If many Ghanaians expressed reservation about the figure of $1.2 billion for the Ghana Card in their rooms and in silence, that will not include Mr Kennedy Agyapong, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, who MyNewsGh.com can confirm has lashed out at the “fraud” being perpetrated by Prof Ken Attafuah, head of National Identification Authority (NIA) ...

Former president John Agyekum Kufuor has hit back at Mr. JJ Rawlings, despite the latter’s apology to the former over inappropriate remarks he made about him. Rawlings at a meeting with chiefs and elders from Mepe in the Volta Region last week used unpalatable words against Kufuor and former president John Mahama. Rawlings, who has been critical of the duo, ...

Aggrieved laboratory scientist are casting doubts over the successful outcome of the scheduled meeting with the Health Ministry today. The concerned health workers say the entrenched posturing of the Ministry in previous meetings is evident that today’s anticipated meeting will amount to nothing. Thousands of patients across the country have been left frustrated following the decision by the lab scientist ...

Swedru-based artiste Patapaa, has asked his fans to stop calling him by that name. According to the ‘One Corner’ hitmaker, he has changed his name from Patapaa to Patapeezy, a name given to him by comedian Funny Face. Patapaa in a video shot in France expressed gratitude to Funny Face for hyping him after the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards and ...

Tickets for an Israel-Argentina friendly in Jerusalem next month with Barcelona star Lionel Messi expected in the line-up sold out within 20 minutes, the Israeli company handling sales said, AFP reports. The Le’an agency said on its website that nearly 100,000 fans applied for 20,000 tickets when they went on general sale on Sunday evening. “No sporting event has ever ...

Members of the Coalition of Unemployed Private Nurses yesterday picketed at both the health and finance ministries over their delayed posting. According to the coalition, their action stemmed from the reason their meeting with Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, over the matter, has hit a snag. The leadership of the jobless nurses accused the government of dragging its feet on the ...

Some residents of Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region fear the erection of a statue in memory of the late Major Maxwell Mahama who was murdered exactly a year ago will remind them of the unpleasant circumstance. They say they cannot stand the site of a statue of the fallen soldier. “Please leave us alone, we are afraid, our children ...

The Russian-Jewish billionaire owner of Chelsea football club, Roman Abramovich, has flown to Tel Aviv after being found eligible for Israeli citizenship. Immigration officials told the BBC that he was interviewed last week at the Israeli embassy in Moscow. He has faced delays in renewing his UK visa. His spokesman would not comment on reports citizenship had been granted. Mr ...

The CEO of the National Identification Authority (NIA) Professor Ken Attafuah is suggesting the Authority’s failure to meet the timelines for beginning registrations and issuance of the much talked about Ghana Card could be as a result of sabotage. Despite stating that he is not a conspiracy theorist so as to raise the specter of suspicion, he just could not ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has been asked to refrain from contesting in the 2020 presidential election because he has fallen out of favour with God. Some of his utterances and policy decisions during his time in power have been professed to have fallen out of line with God’s plan for humanity, thereby courting the maker’s wrath upon him. According ...