Six executive members of the New Patriotic Party in the Hohoe Constituency of the Volta Region have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident on Sunday evening. The victims including two topmost Executive met their untimely death in the deadly crash on the Hohoe-Jasikan Road when they were returning from …

Students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), are in black and red clothes to mourn their colleagues who died in Asuboi accident over the weekend. Some of the students, who spoke to Adom News, expressed their emotions after the news broke. The accident, which occurred on Sunday morning, reportedly claimed the lives …

In many African societies, African foods are respected whilst having large numbers of children tend to be a struggle. Nevertheless, the arrival of twins is often received with so much joy by families who regard it as a blessing. Twins, the birth of two offspring from the same pregnancy, is …

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has dismissed a Herald newspaper report that the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has been sold. The newspaper in its reportage on Monday, March 14, indicated that the government has sold the Psychiatric hospital to some private investors. “This follows a durbar held by the Management of the hospital …

The Majority group in Parliament has justified the delay of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in delivering the 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA). According to the group, the president is still within the remit of the law despite the continuous rescheduling of the address. Speaking on ‘PM Express’ programme on …

The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbornu has strongly condemned the government’s decision to deduct 10 percent of the salaries of teachers and staff of senior high schools occupying government bungalows. Mr. Carbornu argued that the planned deduction is unfair to teachers, given the meagre …

Dr. Arthur Kobina Kennedy, has linked the controversial E-Levy to the Biblical anecdote of the Lord Jesus Christ feeding five thousand people with five loaves of bread and two fishes as described in the gospel according to St Matthew 14.13-21. According to him, the government of Ghana has already admitted …

The Student Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has said that four of its students lost their lives in the road accident at Asuboi and not nine as reported early. In a Neat FM interview monitored by GhanaWeb, the Public Relations Officer of the SRC, Shadrach …

The election of polling station executives of the New Patriotic Party in the Yendi constituency turned chaotic when some irate youth vandalized the party’s office over the weekend. It is reported by myjoyonline.com that this came about after a warning from the NPP’s leadership that said that it would expel …

Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, angrily stormed out of the chamber while sitting was ongoing on Friday, March 11, 2022. Alhasan Suhuyini had raised concerns on the floor that the chamber lacked the quorum to transact business in the house. This was raised while the Minister for Roads …

One person was critically injured while others sustained minor injuries at the Liberty Football Pitch in Dansoman during the acclamation of polling station executives in the Ablekuma West Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). This was as a result of brutalities perpetrated by some party members during the exercise …

The University of Education Winneba (UEW) has confirmed two of its students have died from the Asuboi accident that occurred on Sunday dawn contrary to reports that nine students died. According to the university, two other students cannot be accounted for. The university is, however, investigating to find the whereabouts …

The Ghana Education Service in the Western Region has served notice to teachers in the area to brace up for a 10 per cent deduction from their salaries for occupying government bungalows. In a letter sighted by Starrfm.com.gh, the Director of Education in the Western Region, Mrs. Felicia Agyeibea Okai referred …

Parliamentarians present in the House last week were left in shock, following names and votes of their colleagues who were absent that day but were captured in parliamentary proceedings document. According to information, prior to the adjournment of the proceedings, 41 members were present, yet, more than 100 people were …

The government earlier this week announced the removal of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on pharmaceutical ingredients in Ghana. Similarly, the VAT on selected finished pharmaceutical products have also been removed. This is to ensure that the cost of medicines in Ghana is reduced, the government said. “Government removes VAT …

Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has authorised Takoradi-based rapper, Kofi Kinaata‘s Things Fall Apart song to be studied in the school. Effective the first semester of the 2021/2022 academic year, level 200 students of the English department will take it up. This was announced on the Twitter page of Voice …

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says the Government will continue to motivate teachers and expand school infrastructure to achieve the best outcomes in the education sector. He said interventions like the School Feeding Programme, the Free Senior High School (SHS), the focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Technical, Vocational and …

Majority of the basic schools in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region are contending with an acute shortage of furniture in their respective institutions, the Municipal Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said. Mr. Solomon Sakitey in an interview said the situation continues to …

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has been challenged to answer the 137 questions he once posed to his predecessor Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur regarding the handling of the Ghanaian economy. Godsbrain Captain Smart, the host of Onua FM’s breakfast show, is demanding answers from Dr Bawumia as he believes the answers could …

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has hinted at plans to vie for the chairmanship of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). His decision is premised on reports that the current NDC General Secretary Asiedu Nketia (General Mosquito) will be contesting for the same position. Asiedu Nketia has yet to publicly confirm …

Falling on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout means that we cannot manage our own economy and that they should come to our rescue, Michael Okyere Baafi, Member of Parliament for New Juaben South has asserted. Making a case for Ghanaians and the Minority in Parliament to accept …

Action Alliance Party believes women are the bedrock of every society just as the youth are the engine of the same society and nation. Its high time we developed the youth and gave equal if not more opportunities for women to develop their talents and determine what their future should …

Co-chairman of the Joint Stirring Committee of the Akpafu and Lolobi Traditional Areas has stated it is wrong for Attorney General to call for re-election in Buem is wrong. According to Dr Joe Addae, the people of the Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lipke and Lolobi (SALL) had a firm indication from the …

Former Presidential Spokesperson Samuel Koku Anyidoho has called for the sacking of Johnson Asiedu Nketia from the Parliamentary Service Board (PSB) as well as the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He said Mr Asiedu Nketia has demonstrated gross anti-party behaviour and also brought the name of Parliament into disrepute. This comes in the wake of …

The New Patriotic Party’s Chairman for the Bono Region, Kwame Baffoe has taken a jab at former President John Dramani Mahama, for his comment over the Supreme Court ruling that a Deputy Speaker can engage in vote casting while presiding over Parliamentary affairs. According to the Chairman who is best known …

Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Member of Parliament for the South Dayi Constituency, has shared a video of First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, affirming that he loses his vote whenever he presides over the House. Dafeamekpor shared the 37-seconds clip which captures Osei-Owusu, alias Joe Wise, as stating thus: “Honourable Members, …

Engineer Kwabena Agyepong has opened up about issues that led to his suspension as a member of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP). Kwabena Agyepong, Paul Afoko and Sammy Crabbe who were National Executives of the NPP were suspended indefinitely ahead of the 2016 general elections. The reasons given for the …

The Ministry of Health(MoH) has announced that it will commence the recruitment of medical doctors and dentists on Monday, 14 March 2022. The recruitment exercise is for medical doctors and dentists who have completed their House Job and have been verified by the Medical and Dental Council. “Qualified applicants are …

The New Patriotic Party has said it is taking immediate steps to expel persons involved in the recent agitations in the Fomena Constituency and subsequent repainting of the NPP office there with NDC colours. Some party members there staged a protest on Monday accusing its leadership of sidestepping electoral laws …

Businessman, Alfred Agbesi Kofi Woyome, has taken a swipe at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) following the Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of the Majority Caucus of Parliament on March 9, 2022. The Supreme Court in effect of the ruling, struck out Parliament’s standing order 109 (3), declaring it unconstitutional because it …