The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) should avoid the two major ‘contenders’ for the 2024 flagbearership race as per public opinion and media reports. This is the view of pollster and journalist Ben Ephson who also disclosed that a former Railways Minister had been denied a ministerial appointment because he …
Read More »Jean Mensa-Led EC Stole Our Victory; We Can’t Review 2020 Polls With Her – NDC
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said in a statement that it “declined an invitation by the Electoral Commission of Ghana” to attend an Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting “to review the 2020 parliamentary and presidential elections”, which was scheduled for Wednesday, 21 April 2021. The statement signed by …
Read More »Sarkodie To Release New Album ‘No Pressure’
Sarkodie has announced the date for the release of his new studio album. The body of work, titled “No Pressure”, will be out on 9 July 2021. The award-winning Ghanaian rapper, who made the announcement on social media on Monday, 19 April 2021, noted that the album is in partnership with a digital …
Read More »COVID-19: Ghana Begins Digital Verification Of Test Results
Ghana has become the first country in West Africa to deploy a system for the digital verification of COVID-19 PCR test results based on the African Union Trusted Travel and ECOWAS BIOMARS standard. The Ministry of Health, through the Ghana Health Service, spearheaded the project which aims to ease verification …
Read More »I Am Alive – Popular Musician Reacts To Death Rumours
South African music star, Yvonne Chaka Chaka has reacted to an unknown social media user posting her obituary on the internet and starting a GoFundMe page for her “burial”. Yvonne Chaka Chaka who debunked news of her death, told her followers that a ”fool” posted her obituary, implying she had died and …
Read More »Meet The Deputy Finance Minister-Designate, John Ampontuah Kumah
The President, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, released the names of 39 deputy ministers in his second term. The Finance Ministry has two nominees pending vetting and approval by Parliament. They are John Ampontuah Kumah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin South, and Madam Abena …
Read More »Illegal mining: COCOBOD Woos Farmers With GHC3.6 Million Compensation
COCOBOD’s deputy CEO in charge of Agronomy and Quality Control, Dr Emmanuel Agyemang Dwomoh farmers COCOBOD’s deputy CEO in charge of Agronomy and Quality Control, Dr Emmanuel Agyemang Dwomoh The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is proposing a GHC3,630,000 compensation to cocoa farmers who have lost their lands to …
Read More »NCA To Shut Down 49 Television Stations
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has embarked on an exercise to shut down 49 television stations for operating without authorization. According to the regulator, this forms part of a continuous monitoring exercise conducted on various Satellite Free-to-Air Television platforms using the Broadcast Monitoring System (BMS) and the Radio Spectrum Monitoring …
Read More »Group Commend Prez Akufo-Addo For Retaining Hon Abena Osei-Asare.
The Executives and entire membership of Ashanti Youth Federation of the New Patriotic Party would like to commend the President of the Republic H. E. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for re-appointing Obaatanpa Hon Abena Osei-Asare, MP Atiwa-East Constituency, as deputy finance minister. Hon Abena Osei-Asare upon assumption of …
Read More »Ursula Owusu Reacts To Arrest Of Nana Agradaa
The Minister of Communication, Ursula Owusu, has confirmed the arrest of popular fetish priestess, Patricia Asieduwaa, popularly known as Nana Agradaa. Ursula took to her Facebook timeline to explain details of her arrest and the closure of her two TV stations at Kasoa. Nana Agradaa’s stations were closed and equipment …
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