POLITICS

Confusion rocks Ekumfi NPP as aspiring Chairman is disqualified

Confusion has rocked the New Patriotic Party in the Ekumfi Constituency in the Central Region as over 500 party members besieged the party office over the disqualification of an aspiring Party Chairman, Stephen Adu Donkor. The aspirant had gone to the party office on Friday, April 22, 2022, which is the deadline …

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NPP Communications Officer dead

The Central Regional Communications Officer for the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) Mr. Robert Ammisah popularly known as “Staga” has died. Mr Amissah, an asthmatic patient was said to have been driving from Kasoa to Cape Coast on Friday, April 22, 2022 alone and upon reaching Biriwa Junction in the Mfantseman …

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Ekow Ewusi bows out as Central Regional NPP Vice Chairman

First Vice-Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central, Horace Ekow Ewusi has announced that he will not be seeking reelection when the party opens for nominations at the regional level. “I will not contest again when the party opens nominations for the Regional contest”, he revealed on Cape Coast-based …

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KNUST reinstates over 3,550 of the 6,000 deferred students

The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has disclosed that it has reinstated over 3,550 of the 6,000 students whose programmes were deferred due to their inability to pay 70 percent of their fees. According to the authorities, the students who have been reinstated made …

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Ayikoi Otoo vows to mobilize NPP grassroots for victory in 2024

Former Ghana’s High Commissioner to Canada, Ayikoi Otoo, has assured the New Patriotic Party that, he will mobilize the grassroots for a resounding victory in the 2024 general elections. Ayikoi Otoo has joined the list of persons who have expressed interest in contesting the national chairmanship position of the party. The NPP’s …

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Tears as teacher, 36, perishes in ghastly accident

Sylvia Etornam Gbormita, a teacher at the Border Basic School at Aflao in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region, has died in what many has described as a freak road accident. Etornam, as she was popularly called, died on Friday, April 8, 2022, in an accident that left …

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Serwaa Broni saga: Resign as a gentleman – Otukornor tells Akufo-Addo

Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor wants President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to resign. He claims he is not ‘fit’ to hold the highest position of the land after several allegations were levelled against him by one Evelyn Aidoo, alias Serwaa Broni. The Canadian-based Ghanaian …

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CPP asks its Chairperson to step aside

The Central Committee of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has directed the Chairperson of the party, Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankumah to step aside. According to the Committee, the current chairperson gained 43% of the total votes cast in their chairmanship elections of August, 2020, which does not make her qualified …

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CPP nullifies Chairmanship position; calls for run-off

The Central Committee of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has said its National Chairman Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong-Kumankumah does not qualify to hold herself as such since she was not validly elected. The Central Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong-Kumankumah, who is also the leader of the party per its constitution, did not obtain …

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Deferred students have a month to pay fees – KNUST

The Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has once again extended the deadline for payment of fees for deferred students by a month. According to the Institution, the decision follows a meeting with the Minister for Education, Yaw Adutwum and other stakeholders held today April 22, …

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Okoe-Boye appointed Acting NHIA boss

President Akufo-Addo has appointed the former MP for Ledzorkuku, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye as the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). “I am pleased to inform you that the President has appointed you to act as the Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance …

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Robbers raid home of NPP executive, hold her at gunpoint

The Deputy Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Perpetual Lomokie Akwada, has been attacked in her home by suspected armed robbers. Making this known in a Facebook post, Perpetual Akwada, who is also the leader of NPP Ladies, said the robbers gained access to her house through her …

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Teacher trainees directed to feed themselves starting May 8

The National Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education – Ghana (PRINCOF) has directed that teacher trainees start to fund their own feeding from May 8. This directive is in response to the inability of Colleges of Education to make payments for food items supplied to them. According to PRINCOF, …

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NPP Nasara Coordinator attacked with machete

The Sissala West Constituency Nasara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper West region, Musah Walaika Iddrisu, has been inflicted with machete wounds which has left him battling for his life at the Upper West Regional hospital. Sources say he was allegedly assaulted by thugs within the …

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Chairman Odeneho shakes Wontumi’s backyard

The Ashanti regional ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) chairman hopeful, Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah’s popularity continues to soar everywhere. COKA as he is affectionately called turned the atmosphere of the Kuntanasehene’s maiden Adaekese on Easter Sunday 17th April 2022 to a different level as news about his presence broke out. His presence …

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Kwahu Easter festivities: the euphoria is back again

The Ghana Paragliding Festival has become an integral part of the annual Kwahu Easter Festivities. The event rekindled the hither-to dying Kwahu Easter festival and transformed Easter celebration in Ghana into an international event. The Genesis The history of the festival goes back to March 2003 when, as the new …

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How can Bawumia succeed Akufo-Addo – Alan boy takes on Ofori-Atta

Abraham Boadi, former Presiding Member of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, KMA, has questioned the grounds on which Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, said Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia was a perfect successor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to Boadi, Ofori-Atta did not give any justification for his comments after the April 7 State …

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Assin North MP files motion for ‘relistment’, Stay of Execution

The Embattled Member of Parliament for the Assin North Constituency James Gyakye Quayson has filed two motions at the Cape Coast Court of Appeal including seeking for “relistment” of his appeal. The other motion is also seeking for a Stay of Execution of the High Court judgement on July 28, 2021. The Court of …

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