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Presidential staffer exposed over GETFund claims

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has denied media reports that his wife benefitted from the GetFund Scholarship. His denial is in...

Challenging Heights founder dumps NPP for NDC

The founder of Challenging Heights, and a major financier of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Effutu Constituency, James Kofi Annan, has resigned...

NPP Parliamentary Primary: Former BOST MD hot

Some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency in the Western North Region, are accusing a former Managing Director...

I have never seen gold in my life – NPP top official defends himself [Audio]

National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has reacted to accusations of his involvement in illegal mining known in...

GJA condemns threat against parliamentary press corps

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has condemned statements by the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye which threatened to revoke accreditation of the Parliamentary...

Revealed: Why First Deputy Speaker, Joe Osei Owusu can’t contest unopposed [Listen]

Nifahene of Dominase-Bekwai in the Ashanti region, Barimaba Nana Edusei Poku, has revealed why residents are resisting attempts for its Member of Parliament (MP),...

Bibiani NPP executive denies receiving Alfred Obeng-Boateng petition

The leadership of the New Patriotic Party in Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency in the Western North Region, says it has not received a petition alleging misconduct...

NDC calls on CID to investigate Nana B

National Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Director of the Criminal Investigations Department to investigate Henry Nana Boakye...

Speaker cannot gag media – Parliament clarifies

Parliament has denied media reports that the Speaker of Parliament, Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye, is seeking to gag the press. ALSO READ: Parliament threatens to make...

Parliament threatens to make journalists unwelcome guests in parliament if…

The leadership of Ghana’s parliament has threatened to make journalists unwanted guests in the house if they failed to channel their reportage in the...

Auditor General reacts to MP’s ‘threat’; directs him to GETFund

The Auditor-General has directed Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Kennedy Osei Nyarko to the GETFund Secretariat for redress if he has concerns about the scholarship...

Kennedy Agyapong in trouble [Video]

A group, calling itself Concerned Youth of Assin Central Constituency in the Central region, has staged a demonstration against its Member of Parliament (MP),...

Tell it to the dogs – Man of God charges at Akufo-Addo over ‘economy in good health’ claims [Video]

Founder and leader of the Glorious Wave Church, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, seemingly angered by President Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), has...

Ken Agyapong fires “greedy” Napo, Adwoa Safo over GETFund benefits [audio]

Outspoken Member of Parliament for Assin Central constituency has taken his colleague legislators who benefitted from Ghana Education Trust Fund (GetFund) scholarship to the...

Speaker of Parliament threatens Parliamentary Press Corps [listen]

Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, has threatened to cause withdrawal of accreditation of the media in Parliament and sanction them for failing to...

These hilarious photos of Akufo-Addo dressed to ‘deal’ with cold Norwegian weather will make your day [Photos]

Photos of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in a winter jacket in Norway has got social media talking. The talks suggest many Ghanaians are...

Top official of Importers and Exporters Association joins 2020 political race

The Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association, Sampson Asaaki Awingobit has declared his intention to contest as a presidential candidate in the...

NPP members in Bibiani want Alfred Obeng-Boateng suspended for alleged misconduct

The parliamentary ambitions of Alfred Obeng-Boateng, a former Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport Company (BOST) has suffered a blow as...

NPP executives warn Ken Agyapong

Some Polling Station Executives and supporters of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Assin Central Constituency have cautioned their Member of Parliament,...

Chief Biney and wife Afia Akoto spotted in Eastwood Anaba church in London [photos]

The newly wedded couple, Chief Hamilton Biney and wife, Maame Afia Akoto were capture at the Mercy Life Church in London. The love birds...

I will change cedi to pounds – Akua Donkor outlines campaign promises

The atmosphere in the studios of Hitz FM was a hilarious one as presidential aspirant, Akua Donkor, was hosted on the Cruise Control...

Listen: Sammy Awuku breaks silence on missing excavators

The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is appealing to Ghanaians not to limit the fight against illegal mining, also known as...

NDC secured funds for Planting for Food and Jobs – Party

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has claimed credit for government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme. According to the party, it secured funding from Canada...

My son benefited from GETFund scholarship – General Mosquito confesses [Audio]

General Secretary to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has revealed his son once benefited from the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GetFund)...

MP to sue Auditor-General over GETFund scholarship

Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Swedru in the Eastern region, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, is threatening a law suit against the Auditor-General for naming...

NDC man defends GetFund’s scholarships to Napo, Adwoa Safo, others [Video]

Former Ghana’s High Commissioner to India, Sam Pee Yalley, is of the view that scholarships awarded to some government appointees are in the right...

Revealed: NDC foot-soldiers angry over scholarships awarded to Ministers and MPs [listen]

It has emerged that there are some agitations among party foot-soldiers of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The agitations among party foot-soldiers of the NDC...

How GetFund turned down my scholarship application – NDC’s Namoale recounts [listen]

Following an Auditor-General’s performance report at the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GetFund) on the administration of scholarships, Nii Amasah Namoale, has shared a hilarious...

By God’s grace I don’t need GetFund scholarship – MP says

Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Swedru in the Eastern region, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has reacted to his name being included in a Ghana...

MP chides colleague GETFund scholarship recipients over ‘insincerity’

Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu Constituency, Ras Mubarak, has jabbed fellow MPs who benefited from the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GetFund) scholarship scheme....

Kofi Adams reveals the other side of Rawlings [video]

Former National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has revealed what he says is the soft spot of former President Jerry...

NPP primaries: Dan Botwe, Bryan Acheampong, Oppong Nkrumah go unopposed

Five members of parliament from the Eastern Region will run opposed on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party in its upcoming primaries...

Full list: 55 file to contest NPP Primary in Greater Accra

A total of 57 parliamentary aspirants have filed their nomination papers to contest the New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary Primary in the 20 constituencies...

Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey pulls out of Anyaa-Sowutuom race

A total of 57 parliamentary aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) filed their nomination papers at the close of nominations on ...

NPP primaries: Deputy Information Minister gets challenger

Member of Parliament for Akuapem North and Deputy Minister for Information, Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei, will have to intensify her campaign in the...

Land guards lock classrooms at Gomoa Sinbrofo

Classrooms of the various basic schools at Gomoa Sinbrofo in the Central region are reported to have been locked by land guards in the...

Tema Central NPP Primary: Fmr TESCON member Nii Noi Nortey files nomination, ready to unseat ‘father’

Nii Noi Nortey, a young business executive and former member of New Patriotic Party's (NPP) students wing, Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) has vowed to unseat...

Gomoa Sinbrofo residents flee from land guards

Gomoa Sinbrofo, a farming community with a population estimated to be a little over 1,000 in Gomoa West in the Central region, is reported...

NPP primaries: Akwasi Acquah submits nomination, readies for showdown at Oda

Mr Alexander Akwasi Acquah is described by many party followers at Akyem Oda as the ‘people’s choice’. Parliamentary candidate hopeful, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has filed...

Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr supports women with ‘soft loans’

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Agona East Constituency in the Central region, Hon. Queenstar Maame Pokuah Sawyerr, has supported some women in the...