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Kennedy Agyapong, member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central has warned the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba asking her to keep mute and stop exchanging words with the Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu. Otiko has been in the media following her altercations with Bugri Naabu on Friday, May ...

The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has demanded an immediate apology from the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for wrongfully accusing him of engaging in ‘galamsey’ activities. His demands follow a BNI report which named the chief and his palace among scores of other chiefs from eight regions of the country as being engaged in illegal mining activities. Statement A ...

The 2017 edition of June 4th celebration is scheduled to take place in the Upper West regional capital Wa. The event which is coming to the region for the first time will see the architect of the June 4th Uprising former president Jerry John Rawlings, former President John Dramani Mahama and a host of other big wigs of the NDC ...

Ghanaians are likely to have another female Chief Justice (CJ) as the Council of State considers the nomination of President Akufo-Addo for the coveted position. DAILY GUIDE’s reliable source indicates that the next Chief Justice to succeed outgoing Georgina Theodora Wood may be Justice Sophia AB Akuffo, who is seen as the most senior member at the apex court, having ...

The Deputy Majority Chief Whip Moses Anim has sternly criticized the Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister and the Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for denigrating President Akufo-Addo following their scuffle Friday. The two have been spewing wild accusations since Bugri Naabu scuttled a meeting convened by Otiko Djaba in Tamale for not giving him prior ...

NPP Northern regional chairman Bugri Naabu and Gender, Children and Social Protection minister Otiko Djaba have been ‘severely reprimanded’ at an NPP National Council meeting held Wednesday night. The President’s two darlings were directed to submit a written apology after they engaged in a public spat and political muscle- flexing. A public relations nightmare had engulfed the party after a ...

Drama unfolded at the Gushegu Midwifery Training School in the Northern region Wednesday when authorities ordered some students not to sit for an ongoing exams because they were pregnant. Sources said there was a standoff between the students and the school authority as a result of the order. It is also yet clear how many schools girls have been affected ...

The Ashanti regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah has flatly denied ever knowing the alleged notorious Chinese illegal miner, Asia Huang. The Minister’s remarks was in reaction to a publication in The Republic Newspaper that claimed that he had been “hobnobbing” with the dreaded galamseyer and as a result granted her diplomatic courtesies in the region. Ms. Huang, according to Abdul Malik ...

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has ordered all party executives who double as government appointees to relinquish their party positions. The directive, which was taken at the National Council meeting Wednesday affects mainly Gender Minister Ms. Otiko Djaba, who serves as the national women organiser of the NPP, and has been in the news lately over her public utterances. ...

The governing New Patriotic Party has released details of decisions taken at the party’s Council meeting held at Alisa Hotel last Wednesday night. The statement announced four party decisions and five government plans after the more than four hour discussion that ended after 11:00pm. The highlight of the meeting was the action taken over a public spat between Gender, Children ...