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Former President John Dramani Mahama has described the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central Constituency Isaac Adongo as a jewel in the National Democratic Congress and the Minority side in Parliament. Isaac Adongo who is serving his first term entered parliament in 2017. He has since been at the frontline of Economic and Financial debates for the minority in ...

Opposition’s political parties have vowed to stage a series of demonstrations against EC’s decision to compile a new voters register. The largest opposition Party NDC and other smaller parties under the umbrella, interparty resistance against new voters register say justification by the EC for new voters roll is unacceptable. The Electoral Commission (EC) last week stressed the need for the ...

The member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West and Minister for Communication Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has disclosed to the people of the Savannah Region that charcoal selling was her business until education saved her. Speaking at the first ever Savannah Regional Nasara Wing durbar in Damongo, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful touted the achievements of the Zongo Ministry and urged the people in ...

A press release, believed to have been issued by the Upper East Regional Police Command, is showing there is another group that intends to stage a protest against the Shaanxi Mining Ghana Ltd in the Talensi District soon. The group, mentioned in the first paragraph of the said news release as the “Concerned Citizens of Gbane”, is reported to have ...

The Minority in Parliament says with the imminent introduction of the Eco currency which Ghana has committed to join, the central bank and government cannot be speaking different languages regarding the introduction of higher denomination. In a statement Monday, Casiel Ato Forson, Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee said, “Even if Ghana opts to adopt the Eco after three years or even more, ...

It has emerged that the majority of the dams being constructed in the five Northern regions under the one-village-one-dam initiative have dried up after just seven days of harmattan. Photos of the dam popped up on social media with empty dugout at Nakpachei and Yendi in the Northern Region. The cost of the dam was approximated to cost GH¢250,000. There ...

The Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has likened the Double Track System to first and Second Church Service which allows Church members as many as possible to have equal access to listen to the Word of God. According to him, the Double Track System under the Free Senior High School Policy, is a stopgap innovation to provide access to 69% ...

Almost half a billion animals have been killed in Australia’s raging wildfires with fears entire species may have been wiped out. Ecologists from the University of Sydney now estimate 480 million mammals, birds and reptiles have been lost since September with the figure likely to continue to soar. Devastating fires have ripped through the states of Victoria and New South ...

Former President John Mahama has urged religious and traditional leaders to be bold in criticising what he says is the worrying levels of nepotism and corruption in Ghana today. “Nepotism doesn’t become right because a different government is in power and our religious and traditional leaders must have the courage to speak up against it”, President Mahama said in an ...

Residents of Assin Akropong in the Assin Foso Municipality in Central region are calling on government to as a matter of urgency fix their bad road or they will vote against the current government in the upcoming 2020 general elections. The road is in a deplorable state thus making mobility difficult and affecting business activities. Speaking to Splash fm news ...