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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jinapor brothers clash over light bills

A relief package announced on Thursday for consumers of electricity has stoked a debate between two brothers on two sides of Ghana’s main political divide. While John...

COVID-19: Sammy Gyamfi makes case for private health workers

National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, is advocating for the inclusion of private health workers in tax exemptions, salary increments...

Covid-19: Rawlings’ special Easter message

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has urged Ghanaians to let the Easter be a period of sacrifice for the health of the environment. In a statement, the...

Covid-19: Majority Leader speaks on postponing 2020 elections

Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs has shot down suggestions 2020 elections should be suspended as Ghana battles  Covid-19 pandemic. Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu says...

Covid-19 and Ghana’s election 2020: Prof. Gyampo’s take

IntroductionGhanaians are currently on a partial lockdown as a result of Covid-19. Given that some people have honored the Social Distance Protocols in breach,...

Free electricity for locked-down areas not NDC’s idea – Mensah-Bonsu

Free electricity for locked-down areas is not the idea of National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislators, says the Majority Leader. Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu told JoyNews that...

BoG Hospital saga: Kweku Baako replies Ato Forson

Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako Jnr, has attributed the collapse of the nine indigenous banks during the banking sector...

Covid-19 Fight: Why I’d rather donate towards provision of PPEs – John Mahama

Former President and flag bearer of opposition National Democratic Congress, says he prefers buying Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) for frontline health workers to making...

Mahama refuses to donate salary into COVID-19 National Fund (Watch)

Former president John Dramani Mahama has declined to donate his salary into the COVID-19 national fund. Mr Mahama, speaking to Joy News in an...

Coronavirus: President of Nigeria pardons 2,600 prisoners

The Federal Government of Nigeria has granted amnesty to no fewer than 2,600 inmates as part of measures to decongest prison facilities during the coronavirus...

Why Kweku Baako thinks he is an expert in propaganda [listen]

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, says when it comes to propaganda, nobody within the political circle can beat him...

Parliament approves GH¢1.2b to fund Coronavirus Alleviation Programme

The Finance Committee of Parliament has by consensus approved an amount of GH¢1.2 billion for the government to access money from the Contingency Fund...