POLITICS

Former President John Mahama is set to select a running mate for the 2020 elections early next year and numerous names have come up. Among them include Dr. Johnson Asiama, Dr. Kwesi Botchwey, Hannah Tetteh, Marrietta Brew Appiah Oppong, Prof. Jane Naana O. Agyemang, the youngest of the Ahwoi brothers among others. There have been speculations and unconfirmed rumours about ...

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia has revealed that he started wearing suits as a rural bank manager even before Kimathi Rawlings, the last born and only son of former president Jerry John Rawlings was born. There have been several reports that the former Member of Parliament (MP) through the generosity of his ...

The Ministry of Information has called on Ghanaians to stop the practice of creating fake social media account of government officials and institutions. According to the ministry, the fake accounts are created to “promise jobs, scholarships, contracts and senior high school/national service placements.” Unsuspecting fraud victims, who are desperate to access any of the above-mentioned offers are “lured into making ...

A team of International Monetary Fund staff has concluded its 2019 Article IV Consultation Mission to Ghana and advised the Akufo-Addo government to have a tight 2020 budget so as to rein in the country’s growing debt stock. “While 2020 budget preparations are ongoing, the mission underlined the need to adopt an appropriately tight budget to limit financing needs, contain ...

The National Cyber Security Advisor, Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako has called on the Electoral Commission to put robust cybersecurity measures in place to protect its system from hacking. Given the reported cases of hacking of electoral systems in other countries during elections, there was the need for the EC to put measures in place to protect the Commission of cyber attack. ...

Any man of God who claims to have seen former President John Mahama becoming President of Ghana again is a fake prophet. This, according to Rev Owusu Bempah, is because he has personally checked the nook and cranny of the spiritual realm and there is no way Mahama will rule Ghana again, MyNewsGh.com reports. Rev Owusu Bempah, who is also ...

Former President JJ Rawlings has waded in the impasse between authorities of the University of Education-Winneba and Professor Mawutor Avoke saying there is a “clear case of injustice”. The former President’s position comes after the former Vice Chancellor of the school petitioned him over his removal by the council of the school. In a statement addressed to the National Security ...

Viemens Bamfo, a 12-year-old student of University of Ghana, Legon, has been offered a long-distance course in Public Administration. He is the youngest among the over 2900 fresh students who were matriculated over the weekend by the university. Viemens, was home-schooled by his father after his lower primary education in Akyem-Oda in the Eastern Region. He wrote and passed the ...

The government has asked all road contractors to return to the site and ensure the successful completion of all their abandoned road projects. This follows the acquisition of GH?2.2 billion by the Ministry of Roads and Highways to pay all debts owed road contractors. In a statement released by the Ministry and signed by the sector Minister, Kwasi Amoako Attah, ...

Policy think tank, IMANI Africa, says government is to blame for the PDS ‘mess’. It however says it disagrees with calls for the prosecution of the directors of PDS following their botched deal with the government of Ghana and ECG. Some Ghanaians including the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have called on government to identify and prosecute the leadership of ...