There has been a significant improvement of quality education delivery at the Pre-school level in the Bongo District of Upper East Region, research has shown. The research conducted by the Turning Point Developing Consulting in the Bongo District, attributed the positive outcome to the implementation of the Ghana Partnership for Education Grant Project (GPEG) by … Read more
A train carrying liquid petroleum gas has derailed and exploded in Bulgaria, killing at least four people. More than 20 people are being treated in hospital with burns and other injuries after the incident in the village of Hitrino, local media say. The authorities ordered an evacuation as firefighters battled the blaze. At least 20 … Read more
Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Martin Alamisi Amidu has congratulated Ghanaians for heeding his advice to vote out the John Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. “I am lost for words with which to thank and congratulate the people of Ghana for the display of peaceful and mature representative democracy during the 7th … Read more
I am lost for words with which to thank and congratulate the people of Ghana for the display of peaceful and mature representative democracy during the 7th December 2016 Presidential and General Elections that have just come and gone. I can only say that “more is thy due than more than all can pay.” We, … Read more
Former Attorney General Martin Amidu has expressed gratitude to Ghanaians for voting for change in the 2016 presidential election to enable the new government retrieve some GHS51million belonging to the state from businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome. On Friday, December 9, the Electoral Commission (EC) declared New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo as president-elect after … Read more
Tension is brewing in the Pru West constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region on Friday morning over the winner of the parliamentary results. Whilst the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accepted the results by the Electoral Commission in the area, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) claims the results were rigged. The provisional results indicated that … Read more
I write on behalf of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). This letter is written pursuant to an address of the Press by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the flagbearer of our party in the 2016 presidential election, at his residence in the evening of Thursday, 8th December, 2016. The NPP’s attention has been drawn to a … Read more
The first Somali-American lawmaker in the US has said she was subjected to “hateful” anti-Muslim threats from a taxi driver in Washington DC. Minnesota Representative-elect Ilhan Omar said the cabbie threatened to remove her hijab during a confrontation on Tuesday. The 34-year-old said the incident occurred just after she attended policy training at the White … Read more
Administrative Manager of Medeama SC, Benjamin Kesse has disclosed they have no intentions of playing in the upcoming GHALCA (G) 6 tournament and the 2016/2017 Ghana Premier League season scheduled to start on December 18th. The management of the Tarkwa-based club are currently struggling to keep up with the huge financial burden on the team, … Read more
The Electoral Commission has quashed a decision by political parties to postpone voting in the Jaman North constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region. Representative of the various political parties and stakeholders in the area agreed to postpone the exercise to Thursday following late commencement over some disagreement over the voter transfer list. But the EC … Read more
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) will deploy about 8,000 observers to monitor Wednesday’s electoral process across the country. CODEO, in a bid to ensure a transparent and credible elections, said it will have observers in every constituency in the country to ensure regular situational and data update. The Co-chair of CODEO, Prof. Miranda … Read more
The U. S presidential elections brought with it new conspiracies, concepts and theories. Most notably and important for this piece, it was conceived that the world’s most powerful country and perhaps the first country to have a dream has been handed with two evils. And since choosing they must it became conclusive that the lesser … Read more
The man is as sleek as the serpent. Like Mikhail Gorbachev, John Dramani Mahama is a sheep in a wolf’s cloths. Right from the beginning of his political career, Mikhail Gorbachev avowed aim was to destabilize the Soviet Union by bringing communism to its knees. In a similar mien, John Dramani Mahama’s singular ambition in … Read more
Ben Carson will be nominated as the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Trump transition team announced Monday. “I am thrilled to nominate Dr. Ben Carson as our next Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development,” President-elect Donald Trump said in a statement. “Ben Carson has a … Read more
Fellow citizens, no one will be surprised about yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling which has stayed my examination of Alfred Agbesi Woyome. As predicted, the Court has granted the stay of proceedings and adjourned the examination to 15th December 2016 – a significant date, because it occurs well after Ghana’s elections. The incumbent Government that architected … Read more
Alhaji Baba Seidu Issifu is the parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress in Nalerigu-Gambaga Constituency. The constituency is currently occupied by the National Democratic Congress. Dr. Tia Alfred Sugri is the current Member of Parliament and also Deputy Minister for Environment, Science Technology and Innovation. Dr. Tia Alfred Sugri decided not to contest this … Read more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has watered down arguments that conditionalities under its Extended Credit Facility (ECF) agreement with Ghana would be renegotiated should there be a change of government. Asked by the B&FT whether it is possible, as the opposition NPP has hinted, for some of the terms to be renegotiated, Resident Representative of … Read more
Martin Amidu still on his business of calling for a change in government, has made a shocking revelation on the controversial Ford Gift presented to President Mahama by a Burkinabe contractor… Former Attorney General and an insider critic of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDC), Martin Amidu has alleged that the controversial Ford Gift presented to … Read more
All the rot related to the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) is traceable to President John Mahama, thus, his reluctance to prosecute his “kinsmen and others who raped the public purse,” former Attorney General Martin Amidu has said. SADA is an independent agency set up to coordinate a comprehensive development agenda for the northern savannah … Read more
President John Mahama, as vice president, diverted into private pockets, an amount of $13million which local oil firm E. O. Group agreed to pay to the government of Ghana for the development of the Western Region as part of the Group’s “corporate social responsibility” and as a condition precedent to President John Mills’ signing of … Read more