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 …
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I “regret” not “selling” my policies properly to Ghanaians – Mahama
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 …
Read More »Aspirants promising heaven on earth is “easiest”; “let’s be guided by our past and appreciate our hopeful present”- Pastor cautions Ejisu; commends Owusu Aduomi
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 …
Read More »‘Resign over your ‘ugliest’ form of corruption’ – Citizen Ghana Movement to PPA Boss
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 …
Read More »Come over – Amidu summons suspended PPA CEO
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, …
Read More »UEW impasse: We were naïve – Avoke apologises, begs for Napo’s intervention
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 …
Read More »Ex-NDC MP’s V8, house seized to settle ¢1.5m judgement debt
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 …
Read More »Mahama reveals why Radio Gold and Radio XYZ were shut down
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 …
Read More »Banking crisis: You chose a chaotic path – Mahama to government
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 …
Read More »No phones near voting booths – NDC warns agents ahead of primaries
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 …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Mahama interacts with Ghanaians on Akufo-Addo administration
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 …
Read More »UEW Impasse: Education Minister meets former VC, 5 dismissed senior staff
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 …
Read More »We’re angry over Senyo Hosi’s attack – UTAG Legon
Members of the University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) say they are angry over the comments of the the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Senyo Hosi against the university and its management. The lecturers say they believe Mr. Hosi …
Read More »Mahama Is A “Terror” To Free SHS – Wontumi
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly, known as “Wontum” has described Former President John Dramani Mahama as a terror to NPP flagship policy Free Senior High School. According to him, Mr. Mahama is against education and he appears confused and as …
Read More »Assistant headteacher of Prempeh College abusing students in a video
Ghana Education Service has on numerous times said that it has ban all forms of corporal punishments, which mostly are plain abuse of students, at primary and secondary schools in Ghana. In fact, even in the absence of this ban, what is done to Ghanaian students in the name of …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Deputy Minister finally reveals the number of Akufo-Addo’s relatives in gov’t
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has continuously criticized President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of ‘filling’ his administration with his relatives; ‘family and friends’. According to them, the ruling government will be known as the most nepotistic administration in the history of this country. Government communicators often deny this allegation. …
Read More »NDC stops parliamentary primaries in 14 constituencies
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has, in the interim, stopped electoral processes for the election of its parliamentary candidates in some constituencies across the country.The affected constituencies include Chereponi in the North Eastern Region; Kpandai and Bimbilla in the Northern Region; and Hohoe in the Volta Region.In the Western Region, …
Read More »2020 Polls: Ghana will crash if NPP retains power – UDS Lecturer
A senior lecturer at the University for Development Studies (UDS) has warned Ghana would ‘crumble to dust’ should the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) get an additional four-year term at the 2020 general elections. Dr Vida Nyagre Yakong, whose word of warning is anchored in what she says is “happening” …
Read More »Mahama didn’t pay for E-Block schools – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has told the chiefs and people of Wechianu in the West District of the Upper West Region that the Mahama government did not pay for the majority of the E-Block schools it constructed. The Mahama government had told Ghanaians that it constructed and completed some of the schools …
Read More »2020: Wontumi suspends Manaf Ibrahim from NPP over insults
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako alias Chairman Wontumi has confirmed the suspension of Parliamentary Aspirant at Asawase Constituency, Manaf Ibrahim over insults. He disclosed on Kumasi-based Pure Fm that the Presidential Staffer has been handed an infinite suspension for violating the party …
Read More »NAGRAT unhappy with teachers’ early recall from vacation
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is unhappy with the Ghana Education Service’s (GES) directive to third-year students in Senior High Schools to return to school earlier than the planned reopening date for extra classes. The students, the first batch of government’s Free SHS program who were supposed to …
Read More »No pupil will be sacked for not wearing new uniforms – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says no pupil will be sacked for not wearing the new school uniforms for Junior High School students when the academic year starts in September. Commenting on its implementation, the Director-General of GES, Professor Kwasi Opoku Amankwa said the old uniform will be phased out …
Read More »GES shifts reopening for SHS 3 students to August 25
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has shifted the reopening of school for third-year Senior High School (SHS) students from Monday, August 19 to Sunday, August 25, 2019. A statement issued on Friday and signed by the Director-General of the GES, Prof Kwasi Opoku Amankwa, said the new date was arrived …
Read More »Bawumia takes on Mahama over free SHS comment
Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has criticized the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama over his recent comments about the government’s flagship Free Senior High School policy. Speaking at the commissioning an ultra-modern Fertilizer Blending Factory at Asuboi in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region on …
Read More »Greedy criminals sabotaging my government – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akuffo-Addo has issued a firm directive to the police and all other security agencies in the Upper East Region to deal ruthlessly with individuals or groups who are engaged in the smuggling of subsidised fertiliser meant for Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme. Since the inception of …
Read More »A Letter To Mahama Over His Pretentious U-Turn On Free S.H.S
Dear Mr Mahama, Your pretentious u-turn on President Akufo-Addo’s Free Senior High School implementation has been exposed by the affable and competent Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. You and your surrogates, since 2012, have caused for over forty advertisements to be made against President Akufo-Addo’s Free S.H.S …
Read More »Give Me The Nod As NPP Candidate To Win The Seat – Dramani Salifu
An aspiring Parliamentary candidate for the NPP in the Salaga North Constituency of the Savanna Region has appealed to delegates to give him the nod to lead the party in the constituency as the Parliamentary candidate to lead the party to win the seat from the NDC in the constituency. …
Read More »GES directs 3rd-year SHS students to report to school on August 19
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed that all Senior High School (SHS) third-year students are to report to school on Monday, August 19, to begin the first term of the 2019-2020 Academic Year. The directive brings forward, the re-opening date initially set for September for the third-year students, the …
Read More »GES suspends ‘compulsory’ insurance programme for teachers over agitations
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has for the second time suspended the GES-SIC insurance policy program for public school teachers across the country. It said the suspension is only temporary until the end of August when it will be lifted. In 2018, teachers in public basic and senior high schools …
Read More »Gov’t pays GHS198m allowance to nurses
The government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Health (MoH), has paid the final tranche of allowance to nurse trainees for the 2018/19 academic year.The ministry, in a statement, said each trainee nurse received GHS400 for 10 months in each academic year to support their academic and clinical works.In all, …
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