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FULL TEXT: Ken Ofori-Atta’s last budget before 2020 elections

2021 EXPENDITURE IN ADVANCE OF APPROPRIATIONWEDNESDAY, 28TH OCTOBER, 2020SUBMITTED BY KEN OFORI-ATTA MINISTER FOR FINANCEON THE AUTHORITY OF HIS EXCELLENCY NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO,...

No trader will pay back stimulus package – Mahama pledges

Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John DramaniMahama has said no traders or beneficiaries of the state’s COVID-19 stimulus package will be...

NDC campaign team must be more serious with issues – CVM

The campaign style and messages of John Mahama for the 2020 general election have been full of humour and distortions and therefore need serious...

Sammy Gyamfi’s full speech: Ignore govt’s deceptive semantics about Ghana’s catastrophic debt position

GHANA’S DEBT HAS CROSSED HIPC PROPORTIONS Distinguished friends from the media, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has taken notice of frantic efforts by the Akufo...

Finance Minister requests to spend over GHS 27 billion for quarter 1 of 2021

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has requested GHS27.4 billion for the running of the country for the first three months in 2021. Mr Ofor-Atta made the...

Aspiring NDC parliamentary candidate defects to NPP

An aspiring National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa, Eric Kwesi Taylor, has defected to the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Mr Taylor...

NDC members used ‘comfortable lead’ comment against me – Koku

Former Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democractic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has revealed that his popular ‘comfortable lead’ catchphrase was painfully used...

Election 2020: Nana B mobbed at Bantama market [Photos]

Ahead of the much anticipated mammoth health walk and street rally, market women in the Bantama market, upon identifying the National Youth Organiser of the...

V/R: Opoku-Agyemang enstooled at Juapong

The vice-presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, was on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, enstooled as the Yingor (forwardness...

NDC chairman, 99 executives defect to NPP [Photos]

Immediate-past National Democratic Congress (NDC) Constituency Chairman for Awutu Senya West, Simon Duodu and 99 branch executives have defected to New Parotitic Party. The defectors...

Finance Minister to present budget for first quarter of 2021 today

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to present the budget for the first quarter of 2021 to Parliament today, October 28, 2020. This...

Dec 7 Elections: NDC kicks against firm to print ballot papers

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has raised concerns over the printing of ballot papers by state-owned Ghana Publishing Company. The NDC believes there is a...

Ajumako NPP condemns invocation of curses on Kennedy Agyapong by NDC at Ajumako

The New Patriotic Party in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam Constituency has condemned what they call a despicable and abominable act of an alleged invocation...

NDC in Ajumako accuses Central Region police of turning deaf ear to their complaints about ‘NPP brutalities’

The NDC in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam Constituency is accusing the Ajumako police and the Central Regional police command of turning a deaf ear...

Court summons Kennedy Agyapong over assassination claims against Ato Forson

An Accra High Court has summoned Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong to appear before it to explain his claim that Ato Forson might be...

Election 2020: NDC eyes these constituencies in Greater Accra

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is optimistic of retaining its traditional seats and also reclaiming those that were lost in the Greater Accra region. The...

NDC Chairman predicts doom for Okoe-Boye [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NDC Chairman spells doom for Okoe-Boye Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ade Coker, has said the opposition National...

Akufo-Addo speaks on James Town clashes

President Nana Akufo-Addo has condemned the weekend clashes between supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in...

Ade Coker predicts Zanetor Rawlings’ fortunes in December 7 polls

Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ade Coker, has predicted the fortunes of Dr Zanetor Rawlings in the December 7...

Ghana not back to HIPC – Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has debunked claims that Ghana has once again been ranked in the category of Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC). According...

Nii Lante Vanderpuye incurs wrath of NPP Chairman [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Nii Lante Vanderpuye incurs wrath of NPP Chairman Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodio constituency, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has incurred the wrath of...

Two NDC activists remanded

The Kumasi Circuit Court has remanded two National Democratic Congress (NDC) activists and two others into police custody. Awudu Suley aka Scorpion and two others...

Prepare for your defeat – Atta Akyea’s challenger warns

Abuakwa South parliamentary candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Sanusi, says the Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta...

Koku Anyidoho sends message to Akufo-Addo, Mahama and Jane Naana

Founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has sent goodwill messages to President Nana Akufo-Addo and ex-President John Mahama. Mr Anyidoho also extended...

2020 polls: Kwesi Pratt promises to use Karate to defend himself if…

Veteran journalist, Kwesi Pratt Junior, has announced his new strategy for the 2020 general election. Mr Pratt says he is prepared to defend himself the...

Forgery of documents: Police forensic examiners confirm EC’s suspicion – EC [Audio]

The Ghana Police Service will soon invite five disqualified presidential aspirants for interrogations, Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission, Dr Serebuo Quaicoe...

We are campaigning like we are in opposition – Sammy Awuku

National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Samuel Awuku, says they are hitting the ground running in their bid to retain power. Their strategy,...

Full speech: An engagement with professionals in Ghana on the NDC Peoples’ Manifesto

Good evening and thank you very much, my friends from the Centre for Social Justice for the invitation and opportunity to share in your...

Hopeson Adorye defends Kpone chief who allegedly snubbed Akufo-Addo [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Hopeson Adorye defends Kpone chief who allegedly snubbed Akufo-Addo New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Kpone Katamanso Constituency has rubbished claims...

Asiedu Nketia’s rendition of NPP’s ‘4 more 4 Nana’ will make you laugh

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has given an interesting rendition of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) much-touted slogan...

Kennedy Agyapong appeals to Fomena MP to rescind decision to go independent

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has appealed to his colleague MP of Fomena, Andrew Amoako Asiamah to reconsider his decision to contest...

EC begins printing of ballot sheets

The Electoral Commission has begun the printing of ballot sheets for the upcoming December 7 elections. The Commission last week conducted balloting for the 12...

Kpone chief allegedly snubs Akufo-Addo [Video]

The Paramount Chief of Kpone is reported to have walked out on President Nana Akufo-Addo during a sod-cutting for the construction of...

Mahama reveals cost of Free Primary healthcare

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has revealed that the free primary healthcare policy plan captured in the ‘People’s Manifesto’...

Peace Council condemns violence in Odododiodio

The National Peace Council has condemned the recent acts of violence at Jamestown in the Odododiodio Constituency. The Council described it as “an unfortunate and...

I’m joining Mahama to rescue Ghana from Akufo-Addo’s mess – Former NPP MP

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker for the Zebilla Constituency in the Upper East Region, John Ndebugri has given the reason behind his open campaign against...

Jamestown clashes: Police begin investigations

The Ghana Police Service has begun investigations into the clash between New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters at Odododiodio over...

NPP to pay rent if… Nana Akomea

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has promised to pay the rent advance of Ghanaian youth in its second term. The move, according to Nana...

Jamestown clash: Nii Lante calls for swift probe, arrest of perpetrators

National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP of the Odododiodio constituency, Nii Lante Vanderpuye has called for the arrest of all persons involved in the Sunday...

Nii Lante Vanderpuye is a personification of violence – NPP PC [Audio]

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Odododiodoo constituency is blaming the violent clashes in the area on the incumbent Member of Parliament,...