Profiles of 3rd Batch of Akufo-Addo’s Ministers

Professor George Gyan-Baffour is 65 years old, and is currently a Member of Parliament (MP) for Wenchi. From July 2002 to December 2004 he was the Director General of The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) of the Republic of Ghana where he oversaw the preparation of the first Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (2003-2005) Paper. He … Read more

Profiles of 3rd Batch of Ministerial Nominees

President Nana Akufo-Addo named his third and final batch of ministerial appointments at the Flagstaff House today [Thursday]. He named 11 personalities bringing his total list of ministerial positions to 36. Akufo-Addo has named his former spokesperson, Mustapha Hamid, as the nominee for the Minister Information, and former Member of Parliament for Madina, Abubakar Boniface … Read more

Mustapha Hamid Is Information Minister Nominee

President Nana Addo  Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed his one-time Spokesperson, Mustapha Hamid, as his Minister nominee for Information. President Nana Addo made the announcement while announcing the third batch of Ministers nominee at the Flagstaff House on Thursday. This announcement follows a similar one on Tuesday and Wednesday, which saw persons including Member of Parliament … Read more

Profiles of Second Batch of Ministers-Designate

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday announced the second batch of 12 ministerial nominees. The names have since been submitted to the Speaker of Parliament for vetting and approval. Below are the profiles of the ministers designate: DR. ANTHONY AKOTO OSEI – MONITORING AND EVALUATION Anthony Akoto Osei is 64 years, and is the … Read more

Profile of Second Batch of Ministers-Designate

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday announced the second batch of 12 ministerial nominees. The names have since been submitted to the Speaker of Parliament for vetting and approval. Below are the profiles of the ministers designate DR. ANTHONY AKOTO OSEI – MONITORING AND EVALUATION Anthony Akoto Osei is 64 years, and is the … Read more

Kintampo Health College Gets New Director

Professor Ahmed Adu-Oppong, the former Head of Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast (UCC), is now the Director of the Kintampo College of Health and Well-Being (CoHK). Prof Adu-Oppong, whose appointment took effect in the later part of August 2016, took over from Mr Isaac Azindow who retired after … Read more

Letter To Dr. Nyaho Tamakloe

Hi Sir, Let me congratulate you on your impressive accomplishment over the years. My first time of making an attempt to travel to United States of America revealed the household name “Nyaho” to me. The embassy referred me to the famous Nyaho clinic for medical examinations. I was very impressed about the health facility. However, … Read more

Appoint A Humble Communications Minister

Dr Eric Opoku, a political communications lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, has said incoming president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must appoint a Communications Minister who has a good knowledge of Ghanaian culture and is polite. According to him, a Communications Minister with these qualities will endear the government to most citizens, who will … Read more

Nduom University Opens For Admission

The much-talked about Nduom School of Business & Technology (NSB&T) sited at Ayensudo in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem (KEEA) Municipality in the Central Region has been commissioned with admission underway. The university which sits on a 100-acre land has lecture halls, an administration block, a cafeteria, a library and an auditorium was officially opened on December 6, … Read more

DKM Customers Receive Second Round of Payments

Customers of DKM Microfinance Company have started receiving the second round of payment of the money they lodged with the now liquidated company. While the first batch of customers received a maximum of GHC3,500 in October this year, the second batch is receiving a maximum of GHC10,000, even if the amount deposited is more than … Read more

MTN Ghana Foundation Awards Scholarships To 20 Teachers

The MTN Ghana Foundation has awarded 20 teachers with scholarship under its “MTN Teachers’ Improvement Awards Programme”, to pursue undergraduate and graduate degree programmes at the University of Cape Coast or the University of Education, Winneba. The Second edition of the award worth GH¢125,000.00, is for the teachers to professionally improve themselves in Science, Mathematics … Read more

A Letter To My Ideal Woman; Why I Will Not Support The Idea Of Expensive Funerals

Dear Afia, I do monitor most of your conversations with your friends during lectures. I must admit to the fact that I do like the clarity in how you express your views to your colleagues. But your opinion on funerals to your friends during the Geography lecture has kept me in a pensive mood. I … Read more

The Wind of Change In Ghana, the Casford and ATL Experience

CASFORD and ATL are not political parties in Ghana. They are two great halls at the University of Cape Coast that have nurtured huge Ghanaian brains to bless the country and the world. At the University of Cape Coast, they are the liveliest and famous halls on campus. I am a proud CASFORDIAN and will … Read more

The Wind Of Change In Ghana, The Casford And Atl Experience

CASFORD and ATL are not political parties in Ghana. They are two great halls at the University of Cape Coast that have nurtured huge Ghanaian brains to bless the country and the world. At the University of Cape Coast, they are the liveliest and famous halls on campus. I am a proud CASFORDIAN and will … Read more

Ballot Box Arrives At Cape Coast North Without Seals of Opposition Parties

At the Science quadrangle polling station, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Graphic Online’s Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson reports that a ballot box meant to be used for the Presidential and Parliamentary elections arrived without the seals of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Convention People’s Party (CPP), People’s National Convention (PNC), National Democratic Party (NDP) and Progressive … Read more

Parliamentary Elections In the Shama Constituency; Another Case of A Choice of A Lesser Evil?

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

John Mahama Bribed Bugri Naabu

Abraham Lincoln once said “Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong” but to many so called ‘neo political activists’ in Ghana today, this admonition means nothing. Once they have access to the microphone and can scream in a debate, hold press conferences to launch scathing attacks, it is well with their soul. This becomes … Read more

NPP Snubs NCCE Presidential Debate

The New Patriotic Party says it is already preoccupied with lot of equally important things that it would not sacrifice any for Tuesday’s debate by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE). Nana Obiri Boahene, Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, told 3FM News the party would not “put much premium” on the debate. “Do … Read more

NPP Snubs NECCE Presidential Debate

The New Patriotic Party says it is already preoccupied with lot of equally important things that it would not sacrifice any for Tuesday’s debate by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE). Nana Obiri Boahene, Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, told 3FM News the party would not “put much premium” on the debate. “Do … Read more

Cape Coast Cholera Outbreak Toll Increases To 400

Health authorities in the Cape Coast are still battling with cholera cases even as they attempt to ban food vending on the campus of the University of Cape Coast. Over 400 people have been affected by the outbreak since it broke about a month ago. Richard Kwadwo Nyarko visited some of the health facilities in … Read more