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Francis Adomako, the Ashanti Regional Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has disclosed that the region is ready and excited for the unveiling of Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, the running mate of the party’s flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. In a conversation with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Point Blank on Eyewitness … Read more
The Electoral Commission will embark on a mop-up voter registration exercise from August 1 to August 3, 2024. The mop-up exercise, according to the commission, is to afford people who turned 18 after the limited voter registration and those who did not take part in the registration the opportunity to be captured. The commission will … Read more
Ghana and Namibia will establish a Bi-National Commission (BNC) to be co-chaired by Heads of State, elevating the status of their 30-year-old Permanent Joint Commission for Co-operation (PJCC), according to a communique signed by their foreign ministers in Swakopmund, a port city 360 km. west of the capital, Windhoek. “With the elevation of our PJCC … Read more
The Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Kofi Bosompem Osafo-Maafo has rejected claims by the former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay that a $200 million bid by his son to purchase 60 per cent stake in its hotels was ignored. Addressing the press on Monday, July … Read more
The Majority in Parliament has come to the defence of the Chief Justice’s proposal to increase the number of Supreme Court judges to 20. Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Torkornoo has presented five judges to President Akufo-Addo to be nominated to the Supreme Court, attributing this to a high volume of cases. The National Democratic Congress … Read more
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has projected that Ghana will attain universal health coverage before 2030. According to the Chief Executive of the NHIA Dr Da-Costa Aboagye, the innovative and robust measures being implemented under his watch include the new preventive health care measure which will soon become part of the NHIS claim package … Read more
Youth in Axim, in the Nzema-East Municipality of the Western Region, have issued a two-week ultimatum to the President to allow the use of a 95% completed stadium that has been abandoned and left to deteriorate. The stadium promised to the community, has been locked and left unused for years, with its facilities, including VVIP … Read more
The Social Security and National Investment Trust (SSNIT) has defended the decision to sell 60% of its shares in four hotels to a private investor, describing the move as the only viable option to revive the fortunes of the hotels. The hotels include Labadi Beach Hotel, La Palm Royal Beach Resort, Elmina Beach Resort and … Read more
Calm has returned to the Kpandai community in the Northern region following a clash between members of the Konkomba ethnic group and Fulani herdsmen. Several properties, including cattle and a house belonging to the Fulani chief of Kpandai, were destroyed. According to a Channel One TV source, a Konkomba was returning home after work when … Read more
A 37-year-old taxi driver who has been identified as Amos Adusei has been shot dead by alleged armed robbers on the Kwaman-Boaman road in the Afigya Kwabre North district of the Ashanti region. The incident which happened on Saturday night, has left residents in a state of shock. According to residents, although the community has … Read more