Ekow Quansah Hayford, the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman in the Central Region was shot dead by unknown assailants, according to reports. Sources say the MP of the incumbent NPP was shot on the Abeadze-Dominase-Abeadze Duadzi-Mankessim Road while returning from a campaign trip. The MP, according to eyewitness accounts, had visited four communities within his constituency to campaign for reelection for another ...

The main opposition National Democratic Congress says its promised free primary healthcare policy will create jobs and improve the quality of the National Health Insurance scheme. According to former Communications Minister, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, the policy has been designed to positively impact on the existing health insurance scheme while creating avenues for the less privileged to acquire healthcare without ...

The only State Owned Gold Mining Company, Prestea Sankofa Gold Ltd (PSGL), is expected to commence operations very soon, the Vice President has said. Dr Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia who revealed this in Prestea in the Western Region as he wraps up a 2-day campaign tour of the Western Region assured the chiefs and people of the once vibrant mining community ...

Music icon Okyeame Kwame says he broke down into tears when his colleague Obuor lost his parliamentary primaries in the New Patriotic Party contest in June. According to him, Obuor would have been a good representative for his people in parliament because he is selfless. “I cried when Obuor lost his primaries. He is the most selfless human being I ...

A group affiliated to the New Patriotic Party, the Premier Ladies Patrons has donated assorted items to the ruling party. The items including nose masks, face shields and thermometer guns are aimed at facilitating the party’s campaign to ensure a resounding victory in the December elections. The other beneficiaries of the donation are the Ashanti Regional NPP, Head of Voluntary ...

The Chairperson of the Peace Council, Professor Emmanuel Asante, has stated that the upcoming December 7 elections is likely to be the best held in the country. According to him, Ghana has already held seven successful elections in the past and despite the frosty relationship between the Electoral Commission and the opposition National Democratic Congress, the elections will not descend ...

The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has ordered the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to file an amendment to their affidavit in support of the motion for judicial review filed by HODA Holding challenging the BoG’s revocation of the operating license of uniCredit Ghana Limited within five days. In court on Thursday October 8, 2020 when all the ...

Musician and activist Kwame Asare Obeng, widely known as A-Plus, says with hindsight, he should not have campaigned for President Akufo-Addo in 2016. A-Plus was a loud figure for the NPP in the 2016 elections, taking on the Mahama administration and espousing what he thought then to be the ‘Messianic’ Akufo-Addo. A musician, A-Plus used his craft to trumpet the ...

A live TV debate between the candidates for vice-president ahead of next month’s US election has seen fierce clashes over the coronavirus pandemic. Democrat Kamala Harris accused Donald Trump of “the greatest failure of any presidential administration” in history. Vice-President Mike Pence, a Republican, said her party’s pandemic plan amounted to “plagiarism”. Democratic nominee Joe Biden leads Mr Trump with ...

The Vice President of Ghana Dr Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that the 2020 general elections is about the future of Ghanaians. Speaking at Half Assini in the Jomoro Municipality in the Western Region as part of his two-day working visit to some constituencies, Dr Bawumia asked Ghanaians to choose between the era of erratic power supply, hardships, and the ...