The special voting exercise came off smoothly in all the 11 constituencies in the Bono East Region on Tuesday, 1st December 2020, without any hitches. The exercise started at exactly 7 am across all 13 polling stations in the region with a total of 5,225 voters casting their ballot out of 5,697 expected voters. This […] The post Bono East Region records 92% turnout in special

A person is smart; people are dumb. The simple quote from an old cheesy sci-fi film “Men in Black” sadly encapsulates perfectly the political landscape of America today. The masses are easily controlled and do not dig deeper into the candidates they supposedly champion. Herded like sheep or much rather, driven like horses with blinders […] The post Joel

Dear Ghana, Here in this picture is a 20-year-old Rebecca Griffiths-Randolph. Unassuming, coy, and bustling in her post-teenage fickleness. Like many young girls around that age, I’m not sure I knew exactly what my life held for me. I must have had dreams – or fantasies even, and I did care a lot about this […] The post Rebecca Akufo-Addo writes: In love with

The clear winners in a post-pandemic world are the businesses that will invest relentlessly in technology and people. Period. Take a quick look around you and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic becomes more palpable than earlier anticipated. The entire health and economic future of the world has come under threat since the onset of the […] The post In

The lives of orphans, aged, and street children matter greatly to members of Rescue Volunteers of Ghana. This is according to the country coordinator of the group, Lydia Tsotsoo Odoi Tettey. She made this known when members of the Non-Governmental Organization visited and held an award ceremony at the New Life Nungua Children’s Home International. […] The post Rescue Volunteers Ghana

The Paramount Chief of Asebu Traditional Council, Prof. Okatakyie Amanfi VII, Nana Obokese Ampah I, Apagyahen, Nananom and Ambassador Sidney S. Collie on Thursday, November 26, 2020, cut sod for the commencement of the Obokese University of Excellence, an African Centered 21st-century university. The sod cutting took place at Akonoma in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese […] The post Professor

The United Kingdom authorities and Ghana’s National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) formerly Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) have busted a trader for allegedly forging judicial and official documents to secure his ailing brother’s properties abroad. Isaac Frimpong had earlier on secured an official document covering his brother’s [Ernest Akwasi Frimpong] land at Abossey Okai and sold […] The post Man

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has refuted claims that it is scheming to create bad image of the government through false allegations and fabricated videos ahead of the December 7 polls. The party said it was not interested in churning out fake news as it did not need such fabrications to win the 2020 […] The post NDC not interested

The Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, has urged political parties to select persons who are literates to serve as their polling station agents. According to him, the tension that characterizes elections, especially amongst political party agents is sometimes worsened because the parties often employ illiterates who can’t read or […] The post Choosing

Nana Akomea, a member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Communication Team, has asked former President John Dramani Mahama, to tell Ghanaians how he intends to correct his mistakes when re-elected into power. At a news conference organised by the NPP in Accra on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Mr Akomea said former President Mahama had […] The post Tell

The Electoral Commission (EC) has warned that persons who take photos of their ballot papers after voting can and will be arrested. According to the Commission, such actions violate the principles governing the electoral process. The Director of Electoral Services at the Commission, Dr Serebour Quaicoe, in an interview on Eyewitness News, said taking photos […] The post You

The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for widespread use. British regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness, is safe for roll out. Immunisations could start within days for people in high priority groups. The UK has already […] The post UK approves

The Nsawam-Adoagyiri constituency chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Dr. Godfred Osei Bonsu Twum has died. The Communication Office of the party at the constituency level made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday, December 2, 2020. According to the statement, Dr. Bonsu Twum was fit and actively involved in the party’s campaign even […] The post NDC’s

The Coastal Development Authority (CODA) said the state is not prioritising profits in its plan to phase out commercial motorcycle business, also known as okada. “The cash point is not for us to make any profit, but we want to empower those commercial drivers,” CODA’s CEO, Jerry Ahmed Shaib said on Eyewitness News. The state […] The post Profits not

US Attorney General William Barr says his justice department has found no proof to back President Donald Trump’s claims of fraud in the 2020 election. “To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election,” he said. His comments are seen as a big blow […] The post US: Attorney General finds

Nigerian Members of Parliaments (MPs) have summoned President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent killing of dozens of farmers in north-east Borno State, local media report. The lawmakers while debating the motion said it was of urgent national importance. At lest 43 were killed in the attack on 28 November on mostly rice farmers in Zabarmari, […] The post Nigerian MPs summon

A US state of Georgia election official has said President Donald Trump will bear responsibility for any violence that results from unsubstantiated election fraud claims he has stoked. In a fiery statement, Gabriel Sterling, a Republican, said: “It’s all gone too far! All of it! It has to stop!” Georgia is carrying out a second […] The post Trump inciting

Despite the numerous corruption scandals that have hit the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, the party insists the canker can best be fought under an Akufo-Addo government than a John Mahama government. A member of the NPP’s communications team, Nana Akomea who listed some scandals under the erstwhile Mahama administration maintained that the former […] The post Akufo-Addo

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tema East constituency, Titus Glover has debunked claims that he is behind the arrest of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) parliamentary candidate, Isaac Ashai Odamtten. The NDC’s parliamentary candidate was picked up by the police for failing to meet a bail condition he was given by an Accra […] The post Tema

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tema East constituency, Titus Glover has debunked claims that he is behind the arrest of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) parliamentary candidate, Nii Ashai Odampten. The NDC’s parliamentary candidate was picked up by the police for failing to meet a bail condition he was given by an Accra […] The post Tema