POLITICS

Yaw Buaben Asamoa says the leadership of the opposition NDC is split over the decision by former President John Mahama to select Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as his ruining mate for the December polls. The lawmaker has over the past week come under attack from the NDC as well as women groups after he held a press conference following the ...

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection Cynthia Mamle Morrison has described as “insane”, a comment made by George Lutterodt popularly referred to as Counsellor Lutterodt on live television on Thursday 9 July 2020. George Lutterodt is in hot waters for claiming that “every rape victim enjoys the act before it ends.” There have since been incessant calls by ...

Pressure Group OccupyGhana has backed calls for President Akufo-Addo to reverse his directive to Auditor General Daniel Domelevo to proceed on leave. It comes after several civil society groups signed a petition for the outspoken anti-graft campaigner to be brought back to work. The President in a statement directed the Auditor General to proceed on his accumulated leave. The move ...

He took all the precautions to the extent of even spraying files and papers that came to his office with alcohol-based disinfectants, thus testing positive for COVID-19 came as a surprise. The above narration is just a tip of the iceberg regarding the extraordinary COVID-19 journey of Dan Kwaku Botwe, Minister for Regional Reorganisation and Development. The Member of Parliament for Okere constituency was ...

Speaker of Parliament Prof Mike Oquaye has ruled out any possibility of the legislature shutting down as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many institutions have had to halt operations as a result of staff testing positive for Covid-19. Parliament recorded its first cases months ago prompting some MPs and health experts to call for a shutdown of the House. ...

Former President JJ Rawlings has shut down his office in Accra in the wake of COVID-19 spread in Ghana. A statement by the former President said the move is to protect his staff and visitors. “The office of His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings, former President of the Republic, wishes to announce the immediate closure of the office. “The closure is ...

The Electoral Commission has announced it will begin a two-day voter registration exercise in Secondary Schools across the country tomorrow Friday, July 10, 2020 in order to register students who are eligible to vote in December. The EC in a statement called on all students who are 18 years and above to make themselves available for the registration exercise. It ...

Barring any last-minute change of mind, the name of ace radio host, Adakabre Frimpong Manso would be submitted to the Electoral Commission as the running mate of the Ghana Freedom Party for the 2020 general elections. Leader and founder of the party, Akua Donkor exclusively disclosed on Angel 102.9 FM evening news on Thursday, July 9, 2020 that she has ...

A key member of the communications team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Francis Anom Boateng has expressed his disappointment in the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP for speaking in a disparaging manner about the running mate of John Dramani Mahama, Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang. In an interview with Kwame Afrifa Mensah on the ’Epa Hoa Daben’ show on Happy98.9FM, he ...

The Minister of Education Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has confirmed that over 90 percent of the staff of his ministry have tested positive to the deadly Coronavirus. Speaking to Kwame Sefa Kayi in an interview, Thursday, monitored by GhanaWeb, Dr. Prempeh revealed that mass testing was conducted at the ministry when it was made known that he had been infected with the virus. ...