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Police deny NPP executives’ bail request for 12 Chereponi protestors [Video]

Police in the North East Region has denied a bail request made for 12 suspects arrested persons in Chereponi in connection with the violent protest...

Tain NPP bares teeth at Akufo-Addo over MMDCEs list

Some supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Tain constituency, have expressed their disappointment in the nomination of Madam Lucy Acheampong as the...

NPP supporters lock up Apedwa party office, burn flags over MCE nomination [video]

Some angry supporters of the ruling NPP have locked up their party's office at Akyem Apedwa in the Abuakwa South constituency of the Eastern...

Online food delivery; a blessing in a pandemic recovering world

On a cold Friday evening, Mrs Amoako returns from work and realises that she has been so busy and forgot to get groceries. It...

Fmr Kumasi Mayor Kojo Bonsu holds dialogue, medical screening sessions with Ablekuma South constituents

Former Mayor of Kumasi, Kojo Bonsu, as part of his Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day celebrations stormed Accra to have a dialogue with fisherfolk within...

Limit your jubilation to prevent chaos – Ato Arthur to MMDCE nominees

The Head of Local Government Service, Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCE) nominees to limit the jubilations...

Hasten SDGs implementation to build fairer, prosperous world – Akufo-Addo

The Co-Chair of the Group of Eminent Advocates of the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has urged world leaders to hasten the implementation...

Failed MMDCEs urge calm among rampaging youth

A group of disappointed Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) have called for calm among rioting party supporters over President Nana Akufo-Addo's nominations. According...

MMDCEs appointment not a reward for party work – Disgruntled NPP supporters told [Audio]

The appointment of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executive (MMDCES) is not for reward but a serious business of service to the people, this...

Dan Botwe sends message to supporters of disappointed MMDCEs

Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Dan Botwe, says President Nana Akufo-Addo is not bound by the Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief...

Why Guan district is missing in MMDCEs list – Dan Botwe explains [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why Guan district is missing in MMDCEs list - Dan Botwe explains The Minister for Local Government, Dan Kwaku Botwe, has revealed why...

MPs, Samia Nkrumah, Obaapa Christy, others mourn with Jomoro MP [Photos]

The one-week observation for Mary Affo Danyi, the mother of Jomoro Member of Parliament (MP), Dorcas Affo-Toffey, has been held. The solemn ceremony took place...

Sam Pyne’s reaction to his appointment as Kumasi Mayor [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sam Pyne’s reaction to his appointment as Kumasi Mayor President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominee as the Mayor of Kumasi, Sam Pyne, has reacted to...

DCE nominee poised to snatch Ellembelle seat for NPP in 2024 [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · DCE nominee poised to snatch Ellembelle seat for NPP in 2024 District Chief Executive (DCE) nominee for Ellembelle, Kwasi Bonzoh, says he is...

MMDCEs list: Nana B sends message to NPP youth

The National Youth Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B), has admonished the teeming youth of the party...

Check out the 11 new MMDCEs in the Volta Region

President Nana Akufo-Addo has given 11 New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwarts an opportunity to help deliver his developmental agenda in the Volta Region. The Volta...

Gifty Anti’s take on MMDCE list

Veteran Ghanaian journalist, Oheneyere Gifty Anti, has expressed disappointment in the female representation contained in the list of MMDCEs released by the President. According to...

MMDCE list: Demonstrators hired – Ben Ephson

The disgruntled grassroots members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), who are demonstrating against President Nana Akufo-Addo’s list of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District...

Rwandan court finds real-life ‘Hotel Rwanda’ film hero guilty on terror-related charges

A Rwandan court on Monday found Paul Rusesabagina, a one-time hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the 1994 genocide,...

Chereponi NPP Chairman drops ‘bombshell’ about DCE nominee

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman for the Chereponi Constituency, Sulemana Aliu, has expressed his displeasure about the nomination of Hajia Zuweira, as the District...

Kojo Bonsu reacts to Sam Pyne’s appointment as Kumasi Mayor – [Audio]

A former Mayor of Kumasi, Kojo Bonsu, has reacted to the appointment of the New Patriotic Party's Ashanti Regional Secretary, Sam Pyne, as the...

Akufo-Addo reacts to Ama Benyiwa Doe’s demise with some great words

President Nana Akufo-Addo has joined scores of Ghanaians to mourn the death of former Central Regional Minister, Ama Benyiwa Doe. This follows news of her...

WAEC, Education Minister to be hauled before Parliament

The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, has stated that he is expecting the Minister for Education and officials of the West...

Mahama pays glowing tribute to Ama Benyiwa Doe

Former President John Mahama has paid a glowing tribute to National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwart, Ama Benyiwa Doe. The NDC 2020 presidential candidate has described...

38 females and 222 males nominated for MMDCEs

Government, through the Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Dan Botwe, today released the list of nominees for the Metropolitan, Municipal, and...

Chereponi NPP supporters vandalise party pickups, other items over DCE nomination

Some angry youth of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Chereponi in the North East Region have poured out their agitation on the...

Full list of Akufo-Addo’s MMDCE nominees

The Nana Akufo-Addo-led government has released the nominee list for the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies across the country. In a press briefing before...

Moment Akufo-Addo met Guinea coup leader

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was in Guinea to hold talks with the military junta that recently toppled the government of the country’s president,...

NDC’s Ama Benyiwa Doe passes on

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Gomoa West constituency and Central Regional Minister, Ama Benyiwa Doe, has passed on, a family source has confirmed...

MMDCEs Appointment: Adjei Sowah reacts to disturbances at Odododiodoo

The Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah, has distanced himself from the demonstrations happening in some parts of...

NPP supporters protest alleged removal of Adjei Sowah as Accra Mayor

Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters at Odododiodoo, one of three constituencies that constitute the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in the Greater Accra Region...

NDC Youth Organiser denies role in Dr Duffuor’s campaign team

JoyNews/AdomNews · NDC Youth Organiser denies role in Dr. Duffuor's campaign team National Youth Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has denied a...

Gyampo writes: Open Letter to the President and Vice President of the Republic

Your Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo, I greet you. Your Excellency Alhaji Dr Bawumia, I greet you too. As you may be aware, some of us have...

NPP charges supporters to accept list of MMDCEs

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is asking stakeholders, particularly supporters, to accept the yet-to-be-published list of Chief Executive Officers for the various Municipalities...

Koku Anyidoho did not learn anything good under Mills – Nii Lante

Despite touting himself as a trainee of the late President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, who shaped his appreciation of certain things as a...

ECOWAS puts travel ban on Guinea coup makers

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given the military rulers in Guinea six months to return the country to constitutional order. The...

Journalist enstooled chief of Anum-Asamankese

The chiefs and people of Anum-Asamankese Traditional Area, have enstooled Samuel Osei Agyei as their Asomkahene at a colourful ceremony held at the Anum...

Akufo-Addo, Mahama meet in Koforidua

President Nana Akufo-Addo and former President John Dramani Mahama over the weekend met in Koforidua. The two leaders were in the Eastern Regional capital to...

I will support Kwabena Duffuor if… Top NDC guru [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Yaw Boateng Gyan reacts to Duffuor contesting NDC flagbearership race A former National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said...

MMDCEs appointment: Former Minister takes on Akufo-Addo [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · MMDCEs appointment: Former Minister makes shocking revelation Former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Akwasi Oppong-Fosu, has said the delay by the...