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The former Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, has urged the members of the National Democratic Congress to be highly united and remain steadfast as the current economic woes in the country is not enough requirement to guarantee the party a victory in the 2024 general elections. Speaking ahead of the NDC’s Volta Regional Delegates Conference in Ho, the former MP for the Avenor-Ave constituency now Akatsi South, appealed to members of the NDC not to play the game of complacency and work assiduously towards the elections in 2024. He also advised the members of the party to eschew the…

Ghana government has said, it’s no more interested in the Saglemi housing project so it will be better to be given to a private developer to refurbish the housing units and sell to potential owners, according to the Ministry of Works and Housing. Sector Minister, Francis Asenso Boakye disclosed this at a meet-the-press session in Accra on Sunday, November 13, 2022. He indicated the government is helpless and crippled in finance and can’t make a further commitment to the Saglemi project. Against this background, “we’re allowing for a private sector developer to take up the initiative to build and sell…

The striking teacher unions have ended their industrial action after the National Labour Commission (NLC) secured a restraining order from the court against the union on Friday, November 11. President of the Ghana National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) Angel Carbonou told journalists on Friday, November 11 that “we can’t disrespect the court order. To that end, we are telling all our members to resume work on Monday. Every teacher should go to work on Monday.” “We are law-abiding citizens, we have decided to obey the orders of the court and have asked our members to call off the strike…

The Gomoa Dominase District Police Command led by DSP David Osei Fofie has grabbed 26-year-old Bakusu Maria at Gomoa Potsin for dumping her two-week-old baby toddler into a public toilet. An eyewitness who first caught a glimpse of the baby disclosed that he had gone to the toilet to ease when he heard the baby crying thus inside the toilet. He continued that, with the assistance of residents, the baby was saved and taken to the Potsin Polyclinic for medical attention while a complaint was lodged at the Police station. The mother was arrested based on Police intelligence. The case…

Former President, John Dramani Mahama has donated an amount worth GH¢1,953,000 to the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The donation was made to support the party’s internal elections with the regional elections starting today, Friday, November 11. The donation was announced by the National Communications Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi in a press release issued today. According to the statement, GH¢853,000 is for the fair conduct of the regional elections, and the remaining balance is for a debt owed to the Electoral Commission (EC) for the conduct of the party’s constituency elections. “The NDC’s flag-bearer for the 2020 general elections…

 Preterm birth complications are the leading cause of death in children under the age of five worldwide. Over 15 million babies are estimated to be born before 37 weeks of gestation, with up to one million deaths. Surprisingly, cost-effective interventions could have prevented 75% of those deaths. LittleBigSouls Ghana, a significant preterm charity in Ghana, has made the decision to allocate funds to enhancing paediatric healthcare in the nation. LittleBigSouls aimed to drastically lower infant mortality as the nation strove to meet the third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) by 2030. The delegation, led by co-founder Edith Uyovbukerhi, recently travelled to…

An aspiring General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Elvis Afiryie Ankrah has urged delegates of the party to give him unflinching support and vote for him massively in the forthcoming National Conference of the biggest opposition party in Ghana. He reiterated that he has been at the forefront of three major campaigns playing different roles between 2002 and 2020. To that tail, he understands campaigns and elections quite thoroughly. “If the NDC gets it right as a party by electing him, the whole country will get it right and if it gets it wrong the country will sink.”…

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Sulemana Braimah, has kicked against the directive detailed by the Ghana Law school to students to submit their social media accounts for monitoring. He said such a directive is “certainly obnoxious interference and restriction.” “The culture of repression gaining roots everywhere,” he said in a tweet. Meanwhile, the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana School of Law has debunked the reports that members have been instructed to submit their accounts to the school authorities for monitoring. “The SRC wishes to state that, no such directive has been given…

Deputy Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ernest Owusu Bempah has chastised the leadership of the striking unions of being propelled to go on strike by selfish and parochial interest. Mr. Bempah indicated that his intensive investigations have revealed that the unions have tacit agenda for kicking against the new Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Dr. Eric Nkansah, not on the grounds of being a banker as speculated by the unions. Mr. Bempah has questioned them to come clear on their action and call off the strike for the sake of the helpless school…

Former US President Donald Trump’s daughter known as Tiffany Trump is set to tie the knot with her Nigerian-bred fiancé, Michael Boulos on November 12. According to Page Six, credible information close to the couple revealed they would be getting married come November 12. The supposed wedding ceremony, as gathered, will host more than 500 guests and is scheduled to hold at Trump’s palm beach in Florida. The source also disclosed that the ceremony would be a “huge and lavish” one. “There has been a lot of planning and a lot of staging. This is Tiffany’s big moment, and it…