Some aggrieved supporters and delegates of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asante Juaben constituency of the Ashanti region are demonstrating over the disqualification of a parliamentary aspirant Francis Owusu- Akyaw by party executives. Second National Vice Chairman of the party Fredrick Freduah Antoh on Thursday announced on Kumasi-based Abusua FM that some aspirants have been disqualified from ...

Mr Koku Anyidoho has bemoaned the insults rained on former President Jerry John Rawlings and himself by their own party members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on social media. Speaking at the 41st-anniversary of the June 4, 1979 uprising in Accra on Thursday, 4 June 2020, the former Director of Communication at the Presidency during the Atta Mills administration, ...

The Ketu North Municipal Assembly has recorded its first death of Covid-19 while five other persons test positive for the virus. The case was a 28-year old young man who fell sick in Tema and returned to the Municipality on Friday, 29 May 2020 to seek healthcare but was referred to the Ketu South Municipal hospital in Aflao. According to ...

Ghana has recorded 337 more cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours as the country’s total case count stands at 8, 885. Recoveries have also increased marginally to 3,189 while the death toll still stands at 38. The current active cases stand at 5,658. Accra still has the highest number of infections with over 6000 cases now while the ...

A former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Keta, Mr Dan Abodakpi, has suggested Ghana is slipping off its moor into trouble seas. Delivering at a speech at the 41st virtually commemoration of the June 4 Revolution, the former legislator opined that there is deep-seated cynicism among our body polity because of perceived arrogance of power and ...

Some former government officials under the erstwhile John Mahama administration will soon be put before court for allegedly misappropriating funds meant for the Saglemi housing project. According to Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, despite the state paying more than 90% of the contract sum, it was shocking to note that the contract was varied to 1,000 housing ...

The constitutional mandate of the Electoral Commission must be “respected” by all the political stakeholders, former President Jerry John Rawlings has said at the 41st-anniversary celebration of the June 4, 1979, uprising. “Ladies and gentlemen, our democracy is borne out of fire and we must dearly and compassionately protect its flames. One of the key institutional arms of this democratic ...

Legal luminary, founder and retired senior partner of one of the leading law firms in Ghana, “Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah”, Mr. Kojo Bentsi-Enchill, has called on education authorities in Ghana to incorporate Information & Communication Technology (ICT) fully into all forms and levels of education in order to prepare the learning population for the future. Mr. Bentsi-Enchill, observed that Technology ...

Security Analyst, Emmanuel Bombande, has said the Electoral Commission’s approach to compiling a new voters’ register for the December 2020 elections spells danger for Ghana’s democracy. According to him, instead of building consensus between both the supporters and opposition to the compilation of the new electoral roll, the EC has decided to go to Parliament to seek legitimacy. “When we ...

Ghanaian football icon Rev. Osei Kofi has shockingly disclosed that Abedi Ayew Pele doesn’t come close to him and as such suggested he doesn’t deserve a mention as the country’s all-time best footballer. Osei Kofi, a two-time AFCON winner with the Black Stars was a tricky winger in his days. He played for both Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko ...