The Volta regional secretary for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Joseph Homenya, says former President John Mahama will remain an ex-President, despite his victory in the just ended National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearership primaries. The secretary who doubles as the Volta Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) says the opposition NDC has no satisfactory flagbearer than ...

The violence during Nigeria’s delayed presidential and legislative polls has claimed at least 27 lives and injured several others, an NGO closely following the election said. On Sunday, the Election Network group said the outbreak of violence was “worrying” and the authorities had been warned about the risk as another civil society group said the death toll could be as ...

The Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has denied media reports suggesting that it has presented a budget of $7.2 million to the government for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. A statement signed by Mr. Dan Kwaku Yeboah, Spokesperson of the Committee said, “we wish to state unambiguously that the said publications are false. “The ...

The Mfantsipim Senior High School has banned its students from writing in this year’s November/December (Nov/Dec) West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates. According to the Headmaster of the school, Mr Manfred Barton Oduro, the move was to enable the students to concentrate on the main WASSCE examination in order to maximise the school’s passes in the ...

Pollster Ben Ephson has urged NDC flagbearer-elect John Mahama to resist making President Akufo-Addo the focus of his campaign ahead of the 2020 polls. He says such an effort can backfire if the President decides not contest in the 2020 elections. Instead, Mr. Mahama, should focus on government as a whole and its actions in order to have a more ...

British actress Olivia Colman defied the odds to scoop an Oscar on a night when Green Book also sprung a surprise by winning the award for best film. Colman won best actress for her role in The Favourite and charmed viewers with a funny and tearful speech. Green Book won three trophies in total, including best picture, which had been ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Assin Central Constituency Hon. Kennedy Agyapong has met a large number of his constituents and briefed them on what he has been doing for them as a Parliamentarian and also gave an account of how he utilized his MP’s share of the District Assemblies’ Common Fund (DACF). Mr. Agyapong, who entered Parliament on ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central constituency, Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has donated medical equipment to Assin Foso Polyclinic, to boost health care delivery. The items include microscope autoclave machines, Blood Bank refrigerator, 10 set of beds and chairs as well as refrigerators, baby Scale machines and other Theater equipments. He also added two Motorcycles for easy movement to nearby ...

Security Analyst Irbard Ibrahim has said the 2020 election is not a forgone victory for Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling New Patriotic Party because Ghanaians are in hardship and could vote back former president John Mahama when given that option. According to him, Mahama represents a threat against the government of Nana Akufo-Addo. “I deal with the State as much ...

Government has announced that this year’s 62nd Independence Anniversary celebration will take place from Thursday, 28th February to 8th March 2019. President Akufo-Addo during his State of the Nation address last Thursday in Parliament announced to the nation that the 62nd National Independence Celebrations will be hosted in the Northern Regional Capital Tamale specifically at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium ...