Committee members and residents of Edwinase in the Ejisu Municipality have called for the renovation of their eighty-year-old Basic School which has now become a death trap. According to the residents in the Ashanti region, school pupils are compelled to run home to save their lives whenever it is about …
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NPP bigwigs who have been arrested under the Akufo-Addo government
Aside from some citizens, including some members of the opposition, who are currently facing trial for either causing financial loss to the state, coup plot or breach of the public peace, some members of the New Patriotic Party have not been spared for violating the laws. Since President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo came to …
Read More »VIDEO: Ken Agyapong pays US$145,000 for repairs of KATH cancer machine
Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has paid an amount of US$145,000 for the importation of parts of a crucial cancer treatment machine at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, KATH. He issued the checque during the week on Net 2 TV when some of the medics who work at …
Read More »Violent rainstorm rips classrooms at Kwabeng Anglican SHS
Three classrooms of Anglican Senior High Technical School in Akyem Kwabeng in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern region have been ripped off by a violent rainstorm recorded in the community Friday March 18,2022. The incident occurred at about 6:10pm. According to Agnes Minta, the Assistant Headmaster in Charge …
Read More »Only 4 MRI machines active – Health Minister
The Minister of Health has confirmed that Ghana has only four active Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines stationed in selected Government Hospitals. According to the Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu four (4) out of the seven (7) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Machines in major hospitals across the country are functional. The Minister in his …
Read More »More chaos as NPP supporters lock up party office
Some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Nkwanta South of the Oti Region have locked up the party office over Area Coordinators election form. The group said they were denied forms, vetting and other necessary procedures only for a nomination list of electoral coordinating council to be forced on them. …
Read More »Why Bawumia can’t lead NPP into 2024 elections – Mahama’s aide explains
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, an aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, has stated that it will be a cynical joke for the Vice President and his advisers to think avoiding comments on the economy will secure him the NPP flagbearership position. According to him, the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has …
Read More »‘It’s difficult to reach Adwoa Safo as a Whip’ – Annoh-Dompreh cries out
Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Majority Chief Whip, has indicated that he is finding it very difficult to reach out to ‘absentee MP’ Sarah Adwoa Safo. According to him, there have been some occasions that he has had fruitful discussions with the Dome-Kwabenya MP, who is currently in the United States, but recently it …
Read More »UG: Student proposes amendment of SRC constitution to deny executive officers voting right at GA
A final year student of the University of Ghana, Felix Tawiah Ayittah has proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the Students’ Representative Council (UG SRC). Felix Tawiah Ayittah is on a quest to secure a declaration from the SRC Judicial Board which will deny executive officers their voting right …
Read More »Squatters on Tema General Hospital premises endanger staff, patients
Squatters have invaded the premises of the Tema General Hospital, posing danger to residing medical staff and patients at the facility. There have been several reports of robbery attacks on the hospital premises, which the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) believed were linked to the squatters; Mr Yohane Amarh Ashitey, the …
Read More »Posterity will judge you – Afenyo-Markin fumes at Minority
The Deputy Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has told the Minority Members of Parliament that posterity will judge them over their decision to shoot down loan agreements in the Chamber following the recent Supreme Court ruling on voting rights for deputy speakers. “Mr. Speaker when we sit here, we communicate among …
Read More »NPP can never break the eight – Vim Lady envisages
Radio and Television personality Afia Pokuaa popularly called Vim Lady has insisted that the New Patriotic Party(NPP) can never break the eight. She argues that it will take magic to change this considering recent happenings in the country and Ghana’s electoral history. “With the breaking the eight, after my analysis …
Read More »Torrential rain rips off roof of Bekwai SHS
Torrential rains in Bekwai in the Ashanti Region have ripped off the roof of some schools in the area. The rains, which lasted for hours on Thursday, 17 March 2022, caused an interruption in power supply, leaving the town in darkness. The roof of some classrooms at the Bekwai Senior …
Read More »Bawumia made it look like he could change Ghana with a magic wand – Kwasi Pratt
Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Junior, has expressed disappointment in the current leadership of the country. Appearing on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, Mr Pratt singled out Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia as having made it look like he had magical powers to turn the …
Read More »Takyikrom: Pregnant women are carried on doors to access nearby health facilities
The Chief of Takyikrom in the Achiase district of the Eastern Region, Nana Nyarko has given a worrying account of how expectant mothers in the area are often carried on broken doors to access healthcare at the nearby Aprade community. According to the Chief, the Aprade community is about one …
Read More »Akufo-Addo’s 2016 tweet on cedi depreciation comes back to haunt him
While in opposition, one of the strong points of campaign for then candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was the exchange rate of the cedi against the dollar. Currently in government, the cedi under President Nana Addo Dankwa-Akufo-Addo is trading at about 7.38, a situation that has elicited several concerns. As of May …
Read More »Minority shoots down approval of another €20m loan facility
The minority in parliament for the second time this week has scuttled approval of a 20 million Euros Loan Facility agreement between the government of Ghana and Germany over lack of quorum for decision making. The facility which is to finance Green Credit Line under the Reform and Investment Partnership …
Read More »Nuru E/A primary school roofing ripped off, headteacher seeks support from government
A rainstorm that lasted more than an hour at Janga in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region on Sunday evening (13 March 2022) has razed down several houses including school buildings and other structures in the community. Many of the residents have been rendered homeless including women …
Read More »Review free SHS – Prof. Adei tells government
Prof Stephen Adei has urged the government to review its flagship Free Senior High School policy. Speaking on Joy News, the economist and Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission stated that the flagship programme has stretched the already impacted economy seeing that government allocates about GH¢7.5 billion every year to the …
Read More »Armed robbers attack KsTU student’s hostel at Asafo
Fear has gripped students of Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) in the Ashanti region following attacks on male student’s hostel by armed robbers at Asafo. The students fear that if adequate measures are not put in place, they might be forced to quit school to protect their lives. Their concerns follow a …
Read More »SAD VIDEO: NPP Nasara Coordinator’s V8 involved in an accident at Bunso
A vehicle belonging to the National Coordinator of the Ruling New Patriotic Party’s Youth Wing, Abdul Aziz Haruna Futa, has been involved in an accident. The Nasara Coordinator has shared a video and pictures of his Toyota Landcruiser with registration number GW 142-20 which looked mangled from the accident. According to …
Read More »Teachers paying rent for gov’t bungalows valid – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has justified the decision for teachers to pay 10 per cent of their salaries to occupy government bungalows. According to the GES, the letter from Western Regional Education Director was purely based on the Ministry of Finance’s circular which the GES fully endorse. “Management of …
Read More »Withdraw 10% basic salary bungalow rent directive If you want peace – GNAT to GES
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to immediately rescind its decision for its members to pay 10 percent of their basic salaries as rent for staying in government bungalows. The GES has directed teachers living in all government bungalows to get …
Read More »Ebenezer SHS students sit on floor over inability to pay GH¢600 each for broken desks
Forty-five General Arts students of Ebenezer Senior High School in Dansoman, a suburb of the Greater Accra Region have been studying on the floor since Thursday, March 10. This is because the headmistress of the school has parked all the desks from the classroom because the students could not pay …
Read More »Thugs vandalise Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai NPP MP’s office, stab Aide
The office of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency, Alfred Obeng Boateng, has been vandalized by some unidentified thugs. According to reports, the attackers made away with items such as mobile phones, cash and laptops. The special aide to the legislator, Kwame Bekoe, who …
Read More »NPP regional secretary arrested
The Accra Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service have arrested the Greater Accra Region Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Daniel Parker Odailai France for assaulting a party delegate. Daniel Parker Odailai France is alleged to have ordered a gang of eight well-built men to assault one …
Read More »Minority shoots down loan approval over Supreme Court ruling
Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has scuttled the approval of over 38 Million Euros loan agreement between Ghana and Deutsche bank of Frankfurt for construction of 40-bed District Hospitals in three constituencies. The loan facility was to see the construction of 40-bed hospitals in Ayensuano, Effiduase, and Offinso as well as …
Read More »10% rent payment cost-effective for teachers – GES
The Spokesperson of the Ghana Education Service, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, has described the 10 percent rent payment required of staff of Senior High School as cost-effective. According to her, the expenses involved in using the government or school bungalows is far less compared to what the teachers and or staff …
Read More »Meet the 38-year-old man in the same class with his children
A 38-year-old man’s ambitions of being a refined gentleman has got him studying in the same class with his three children. Jean Pierre from Rwanda said he is not ashamed to be a primary three pupil, studying in a government school just like his children. Disclosing what inspired him, Jean …
Read More »Phase 2 of UG Medical Centre complete, fully operational
The Management University of Ghana Medical Centre has today announced the completion of phase II of its Centre. The CEO of the facility Dr. Darius Osei said the UGMC housed three main focal areas; a 1000 bed clinical services section, a Medical Training and Simulation Centre and a Medical and …
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