A GNA feature by Godwill Arthur-Mensah Lower Dixcove (W/R), Nov. 9, GNA – The discovery of crude oil in commercial quantities in Ghana in 2007 and subsequent production of the commodity in 2010 initially brought joy and high expectations from Ghanaians, especially the residents of the Western Region. The people had high prospect of employment … Read more
In a sign that the legal team for the Trump campaign is aggressively laying the groundwork for potential legal challenges — big and small — lawyers have gone to state court in Nevada in an early vote dispute. They are suing Joe P. Gloria, the Clark County registrar of voters, over a decision they allege … Read more
Contrary to what Rush Limbaugh claims, George W. Bush and Laura Bush did not vote for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, a spokesperson for the former president said Tuesday. Instead, the Bushes left that section blank and only voted for Republican candidates in down-ballot races. Limbaugh, the most popular conservative talk radio show host … Read more
A Nevada court judge forcefully denied a request Tuesday from Donald Trump’s campaign to direct a county registrar of voters to preserve and segregate ballots from voting machines in four early voting sites in the Las Vegas area where Latino voters showed up in record numbers. The Trump campaign said Clark County Registrar of Voters … Read more
In a sign that the legal team for the Trump campaign is aggressively laying the groundwork for potential legal challenges — big and small — lawyers have gone to state court in Nevada in an early vote dispute. They are suing Joe P. Gloria, the Clark County registrar of voters, over a decision they allege … Read more
Some customers of DKM Microfinance Company have threatened to hit the street on Friday November 11, if the Official Liquidator of the company fails to rectify all anomalies related to the payment of their locked up cash. The Official Liquidator for DKM, the Registrar General’s Department, yesterday November 7, told Citi Business News, all aggrieved … Read more
Trump rushed off stage at campaign rally; protester says he was roughed up Donald Trump was rushed off a stage here Saturday by Secret Service agents during a campaign speech after an incident in the crowd near the front of the stage. A Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement there was a commotion in … Read more
From Monday, October 31, 2016 to Friday, November 4, 2016, I was stationed at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital reporting for both 3FM and Onua FM, TV3’s radio stations. The nurses at the facility were on strike and as I write this piece they have not called off their strike yet. Although they prefer the media … Read more
Officials of the Anambra State Police Command have taken to the streets of Awka, the capital city to march against corruption of any kind in the force. Leading the march, the state’s Police Commissioner, Sam Okaula, says that the command is set to change the public perception of the police as being corrupt. He adds … Read more
A-52-year old man has been assaulted by members of a National Democratic Congress vigilante group at Fumso for making gestures suggesting change at the convoy of President Mahama. Nana Akwasi Gyamerah, a native of Kuntenase in the Bosomtwe District of Ashanti region was attending a cousin’s funeral when four stoutly built members of the security … Read more
U. K. Prime Minister Theresa May is heading for India in the hope of drumming up new business for Brexit Britain. She arrives in New Delhi on Sunday on her first official visit outside Europe. India is a logical first choice for British officials eager to find new markets when the U.K. leaves the European … Read more
A private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has warned Ghana’s Electoral Commission against plans to recount votes cast in this year’s December 7 general elections in the event the results become too close to call. The Chairperson of the Commission on Thursday told the BBC that to avoid the wrong candidate is declared winner of the … Read more
Nurses at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital have refused to return to work although government has smade available to the facility some drugs and some consumables, and an amount of money, with a promise to do more. The spokesperson for the aggrieved nurses, Philip Frimpong Okyere, told Richard Dela Sky on Eyewitness News that they will … Read more
Two international artistes from Nigeria have been invited to perform at the ‘Ghana + Peace Concert’ slated for November 19 at the Efua Sutherland Park in Accra. The artistes – Ngozi Orji, Dr Money – will perform alongside some prominent Ghanaian artistes. They have promised their fans in Ghana nothing but good live musical performances. … Read more
The management of the “all-important” cocoa sector has been “nothing short of a disaster” under the Mahama administration, Kwadaso Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has said at a press conference on Thursday, November 3. The opposition New Patriotic Party’s spokesperson on agriculture said the country attained a “historic peak production of just … Read more
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) will reconstruct the Flagstaff House to make it disability friendly, the Director of Elections of the party, James Kwabena Bonfer, has hinted. According to him, it was unfortunate that the seat of government was not built with the needs of physically challenged people in mind. At the launch of the … Read more
The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have rubbished claims by the flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom that the two dominant parties are scared of the impact he would make in the December polls. Dr Nduom, addressing party supporters as part … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Election Early Warning and Response Group (REEWARG) has expressed worry at what it describes as “vilifying campaign” tactics adopted by some politicians to denigrate their opponents. The Group says the trend, if not immediately stopped, could degenerate into reprisal attacks and violence. Ghanaians will go to the polls in December to elect … Read more
The NPP in the Walewale constituency in the Northern region is accusing the Overlord of Buipe Traditional Area, Abdulai Jinapor II of blatantly flouting the chieftaincy institution by openly campaigning for President Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to them, the ruler did not only openly endorse the NDC presidential candidate but went … Read more
The harbor city, Tema will be the centre of intense presidential political activity today as the flagbearers of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) pitch their campaigns there. This event is expected to attract thousands of Ghanaians to the township, which has already been flagged by the police … Read more