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A stalwart of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has cautioned the government against plunging the country into a stalemate at the local government level after a ‘Yes’ victory in the December 17 referendum. Prof Kwamena Ahwoi, who heads a committee of experts that advises the NDC on the upcoming referendum, said Tuesday on Joy FM’s Top Story that a ‘Yes’ ...

The Minority in Parliament has called on the government to immediately engage the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) and address their concerns to avoid needless deaths. The leadership of the GMA has given government up to next week Monday to review their expired conditions of service agreement entered into under the Mahama administration or see doctors across the country withdraw their ...

Members of the Zongo Caucus of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Madina Constituency are expected to begin a weeding challenge after a video of former president Mahama clearing weed went viral. John Dramani Mahama led a section of his security detail to clear overgrown weeds in the middle belt of the ‘Mahama’ Road in front of the new Military ...

Former President John Mahama has reacted to an apology letter from the management of the Multimedia Group after one of its staff used unpleasant words towards him while hosting a show on radio. After receiving the letter, John Mahama took to social media to announce that he has accepted the apology by captioning the letter “accepted”. The unreserved apology by ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has made three appointments to the Supreme Court subject to the approval of Parliament. The three; Justice Mariama Owusu, Justice Lovelace Johnson and Justice Gertrude Tokornoo, have been elevated to the Supreme Court bench from the Court of Appeal. The Speaker of Parliament announced the nominees in Parliament today, Tuesday. They have been appointed to replace three ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has refuted assertions of deliberately collapsing Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom’s BlackShield (formerly Gold Coast Fund Management) which was part of some 53 fund management firms whose licences were revoked for various infractions. Dr Nduom, a businessman and politician, who founded the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), is Chairman of Groupe Nduom, a conglomerate that operates ...

The Wa regional hospital has begun investigations to the death of the two-year-old boy who died of snakebite after he was denied treatment by health officials. Family of the boy who rushed him to the facility on Saturday after the snakebite said he was refused treatment by health officials who said they had to locate his folder before they could ...

Pupils of Okonam M/A Junior High School in the Suhum Municipality have been compelled to study under trees after the collapse of their ramshackle classroom block built over eighty(80) years ago. A three-unit GETFUND Classroom block, a classroom for Kindergarten pupils, and Teachers Bungalow project started by the previous government have, however, been abandoned. Angry residents in the community say ...

A 29-year-old washing bay attendant, Thomas Quansah, has rammed a car into two persons causing major injuries to them. The victims are currently in a coma. The incident is reported to have happened at the Eclipse washing bay at Nkroful. The washing bay attendant is said to have moved a Hyundai Tucson with registration number GX 2803 – 19, and ...

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been adjudged the best University in Ghana and West Africa. The Ashanti Region-based university also came 14th on the African continent and 706th out of selected 1,500 best universities worldwide. It displaced two of West Africa’s prestigious tertiary institutions, the University of Ibadan (UI) in Nigeria and fellow compatriots, the University ...