Nigeria’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is meeting in Abuja to elect a candidate for next February’s presidential elections. Fourteen candidates, 810 voting delegates and thousands of other party members have poured into the capital. The winner will lead the party into next year’s showdown against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Whoever emerges […] The post Nigeria’s
Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah has vowed to pursue legal action against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) if some seven persons from his constituency are allowed to vote in the ongoing regional delegates conference. The Old Tafo MP, obtained a court injunction to restrain the seven from voting. This was after […] The post Ekow
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has expressed displeasure with the utterances of some leaders of majority group in relation to the seeming financial crisis of the house. The Speaker on Thursday indicated that Parliament lacked the financial wherewithal to function and called on the Minister for Finance to ensure the release of the house’s […] The post Majority
Elections are yet to start at the Baba Yara Sports stadium where the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is holding its regional delegates conference. The Election Committee held a series of meeting with stakeholders to address outstanding concerns regarding the electoral album to be used for the elections. There were concerns by some members of TESCON […] The post NPP Elections:
The World Health Organization (WHO) says nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, but described the epidemic as “containable” and proposed creating a stockpile to equitably share the limited vaccines and drugs available worldwide. During a public briefing on […] The post Nearly
2022 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) Artiste of the Year, KiDi, has been featured in a special video produced by the Recording Academy (Grammy’s). In the short video (2 minutes and 9 seconds), KiDi told the story of how he acquired his first electronic organ and the challenges he went through just to get an […] The post KiDi featured in Grammy’s
The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park has temporarily been closed for repair works. The closure took effect from Friday, May 27, 2022 until “further notice”, according to the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture. In a release, the Ministry said, this is to help “upgrade the Memorial Park to a standard that befits the stature of […] The post Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
Twitter in the US must pay a $150m (£119m) fine after law enforcement officials accused it of illegally using users’ data to help sell targeted ads. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice say Twitter violated an agreement it had with regulators, court documents showed. Twitter had vowed to not give personal […] The post Twitter fined $150m in
A US woman has fatally shot a man who opened fire on a crowd of people with a semi-automatic rifle in Charleston, West Virginia. Dennis Butler, a 37-year-old with an extensive criminal history, was killed after he targeted a group of around 40 people attending a birthday party. Police spokesman Tony Hazelett said the woman’s […] The post Armed female bystander
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will later this morning, Saturday, May 28, 2022, conduct internal polls in seven regions to elect regional executives. The regions are Greater Accra, Eastern, Upper West, Volta, Oti, Western and Ashanti. The contest in the Ashanti Region was originally scheduled for Friday but was rescheduled with a change in venue […] The post NPP
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