POLITICS

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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