Founder and leader of Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) Kofi Akpaloo has lashed out at parliamentary aspirants who purportedly influenced delegates with money in the recent New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries. He has expressed fret over how delegates were supposedly swayed with money in buying their conscience to vote for candidates who are not […]

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has resisted attempts by four policy think-tanks to volunteer relevant information to the Supreme Court in the case between the Commission and National Democratic Congress (NDC) regarding the new voters register. The policy think-tanks – IMANI Africa, Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Institute for Liberty and Policy […]

Ugandan goalkeeper Dennis Onyango has said he will soon hang his national team gloves. Speaking in an interview with TV3’s Juliet Bawuah, the 35-year-old said the decision is informed by the continuous difficulty in balancing his club and country duties. “I believe soon I’ll be retiring from the national team because I can’t manage both […]

“GOOOAAALLLL BAFANA BAFANA!!! GOAL FOR SOUTH AFRICA! GOAL FOR ALL OF AFRICA!” English commentator Peter Drury’s words on Siphiwe Tshabalala’s superb left footed strike for the opening goal of the 2010 FIFA World Cup rang very true. The hearts and souls of the entire continent were intertwined as one. Africans had never been and may […]

The Eastern Regional General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jeff Konadu, says the party will use the laws to restrain any losing aspirant who intends to contest the December 7 parliamentary elections as an independent candidate or on the ticket of any other party in any constituency in the Region. Addressing a press […]

Ghanaian players in Ethiopia have extended a plea to the government of Ghana to help secure their return back home, following the cancellation of the league in the East African country. The coronavirus has brought football in several countries to a halt, including Ethiopia’s top flight. The situation has caused a number of the Ghanaian […]

The Accra Technical University (ATU) has recorded a case of Covid-19, the school authorities have said in a statement released Tuesday, June 23. The infected individual, a National Service person with the Academic Department of the university, is said to have reported ill at a health facility with symptoms of fever, headache and running nose […]

Contrary to its earlier announcement of ending the impending registration in late July, the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) will now end the exercise in August. The start date of the exercise, however, remains Tuesday, June 30. But it will now end on Thursday, August 6, according to promotional advertisements which started being rolled out on […]

Final year and second year Gold Track students of Salaga Senior High School who have reported to the school have expressed worry over lack of portable water in the school. They fear the situation will affect the fight against Covid-19. The students, numbering over 200, have since reported already. One by one they went through […]

Final year and second year Gold Track students of Salaga Senior High School who have reported to the school have expressed worry over lack of portable water in the school. They fear the situation will affect the fight against Covid-19. The students, numbering over 200, have since reported already. One by one they went through […]

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the chiefs and elders of Fiaga and Tongor in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region to enjoin all eligible citizens to register when the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) begins this year’s registration. “Whichever registration exercise it is, I will plead with Torgbi to beat the […]

World number one Novak Djokovic has become the latest tennis player to test positive for Covid-19. It comes after Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki all revealed they had coronavirus after playing at Djokovic’s Adria Tour competition. Djokovic, 33, played fellow Serb Troicki in the first event in Belgrade. Great Britain’s Andy Murray said […]

Bubbly musician MzVee, born Vera Hamenoo-Kpeda, turned 28 on Tuesday, June 23. The hearty singer, while being flooded with goodwill messages and presents on her special day, never imagined that a prank will be part of the catalogue of gifts. The Urban Blend on 3FM hosted by Miriam Osei Agyemang carefully orchestrated a plan to […]

Former Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Emmanuel Bombande has bemoaned the use of violence to settle disputes, especially those that have diplomatic implications.   The peace and security professional, commenting on the demolition of a building within the premises of the Nigeria High Commission by some unidentified armed men, said the implications could be dire. “The […]

Speaker of Parliament Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has admonished members who lost their party’s primaries over the weekend to be diligent and perform their duties with “promptness” from now till the end of the year. He said the outcome of the primaries is usual of politics and so they should not let the defeat affect […]

A Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mohammad Habibu Tijani, has revealed that the findings of the investigations into the circumstances that led to the flattening of the Nigerian High Commission building in Accra will be released later today, Tuesday, June 23. The building was demolished late Friday, June 19 in the cover […]

Young Ghanaian rapper and internet sensation, AY Poyoo, has said that Patapaa Amisty has been a great inspiration to his career. The duo is set to release their first featured single titled “My Lady” in one of the most anticipated collaborations in Ghanaian music. According to AY Poyoo known in real life as Emmanuel Yeboah, […]

Government is engaging the police to revise their interpretation of the Executive Instrument on the mandatory wearing of face masks by citizens, the Minister of Information has announced. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah told journalists on Tuesday, June 23 that government has taken cognizance of arrests of persons not wearing the face masks while driving alone. The […]

Ghana has recorded 10 new Covdi-19 deaths as of Tuesday, June 23, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 95. This update comes barely 48 hours after the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Adoo, addressed the nation and announced the number of deaths as having increased from 70, as of Friday, June 19, to 85 […]

Nigeria’s leading opposition party People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has blamed the demolition of a building said to belong to the country’s High Commission in Accra on the “sheer incompetence” of President Muhammadu Buhari. PDP said in a statement issued by National Publicity Secretary Kola Ologbondiyan that President Buhari could have stopped the situation if he […]