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Napo is too sane to approve CSE – KT Hammond

Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond has said the Parliament House would be set ablaze should the government ...

NDC cumulatively increased electricity tariffs by 166% in four years – Veep

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Wednesday said the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) government cumulatively increased electricity tariffs by 166% between 2013 and 2016.Comparatively, he said, the...

Monetisation in Ghana electoral processes alarming-Majority Leader

The growing trend of monetisation in Ghana’s electoral processes has reached alarming proportions and national crisis, Majority Leader in Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu warned on Tuesday in Accra.He...

EC opens nominations for District Assembly, Unit Committee elections

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced the acceptance of nominations from prospective candidates for the District Assemblies and Unit Committee elections.In a statement signed...

NDC has acid mouths – Rawlings

Former President Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has reiterated his concern over what he sees as ‘lack of respect’ coupled with ‘incessant insults’...

Listen: CSE brouhaha: Kwesi Pratt cautions govt officials

The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, seems not to be happy with some government officials in the wake of the...

Dumelo’s epic response to fan who says he’ll lose election 2020

Actor, John Dumelo has given an epic response to a follower who insists won’t vote for him and that he’ll lose in the 2020...

CPP to establish NHIS for all members

The next government of the Convention Peoples Party(CPP) will build a robust National Health Insurance Scheme(NHIS) that will ensure that all members of the scheme will...

‘Ghana we dey’ – Dumelo laments price hikes

The Ayawaso West Wuogon Parliamentary candidate of the opposition NDC, John Dumelo has taken a swipe at the government following a series of price...

Audio: Napo denies CSE implementation

Education Minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, says some unscrupulous people who have no knowledge about the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) programme are the ones...

Today marks 50th anniversary of Busia’s assumption to office

The Busia Institute for Rural and Democratic Development (BIRDD), has marked the 50th anniversary of the assumption of office of Kofi Abrefa Busia, as...

Video: I supply fuel to mining companies in Ghana – A-Plus

Kwame Asare Obeng, Ghanaian Hiplife rapper and singer, popularly known for his political and controversial hit records, has disclosed he supplies fuel to many...

Audio: NDC has doctored new curriculum – Abronye DC asserts

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been accused of doctoring the new educational curriculum for kindergarten and primary schools.The motive, according to the...

Director of Political Affairs at Vice-President’s office sacked

Manaf Ibrahim, an aggrieved aspirant in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Asawase constituency parliamentary primary has been relieved of his post as the Director...

Neglect of Oti led to region’s creation – Rawlings tells NDC

Former President Rawlings says the creation of the Oti Region out of the once Volta Region is due to years of neglect NDC.He says...

If your songs brought NPP to power, sing for CPP too – Abronye DC dares A Plus

Controversial NPP communicator, Kwame Baffoe is popularly known as Abronye DC has rekindled his beef with musician A-Plus.Abronye known for his sharp tongue has...

CSE saga: ‘Akufo-Addo wants to imbibe promiscuity into our children’[audio]

Deputy Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is accusing the government of promoting moral decadence among the youth with the introduction of...

NPP chair calls for corruption court

The Madina Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Eric Nartey Yeboah, has called for the establishment of a special court for the fast...

Nana B slams Mahama over foiled coup comment

National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has described comments of former President John Mahama on the alleged coup...

Audio: Abu Jinapor daydreaming about winning Damongo seat – NDC Man

The newly-elected parliamentary candidate for Damongo Constituency in the Savannah Region, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has been advised to forget about snatching the Damongo constituency...

My car promise not for free – Defeated NPP candidate explains

The New Patriotic Party’s defeated aspiring candidate says he had no intentions of giving out cars to constituents for free.Elisha Debrah Odoom had transported...

‘Small boy’, ‘liar’ Mornah ‘curse’ to PNC; always on ‘useless’ demos – Women’s Organiser

Mr Bernard Mornah “is a curse” to the People’s National Convention (PNC), the party’s Women’s Organiser, Janet Nabla told Valentina Ofori-Afriyie on Class91.3FM’s 505...

I have not changed, others have – Rawlings

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has dismissed accusations that he has changed, stating that it is rather those who have changed and retrogressed in...

€47 judgement debt: Ghanaians have been betrayed by their gov’ts – Amidu

Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has said he feels let down that the state has been unable to retrieve a €47 million judgement debt paid...

Video: ‘Bentua now a coup weapon in Ghana? – Mahama mocks

Former President John Mahama has joined the many persons who have questioned the plausibility of government’s announcement of an attempted coup in Ghana.Speaking at the 13th...

Gov’t making political capital of foiled coup – Bagbin

The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has accused government of seeking to make political capital of the recent announcement of a foiled coup plot....

Some leaders have purchased power of NDC into their pockets – Rawlings

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has revealed some leaders of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) know the party will lose the 2020 general...

NPP polls: Why a defeated aspirant took back cars he donated to party [audio]

The hope of some New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates at Ajumako Enyam Essiam constituency in the Central region of getting cars to their zones...

Minority pushes for fair, realistic farmgate price for cocoa farmers

The 2019/20 cocoa season begins in October (next month) and farmers are anxiously waiting on the Nana Addo gov't for the determination of the producer price...

NPP polls: Asawase NPP ignores court order, elects Alidu Seidu by popular acclamation

The Asawase Constituency office of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has, by popular acclamation, elected Asokore Mampong Municipal Chief Executive, Alhaji Alidu Seidu, as...

Prof. Kwesi Yankah wins Agona East NPP primary

The Minister of State in-charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has emerged victorious in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primary in the...

Provisional results: NPP orphan constituencies primaries

Provisional results for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) orphan constituencies primaries held on Saturday to elect candidates for the 2020 elections are trickling in from...

Voting ends in NPP primaries in orphan constituencies;counting underway

The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) parliamentary primaries have successfully ended in 100 orphan constituencies across Ghana with counting underway.Provisional results from some constituencies are...

Watch: Kweku Baako explains how ‘Coup plotters’ wanted to kidnap Akufo-Addo and Bawumia

FOILED COUP: Kweku Baaku explains how suspects wanted to kidnap Akufo-Addo and Bawumia.#JoyNews pic.twitter.com/W3094Pw0LZ— JoyNews (@JOYNEWSONTV) September 28, 2019Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading...

NPP polls: Delegate dies at voting centre in Accra

A delegate collapsed and later confirmed died at a polling station in the ongoing parliamentary primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in...

Video: Two aspirants step down in Cape Coast South NPP primary

Two aspirants, Opia Kojo Mensah and Essien Dadson, have rescinded their decision to partake in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary in the...

Foiled ‘coup’: Suspects ‘planned to kidnap’ Akufo-Addo, Bawumia- Baako

The suspects being held for allegedly planning to destabilise the country are said to have planned to kidnap President Nana Akufo-Addo and his Vice,...

Listen: I won’t buy votes – Hopeson Adorye as he eyes Kpone-Katamanso parliamentary seat

Deputy National Security Coordinator in Charge of Airports, Hopeson Adorye, says he is ready to serve the people of Kpone -Katamanso as he eyes the parliamentary...

No injunction on Asawase elections – NPP

The Ashanti Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will hold its primary in the Asawase constituency despite a court injunction.According to the...

Abronye DC reacts to Law School exam failure

The Bono Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC, has reacted to claims he failed...