Constituency in the Bono East Region, Hon Kwasi Agyemang Gyan Tutu has announced his decision to contest as an independent parliamentary candidate. Posters of the candidate have already started flooding the area barely a week after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) …

Government has rebuffed former President John Mahama’s accusations that it has abandoned the Community Day Schools project he bequeathed it. According to the Deputy Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Adutwum, the Akufo-Addo administration was already ensuring the completion of the schools dotted across the country. Maham recently expressed worry over what …

A daughter of Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia, Nana Frema Busia, has described President Akufo-Addo as being ungrateful to her father who as a prime minister bifurcated his power and ceded a ceremonial presidency to Edward Akufo-Addo, the President’s father on a “silver platter” just to ensure there is peace in …

The Member of Parliament for the Odotobri Constituency in the Ashanti Region has been warned by the youth of his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) not pick a nomination form to contest the party’s upcoming parliamentary primaries. The youth have threatened to humiliate their Member of Parliament, Hon. Emmanuel …

Former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur lost in the just ended primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, Senior brother of Second Lady, Samira Bawumia. Nana Oye lost to Adamu Ramadan in the Adentan constituency of the Greater Accra Region. …

Presidential candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, is demanding an investigation into the party’s recently held parliamentary primaries where some candidates used him to woo delegates. The former president expressing his worry over the issue said some of the candidates were using his recorded voice …

NPP Ashanti regional chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako has claimed, he influenced the outcome of the opposition NDC parliamentary primaries by giving out monies to delegates. In an interview on Accra-based Hello FM, the NPP leader, widely known as Chairman ‘Wontumi,’ claimed he had a hand in the defeat of NDC MP for …

Children between zero and 59 months old living in six districts of the country will from September 4 to 7, this year, be vaccinated against polio. The areas to be covered are Chereponi, Bumkurugu, Gushegu, Saboba, Tamale and Sagnarigu. The exercise, Round Zero of Three Rounds of Polio Immunisation, is …

The Coalition of Rotation Nurses and Midwives has given government and other stakeholders in the health sector a one-month ultimatum to address salary issues confronting members or risk a complete withdrawal of service by members of the association. The coalition claim its members have not been paid since April 2019. …

Party delegates and Executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP)  in some Atwima communities have hinted the incumbent government may lose massive votes in  the 2020 general elections if nothing is done about the deplorable nature of roads in the Ashanti Region. According to them campaigning for the NPP at the …

The Director of Communication for Ghana Gas, Mr. Ernest Owusu Bempah, has accused Former President John Mahama of sponsoring Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor, to verbally attack the person of Former President Jerry John Rawlings. Mr. Bempah’s accusation was in a response to Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor, a social media commentator …

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, …