The Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chief has gone into hiding, his family has told the BBC. There are unconfirmed reports that Alieu Momar Njai, who announced Yahya Jammeh’s defeat in the polls last month, has fled the country. President Jammeh initially accepted defeat, but then changed his mind and is now refusing to step … Read more
Two years after the building that houses the male inmates of New Life Nungua Children’s Home got burnt, efforts by the authorities to put up a new building for them has delayed due to lack of funds. As a result, the male inmates are using only two single room apartment which was rented by the … Read more
Two years after the building that houses the male inmates of New Life Nungua Children’s Home got burnt, efforts by the authorities to put up a new building for them has delayed due to lack of funds. As a result, the male inmates are using only two single room apartment which was rented by the … Read more
As part of efforts to boost education in the country, Nhyira Mma Foundation, a non-governmental organization, has presented educational materials to over 200 underprivileged children in some Kindergartens, junior and senior high schools in Nkawkaw District of the Eastern Region. Pupils and students are from communities including Wawase, Odumase, Site and Wisiwisi. Beaming with appreciation, … Read more
Four schools in the Western Region have benefitted from Afiba Foundation, a non-governmental organization that seeks to support the needs of pupils in rural Ghana. The team led by Jesse Amoh Agyepong and Charles Mensah donated some building and educational materials including a desktop computer, roofing sheets, exercise books, note books, pens, pencils, mathematical set, … Read more
The Chief of Agric Nzema, Nana Nkansah Boadu, has organized a New Year party for the aged in the Wiamoase community and its environs. Over 600 elderly women, drawn from Wiamoase, Bipoa, Agric Nzema area were treated to both traditional and gospel music, and provided with assorted food and drinks. In addition, they were each … Read more
Ghanaians have made history in the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The results of the elections have clearly indicated that the “One-Dollar President” is not fit to be the leader of our community. If the outgoing Commander In Chief of our community had respected us and had not employed the divide and rule tactics, nepotism … Read more
Since it does not belong to he who is leading to redirect their steps, I feel obliged after a day or two of thoughtful cogitation to come back to offer the paramount chief (Omanhene) of Mpasaaso, Nana Minta Dwansa III, some cogent advice. I shall be doing him no favours if I pointed out his … Read more
The human security coordinator, Brigadier General Nunoo Mensah has built and fully furnished abpolice station for the people of Kwanyarko in the Agona East district of the central region. The police station has a complaint counter, offices for station master and investigators and exhibits room. The Ghc350, 000 project was built upon a request by … Read more
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joked that he feels like Cinderella, as he prepares to step down at midnight on 31 December 2016. “At midnight, everything changes,” he told a room full of UN staff. “On the eve of the new year, I’ll be in Times Square [New York] for the ball drop. Millions of … Read more
Ghanaians have been urged to desist from attacking police officers or installations of the Ghana Police Service but rather work with peace officers to ensure that they carry out their duties of ensuring the safety of lives and property. Inspector General of Police (IGP) John Kudalor gave the advice when he inaugurated a new police … Read more
A GNA Feature by Patience A. Gbeze Accra, Dec. 30, GNA – Human trafficking and slavery has become an international problem affecting millions of people and a number of countries across the globe, particularly in Africa. In Ghana, the canker is one of the biggest challenges facing the country at both national and transnational levels. … Read more
The chief of Nwamaase traditional area in the Ashanti region Nana Addai Anigyei has cautioned his colleague chiefs to desist from engaging in partisan politics. According to him, they must respect their throne and live exemplary life to their members to recognize their maximum credibility in the society. He added that, it against the norm’s … Read more
A vice president of policy think tank IMANI Ghana, Kofi Bentil, has appealed to President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to use the New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary majority to scrap the Council of State. According to him, the continuous existence of the council is taking an unnecessary toll on the finances of the country and, therefore, … Read more
Human trafficking and slavery is an international concern affecting millions of people across the globe. For Ghana, there have been numerous incidents of trafficking and abuse both internally and externally and the canker is one of the biggest challenges facing the country at the national and transnational levels. Ghanaian migrants, particularly women and young girls, … Read more
It is indeed a defining moment in the history of our region. Our greatest fear as a region is not the fact that we are inadequate; our greatest fear is the fact that we are capable beyond measure. Our human resource base is incredibly enormous. And it always gives us a great headache when limited … Read more
Ahead of his preparation to fight against corruption head-on once he takes over power in January 2017, President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo, has gotten the support of western chiefs in the war that must be fought. This was made known by the Western Regional House of Chiefs who assured the President-elect that it will assist him to … Read more
INTRODUCTION Historically Chieftaincy was the political and social institution that fully run and controlled various ethnic groupings before the advent of the white man and subsequent colonialism. They also ran as spiritual leaders within a cephalous arrangement. When the British colonized the Gold Coast, they decided to use the well structured Indigenous Chieftaincy Institution to … Read more
The Western Regional House of Chiefs has indicated its preparedness and determination to assist the President-Elect of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in the fight against corruption, when he assumes the reins of governance on January 7, 2017. According to Ogyeahorhuor Kwaku Gyebi II, the President of the Western Regional House of Chiefs, who … Read more
There are large “elephants in the room” too intimidating and scary that many Ghanaians, as we speak, are trying hard to ignore their presence out of fear or just pretending they will depart on their own. The prevailing land claiming conducts and partisan political positions of many of the traditional chiefs and their sub-chiefs in … Read more