About 30 pupils, a female teacher, and the driver of the Pentecost Preparatory School in Koforidua have been involved in a near fatal accident Thursday morning. Only a few sustained injuries but all victims have been rushed to the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua. The accident occurred at about 7:00 …

A 33-year-old Business Management teacher at Kete-Krachi Senior High Technical School in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti Region has been found dead along the Krachi river. Isaac Yeboah was found dead along the river on Thursday morning after he left home yesterday evening. According to sources, the teacher …

The disconnection of water to the Bimbilla Hospital over a GH¢220,000 debt has led to elective surgeries being cancelled, according to the facility’s management. “Yesterday we had to cancel seven elective surgeries because we didn’t have water to operate,” Dr Barihama Adam, the hospital’s medical superintendent, said. He felt there …

Former Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, has endorsed the candidature of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the next elections. The battle for who becomes the flagbearer of the NPP has begun as supporters of Vice President Dr. Bawumia and Trade Minister, Alan …

Authorities of the Tolon Senior High School in the Northern region have been forced to convert some classrooms into dormitories to accommodate students due to the recent fire outbreak incident. The girls’ dormitory was gutted by fire on Thursday, May 19, 2022. The fire outbreak burnt the top floor of …

The founder and leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, is advocating for an amendment to the 1992 Constitution. She wants the constitution to be amended to ensure proper checks and balances within government structures. In her view, the section of the constitution that allows the …

The president of the Rotational Nurses and Midwives Association of Ghana, Mr Jerry Martins Aziamati, has called on the government to eradicate the corruption that has plagued the posting of nurses and midwives at the ministry of health. According to him, the ministry is engrossed in corruption as far as …

The Member of Parliament for Bawku, Mahama Ayariga has petitioned the Special Prosecutor to investigate alleged issues of “bribery and corruption and undue influence” during the congresses of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to elect regional executives of the party. “I write to draw your attention to widespread reports on …

Duncan Opoku Boateng, an aid to New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), has stated that his boss spent over ¢1 trillion to win the just ended regional elections. Speaking in a Top FM interview monitored by GhanaWeb, Opoku Boateng said that he was surprised by the amount …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is billed to host its National Delegates’ Conference at the Accra Sports stadium in the Greater Accra Region next month to elect national executives to steer the affairs of the party for the 2024 general elections. The event is expected to come off from …

A Political Science Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Richard Amoako-Baah has advised Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia to abort his presidential ambition for the 2024 Elections. According to Mr Baah, the development within the governing New Patriotic Party does not place the party in …

  Most Ghanaians know Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, as a no-nonsense politician who even criticizes his own political party without fear or favour. His ability to rise beyond political affiliations to speak truth to power has won him a lot of admiration among many Ghanaians. Aside from his …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) seems to be in fresh trouble as a viral audiotape on social media threatens to reignite the main opposition’s allegations involving the wanton dissipation of covid funds by the government. In an apparent attempt to fend off attacks from some elements of the party concerning the …

A founding member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Sani Mohammed has expressed joy about the outcome of the just-ended executive elections in the Ashanti Region. The Ashanti Regional Polls ended with Bernard Antwi Boasiako garnering some 464 votes to beat his close contender, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah who polled some 306 votes. …

The New Patriotic Party held its regional elections in some 15 out of 16 regions across Ghana to elect executives for the party at the regional level. The elections came off from Friday, May 27 to Sunday, May 29, 2022. This follows the party’s constituency elections held in April this year. An …

  Defeated aspiring Ashanti Region Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Robert Asare Bediako has said he was surprised he lost the election after paying GH¢1k each to delegates for a votes. While expressing concern about the seeming monitisation of politics in the country, Asare Bediako said he later discovered that …

The government has released an amount of GH¢50 million to the National Health Insurance Scheme, according to the Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh. The amount is part of the budgetary allocation of the scheme for the year. Earlier in the month, the Minority Caucus in Parliament bemoaned the effects of …

A General Secretary hopeful of the New Patriotic Party, Musah Superior, has proposed that the Vice Chairmen of the Party should be assigned specific roles in addition to what the NPP constitution has prescribed. He said the Party should assign the 1st Vice-Chairperson to be in charge of logistics, the …

The question of who leads the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2024 polls is gradually becoming clearer if the outcome of the recent Polling Station, Constituency and Regional contests is anything to go by. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia appears to be far ahead of his closest contender and Minister of …

The governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, has organised its delegates conference to elect executives for the party in the various regions. The elections which started on Friday, May 27, has seen 14 regions voted for their regional executives, with one going to be held on Sunday, May 29 and one being …

Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi), incumbent regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party appears to have garnered more votes compared to his close contender, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah (Coka) in the ongoing NPP regional executives election in the Ashanti Region. GhanaWeb’s Ashanti Regional Correspondent indicates that after votes in 3 zones were counted, …

Pupils at Fufuo Methodist Primary School in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region , are now using a  church building in the community as their classroom for academic activities. The students from both primary five and six and numbering about 100 have been struggling  with their daily school works …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Friday, May 27, 2022, began its regional delegates conference to elect new executives. Already, 8 regions including Ahafo, Bono East, Central, Northern, North East, Savannah, Upper East and Western North have held their elections with many of their chairmen retaining their positions. Meanwhile, delegates in …

A pollster, Ben Ephson, has predicted that Mr Alan Kwadwo Kyerematens’ chances of sailing through as the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is slim compared to other prospective aspirants. Mr Kyerematen who is Trade and Industries Minister has been tipped to be a successor of President Nana Addo …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has failed to submit its accounts to the Auditor General’s Department for auditing since 2019. The Ranking Member for Committee on Employment, Social Welfare and State Owned Enterprises, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, who disclosed the development to Starr News described the situation as appalling. The former Power …

  Six people have reportedly been arrested at the ongoing Northern Regional Delegate Conference to elect the regional executive of the governing New Patriotic Party at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium. According to adomonline.com, five of the arrested people were found hiding in a room at the stadium while the sixth person …

  Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has expressed displeasure about actions taken by Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu following comments he made on Thursday about parliament being run on arrears owing to delayed release of funds. Mr. Bagbin, while speaking on the floor of parliament on Thursday, May, 26 bemoaned what he …

Some students of Assin Fosu College of Education in the Assin Foso Municipality of the Central Region have taken up the task of reducing the invasion of snakes on their campus after a snake bit the testicles of their colleagues. On May 14, a level 300 student was reportedly bitten …

Monkeypox, a disease caused by the monkeypox virus, occurs very infrequently and in very scattered locations in parts of Africa. There are two clades (or types) of the virus: a West Africa (WA) clade in which 1 to 3.6 out of 100 infected patients die (1% to 3.6% mortality) and …