His Royal Majesty Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin has said the dignity of teachers must be restored and protected because of the crucial role they play in national development. According to him “If Ghana will move forward we have to come back and restore the dignity of teaching in our …
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Say no to ‘redenominated’ Mahama – NPP
The ruling New Patriotic Party has appealed to Ghanaians not to make the “biggest mistake” again of entrusting the country’s resources, its future into the hands of John Mahama and his NDC. The NPP said the previous Mahama administration virtually grounded the economy by taking oil-rich Ghana from a growth …
Read More »NDC MPs vomit GH¢27,000 each?
Unconfirmed report available to DGN online says each parliamentary aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 elections will be made to cough an amount of GH¢ 27,000. This is because insider information from the camp of the NDC picked up by DGN Online suggests that each aspirant …
Read More »‘We stopped collection of printing fees to avoid extortion’ – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has justified its decision to halt the collection of printing fees in basic schools across the country. But, GES said it did not direct the teachers to write examination questions on chalkboards. There have been concerns over teachers writing examination questions on chalkboards for pupils …
Read More »Akufo-Addo gov’t doing better than Mahama did – Baako backs Bawumia
Veteran journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako says the current administration led by President Akufo-Addo, has performed better than its predecessor. Measuring the state of the economy in first two years of the two regimes, Kweku Baako said the economy is in better health under the current administration than it was, …
Read More »NDC elects executives for new regions 25 May
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in a meeting held in Accra on Friday, 5 April 2019, has scheduled 25 May 2019 for the election of executives for the six newly created regions.The guidelines according to the party is as follows:i) All regional …
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 courtroom 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, and is in a deplorable …
Read More »A 19-year-old Lucy Grant needs help to undergo Kyphosis surgery
Meet Lucy Grant, a first year student at Nyankumasi Ahenkro Senior High School who is suffering from Kyphosis. Lucy Grant is 19 years old and one of the brilliant Business Students at Nyankumasi Ahenkro SHS. As it is said, “disability is not inability”, Lucy doesn’t let her condition limit her …
Read More »Dumsor: Shut up and allow Akufo-Addo solve your mess – Owusu Bempah to NDC
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Ghana National Gas Company, Ernest Owusu Bempah has urged the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stop blaming the government on the current power outages. His comment comes after the NDC organized Economic Forum on Thursday to react to the Town Hall Meeting organised …
Read More »Reinstate all dismissed UEW lecturers – Afenyo-Markin to V-C
The Member of Parliament for Effutu, Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called on the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Reverend Father Professor Anthony Afful-Broni to reinstate all dismissed lecturers of the university.Mr Afenyo-Markin said the V-C should adopt a reconciliatory posture and reciprocate the goodwill shown by aggrieved …
Read More »Committee probing KNUST riot to complete work by April 25
The three-member committee tasked by the Asantehene and Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to investigate the October 2018 riot by students of the university is set to complete its work by April 25, 2019. So far, the Vice-Chancellor of the …
Read More »Takoradi baby kidnapper to undergo mental checkup
The gender court in Sekondi has ordered Mawusi Rose Fiaku, the 42-year old woman who is standing trial for allegedly stealing a one-year-old baby in Takoradi, to undergo a mental checkup. The move is to determine whether she is mentally sound. This was after the mother of the accused confirmed …
Read More »EC pleads for more time to implement ROPAA
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 …
Read More »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 …
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