The Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday told an Accra High Court (Human Rights Division) that the new EC boss and her deputies require more time to comply fully with the court’s orders on the implementation of the Representation of the Peoples Amendment Act (ROPAA). Mr Justin Amenuvor, counsel for the …
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Gender Ministry now “talk shop” after “strong” Otiko was removed – Mona
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection was really effective and results-oriented when it had Ms Otiko Djaba at the helm of affairs, a former Deputy Minister of Finance, Mrs Mona Quartey has said.In Mrs Quartey’s estimation, ever since Ms Djaba was reshuffled from that ministry and offered a …
Read More »Male teachers peeping at us – Bongo SHS female students
Students of the Bongo Senior High School in the Upper East Region have been sent home to forestall chaos after the female students boycotted breakfast and lunch over allegations that their senior housemaster and some tutors often peep at them while nude in their dormitories.The students refused to go for …
Read More »NDC and NPP Need a Substitute In Governance – Group
Before and after independence till date governance has been in the hence of NDC and NPP but the ordinary voter has never enjoyed even a tip bit of their campaign promised made to them, a Group calling itself “Takra” bemoaned. The ruling government has done bit of it by implementing …
Read More »Bawumia is NDC’s main headache – Baako
The brilliance of Vice-President Dr Mahammudu Bawumia presents a major challenge to the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abdul-Malik Kwaku Baako, Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide has said. According to him, Dr Bawumia is a good communicator, who is able to simplify economics to the understanding of everyone. …
Read More »Zimbabwe caning: Court bans ‘inhuman’ juvenile punishment
Zimbabwe’s constitutional court has banned the caning of juvenile convicts as a judicial punishment. Nine judges decided that judicial corporal punishment was illegal under the country’s constitution. They ruled it was cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. While attitudes are changing, many parents in Zimbabwe still believe corporal punishment …
Read More »Tema West NPP Chair celebrates Bawumia over Port duties
Mr Dennis Amfo-Sefah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman for the Tema West Constituency, has hailed Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, over his announcement of a new duties’ regime for Ghana’s Ports. “I am a freight forwarder and therefore know how crucial this new policy is. Our trade volumes will …
Read More »Chief Justice orders immediate relocation of Mampong High Court
The Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has ordered the immediate relocation of Mampong High Court to a vacant court room at the District Court, pending the construction of a new one, due to its dilapidated state. The building housing the High Court was constructed in the 1950s, is in a deplorable …
Read More »How Ken Agyapong, Ahmed’s brothers tracked down real killers of Ahmed Suale
Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has revealed that the police were only able to make headway on the murder of Ahmed Saule after he and Ahmed Suale’s brothers hired the services of special land guards to track down the murderers of Ahmed Suale. According to Kennedy …
Read More »Exams paper not ballot paper; erase Akufo-Addo’s face on it – NDC boy to GES
A youth activist of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the University of Education Winneba – Mampong Campus, Mr. Oscar Klabla Bedzra has charged the Ghana Education Service (GES) to take swift action to erase the photograph of President Akufo-Addo from the mock examination papers some students in the …
Read More »I’m sad for Bawumia, NPP using him to do dirty job – Sorogho
A former Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Alhaji Amadu Seidu Bukari Sorogho has said the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) wants to dent the political career of Vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia with “dirty jobs.” He observed, since Dr Bawumia was appointed a running mate for Nana Akufo-Addo when …
Read More »Ground rules for NPP, NDC vigilantism dialogue slated April 9
A date and venue have finally been settled on by the National Peace Council for the much-anticipated meeting between the two main political parties in the country, the new Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The meeting which has been scheduled for April 9, 2019, will have …
Read More »We won’t underrate Mahama – NPP
Nana Yaw Boakye, the National Youth Organiser of New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said even though former president John Dramani Mahama is incompetent, the NPP will not underrate him in the 2020 General Elections. He stressed that in as much as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has gone for incompetent …
Read More »Bawumia’s ‘misleading, populist’ lecture lacked facts; we’ll reply him Thursday – NDC
Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia distorted the facts of the Ghanaian economy when he spoke during the Economic Management Team town hall meeting on Wednesday, 3 April 2019, the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said. The party said in a statement that it will respond to all the claims …
Read More »Ashanti Regional Minister fights Mahama
Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah has insisted that the state should stop taking care of ex-President John Dramani Mahama. He argued that since Mr. Mahama is aspiring to become a president again, it is not proper for the state to foot his bills anymore. The minister has therefore called for …
Read More »I’m clearing Mahama’s $2.4bn energy debt; we now export power to B. Faso, Togo next – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that except for one or two unfortunate incidents, “we have been able to handle ‘dumsor’, adding that the $2.4 billion legacy debts he inherited from the Mahama government is being cleared, and consequently, “Today, we are exporting energy to Burkina Faso, we will begin, again, …
Read More »Kidnapping women, children can’t give you power- Wontumi tells NDC
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known in politics as Wontumi has stated emphatically that Ghanaians have already decided 2020 general elections, MyNewsGh.com reports. According to Chairman Wontumi, National Chairman of National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo’s evil plot to kidnap …
Read More »Insults won’t deter me from exposing you – Abronye to Mahama
The Brong Ahafo Regional First Vice Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC has emphasized that no amount of insults from the office of former President John Dramani Mahama will stop him from exposing the wrongs and smelling deeds during the erstwhile …
Read More »‘Senseless’ Abronye DC is a notorious liar – Mahama
Kwame Baffoe alias Abronye DC, First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Brong Ahafo region, has been described by former President John Dramani Mahama as a knighted liar without common sense who goes about peddling all manner of falsehood to ruin his reputation. A statement from …
Read More »Call your propaganda ‘sidekick’, Abronye to order – Akufo-Addo told
The office of the former President, John Dramani Mahama has debunked an allegation by the Acting Chairman of the ruling New Patrioitc Party (NPP) in the Bono Region that he (Mr. Mahama) has rented an apartment for the former AIDS Ambassador, Joyce Dzidzor in Germany to escape arrest for alleged …
Read More »‘Call for VC’s resignation and UEW Council dissolution is unfortunate’ – SRC
The Students Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) said the call by the Alumini for the resignation of the Vice-Chancellor and the dissolution of the Governing Council of the University was unfortunate. It said the Vice Chancellor, Reverend Professor Anthony Afful-Broni, and the Governing Council, within …
Read More »Tension in Parliament as MPs, Research Assistants tussle over salary
Tension is brewing in Ghana’s Parliament as Members of Parliament tussle with their Research Assistants following payment of salary arrears of the latter. The Research Assistants to the lawmakers, according to sources, had not been paid for some years now and were being supported by the legislators. However, the House …
Read More »We’ll vote against Akufo-Addo if he fails to sack UEW Vice Chancellor – Angry students threaten
The Concerned Students and Alumni of University of Education, Winneba (UEW) have threatened to campaign and vote against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo come 2020 general elections if he fails to sack the current Vice Chancellor , Reverend Father Professor Anthony Afful-Broni they have accused of pressing an automatic destruction …
Read More »EC to compile new voters register for 2020 elections
The Electoral Commission is to compile a new voters register for the next presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana. The decision was made at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting held today (Wednesday, March 27, 2019). The Electoral Commission (EC) in a statement after the meeting said, “the Commission will …
Read More »Asiedu Nketia slapped with GHC600 in GHC15m defamation suit
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has been slapped with a cost of GHc600 in the GHC15 million cedi defamation case by the Board Chairman of the Audit Service, Professor Edward Dua-Agyeman. The defamatory suit is in connection with Mr Asiedu Nketiah’s comments he made …
Read More »‘Double-track’ teachers not paid salaries for 5 months
About 8000 teachers recruited by the government to facilitate the implementation of the controversial double track system under the Free SHS policy, have not been paid their salaries five months after their employment. The Ghana Education Service, which is in charge of processing of the newly recruited teachers for their …
Read More »We’ll not reinstate dismissed UEW Senior lecturers – Governing Council to Education Minister
The governing council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has rejected a directive by the Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh to reinstate three dismissed senior lecturers of the institution. It would be recalled that the Minister last week directed the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education Winneba …
Read More »NPP used and disgraced me like a child in parliament – Kennedy Agyapong weeps
Tough-talking Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong almost broke down in tears while addressing members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in his constituency at the weekend expressing regrets over some decisions he made, MyNewsGh.com reports. According to him, he has been used by the party and at a point …
Read More »Audio: Sir John reacts to reports about his ‘sack’
Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has reacted to reports that he has been asked to step down. According to him, per the rules of engagement governing his appointment, he is supposed to receive letters notifying him of any action to that effect, but no such …
Read More »ATEBUBU: Fakwasi Presby Basic School pupils study on floor
Students of Atebubu Fakwasi Presby Basic School in Atebubu/Amantin Municipality of the Bono East region are compelled to write on the floor due to lack of tables and chairs, especially those at KG 1&2. The school, established 17 years ago has not electricity power and has not seen any renovation; …
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