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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...

NDC bans communicators from Wontumi’s radio, TV stations

The Ashanti regional branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has served notice to its communicators/media monitors not to appear or have...

NDC PC for Dome-Kwabenya touches lives on her birthday, Easter Monday

The National Democratic Congress parliamentary candidate for Dome-Kwabenya, Elikplim Akurugu, put smiles on the faces of the poor in her constituency.The NDC PC did...

Gender Minister gives conditions to Mahama on his intended food distribution

Former President John Mahama has been ordered to notify the Gender Ministry before sharing food to the vulnerable during the lockdown as he announced...

Power Purchase Bribery Allegations: I appeared before investigative body – John Jinapor confirms

Former Deputy Minister of Power under the Mahama administration, John Jinapor, has said he played no frontal role on negotiations that led to...

Almost 1M people sign petition calling for WHO boss to resign

Almost one million signatures have been secured for an online petition calling for the resignation of the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO).The petition was...

Dr Oko-Boye to face Parliamentary Appointments Committee today

Deputy Health Minister designate, Dr Bernard Oko-Boye, will today, April 15, 2020 face the Appointments Committee of Parliament. He is expected to be vetted by...

NPP suspends elections over covid-19 pandemic

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), has suspended its parliamentary primaries which was originally scheduled for April 25, 2020.The primaries were meant to elect parliamentary...

TOR boss fingered in $4.5 million bribery scandal

Tema Oil Refinery boss, Asante Berko is currently in hot waters for his alleged role in the latest bribery scandal that has hit Ghana.Mr...

Ghana not going back to IMF-supported programme – Gabby Otchere

Leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has said Ghana will not be going back to an IMF-supported programme on the...

Coronavirus: Eastern region NDC demands mass testing

The Eastern Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is calling for mass testing after the region recorded 15 new cases of the...

Coronavirus: Account for relief package – NDC to govt

The Ashanti Regional branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is calling on the government to account for the coronavirus relief package to...

Chief of Staff, Ayawaso West MCE feed thousands amid coronavirus pandemic [Photos]

The Chief of Staff, Hon. Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, who is also a former Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, is serving food...

NDC stalwart loses relative to coronavirus

Former Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has lost his uncle to the deadly novel coronavirus in London.The...

Coronavirus: John Mahama writes on Day 14 of lockdown

Happy Easter my fellow countrymen and women.Today is day 14 (two weeks) since the partial lockdown declared by the President in some parts of...

Coronavirus: NDC blames NIA for cases in Eastern region

The Eastern Regional branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has blamed the National Identification Authority (NIA) for the coronavirus cases recorded in...

COVID-19 has exposed Capitalism, shown Technocracy is best – Scientist

Ghanaian Scientist and Engineer, Dr Bright Sogbey, has noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed capitalism as a bad system and shown that technocracy...

COVID-19: Gbetseli chief feeds aged in his community

Chief of Gbetseli, Nii Teye Kojo Sune (I), as part of efforts to mitigate the plight of the vulnerable in the face of...

PPE donations from China could be contaminated – African leaders told

African leaders have been urged to be wary of donations from China in the form of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies as...