President John Mahama’s campaign tour of the Volta Region has been greeted with a litany of protests as he slammed the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) over what he called blatant accusations. According to the president, the accusation that his government has saddled the country with huge debts through his unbridled borrowing could not be … Read more
Some residents of Kpassa in the Nkwanta North Constituency in the Volta region are threatening to vote against President John Mahama if the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) fails to construct some roads in the region. The residents in the region say several attempts to get government to fix their roads have proved futile. Speaking … Read more
Some residents in Kpasa in the Nkwanta North Constituency in the Volta region are threatening to vote against President John Mahama if the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) fails to construct some roads in the region. The residents in the region say several attempts to get government to fix their roads have proved futile. Speaking … Read more
President John Mahama has issued a two-day ultimatum to a contractor working on the Kpassa Road in the Volta Region to begin work or risk having his contract abrogated. The president was disappointed with what he said is the poor attitude to work by the contractor. Speaking at a durbar on the second day of … Read more
On the campaign trail in the Volta Region, President John Dramani Mahama said on Tuesday that his works will speak for him in the December 7 polls. Speaking at separate rallies of NDC supporters at Nkwanta in the Nkwanta South Constituency and Kpassa in the Nkwanta North Constituency, the President said he had not mentioned … Read more
Government has given the contractor working on the Anyinase road in the Nkwanta North Constituency of the Volta Region a two-week ultimatum to complete it or have the contract cancelled. President John Dramani Mahama, who revealed this while addressing a rally at Kpasa on the second day of his five-day tour, of the region, stressed … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday, October 16 began a five-day campaign tour of the Volta Region. The tour kicked off in Krachi, where the president held three different mini-rallies – precisely in the Krachi West, Krachi Nchumuru and Krachi East constituencies. Two other rallies of similar degree were held in Biakoye and Kpando. Between … Read more
Chief of Kpassa in the Nkwanta South district of the Volta region, Ubor Konja Tansan VI, has urged Ghanaians to vote massively for the flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP,) Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom in the December polls. The chief, who together with his subjects met Dr. Nduom at his palace in Kpassa, expressed … Read more
A member of NPP’s ‘Zongo for Change’ in the Sekondi constituency in the Western region Habib Lukeman has been stabbed. Lukeman was allegedly pierced by some individuals with allegiance to the ruling NDC in the constituency following a disagreement over the ongoing vote transfer exercise at Inchaban. Coordinator for the ‘Zongo for Change’ Omar Hamza … Read more
A young man who paraded himself as an official of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) met his untimely death yesterday in a reported attempt to extort monies from some teachers in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region. The man allegedly hatched a plan to visit some schools in the district to tell … Read more
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has nominated Nana Gabby Nsiah Nketiah as vice-presidential nominee to partner flag bearer Ivor Kobina Greenstreet for the 2016 polls. A press release issued by the Director of Communication of the CPP, Issifu Kadiri Abdul Rauf on Thursday September 29 stated: “The party took this decision squarely on the account … Read more
Forty-two of the day senior high schools (SHSs) being constructed across the country are ready to admit fresh students for the 2016/2017 academic year. Ten of them have already been inaugurated while two are awaiting inauguration. The remaining 30 are at various stages of completion and are expected to be completed by October, when the … Read more
A 26-year-old hairdresser Nana Ama, a resident of Adusei Nkwanta in the Western region has allegedly poured hot water on her 88 year old grandmother accusing her of being a witch and retarding her progress. The suspect further accused the grandmother of destroying her marriage and making her barren. Nyankonton Mu Nsem’s Christopher Anto narrating … Read more
Embattled Film Actor cum Producer, Michael Kwaku Afrane has taken a swipe against the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Bosiako for attacking his decision to contest as Independent Candidate for the Manso –Nkwanta Constituency. According to Michael Afrane, the action by the NPP Chairman is very unfortunate. Reports suggested … Read more
Residents of Shama Junction, in the Shama District of the Western region were astonished last Monday evening when news broke that two female siblings in the area had been knocked down and killed by a hit-and-run driver on the Shama-Daboase Junction road. Daily Guide gathered that the two little girls, Emmanuela Enchil, 12 and Stephanie … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mr. Bernad Antwi Bosiako has thrown verbal punches on ace actor cum Producer Michael Afrane for contesting as an Independent candidate for the Manso Nkwanta Constituency. According to him, the actor has been conniving with the ruling National Democratic Congress to split votes of the … Read more
I was in the Department of Communication Studies’ library at the University of Ghana one morning when I got a whatsupp message from my editor Dzifa Bampoh saying, “Gakpo, we need to talk when you come to work in the afternoon.” I wasn’t sure what it was about but I responded “ok.” It turned out … Read more
The screen saver on a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 mobile phone has led to the arrest of two highway robbers. The suspects, Mohammed Mamudou, 18, and Abubakari Mohammed 20, are alleged to have robbed passengers on board a mini bus at Nuoryiri, near Banda Nkwanta on the Bole-Bamboi highway in the Northern Region, of their … Read more
Steps taken by the Minority in Parliament to cause a Parliamentary probe into a controversial gift to the President was rejected on Thursday. Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, single-handedly shot down the Minority’s motion which occasioned a recall of Parliament. Below is the Minority’s full statement I thank you for the opportunity to move … Read more
Tension is mounting at the premises of Diamond Cement Factory at Bokro a farming community in the Ahanta West District of the Western region following the arrest of one of the workers for taking pictures of a colleague who was chopped down by an operating machine. Barnabas Cudjoe was arrested by the Agona -Nkwanta Police … Read more