A former National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress(NDC), Yaw Boateng Gyan, has called for an amendment of the 1992 Constitution to repeal the prerogative powers of the president in appointing heads of public institutions. Mr Boateng Gyan wants the institutions to be empowered and allowed to be totally independent in order to enhance their […]

A lecturer of the Koforidua Technical University (KTU), Dr Benjamin Kwofie, has written to the Vice Chancellor to deny knowledge of a letter written by some 101 lecturers to the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), asking her to tread cautiously in the decision to compile a new register for the December 7 elections. […]

The jungle training school of the Ghana Armed Forces in Akim-Achiase in the Eastern Region has not recorded any positive coronavirus case, Chief Instructor of the school, Major Bright Basuglo, has revealed. He said several covid-19 protocols put in place by the Jungle Warfare School has ensured personnel were do not get the deadly virus […]

Nigerian police say they have arrested a man after 40 people were raped in one town over the period of a year. A mother in the northern town Dangora caught the man in her children’s bedroom, according to police spokesman Abdullahi Haruna. The man ran away but neighbours gave chase and caught him, he added. […]

General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) Solomon Kotei has revealed that the hotel and the aviation sectors of the economy are the areas of most affected by the impact of coronavirus. He explained on the Sunrise morning show hosted by Alfred Ocansey on 3FM 92.7 Wednesday that these sectors mostly rely […]

Popular human rights lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu, who is the Parliamentary Candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Madina Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, has given the assurance that he would bring total development to the area if elected as its Member of Parliament (MP) in the December 7 polls. He says he […]

The Upper Dixcove Traditional Council in the Ahanta West Municipal Assembly of the Western Region has banned Member of Parliament Ebenezer Kojo Kum and his “boys” from engaging in any form of political activity including campaigns and rallies “on their land” for denigrating the Omanhen, Nana Hema Dekyi. The MP and his “boys” incurred the […]

Veteran actress Beatrice Chinery, popularly called ‘Miliky MiCool’, has died. The actress, according to reports, passed away on Wednesday morning at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The actress, brother Robert Chinery told Peacefmonline, has not been well for some months now but was rushed to the hospital Wednesday morning. She, however, died upon arrival at […]

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said the country is preparing a 40,000-bed field hospital at Namboole Stadium in the capital, Kampala, for coronavirus patients. The president said the Ministry of Health was initially planning for 9,000-bed facility but he had instructed that the capacity be increased. Uganda has so far recorded 657 cases of Covid-19, […]

The Takoradi Divisional Police Command has arrested Islamic Scholar Abubakar Mustapha, popularly known as Mallam Bawa, who allegedly cut off the finger of an 18-year-old boy accused of stealing a wall clock and other items from an Islamic school. Mallam Bawa was brought in by some Muslim clerics and family members after efforts by the […]

A memorial organised by Ghana last Friday to remember the late George Floyd got a special mention during his funeral in the US. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Ghana received a standing ovation for the event,which received widespread condemnation locally. Following the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American, on May 25, 2020, […]

Former President John Dramani Mahama has sent a strong indication yet that no one should assume that his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), will accept the results of the December 7 elections if they found the process to have been partial. For him, all citizens of Ghana are entitled to vote and the question […]

I took the Ghana Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) driving test some time ago. I tried my best to be a good student and eventually scored 80% in the theory test. But the most important lesson I learned from that exercise is from one of the road regulations or I should say principles. It […]

Chief Executive Officer of the Dalex Finance Ken Thompson has noted that the stimulus package provided to support businesses by the government in this period of the coronavirus pandemic will enable these businesses to operate until better times re-emerge in the future. He explained on the Sunrise morning show hosted by Alfred Ocansey on 3FM […]

The Northern Regional Security Council has warned it will deal with any group of people or politicians who attempt to recruit the youth from the region to foment trouble in the upcoming general elections in December. Chairman of the Council, Salifu Saeed, said the region has suffered enough in the hands of politicians who always […]

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle Constituency in the Western Region, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, envisions expanding to six his Food Bank project to strategic parts of the constituency to support needy families facing hunger challenges. Already, he has set up the Central Food Bank at the district capital, operations beginning in April, 2020. […]

Political Science Lecturer at the Methodist University-Ghana Dr. Osei Bonsu is convinced voter apathy would affect the chances of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the December 7 polls. According to him, the situation will be fueled by disparities within the party. Dr Osei Bonsu also mentioned the disqualification of some parliamentary aspirants from […]

When US Democrats in Congress proposed legislation to reform the police following weeks of protests over the death of African American George Floyd at the hands of a white officer, commenters on social media only wanted to talk about one thing: what they were wearing. Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and […]

Brazil has restored a website that lists the full data on Covid-19 in the country, just hours after it was ordered to do so by the Supreme Court. The health ministry stopped releasing cumulative totals for deaths and cases on Saturday, provoking uproar. On Tuesday a Supreme Court judge ordered the government to release the […]

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and other stakeholders would be touring parts of the Greater Accra Region where floods caused havoc on Tuesday. The aim of the visit is to have first-hand information on the damages caused as a result of the […]