Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr. Clement Apaak, believes former President John Dramani Mahama has been vindicated by the government’s likely decision to review the flagship policy, Free Senior High School (SHS). To him, though it is not too late, it has been long overdue since the policy is …
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Onzy Kwame Nkrumah files interlocutory injunction against CPP Chair
The Vice-Chairman of Conventions People’s Party (CPP) Onzy Kwame Nkrumah has filed an interlocutory injunction against his party Chairperson Nana Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankuma seeking to stop her from performing her leadership duties. The application filed by the son of Ghana’s first President Osaagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is seeking six reliefs. Onzy Nkrumah per his …
Read More »Old video of Kufour giving tactics for ideal choice of NPP flagbearer pops up
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) may be months away from making a choice for a new flagbearer to lead it towards re-affirming their grip on power in the 2024 general elections, but stories about the party are not on hold. So far, the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia; and the current Minister …
Read More »Kumasi: State sues Subin NPP supporters who shut down party office
The state has sued 12 aspiring polling station delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Subin Constituency in the Ashanti Region for unlawful closure of the party’s constituency office. The group locked the party office in protest over alleged bias towards them in the polling station election by …
Read More »‘Now I have become a Mugabe’ – Ken Agyapong on how he became an MP
Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong has explained how he started thinking about and the circumstances that led to his acceptance to become a lawmaker. According to him, it started with people thronging his house for assistance after he returned from the United States years ago and ended after …
Read More »Dome-Kwabenya residents to demonstrate over Adwoa Safo’s absence in the constituency
Some residents of the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency, in the Greater Accra Region, have disclosed a protest will be held against their Member of Parliament, Sarah Adwoa Safo. According to them, the purpose of the protest is due to her long absence in the constituency. They explained that Adwoa Safo’s long absence in …
Read More »Atiwa East NPP picks new officers, lauds committee for free and fair elections
Some New Patriotic Party, NPP, members in the Atiwa East Constituency of the Eastern Region have commended the party’s committee deployed to supervise the just ended internal elections in that constituency. The election was conducted by the Dr. Twum Barimah-led committee. In a press statement the members noted that the …
Read More »11 pupils hospitalised after school building collapses in Paga
Eleven pupils of the Paga E/A primary school in the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East region, have been hospitalised after the walls of two classrooms collapsed on them, GhanawEb’s Upper East Correspondent Senyalah Castro reports. A Monday (March 21) afternoon rainstorm, which swept through the town, ripped off …
Read More »Free SHS: ‘Review means cancellation’ – Will government eat humble pie over 2020 comment?
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the weekend held a crunch meeting with key members of his government to decide on the way forward in mitigating the current economic downturn. Even before the government announces the outcome, Information Minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah is reported by news portal citinewsroom.com as saying that all flagship programs by …
Read More »Contracting breast cancer does not amount to death penalty – BCI Boss allays fears
The President of Breast Care International (BCI) Dr Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai has allayed the fears among women that contracting breast cancer does not amount to death. She said the disease is curable when it is detected at the early stage and therefore advised women to go for regular checkups …
Read More »Why Bawumia is mute on the economy – Obed Asamoah explains
Former Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Obed Yao Asamoah, has opined that the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is silent on the economy as a result of his reported presidential ambition. According to him, a realization has dawned on the Vice President that he may lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) into …
Read More »Nsesereso R/C Basic School pupils still sit on bare floor, stones to study
Some future leaders of the country in a farming community of Nsesereso near Dormaa Ahenkro through no fault of theirs cannot study under a convenient and congenial environment. These leaders of tomorrow, some of who could be Presidents, Ministers, Members of Parliament, Medical Doctors, Teachers, Chiefs, Businessmen and women and …
Read More »We can’t find Bawumia, the dollar has arrested him – Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has raised questions about the whereabouts of vice president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia at a time when the country is facing economic and social hardship. According to him, it seems the cedi has rather arrested Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as hardship in the country has led to a scale never witnessed in the …
Read More »Rainstorm ruins clinic, houses and injures three children in the Savannah Region
A heavy downpour has ripped off the roofs of parts of the Kalba clinic in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region. The incident occurred on Saturday, March 19, 2022. The impact of the rain which battered the community, also rendered several residents homeless and injured three children in the …
Read More »Police arrest 12 commercial sex workers in Ho
The Volta Regional Police Command have arrested some twelve female commercial sex workers in the regional capital Ho. The ladies, 20 to 35 of age, were arrested on Saturday, 19 March, 2022 at a popular drinking spot near the Ho Technical University (HTU). Ho in recent times is flagged with …
Read More »Minority members could face 10 years imprisonment if they breach Supreme Court ruling – Lawyer
Lawyer Bobby Banson has cautioned the Minority against any attempt to physically prevent the Deputy Speaker from partaking in voting for decision-making in parliament. According to him, anybody who attempts to do so will breach the Supreme Court ruling, which amounts to high crime, liable to 10 years imprisonment without …
Read More »Rainstorm rip off roof of health center in Kalba, authorities call for urgent support
Authorities of the St. Joseph Health Centre in Kalba, in the Savannah Region, are appealing for support to reopen the facility after it was closed down following a rainstorm that hit the community on Saturday, March 19. The health centre in Kalba in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District was closed down after …
Read More »How people are financing themselves in this era of COVID-19
Table of Contents How people are financing themselves in this era of COVID-19 What are some solutions many people have relied on for cash? Bonus How people are financing themselves in this era of COVID-19 Cash is essential in our daily lives. We live in a world where money …
Read More »Bawumia opens Ghana’s first Islamic Nursing Training College
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Saturday, 19 March 2022 joined leadership of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaa, from Ghana and Nigeria, at Aplaku, Accra, to open Ghana’s first Islamic Nursing Training College. Speaking at the ceremony, Dr Bawumia said despite the existence of over 90 public nursing training colleges …
Read More »Koku Anyidoho vows to expose alleged ‘threats’ by Lordina Mahama against him
Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Koku Anyidoho has threatened to reveal alleged ‘threats’ he claims were made to him by the former first lady, Lordina Mahama. In a series of tweets posted on Sunday March 20, 2022, Koku Anyidoho alleged that Lordina Mahama and her husband [John Mahama] had called him to inform …
Read More »NDC begins house-to-house campaign ahead of 2024 elections – Otukonor hints
Deputy General Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Peter Boamah Otokunor has announced that the largest opposition political party in Ghana has started its door-to-door campaign ahead of 2024. According to him, the current government has plunged the people of Ghana into economic hardship hence the need for the NDC to …
Read More »Akufo-Addo did not think deeply before introducing Free SHS – Educationist
Professor Kwame Badu Antwi-Boasiako an educationist says the Nana Akufo-Addo led government did not think deeply before introducing the Free Senior High School policy. Speaking at the 63rd Anniversary, Speech and Prize Giving Day Celebration at the Agona Swedru Secondary School he said, the Free Senior High School policy should …
Read More »Bawumia led EMT has lost touch with Ghana’s reality – Bawa Mogtari
Special Aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, Joyce Bawa Mogtari believes that the insistence on introducing the e-levy by the government is an indication that the country’s economic management team has lost touch with the reality in the country. According to her, the bad governance displayed by the Nana …
Read More »Bagbin failed to learn from Adjaho’s 2015 quorum ruling – Kweku Baako on SC ruling
Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading GUIDE newspaper, has reacted to the March 9, 2022 Supreme Court ruling on voting rights of Deputy Speakers and the legality of counting them to form a quorum. Kweku Baako’s comment zoomed in on the point about the supremacy of the …
Read More »The most fearful thing is NDC coming back to power – Daniel Aboagye
A former government spokesperson on finance for the NPP , Daniel Aboagye has described a comeback of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the most frightening thing to happen. He said the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) must do whatever it takes legally to show good governance, restore the …
Read More »Avoid Corporal Punishment For Your Own Good – Education Director Warns
The Municipal Director for Asokore-Mampong Education Directorate in the Ashanti Region, Dr. William Kwame Amankra Appiah has called on teachers across the nation to avoid corporal punishment, because it does not help in our current system of education. The new Director who replaced Hajia Katumi Natogmah Attah made this comment …
Read More »Don’t ever abolish nurse trainee allowances – GRNMA President
The National President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Perpetual Ofori Ampofo, says the government should not heed to any calls demanding the cancellation of nurse trainee allowances. “I will not subscribe to any government abolishing the trainee allowance,” she insisted in an interview with TV3‘s Daniel …
Read More »We are not sabotaging government’s business, we are abiding by Supreme Court ruling – Akandoh
Member of Parliament for Juaboso Constituency in the Western Region, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has dismissed claims that the minority in parliament are sabotaging the government’s business by obstructing motions for lack of quorum from either side of the House. According to him, the minority is implementing the ruling of the Supreme Court which …
Read More »Where’s the money you claimed Ghana has? – Rashid Pelpuo taunts Bawumia
Member of Parliament(MP) for Wa Central, Rashid Pelpuo has questioned Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on where the money he claims Ghana has is. The Vice President, then Running Mate is on record to have said that Ghana is rich. He said he knows this because he worked at the Bank of …
Read More »Angry supporters of NPP lock up party office at Nkwanta South
Some aggrieved members of the New Patriotic Party in the Nkwanta South Constituency of the Oti region have locked up the party office over an alleged underhand dealing in the sale of area coordinators’ election forms. The group is demanding a fresh nomination, claiming that people whose names were found …
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