The Campaign Trail with Duke Mensah Opoku

It seems like the war between the leader of the High Grade Family, Samini, and the leader of the Shatta Movement, Shatta Wale, has come to an end. Samini wished Shatta Wale a happy birthday on Monday, October 17, 2016. “HappyBday #Opanaray. Enjoy your self @shattawalegh.If #kotoko no dey #hearts no dey chale lol. #hgf ...

Flagbearer of the  National Democratic Party (NDP) has also sued the Electoral Commission for disqualifying her from the December 7 general elections. This comes on the back of the suit filed by the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) and the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) at the court in protest of their disqualification. Nana Konadu who is ...

The bankroller of Medeama Sporting Club, Moses Armah, has thrown in the towel with a surprise call to interestedinvestors to take over the club after eight years of impact. The soft-spoken Armah told the Graphic Sports in unequivocal terms last Saturday that he had decided to sell the club of his passion simply because he ...

Nana Oye-Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection has appealed to fetish priests and priestess to use their influence as spiritual leaders to advocate against child marriage. Nana Oye Lithur said tradition and culture had been identified as one of the major drivers of child marriage because of some beliefs and practices that condoned ...

Rebecca Akufo-Addo, wife of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo has called for prayers for the New Patriotic Party and her husband, Nana Akufo-Addo ahead of the 2016 general elections. She made the call when she joined the Shalom Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in the La-Dadekotopon constituency on Sunday to ...

Some victims of flooding in the Koforidua municipality are appealing for support from government and other well-meaning organizations to help them reorganize themselves again. Days after the incident which resulted in the loss of property worth several thousands of Ghana cedis, some residents are still unsettled as they are yet to receive assistance from government. ...

President  John Dramani Mahama on Monday inaugurated a water treatment plant in Kpando in the Volta Region. The 6,720 cubic meter per day facility is expected to improve access to potable water in the Kpando Municipality. Funded by the World Bank and Nordic Development Fund, the project saw the rehabilitation and expansion of the water ...

Heart-wrenching images show a screaming young woman flogged in front of a jeering crowd for breaking Islamic laws as floggings reportedly spike in Indonesian province. An unidentified woman screamed out in pain as she was caned 23 times in Indonesia’s Aceh for breaking the province’s strict Islamic law forbidding intimacy between unmarried couples. Aceh is ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called the bluff of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) who petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), to investigate him over the money he received from late Nigerian leader, General Sani Abacha. Rawlings had admitted in an ...

A Policy Advisor for the PPP, Kofi Siaw has said the PPP is willing to withdraw the lawsuit filed against the Electoral Commission (EC) if it will negotiate with the party. The PPP sued the Electoral Commission (EC), at the High Court over its decision to disqualify its presidential aspirant, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, from ...

President John Dramani Mahama has reiterated the importance of education to the development of the country with a call on parents and guardians to make education of their wards a priority. He noted government was committed in developing the human resource base of the country through provision of educational infrastructure and the construction of Community ...

President John Mahama has reiterated his government’s resolve not to disappoint residents of the Volta Region. Opposition parties  and some residents have argued that though the region is considered the stronghold of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), the government has deprived the region of development projects. Speaking at Kpando as part of his campaign ...

When Apple‘s Project Titan first made its way to the news cycle, folks couldn’t help but imagine the tech giant dipping its toes into auto manufacturing. Now, according to some insider sources, those plans are being scaled back a bit. Project Titan has lost hundreds of team members in recent months, and the project itself ...

UK spy agencies broke privacy rules by collecting large amounts of UK citizens’ data without adequate oversight, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has ruled. Complaints about data collection by GCHQ, MI5 and MI6 were put forward by campaign group Privacy International. The ruling said some data collection did not comply with the European Convention on ...

The Lebanese Community in Ghana has set up a new scholarship scheme that supports 15 students who are beginning their professional course at the Ghana School of Law. The community is also supporting four others who are undertaking the Masters’ Programme at the Ghana Institute of Journalism. This is in addition to a scheme that ...

Aggrieved youth of the La Traditional Area have accused the John Mahama-led government of neglecting Ga-Dangme people and allowing the Ghana Armed forces to illegally acquire their lands. Addressing a press conference in Accra today [Monday], a group calling itself the Coalition of La Youth Association alleged that the Ghana Armed Forces has arbitrary destroyed farmlands without ...

Aggrieved youth of the La Traditional Area have accused the John Mahama-led government of neglecting Ga-Dangme people and allowing the Ghana Armed forces to illegally acquire their lands. Addressing a press conference in Accra today [Monday], a group calling itself the Coalition of La Youth Association alleged that the Ghana Armed Forces has arbitrary destroyed farmlands without ...

Customers of DKM Microfinance have expressed mixed reactions over the payments of their locked up cash by the Official Liquidator. Payments for the first batch of validated creditors commenced this morning at the eight selected branches of GCB Bank. Citi Business News understands that at least 4000 customers will be paid each day starting from ...