The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said the creation of the six new regions will not industrialise Ghana, adding: “It is rather sharply dividing” Ghanaians on ethnic grounds. The MP made the comments at a public forum held in Ho on the theme: “Bridging the Volta infrastructure and poverty gap; the role of stakeholders” ...

Major (rtd) Osahene Boakye Gyan, has alleged that former President Jerry John Rawlings murdered Flt Lt. Kojo Lee; one of his closest Lieutenants during the June 4th uprising. “I said he hanged Kojo Lee on an helicopter with blocks tied to his legs and drowned him in the Ocean. That is Rawlings for you,” he said in an interview with ...

The staff of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have announced that they will go ahead with the sit-down strike they threatened, beginning today, Wednesday, December 11, 2019. GRIDCo staff have said they are resorting to the strike “following non-response by GRIDCo Management and the institutions petitioned.” The staff had originally threatened to strike on December 4, 2019. The sit-down strike ...

The founder of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings, has laid the stage for the continuous mistrust between the Electoral Commission (EC) and political parties as seen and heard on secret audio recordings at the Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC), to fester further with his endorsement of the Eminent Advisory Committee. Mr Jerry John Rawlings’ position and comments ...

play videoJJ Rawlings with John Mahama Major (Rtd.) Osahene Boakye Gyan has revealed why former Military leader and founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), President Jerry John Rawlings, used to criticise the late John Evans Atta-Mills and Ex-President John Dramani Mahama ‘without any justifiable reason’. He told Neat FM’s Adakabre Frimpong Manso that he [Boakye Gyan] had advised the ...

Ghana’s Communication Service Tax threatens digital inclusion ahead of elections Posted 10 December 2019 9:31 GMT Man on a cell phone in Ghana. Photo by Arne Hoel via The World Bank. As Ghana prepares for presidential elections in 2020, about 75 percent of the population access the internet via mobile phones. On October 1, 2019, when the government’s proposed increase in Communication Service Tax (CST) ...

Nigeria players A Nigerian player has been fired by a club in Slovenia for impregnating the daughter of the president of the second division outfit after just six months with the side. The player, whose name has been withheld, said he was fired for ‘gross misconduct and indiscipline’ over the pregnancy which he has claimed full responsibility. Four Nigerians are registered ...

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged the opposition NDC to a show of records in office to enable Ghanaians judge who has met their aspirations the most. Vice President Bawumia is convinced that when pushed to a debate of facts and achievements, the NDC would have no leg to stand on and would resort to their usual refuge ...

Michael Essien and Asamoah Gyan have reacted to the snub of Cardi B on some popular Ghanaian celebrities. It was an unforgettable experience for Ghanaian female celebrities who on Sunday thronged the Kempinski Hotel to greet American rapper, Cardi B. Some Ghanaians celebrities including Moesha, Afia Schwarzenegger, Efia Odo and Sandra Ankobiah, among others who said they were invited to ...

One of the architects of the June 4 Uprising Major [Retired] Osahene Boakye Gyan has come out with some shocking revelations about former President Jerry John Rawlings, 40 years after the 1979 coup d’état. The coup arose out of a combination of corruption, bad governance, frustration among the general public and lack of discipline and frustrations within the Ghana Armed ...