“Today, I am here to cut the sod for the construction and redevelopment of the Takoradi Market, popularly called Market Circle. I am particularly happy that this project, which is dear to my heart, is going to commence under the presidency of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo”. These were the words of the President of Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 19th August 2020, ...
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I’ll be surprised if Mahama wins 2020 elections – Allotey Jacobs
A former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs has said that he will be surprised if former President John Dramani Mahama is declared winner of the 2020 elections. According to him, the former Ghanaian leader and his party, the NDC have not done enough to merit a return to power anytime soon. Speaking on ...
Read More »Jean Mensa’s EC “lurching Ghana towards an uncertain future” – Haruna Attah
Former High Commissioner to Namibia, Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Haruna Attah, has slammed the current leadership of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, saying they are leading the country towards an uncertain future. According to Alhaji Attah, the manner in which the EC led by Jean Mensa failed to heed to wise counsel and concerns of several Civil Society Organisations and decided to proceed with ...
Read More »Security services will remain on existing pension schemes – Oppong Nkrumah
Government has excluded security services in the country from the unification of pensions and has opted to allow them to remain on their already existing pension programmes. This was disclosed by the Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah at a press briefing in Accra on Thursday August 20, 2020. Addressing journalists, Mr. Nkrumah noted that the decision was reached to ...
Read More »Book no lie, your intent to exclude New Juaben from ERHC is proven – Oti Boateng fires back at Okyehene
The Omanhene of New Juaben Traditional Area, Daasebre Professor Emeritus Oti Boateng has replied to a rejoinder by Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, the Omanhene of Akyem and the President of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs over his recent protestations against what he has described as an attempt to exclude the New Juaben Area from the ERHC. According to the ...
Read More »It is all love on this side – Stonebwoy makes up with AngelTown
“It is all love on this side. Earlier today with Angello…No Bad Blood,” is how Stonebwoy captioned an image he shared on his Twitter with him and AngelTown, Sarkodie’s manager after he [Stonebwoy] punched AngelTown’s left eye. During the recording of the Black Love Concert at the Independence Square in Accra, a little confusion broke between Sarkodie‘s manager and Stonebwoy. Many reported that Stonebwoy had questioned Sarkodie‘s teams ...
Read More »I’m not a romantic guy, not searching for a woman – Sammy Gyamfi opens up
Aside his ferocious style of politics and unwavering commitment to his career, Sammy Gyamfi, the national communications officer of the opposition NDC has given Ghanaians a little peek into his private life. The vociferous communicator has revealed that he is currently not actively involved with any woman in an amorous relationship after his previous one ended on a bad note. ...
Read More »I don’t own Agyapa Royalties – Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko
Gabby Asara Otchere-Darko, a family member of President Akufo-Addo, has denied owning Agyapa Royalties, formerly Asaase Royalties, an entity registered both in Ghana and Jersey. In a post on his Facebook timeline, Otchere-Darko said Agyapa Royalties is 100% owned by a body set up under an Act of Parliament. “That body is the Minerals Income Investment Fund set up in ...
Read More »Russian opposition leader hospitalized after suspected poisoning
Russian opposition leader and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny was unconscious and on a ventilator in a Siberian hospital Thursday after falling ill from suspected poisoning, his spokesperson said. Navalny, 44, started feeling unwell while on a return flight to Moscow from the Siberian city of Tomsk, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh, said on Twitter. The plane later made an urgent ...
Read More »Tarkwa-Nsuaem independent candidate condemns defacing of her billboards
Independent parliamentary candidate for Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency in the Western region Joy Joycelyn Andoh has condemned the vandalizing of her billboards and posters mounted within Nsuaem by persons believed to be supporters of the ruling NPP. She describes the act as a disturbing, criminal, cowardly, intimidatory, and a failed attempt to stoke violence and disrupt the peaceful atmosphere the constituency has ...
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