POLITICS

The Abeka District Court in Accra has issued a stern warning to the aggrieved relatives of the late Benjamin Okyere, the tenant who was murdered by his landlord, over their continuous disturbances at the court. Before the court even heard the case on Monday, the aggrieved relatives started chanting and drumming in a manner that was disturbing activities of the ...

Political scientist and former lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Dr Amoako Baah has bemoaned the influence of money in the just ended parliamentary primaries of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to him, majority of the outcome of the Saturday primaries was influenced by money and not competence or ability to impact good ...

President Akufo-Addo has assured that his government will protect the over 800, 000 final year Senior High School students who return to school on Monday, June 22, 2020. In an address to the Nation on Sunday, June 21, 2020, President Akufo-Addo stated that all Senior High Schools across the country have been fumigated and currently safe for students. He added ...

The Governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) planned and indicated earlier that their parliamentary primaries which was supposed to be held on the 25th April, 2020 at Constituencies where there is a sitting member of parliament for the party. The deadly Coronavirus Pandemic which has killed tens of thousands and infected millions globally became a hindrance to the slated date for ...

President has launched the Ghana Accountability and Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP), which will help drive standards and quality in some ten thousand low-performing basic schools across the country. Launching the Project on Thursday, 18th June, 2020, at Jubilee House, President Akufo-Addo indicated that, in spite of the numerous steps Government has taken, over the last three and half years, to ...

The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service has said it will soon initiate steps to look into recent allegations by politician Kennedy Agyapong against some pastors in Ghana. Responding to a series of questions posed by GhanaWeb in the wake of Mr Agyapong’s stated crusade against religious leaders he claims are duping many Ghanaians, Public Relations Officer for the CID ...

The governing New Patriotic Party will next week Saturday, June 27, 2020 acclaim President Akufo-Addo as its flagbearer for the December polls. The acclamation, according to the party, will be done at a Council meeting in Accra before the media relevant stakeholders. “The NPP will, on Saturday, June 27, 2020, acclaim the sole Candidate who filed his nomination to contest ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, says he single-handedly “exposed” Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The maverick legislator said he did not only expose the undercover journalist, but also made him a “nobody”. Mr. Agyapong said this in reaction to claims that he usually picks issues with people but never ends what he starts. “I have finished that boy. Today, ...

President Akufo-Addo has observed that whilst the government has made considerable gains in the basic education sub-sector, a lot more remains to be done to improve learning outcomes at that level. The President made these remarks when he launched the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP) at the Jubilee House in Accra earlier today. The $218m project jointly funded ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) is denying certain claims made by the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu. The Minority Leader at a hurriedly organised press conference had sought to suggest that the EC didn’t understand data synchronization because the Commission had indicated during a meeting that it was not going to rely on the biometric data of citizens captured by the NIA. ...