Dzifa Attivor has urged her supporters to work towards bringing the National Democratic Congress (NDC) back to power after failing to oust the incumbent Volta Regional Chair of the party in regional elections on Saturday, September, 1. In a statement after the defeat, the former Transport Minister in the John Mahama administration said she was hopeful that John Kwadwo Gyapong, ...

Local car producer Kantanka has said it has the capacity to produce 200 vehicles in a month if the demand is available. The claim comes on the back of the news that German car manufacturer VW is to establish an assembling plant in Ghana. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel disclosed the move when she visited the Ghanaian president last week. ...

A female student of the Asante Mampong Nursing and Midwifery Training School in the Ashanti Region has allegedly taken her own life. The deceased is alleged to have drunk a poisonous substance and was rushed to the Mampong Government Hospital by her colleagues on Wednesday, April 19 but was later referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where she died ...

Staff of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) have begun receiving their salaries from government, starrsportsgh.com has confirmed. It will be recalled that in the aftermath of the #Number12 documentary, the Police CID, as part of its investigations, marked the offices of the GFA as a “crime scene” and has since deprived all officials and workers from accessing the premises to ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama has urged all newly-elected executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to unite in order to “win massively” in the 2020 elections. According to him, the party needs the support of every executive if it is to return to power in 2020. While congratulating the new executives on Sunday, Mahama said their election should ...

Former Black Stars defender now turned football coach, John Paintsil has described publications that he stabbed his ex-wife as untrue. He also denied rumours that the false publication cost him an arm and leg. Mr Painstil, who was a guest on Joy Prime’s Gee Spot with MzGee, admonished the media to be circumspect with their reportage. “Sometimes the media needs ...

The incumbent Eastern Regional Chairman, Bismark Tawiah Boateng has been defeated by his long-term political rival, businessman John Owusu Amankrah, popularly known as Jowak. Jowak polled 379 votes as against 281 votes secured by Boateng to revenge a painful defeat he suffered in the hands of the latter in 2014. Meanwhile, Mark Oliver Kevor, the incumbent Regional Secretary retained his ...

What would have passed out as a bragging right for the Akufo-Addo government was on Wednesday, boycotted by senior ministers’ in-charge of the country’s security, as well as the top hierarchy of the Police administration, including the Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Appeatu. Government three days ago, presented a total of 105 vehicles as part of retooling the Ghana ...

The Consultative Council of Subject Teachers Association (CCSTA) of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has proposed the introduction of electronic device to check punctuality and regularity of staff in educational institutions. This was contained in a communiqué issued by CCSTA and signed by the chairman, Mr Solomon Sarpong Bagmae after its annual colloquium held at Koforidua. This year’s ...

One person is feared dead while several others have sustained varying degrees of injuries at Somanya in the eastern region. The victims who are believed to be supporters of the National Democratic Congress were travelling from Koforidua to Apeguso in the Asuogyaman District for the party’s primaries. An eye witness, Okatakyie Frimpong Manso explains that the Toyota Hiace bus with ...