After thirteen weeks of talent display, nine year old Erica Tandoh popularly known as DJ Switch returned home to present her deserving award to the Chiefs and the town folks of Dadieso in the Suaman District of the Western Region. The record setter in Ghana’s entertainment industry, DJ Switch of TV3’s Talented Kidz reality show … Read more
There was drama at Bole during the confirmation of the District Chief Executive DCE) for the area, Madam Alele Veronica Heming. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bole-Bamboi, Alhaji Issifu Sulemana who is a member of the District Assembly stood his grounds that the Assembly vote a Presiding Member(PM) before confirming the President’s DCE nominee … Read more
Following the appointment of Kwesi Nyantakyi to the position of CAF 1st Vice-President, Citi Sports’ Benjamin Nketsia believes that while the GFA boss’ personal rise is wonderful, he has done little in terms of building Ghana football. On days of accountability, he enters with the aura of a mobster, flanked by “well-wishers” and statuesque men … Read more
The aL-hAJJ can confirm that President Akufo-Addo in a volte-face is running away from his election promise to amend the 1992 constitution to allow for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). The President’s sudden change of mind follows concerns by political strategists of the governing New Patriotic Party that, if results … Read more
Iddrisu Mariam, President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the Sagnarigu District of the Northern region, was today Monday, May 8 confirmed by the assembly to assume office as the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the area. Ms Iddrisu, who is one of the four women nominated for the position of DCE in the Northern Region, polled … Read more
Concerned Citizens of Talensi is calling on the Minerals Commission and Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to revoke the mining licenses of two small-scale mining companies in Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region. The two companies are said to supported by Shaanxi Mining Company, a Chinese mining company. According to … Read more
The need for election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), by universal adult suffrage has never been so dire, following the rejections, objections, threats and actual destruction of private and public property by some members of the ruling NPP foot soldiers in protest of some of the President’s MMDCEs nominations. The foot soldiers … Read more
A total of 961 food vendors in the Techiman North District of the Brong Ahafo Region, have undergone a thorough free health screening at Tuobodom to ascertain their health condition. The beneficiaries were examined for typhoid and high blood pressure, and taken through hand washing and hygienic sale of food, in an exercise organised by … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr David Asante-Apeatu, has directed the prosecution of all suspects arrested in connection with the disturbances that followed the announcement of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) on April 25, 2017. He said the prosecution of the suspects would serve notice to other members of the public to follow … Read more
Some irate youth in the Sagnarigu district in the Northern region are on rampage, protesting the appointment of Mariama Iddrisu as the District Chief Executive. There have been pockets of violent protest against some names nominated for metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives in some parts of the country. The president today released a list … Read more
World Vision Ghana, an international NGO, has constructed a GH¢75,000 gari processing plant at Agyina in the Kintampo South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region. The facility, funded by the Canadian government through Global Affairs of Canada, is to enable the people in the predominantly cassava growing community to add value to their produce and reduce … Read more
Customers of Microfinance Companies in the Brong Ahafo which turned out to be Ponzi schemes have threatened to invoke curses on President Akufo Addo, for failing to honour his promise of retrieving their monies for them. According to them, the President after wooing them to vote for him in the December 2016 elections, he and … Read more
A rainstorm that swept through Zabzugu in Northern region last night has destroyed over 50 houses and displaced more than 100 residents. Among the wrecked structures were a wretched wooden pavilion used as dinning hall for the Zabzugu Senior High School and many primary and JHS schools in the notable storm hit areas like Lahanjali … Read more
The Half Assini Police in the Western Region has presented GHC5,000 to the family of a 45-year-old man who mysteriously died while in Police cell. According to the family, the autopsy done last Saturday revealed the man, Yaw Esuabe, a second-hand cloth dealer, did not die naturally but out of beating. The family members say … Read more
An acute water scarcity has hit Pishegu, a farming community in the Karaga district of Northern region putting residents’ lives and properties at risk. Pishegu is one of the many communities in the region where the Water Company Limited is ineffective and residents have been living decades without clean water. The community with a total … Read more
Some residents from the Ekpu community in the Half Asini District in the Western region, last week attacked the District Police station over the death of a suspect who was in police cells. The deceased was in cells on suspicion of stealing a dress. He was denied bail and spent more than 72 hours in … Read more
The Town Planning Officer for the Bole District of the Northern Region Mr Lawrence Fynn has revealed that his outfit his frustrated and distressed on how the allocation of land is done in Bole town and its environs. Even though Bole in the Northern Region is one of the fastest developing towns in the region … Read more
The Atebubu Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has justified why party vigilante group ‘Invisible Forces’ attacked caterers, pupils and teachers of Atecoe Demonstration Basic School in Atebubu in the Brong Ahafo Region. The attack last Monday was said to stop the School from cooking under the School Feeding Programme. The party claims their … Read more
A local government expert has downplayed concerns that the law suit on the allocation of the district assembly common fund, will negatively affect the operations of the district assemblies. There have been growing concerns over the suit by two students of law at the University of Cape Coast, John Ndebugri Awuni and Richard Kwadwo Nyarko, … Read more
Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA) in the Central Region on Thursday, March 23, 2017 for the fifth consecutive time failed to elect a new Presiding Member (PM) after three rounds of voting which was supervised by officials of the Electoral Commission (EC). None of the two leading contestants—Hon. Lawrence Ampah and Hon. Joel Eshun—was able to … Read more