The Boachipe CHPS Compound has been shut down following an attack by a resident of the community Friday morning. The resident is alleged to have gone to the facility with a gun to shoot a staff of the facility. Information gathered by 3news.com indicates the man went ahead to fire …
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E-levy is nationalist instrument for development- Buabeng Asamoah
The governing New Patriotic Party NPP have said the Electronic Transaction Levy is a nationalist instrument for development and as such calls on the Minority in parliament to approve the bill The party believe the bill will help mobilize more revenue for the government while reducing existing debt situation …
Read More »Central Gonja nurses, midwives say ‘no security, no posting to Boachipe CHPS’
The Central Gonja branch of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has said until the security of health workers is guaranteed, no health worker must be posted to the Boachipe CHPS in the Savanna region. The group’s comment follows a shooting incident that occurred at the Boachipe CHPS …
Read More »NAGRAT strike looms over deletion of names of teachers from payroll
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) will soon go on strike unless names of teachers deleted from the government’s payroll unfairly are restored. This has been hinted by NAGRAT President Angel Carbonou. Speaking to journalists in Accra on Thursday, February 17, 2022, the NAGRAT leader described the reasons given …
Read More »Ignore Nonentity Abronye DC; He Is A Loose Talker – NDC MP
The MP for Wassa East Constituency, Isaac Adjei Mensah has asked authorities not to attach any importance to comments made by the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC. Even though he believes the police should do their work by investigating, he also …
Read More »Fosu Zongo will never see any development under my tenure – Kennedy Agyapong vows
The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has fumed at his party, the ruling New Patriotic Party, for directing developmental projects to the strongholds of their opposition at the expense of the party’s own strongholds. According to the outspoken MP, his party is exhibiting gross hypocrisy in …
Read More »Snakebites among the real issues facing teachers in rural areas — GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has acknowledged the challenges that teachers go through in Afram Plains and in all other parts of the country. These challenges include snakebites especially in rural areas and also accommodation issues. To that end, the GES said measures have been put in place to deal …
Read More »Snakebites kill teachers in Afram Plains
Two teachers in Afram Plains in the Eastern Region of Ghana, have died as a result of their inability to receive medical care in that part of the country after they suffered snakebites. The Basic Education Coordinator for the Afram Plains North District, Taihdu Mohammed, while speaking in an interview …
Read More »‘How dare you guys always bring out this hurt’ – Samuel Atta Mills to MPs seeking probe
Samuel Atta Mills, brother of the late Prof John Evans Atta Mills, has questioned why four NPP MPs are demanding a bi-partisan investigation into the death of the late President. He is of the view that, since the demise of his late brother, the NPP MPs have constantly been using …
Read More »PHOTOS: Dzifa Attivor buried
Many political stalwarts of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, and Members of Parliament including the Speaker, Alban Bagbin, as well as the former president, John Dramani Mahama, on Thursday bid farewell to the former transport minister, Dzifa Aku Attivor, during her burial rites at the forecourt of the State House. …
Read More »Why four NPP MPs are seeking probe into Atta Mills’ death
July 24, 2022, will be exactly ten years since the demise of former President John Evans Atta Mills at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. The cause of death has, however, been known to the family but some four NPP MPs have filed a private member’s motion seeking the constitution …
Read More »Nobody can sack me from NDC – Anyidoho
Samuel Koku Anyidoho, founder and CEO of the Atta-Mills Institute has said nobody can sack him from the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Anyidoho was reacting to his supposed expulsion from the biggest opposition party in the country. Speaking with Kwaku Nhyira-Addo on the Asaase Breakfast Show Thursday (17 February) he said, the NDC has …
Read More »VIDEO: NPP man goes agog to campaign song while preaching Bawumia at a funeral
An NPP sympathiser has set the internet blazing after a video of him dancing wildly went viral on social media. The unidentified man in a video sighted by GhanaWeb is seen touting the achievements of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at a funeral ground. In an ecstatic mood, he also sought to …
Read More »‘Incompetent’ Dampare hates me because I didn’t support his campaign to become IGP – Abronye claims
The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe, alias Abronye, has provided an explanation to his allegations of a personal vendetta harboured against him by the current Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare. Abronye who is facing criminal charges of publication of false news and offensive …
Read More »Four Majority MPs file motion for probe into Atta-Mills’ death
Four members of the Majority group in Parliament have filed a private member’s motion seeking the constitution of a bi-partisan group to probe the death of the late President John Evans Atta-Mills. The group behind this motion is led by Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh Dompreh. It’s unclear what the …
Read More »Sad: Boafri D/A basic school pupils forced to learn on bare floor
Pupils of Boafri D/A Basic School in the Krachi Nchumuru District in the Oti Region are compelled to sit on the bare floor to learn due to lack of furniture. The situation, according to parents and school management, is affecting teaching and learning activities in the school. Adom News’ visit …
Read More »NPP opens nomination for polling station elections
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has opened nominations for the election of polling station executives and electoral area coordinators’ from February 19 to 21, 2022. The party in a memo signed by the Director of Research and Elections, Evans Nimako dated February 14, 2022, says “I have been directed …
Read More »‘So annoying’ – Sekou Nkrumah’s reaction to Akufo-Addo praise by TD Jakes
Dr. Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has reacted to Bishop Thomas Dexter (TD) Jakes’ praise of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during a church service. Sharing the video of the American preacher in his chapel, reading a lengthy praise of President Akufo-Addo, Dr. Nkrumah captioned his …
Read More »Mahama’s ‘luxury’ jet travels cost Ghana US$11,000 per hour – Kwadaso MP alleges
Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, Dr. Kingsley Nyarko, has stated that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is not the only president who has travelled outside the country using a hired private jet. The MP in an interview on the Asaase Breakfast Show said, other former presidents have in the …
Read More »Stop hailing me ‘father ooooh father’ when am in a procession entering the house — Speaker urges MPs
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has cautioned Members of Parliament (MPs) to desist from hailing him whenever he is in a procession to the Chamber. He said such occasions were solemn moments, which should be observed as such. The Speaker, who said this in his formal statement …
Read More »Mahama denies Abronye’s coup allegation
Former President John Dramani Mahama has responded to a coup allegation levelled against him by the New Patriotic Party Bono regional chairman, Kwame Baffoe alias Abronye DC. Joyce Bawah Mogtari, special aide to Mr. Mahama, in a statement on behalf of the former President described the allegation by Abronye DC as concocted stories. The …
Read More »Minority files motion for Agyeman Manu’s removal over Sputnik V vaccines
The Minority in Parliament has filed a motion for a vote of censure against Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu over his role in the procurement of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia through a middleman. Parliament Wednesday by consensus adopted the report of the committee which indicted the Minister of failing …
Read More »NDC Western Regional Organiser passes on
Western Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Organiser, Japhet Baidoo, has passed on. According to reports, he died on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, after a short ailment. Until his demise, Mr Baidoo was working as the Safety and Environment Officer of the Takoradi Technical University. Western Regional Communication …
Read More »I’m happy E-Levy impasse in parliament has woken your consciences – Mahama to clergy
Former President John Dramani Mahama has justified the fight that occurred in Parliament over the E-levy, saying the Minority lawmakers were not expected to sit timidly to allow unconstitutionality to pass in the House. He told the clergy who visited him that the constitution is clear on how proceedings should be conducted in Parliament. …
Read More »NDC afraid E-levy will help NPP retain power in 2024 – Ephson
Pollster and Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper, Ben Ephson, has suggested the opposition National Democratic Congress may be afraid revenue accrued from the controversial E-levy if passed will help the NPP retain power in 2024 hence their stiff opposition. According to him, the extent of opposition by the …
Read More »2021 BECE candidates to verify school choices via SMS
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has said a bulk SMS will be sent to parents of prospective Senior High School (SHS) students to verify and confirm their schools of choice from Wednesday, 16 to Tuesday, 22 February 2022. “Parents, teachers, candidates are to be informed, that a bulk SMS of …
Read More »More trouble for Bobie Ansah as Anyidoho drags him to police over Mills’ death
Embattled Accra FM presenter, Kwabena Bobie Ansah may just be in another trouble as the Founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has petitioned the Ghana Police Service to have him investigated over some wild and damaging utterances shared in a YouTube video he distributed. According to an Asempa …
Read More »Two KTU staff dismissed; 8 others suspended for embezzling over 600k
The governing council of the Koforidua Technical University (KTU) has dismissed two staff of the University for engaging in financial malfeasance. The council, as part of its disciplinary action, also reprimanded and suspended eight (8) others for their involvement in the crime. Three of the staff were, however, exonerated. The …
Read More »LISTEN: Koku Anyidoho petitions CID over Atta-Mills death
A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho has petitioned the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) to do an inquest into the death of the late Professor John Evans Atta-Mills who died while serving as president of Ghana. Koku said his letter to the CID has …
Read More »We’re studying the court order to advise accordingly – UTAG lawyers
Lawyers for the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) have said they are studying a court order that granted the National Labour Commission (NLC) an application against the strike, to advise their client accordingly on the next line of action. The Labour Division of the Accra High Court has granted …
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