The New Patriotic Party(NPP’s) Super Delegates Congress comes off today. Delegates will prune the number of aspirants seeking to lead the party in the 2016 presidential elections from seven to five. The aspirants are Nana Akufo Addo, the two-time presidential candidate of the NPP, Alan Kyeremanteng, Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, Stephen and Asamoah-Boateng, the three ...

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu  the second, has asked journalists to  use the power of media to enhance the governance process by  providing Ghanaians with the facts they require to make informed decisions. “Your job is to inform, educate and entertain and as you go up the ladder, you analyse, counsel and admonish. It is ...

Citi FM’s EyeWitness News on Saturday night received an honorary award at the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) awards night. The citation said “through eyewitness news Citi FM undertakes a comprehensive coverage of the news and current affairs in a manner that lays emphasis on interviews of major actors.” Eyewitness news is one of Citi FM’s flagship ...

Citi FM’s EyeWitness News on Saturday night received an honorary award at the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) awards night. The citation said “through eyewitness news Citi FM undertakes a comprehensive coverage of the news and current affairs in a manner that lays emphasis on interviews of major actors.” Eyewitness news is one of Citi FM’s flagship news ...

Barely 24 hours to the New Patriotic Pary’s (NPP) Super Delegates Congress, a financial analyst, Sydney Casely-Hayford has described it as a waste of money. The delegates will prune the number of candidates vying to the lead the NPP in the 2016 presidential election from seven to five. The seven candidates include Nana Akufo-Addo,  Alan ...

Louis van Gaal remains without a win as Manchester United manager as £59.7m British record buy Angel Di Maria failed to inspire their first victory of the season at Burnley. Sean Dyche’s Premier League newcomers fully deserved their point – and were the better side in spells after seeing David Jones strike the bar with ...

Opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) youth in the Northern Region have reminded the party’s delegates of the need to by popular acclamation endorse Nana Akufo Addo’s candidature at the forthcoming super delegates congress. Hundreds of them on Saturday August 30, 2014 clad in NPP T’ Shirts hit some principal streets of Tamale amidst singing and ...

The Minister of Interior, Mark Woyongo has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on the Alavanyo and Nkonya towns in the Volta region. The neighbouring towns have been locked in a dispute over land for years and have had curfews imposed on them in the past. Tensions were heightened in June after residents in Nkonya ...

AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine, as part its community investment drive, has spent over GH¢18,000.00 to train 25 women in five communities within the Obuasi Municipality in soap making. The women, drawn from Kokoteasua, Abompekrom, Dokyiwa, Binsere and Nhyieso were taken through three weeks of training in liquid and solid soap as well as other detergents ...

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyapong says the party is ready for Sunday’s nationwide Super Delegates’ Congress. “We are assiduously preparing for Sunday’s special voting…we are very ready for the election on Sunday,” he said. Ghana’s largest opposition political party will on Sunday undertake a special voting exercise to reduce ...

Airtel Ghana, a leading telecommunications network in the country has begun a fundraiser for charity initiative dubbed “Soak for Charity”, Airtel Ghana’s version of the Ice Bucket Challenge.  The Ice Bucket Challenge, also called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, involves pouring a bucket of ice water on someone’s head to promote awareness of the disease ...

Eleven women suspected to be transacting business in fake currencies have been arrest at the Sampa  Market in the Jaman North District of the Brong Ahafo Region. The suspects are, Mamuna Asamoah, Gifty Amoako, Diana Kyerewaa, Akosua Janet, and Esther Agyeiwaa. The rest are Naomi Owusu, Efua Amissah, Janet Owusu, Esi Ampiah, Joyce Amoako and Celestine Amedume. Assistant Superintendent of Police ...

Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) a US pharmaceutical company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, has introduced Singulair, a drug that treats asthma and allergic rhinitis in children and adults. In a bid to drive access to its medicines globally, MSD launched its leukotriene receptor antagonist, Singulair (MSD brand of Montelukast ...

A professor of constitutional law, Prof. H.K Prempeh, has blamed the Supreme Court for the Electoral Commission’s delay in implementing the electoral reforms recommended after last year’s election petition ruling. The Supreme Court, in 2013, dismissed an application by the New Patriotic Party, challenging the EC’s declaration of the NDC’s John Dramani Mahama as the ...

The government of Ghana has received funding from the Swiss government and the European Union (EU) to manage electronic waste in Ghana. These funds are to help the development and implementation of a national strategy to help curb the electronic waste hazard at Agbogboloshie. Agbogboloshie; a former wetland in Accra is now home to the ...

The former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie says he is yet to come to terms with his near-prison experience during the hearing of the election petition. Mr. Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, was hurled before the nine judges hearing the election petition case for contempt for comments ...

Prof. Mike Oquaye is threatening a legal battle against David Hoezame  for dragging the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to court. David Hoezame,  a member of the Volta Regional branch of NPP applied for an injunction to restrain the party from holding its Congress on Sunday, August 31. According to Hoezame, the party breached the party’s ...

The Institute of Economic Affairs is asking for the empowerment of the Electoral Commission (EC) to prosecute persons who break the election law. This according to the institute would enable the EC to ensure sanity in the electoral system without fear or favour. The call comes after a year since the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ...

After months of speculation over the marriage crisis between Christ Embassy’s Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome and wife, a new report claims the latter has now filed for a divorce in a London court. In an exclusive report published by Cable News, the wife is seeking a divorce on the grounds of “unreasonable behaviour” and “adultery”. She ...