Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Professor Joshua Alabi has been named John Dramani Mahama’s Campaign Manager for the December 7 elections. Prof Alabi, who challenged Mr Mahama in presidential primary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) last year, was named as the National Campaign Manager after a meeting of […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stressed that any ineligible person who attempts to register in the forthcoming registration exercise will be made to face the full rigours of Ghana’s laws. He said the December 7 elections must be one for only Ghanaians and not for other West African nationals. President Akufo-Addo, therefore, urged all […]
More than 40,000 hybrid oil palm seedlings are expected be distributed to about 500 farmers in the Mpohor District of the Western Region. The distribution of the seedlings, which is an initiative under the Tree-Crop Module of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) through the Mineral Development Fund is meant to create more employment […]
Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) Jean Adukwei Mensa has urged Ghanaians to disregard assertions within some quarters that the new voter registration exercise is aimed at disenfranchising a group of voters. She insisted that the rationale behind the exercise is not to achieve anything like that. “On the contrary, it is to ensure […]
GhanaWeb has spearheaded the creation of online election polls in Ghana with the launch of the Ghana Election Poll in June to gauge opinions and perceptions of Ghanaians on the most pressing political and economic issues, as well as current events leading to the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections. This scientific poll is powered by […]
Ghanaian international Majeed Ashimeru has won his first Austrian league title with FC Salzburg. The 22-year-old told TV3 he is elated to win the league with the team and hopes to do more. “It is my first league title in Europe and for me it feels really good and I know there is more to […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, to take his accumulated annual leave of 123 days and hand over the affairs of his office to his deputy, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu. A statement from the Presidency under the signature of Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin, explained the president’s decision is based […]
The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has cautioned the media to be careful and clear on the category of persons who can speak for and on behalf of the government. This comes on the back of some comments by the Member of Parliament for the Adansi Asokwa, K.T Hammond, which suggested that the government […]
Ghanaians will from Wednesday begin paying for water supply from the Ghana Water Company Limited as the free three-month water package given to customers by the government ends on Tuesday, June 30. The government has from April 1 absorbed water bills for all domestic water users in the country as part of stimulus package to […]
Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday that Trump, along with more than 30 others Iran accuses of involvement […]
The outgoing queen of the Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB) pageant, Ekua Mends Bannerman, has extolled the competition for being the perfect launch pad for greatness. Ekua who won the crown in 2019 for the Central Region said the GMB competition gives ladies the platform to display their beauty and culture to the world. Speaking during […]
Government has justified the military deployment to parts of the country, but rejected assertions that the action is intended to intimidate eligible Ghanaians from registering in the nationwide voter registration exercise which begins Tuesday. The presence of the security officers, some having mounted tents and others in a sortie, has been a source of concern […]
The Volta caucus of the minority in parliament has given a 24-hour ultimatum to government to withdraw the military personnel deployed to the Volta Region ahead of Tuesday’s nationwide voter registration exercise. Condemning the military deployment, leader of the caucaus, Emmanuel K. Bedzrah at a news conference in Aflao Monday said the fact that they […]
Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide, has touted the achievements of the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government high above all else in the 4th republic, including that of former president John Agyekum Kufuor. According to him, the achievements of Akufo-Addo in all sectors of the economy are enviable, the reason the NPP party has […]
The Sekondi-Takoradi Education Directorate in the Western Region says some 56 students of the Adiembra Senior High School who were sacked for breaching covid-19 protocols will not be reinstated. The students, all male, claimed they left the school campus Friday and Saturday without permission to fetch water but the school authorities claimed the behaviour of […]
Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has raised concern over what he described as “intimidating behaviour” of government in the Volta and Oti regions where armed security personnel have been deployed. Armed military personnel have since last week been deployed to the area, raising concerns among the people in the area who claim the military is there […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled to address Ghanaians this morning on the controversial voter registration exercise by the Electoral Commission (EC) set to commence on Tuesday, June 30. Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, announced this in a social media post Sunday night after the President delivered his 13th national address […]
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has dismissed five government ministers. Ministers for defence, interior, economy, agriculture and energy were all dismissed in a decree on Sunday. No explanation was given for their sacking. Their dismissal comes ahead of a parliamentary debate on Monday on which political alliances have the right to govern the country. The […]
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has heaped praises on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for their performance after just three-and-a-half years in government. He said their telepathy is worth-emulating, hoping they will get four more years to add on to their achievements so far in government. The former president […]
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