Deposed Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, has been slapped with GH¢8,000 fine following her withdrawal of defamation suit against an Accra-based lawyer, Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang. The former EC boss, in the suit filed on July 25, 2017, prayed the court to direct Mr. Opoku-Agyemang to retract comments deemed defamatory which were made in relation to the petition sent ...

Best African rapper and a Ghanaian Hip Hop music performer Sarkodie has made his worry known on the topic of road accidents caused by bad roads in the country. The rapper took to his twitter account to spate out his worry by posting a video of a vehicular accident which had happened late Sunday afternoon due to the excessive potholes ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has re-echoed his government is in the process of enacting a law to protect the NPP government’s flagship Free SHS policy. This he claims will bar a new government from reviewing the programme should the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lose the presidential elections in the future. “We are going to enact a legislation to make ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama is expected to begin his campaign tour of the Ashanti Region on Monday, November 12, ahead of the flagbearership elections of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Mr Mahama, who is seeking to once again lead the NDC to the 2020 presidential election, will tour parts of the Ashanti Region till close of Thursday, when he ...

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick, insisted at the weekend that the Football Leaks from persons who hacked into the official and private emails of FIFA’s top officials were nothing more than hopeless and weak documents that are not capable of doing any substantial damage to the administration of football at the global level. A report ...

Is ex-president Mahama shielding his security detailed who assaulted JOY FM journalist Kwesi Parker-Wilson ? It’s been two weeks since Joy Fm’s political reporter Kwesi Parker-Wilson was assaulted by security detail of Ex-president John Mahama at the Pentecost University at Sowutuom. Kwesi Parker-Wilson, a Senior Multimedia Journalist with The Multimedia Group’s Joy FM/JoyNews, among other things, sought to get an ...

Internal wrangling one can say has been accepted by politicians to be normal especially during internal elections of a party. Through to some extent, this affects the party, especially when wrestling power with other parties, party faithfuls are not deterred from attacking each other. Former Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Allotey Jacobs seems to be ...

Popular actress, Auntie B of Efiewura fame is not happy with people labeling Kweku Antwi-Agyei, popularly known as Rev Obofour, General Overseer of Anointed Palace Chapel as a ‘fake man of God’. Auntie B, wife of the late actor, Santo, who was responding to allegations of contracting people to fake miracles for the now famous pastor at his church on ...

Gabonese President Ali Bongo is seriously ill but on the mend, his spokesman says, ending weeks of official silence on his condition. Speculation has mounted on the health of President Bongo, 59, with some reports saying he suffered a stroke. He is being treated in Saudi Arabia, with the initial announcement last month saying he was suffering fatigue. His spokesman ...

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is worried that the introduction of the double track system will cause Ghana to lose her place as best performing country in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The double track system has become necessary because government does not have enough infrastructure to accommodate the huge enrollment rates since ...