Former broadcaster Bridget Otoo has mentioned Effutu lawmaker Alexander Afenyo Markin and Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful as her favourite lawmakers in Ghana. According to her, Mr Afenyo Markin is open-minded and receptive to new ideas regardless of the proponent of the idea. “He gets it, he gets what I’m trying to do. Despite my criticisms against the government and the ...

Popularly referred to as the “World Bank” of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the Ketu South constituency in the Volta Region is home to about 200,000 people. In the immediate past elections, the total registered voters in the constituency was over 130,000, making it one of the biggest constituencies in the country. The main occupation of the people of Ketu ...

A man has gone on trial in Spain for allegedly killing his mother, cutting up her body, and eating her remains. Alberto Sánchez Gómez was arrested in 2019 after police went to the home of his 66-year-old mother following concerns from a friend. Police said they found body parts scattered around the apartment – some kept in plastic containers. The ...

An executive member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region, Dr Joseph Kobina Essibu, has called on the rank and file of the party in the region to desist from misinformation and forge ahead in unity. That, he said, was to enable the party to remain solid to retain power in 2024. Dr Kobina Essibu’s call comes ...

Over 7,000 children in the Jaman South municipality in the Bono Region have received the first dose of the RTS malaria vaccine currently being rolled out in 42 districts across the country. As of February this year, 7,329 children under two years in the area had received their first doses of the vaccine. The municipality started the Malaria Vaccination Implementation ...

ighteen (18) suspected illegal immigrants from Nigeria have been arrested in the Eastern Region of Ghana by the Operation motherland team made up of the Military and Immigration Personnel on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. The suspects made up of both male and female were on board a VW Crafter bus with registration number GR 5314-21 and were from Aflao to ...

The Interim President of the Creative Arts Agency, Mr Mark Okraku Mantey has been nominated the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Mr OkrakuMantey’s nomination was contained in a release signed by the Acting Director of Communications at the Office of the President, Mr Eugene Arhin. However, like the other 38 persons who ...

The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has called for the need to generate more, not less, power as the country’s power needs grow in consonance with its growing population and urbanization. The Minister made this observation when he opened a four-day Energy Sector Work Programme Retreat for 2021 at Ada in the Greater Accra Region. Dr. Prempeh, who ...

Ghana’s consulate in Dubai has advised persons traveling to the United Arab Emirates to be vigilant when accepting parcels to be delivered to others following the arrest of five persons for attempting to traffic Marijuana. In a statement, Ghana’s consulate in Dubai said in some cases, most persons had no clue the drugs were in the packages given to them. ...

It was all joy for the Western Regional Police Command when they received the latest five (5) brand new motorbikes from the Member of Parliament for Effia and Minister for Public Enterprises Joseph Cudjoe valued at over thirty-thousand Ghana Cedis to help the police fight crime. The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis was caught unawares on April 10th and 11th after individuals believed ...