POLITICS

President Akufo-Addo returned to Accra to continue work after an 8-day tour of 3 regions covering 42 main stops. That brings to 14 the number of regions visited so far. The President’s tour in the Bono, Ashanti and Eastern Regions afforded him an opportunity to witness at first-hand the progress of work in these regions on his administration’s flagship programs. ...

Fifty-seven out of the 144 Frequency Modulation (FM) stations that were cited for various infractions in an audit exercise by the National Communications Authority (NCA) have been shut down, the Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful, has said. “In accordance with the decisions of the Electronic Communication Tribunal (ECT), 30 out of the 57 stations have submitted fresh applications ...

The Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr. Clemnt Apaak, has taken Gabby Otchere Darko to the cleaners for describing former President John Dramani Mahama as a liar. The leading member of the NPP in a Facebook post slammed Mr. Mahama over his comments on the government white paper on the Ayawaso West Wuogon violence. He wrote: “When you get ...

First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has identified the development of literacy skills through the provision of functional libraries across the country as critical in ensuring that the Free SHS policy by the government produces quality graduates. The First Lady made these remarks when she joined Athe good people of Kyebi on Saturday, to commission ...

General secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has hinted the party will construct 100 senior high schools in the first 90 days after assuming office in 2021. He was speaking to Kwabena Agyapong on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm on former President John Mahama’s promise that the NDC will in its first 90 days in ...

A Deputy Minister for Information, Pius Enam Hadzide has lambasted former President Mahama for accusing the government of training thugs, saying he talks like a serial caller. He stressed that Mr. Mahama makes comments like ordinary politicians without supporting his allegations being made against the government with facts. The Flagbearer of the NDC alleged that the government is planning to ...

The Ministry of Communications has announced that all mobile phone users will have to re-register their SIM numbers (Subscriber Identity Module) from 1st January 2020 to 30th June 2020 or lose the numbers as they will be deactivated. The measure, according to Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful, Minister of Communications, will help monitor and track down persons who use their phones ...

Four prominent NDC members have joined the ruling NPP in the Karaga constituency. The members are Mba Yamba, former Communications Officer  of the party in the Karaga , Mr. Ayaro, a former Deputy Constituency Organizer of NDC, Afa Suhununu a prominent farmer in the area and Yakubu Jina, a member. The defectors have since joined the campaign of deputy Energy ...

A middle-aged man, Nana Owusu, who claims to be a registered member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is alleging that the party tasked him to mobilise young men for a vigilante group but has since been neglected. He is also alleging that one Coach, contracted him to mobilise young men to be used as observers and bodyguards for ...

President Akufo-Addo has opened Ghana’s newest medical drone delivery base in the city of Mampong during a tour of the Ashanti region Thursday. This marks the second of what will be four medical drone delivery bases that have been commissioned to help expand access to critical and life-saving medicines for people across Ghana. Zipline, a California-based robotics company, operates the ...