Former President John Dramani Mahama, who is also the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has announced a $10 billion accelerated infrastructural plan, dubbed the Big Push, which he says will drive jobs and entrepreneurial agenda when elected in December 2020. “We are looking at what I call the BIG PUSH, injecting some $10 […]

A Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Jonathan Asante Otchere, is calling for an urgent probe into the activities of the current Commissioners of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). Speaking on ‘Decision 2020’, a political show on 3FM on Sunday, the Senior Lecturer said there is no significant difference between the numbers […]

In the year 1996 election, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) lost woefully with just 10.2% of the total vote cast in the Asuogyaman Constituency in the Eastern Region with the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) winning with a whopping 51.4%. The voting trend changed and so in the year 2000 elections, the NPP also […]

Veteran highlife musician Lucky Mensah on Sunday released a new song on Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene. The single track, dubbed ‘Shawele’ was given first-time airplay on political talk show after he appeared to talk about his new song for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) ahead of the 2020 elections. Hit with emotions in the […]

Luck failed to smile on Savannah Region’s Abiba this time around as she came up for eviction for the third consecutive week. Unfortunately for her, she could not get saved by the judges this time. She was joined by Bono Region’s Afia as the latest casualties of the 2020 Ghana’s Most Beautiful reality show. More […]

Despite a further reduction in Ghana’s Covid-19 active cases, nine persons have lost the battle to the disease. The number of deaths, therefore, has risen from 206 to 215. This was contained in the latest update released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Sunday, August 9. There were 470 new cases recorded, taking the […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to initiate a process to ensure that Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe in the Oti Region are joined into a district. The four communities are currently a part of the Jasikan District but following the creation of the Oti Region, […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to engage the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reconsider its decision to ban some 14 students from completing their final exams. The GES on Friday, August 7 announced the dismissal of these students, who were engaged in various violations including […]

The line-up for the Champions League ‘final eight’ tournament in Lisbon is complete after wins for Barcelona and Bayern Munich on Saturday. Manchester City are the only Premier League side left in the competition and they play Lyon on Saturday, 15 August. The opening game of the round sees Atalanta take on Paris St-Germain, before […]

Former President John Dramani Mahama says the deployment of the military in the just-ended voter registration exercise was deliberately to intimidate members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He said the army officers were absent in strongholds of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) but very visible in those of the NDC. “I have seen […]

Executive Director of the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) Dr Emmanuel Akwetey has said he expects shortage of food items including rice and tomatoes because the country is no longer importing these commodities as it used to before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. He, however, suggested that to be able to deal with the […]

Non-governmental organisation Child Rights International (CRI) has appealed to the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to intervene in the dismissal of 14 candidates of the ongoing WASSCE by the Ghana Education Service (GES). CRI views the sanctions as “too harsh”. “CRI believes that any disciplinary measure that undermines the best interest and welfare […]

Former President John Dramani Mahama has pointed at the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as cause of the recent violence by some final-year students. He says when education is politicised, “the result is what we are seeing”. For him, to refer to the current final-years as ‘Akufo-Addo graduates’ was the beginning of the troubles being […]

International leaders will hold talks on Sunday to raise aid for Beirut after the massive explosion which devastated the Lebanese capital on Tuesday. The virtual conference – set up by France and the United Nations – will begin at 1400 Lebanon time (1100 GMT). US President Donald Trump has said he plans to join the […]

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has launched investigations into reports of some Ivorians registering for Ghana’s voter identity cards. The 66 Ivorians were intercepted at the Dorbor border in possession of the new voter ID cards. They had claimed one Yaw in Tempi in Ivory Coast contracted a Kia driver by name Kwame Krah to […]

Telecommunication companies in Ghana have rejected claims by the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, that they under-declared taxes. The Minister made the claim in Parliament on Friday. She told the legislature that: “The introduction of the CP has uncovered that, prior to the introduction of the CP, ¢470 million in taxes was lost from potential […]

For the first time in many months, Ghana’s coronavirus active cases have gone below the 3,000-mark In the latest update released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on its website on Saturday, August 8, the active cases reduced from 3,253 to 2,625. This has been largely due to the increase in recoveries-cum-discharges, which currently stand […]

Juventus have appointed Andrea Pirlo as manager to replace the sacked Maurizio Sarri, a week after hiring the former midfielder as Under-23 boss. The Italian giants sacked Sarri after just one season despite winning Serie A following the club’s Champions League last-16 defeat by Lyon on Friday. Pirlo, 41, has signed a two-year deal until […]

The PTA Chairman of Sekondi College (Sekco), Isaac Cobbinah, who also doubles as the Western Regional PTA Chairman, has rendered an unqualified apology to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on the insubordinate act of some final year students of the school. The 2020 West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) has been characterized by violence […]

Editorial stylist of the Already video Nana Kwesi Wiafe has debunked rumours that Beyoncé’s horn in the video depicts something demonic. He says the cow horn means power; it connects to Disney’s Lion King movie, which talked about power in the animal kingdom. In an interview on Sunrise on 3EM, Nana Kwesi Wiafe noted that […]