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Chad repays $100m Angola debt with 75,000 cows

Angola has received a herd of more than 1,000 cattle from Chad, a government official said Monday, the latest shipment of an unusual debt...

Explain coronavirus data discrepancies – Mahama to govt

Former President John Dramani Mahama has asked the government to ensure that the process of acquiring data on the COVID-19 outbreak is transparent in...

FULL TEXT: Mahama’s digital conversation on coronavirus

Hello and thank you for joining this live digital conversation from wherever you are.Technology has proven to be more than a good friend, actually...

Listen: Ghana’s economy is on ventilators – Mahama

Former President John Mahama is shocked Ghana’s ‘vibrant’ economy is in comatose just one month of the coronavirus pandemic.ALSO READ:Poverty leads mother to dump...

What Koku Anyidoho thinks about Akufo-Addo’s decision to lift lockdown

Koku Anyidoho, a former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has stated that the decision to lift the lockdown was an...

A Plus’ letter to Akufo-Addo [Read]

Anti-graft campaigner, Kwame A Plus, has called on the Akufo-Addo-led government to cut down the size of his ministers to save the public purse.In...

NDC members exchange blows at Effutu [Video]

Some stalwarts of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Effutu in the Central region have exchanged blows over 'unlawful' suspension of some party executives.According...

Dumelo offers GH¢200k interest free loan to ‘hand to mouth’ businesses at Ayawaso West Wuogon

Ghanaian actor-turned-politician, John Dumelo, has voted GH¢200,000 cedis to assist struggling small-scale businesses within the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency in Accra where he is...

Coronavirus: Omane Boamah writes on ‘discrepancies’ in figures

Former Communications Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, is appealing to the government to ensure it puts out the right figures of the people it...

Listen: Omane Boamah hints of more coronavirus cases

Former Minister of Communications in the erstwhile Mahama administration is hinting Ghana may record more coronavirus cases.ALSO READ:Lifting of restrictions on movement makes economic...

Listen: COVID-19 test figures; Omane Boamah smell’s a rat

Former Communications Minister, Edward Omane Boamah, is questioning the integrity of the figures of the number of COVID-19 cases tested in the country.ALSO READ:Balotelli...

Ignore fake memo on NPP parliamentary primaries – John Boadu

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said an alleged leaked memo stipulating that it has set a new date for parliamentary primaries is...

Lifting of lockdown dangerous – NDC warns

The Covid-19 Response Team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said the decision by the government to lift the lockdown imposed on some...

Check out Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s lockdown barber

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has revealed who his barber was during the lockdown period.According to him, his wife was doing justice to his hair...

Lifting lockdown – NDC MP backs Akufo-Addo

The decision to lift the partial lockdown on parts of the country has been received with mixed reactions.ALSO READ:Okada rider bites forehead of taskforce...

Lifting lockdown: Sammy Gyamfi ‘exposes’ Akufo-Addo

The National Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress is claiming President Nana Akufo-Addo's decision to lift restrictions on movement in Accra and...

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah clears air over partisan food distribution

Allegations that the government is distributing food to the vulnerable along party lines amid the coronavirus lockdown, is “odd and weird,” Kojo Oppong...

MPS donates towards covid-19 fight in Ghana

Meridian Port Services Limited (MPS) has responded to the national call on all organisations to rally resources towards the mitigation of the devastating effects...

What John Mahama said hours before lifting of partial lockdown

Former President John Mahama suggested that the government extends the partial lockdown it has imposed on some parts of the country as part of...

COVID-19: Recorded cases would have skyrocketed if NDC was in power – John Boadu

General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, believes that Ghana would have recorded a higher rate of confirmed cases of...

Picture: The John Dumelo covid-19 donation that is causing heat on twitter

National Democratic Congress’ aspiring parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West-Wuogon Constituency, John Dumelo, is in the news again for one of his donations amid the coronavirus lockdown.This...

Check out throwback photo of NDC’s Sam George

Member of Parliament for the Ningo Prampram Constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has taken to his Facebook page to...

Coronavirus: Govt to use IMF loan to pay electricity subsidy

Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has disclosed part of a US$ 1 billion loan government has secured from the Internal Monetary...

Coronavirus may force govt to disobey 5% GDP fiscal deficit law

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its revised forecast on Ghana’s economic growth has projected a 9.5 per cent fiscal deficit of Gross Domestic...

Lockdown: MPs complain of police harassment

Members of Parliament (MPs) are lamenting that the Covid-19 Safety taskforce responsible for enforcing the restriction of movement in some parts of the country,...

Parliament okays Oko-Boye as Deputy Health Minister

Parliament has approved the nomination of Ledzokuku legislator, Dr Bernard Oko-Boye as Deputy Minister for Health.First Deputy Speaker Joe Osei Owusu earlier Friday...

I refuse to tread your old-fashioned political shenanigans path – Rawlings’ daughter jabs minister

Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle Constituency and daughter of former president Jerry Rawlings, Dr Zanetor Rawlings, has thrown some serious jabs at Minister...

TOR MD’s resignation a common sense decision – Professor Azar

Private legal practitioner, Professor Stephen Asare, popularly called Kwaku Azar, has noted that the resignation from office of persons accused of misconducting themselves should...

Today in History: Kotoka murdered in abortive coup

Today in History, exactly 53 years ago today, on April 17, 1967, Major General Emmanuel kwasi Kotoka who was a member of the ruling...

You’re a ‘stranger’ to Klottey Korley – Paul Adom-Otchere descends on Zanetor over partisan food distribution [watch]

Television broadcaster, Paul Adom-Otchere, has descended on Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, over her comments on partisan food distribution.Dr Rawlings made comments which sought to suggest...

Mahama reacts to Trump’s decision to halt funding to WHO

Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, has said that the United States (US) continues to cede world leadership following a decision by President...

Listen: Only a new register can guarantee credible election – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it cannot conduct credible presidential and parliamentary elections in December, without a new voters’ register.ALSO READ:Nigerian doctor dies...

Gabby Otchere admits to Sammy Gyamfi being a ‘smooth’ communicator

Leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere Darko, has attested to the National Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress...

RE: Hon John Osei Frimpong’s overwhelming endorsement is without blemish

Below is a rejoinder to a story we carried under the headline, Abirem NPP in turmoil for strange, undemocratic reasons”.The rejoinder, which emanates...

Asiedu Nketia blasts Sam Okudzeto

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has chastised Council of State member, Lawyer Sam Okudzeto over his call...

NPP primaries: Dr Prince Armah’s campaign team welcomes NEC’s decision

The Campaign Team for Dr Prince Hamid Armah, a parliamentary aspirant for Kwesimintsim, has welcomed the decision by the National Steering Committee (NEC)...

AMA Mayor slams Zanetor Rawlings over partisan food distribution

Mayor of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah, has slammed the Member of Parliament for the Klottey Korley Constituency, Dr Zanetor...

Zenator shared food for only NDC members- AMA boss claims

Member of Parliament (MP) for Klottey Korle Constituency, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has been accused of playing cheap partisan politics for claiming food for the needy in...

Listen: Ministers don’t take double salaries like yours – Mahama jabbed

Former President John Mahama’s call on President Nana Akufo-Addo to cut down his size of government has been shot down by government.ALSO READ:Why my...

Coronavirus: GH₵2m on cooked food a day – Oye Lithur’s take

Former Minister for Gender and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, is not happy about the food distribution strategy adopted by the government during the...