Pollster Ben Ephson has warned that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will be doomed if its proposal to elect a presidential candidate two years ahead of an election while in office is adopted. The Managing Editor of Daily Dispatch newspaper said “it will be worse off” for the NPP because it will create cracks within the party ahead of the ...

GRAMMY Award-winning Burna Boy has teamed up with Ghanaian sensational rapper Sheriff Alfonzo Williams popularly known as Blacksherif on his Second Sermon track. The Second Sermon remix produced by Ghanaian Stallion was released on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, to a resounding reception from fans in both Ghana and Nigeria trending number 1 on Twitter. The original song was performed by ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to Ghana’s diplomat, Mohamed Ibn Chambas to assist the Authority of Heads of States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore Guinea to constitutional rule. Mr Akufo-Addo who is also Chair of the ECOWAS admitted that the task to restore Guinea to democratic path is a sensitive one that ...

Olaf Scholz has been confirmed as German chancellor, leading a three-party government that takes over from Angela Merkel after 16 years in office. He was voted in by the German parliament, where his coalition has a substantial majority. Mr Scholz’s new government is formed of his Social Democrat party along with the with Greens and Free Democrats. The handover of ...

Accra Hearts of Oak legend, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmed, popularly known as Mohammed Polo, has thrown his support behind the under-fire head coach of the Phobians, Samuel Boadu. The Ghana Premier League Champions crashed out of the CAF Confederations Cup in Algeria on Sunday and are bottom of the ongoing domestic league. Polo, who had earlier called for a review of ...

Over 3000 candidates who sat for this year’s West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have had their results withheld by the examination body over alleged infractions. Also, 1,339 subject results and 174 entire results of some candidates have been cancelled, WAEC announced in a statement Wednesday. The statement further noted English Language and Mathematics recorded a decline in performance ...

Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa has blasted off on a trip to the International Space Station (ISS), joining the growing list of billionaires who have made it to space. A Russian rocket carrying Mr Maezawa took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. He is expected to spend 12 days at the ISS, and is the first space tourist to visit ...

The Ghana Police Service has secured an injunction against a plan by a group called Justice 4 Ghana to demonstrate and picket parliament today, Wednesday, 8 December 2021. The group will hit the streets of Accra to protest against the e-levy proposed in the 2022 budget. Its members also plan to picket parliament until their demands are met. The police ...

Parliament has adopted modifications to the 2022 budget statement and economic policy presented by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. The minister in a letter to parliament made some concessions such as GHC10 million provision for the Keta sea defence project, revision of Aker Energy, AGM Petroleum GNPC deal, withdrawal of the reviewed Agyapa deal from the budget among others. The minister ...

An Educationist has urged parents of public school pupils and students to think beyond the free education and invest in their kids education. According to Dr Samuel Kwesi Nkansah, a senior lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) English department, many parents had neglected all their responsibilities since the inception of the free education which he believes does not ...