POLITICS

President Akufo-Addo has appointed Peter Antwi Boasiako as the deputy director general of the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET). The appointment, which is in line with Section 48 (1) of the Education Regulatory Bodies Act 2020 (Act 1023) is for a period of four years. The …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will from Monday, 18th October 2021, begin a two-day tour of the Central Region, as part of his annual working visits to the sixteen (16) Regions of the country.   President Akufo-Addo’s itinerary will involve the commissioning and inspection of projects under Government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative …

There is confusion at the Assembly hall of the Cape Coast Municipal Assembly due to an alleged overvoting in favor of the Municipal Chief Executive nominee, Ernest Arthur.   Some assembly members have rejected the results that seek to confirm the nominee as MCE following the counting of 77 total …

Cape Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) nominee, Ernest Arthur, has been finally confirmed as Mayor after previously failing to get the nod of assembly members of the Cape Coast Metropolis two consecutive times. He secured 45 votes out of a total of 63 votes, enabling him to meet the two-thirds of …

Former President John Mahama has guffawed the ruling government, New Patriotic Party (NPP), adding that the Akufo-Addo-led government has finally experienced the responsibilities and challenges his erstwhile administration faced when in power.   According to him, despite urging the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to be circumspect in criticising …

President Akufo-Addo says the policies and programmes initiated by his government since taking office in January 2017, are bearing fruits and have impacted the lives of all Ghanaians. Speaking at the centenary celebration of the Ash Town Seventh Day Adventist Church, on Saturday, October 16, President Akufo-Addo told the gathering …

Following a contentious argument on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday over the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values 2021 bill, a former Director of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana has called on the opposition National Democratic Congress to do some introspection on …

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hackman Owusu Agyeman believes, the party’s boycott of the parliamentary elections in 1992 was a regrettable decision. He says, although the party felt the presidential election won by the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Flight Lt. Jerry John Rawlings was fraught …

The funeral arrangements for the former Central Regional Minister under the erstwhile John Evans Atta Mills government, Ama Benyiwa-Doe have been slated for December 17 and 18, 2021. This was announced by the family during the observance of the one-week celebration of the late NDC stalwart.   Dignitaries and family …

Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini has in a Facebook post, stated that, his being denied visa by the Netherlands Embassy is lame if the basis is his association with the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill.   Mr Suhuyini was denied entry visa into the Netherlands with the explanation that he …