President John Dramani Mahama will deliver his final State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday, December 22. The President’s last address which is in fulfilment of Article 67 of the 1992 constitution, is expected to highlight some of the nation’s achievement and challenges as well as unite a highly politically polarized country. The […]
The President-Elect of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has thanked Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, the Kumasi Traditional Council, and the people of the Ashanti Region for the massive show of support they offered him on December 7. According to Nana Akufo-Addo, the pieces of advice, and words of encouragement from the Chiefs of
The handing over process from the outgoing Mahama government to the incoming NPP administration will begin today, Wednesday DeceTmber 14. A statement from the spokesperson for the government transition team Hanna Tetteh said “We wish to state that the handing over notes from each Ministry that are to be given to the transition team for
Two students of Pope John Senior High School in Koforidua, Eastern region, have been suspended indefinitely for allegedly engaging in homosexuality. The decision was taken by the disciplinary committee of the well-respected all boys senior high school after the two students suspected of practicing the illegal act were also accused of initiating other students. An
Some disgruntled members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti region on Tuesday locked up the party’s regional offices in Kumasi in what they termed as a “revolution in the party,” following the defeat in the 2016 elections. Led by one Yakubu Tony Aidoo, a communications person from the Asawasi constituency, the members
The Ashanti Regional Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Stephen Amoah is urging rioting supporters who are gaining notoriety seizing property and seized attacking supporters of the defeated National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the just ended presidential and parliamentary elections to be reminded that the party will not be in power forever. “The New
Headmaster for Zabzugu Senior High School Osman Halidu Marcarious has flee the school following a pressure mounted on him by Regent of the cutoff Northern community to readmit some eight students sacked for gross misconduct. Eight students all females were asked to go home after the school disciplinary committee found them guilty of inflicting “terrible
President John Mahama and three other West African heads of state from Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone arrived in Gambia Tuesday to convince President Yahya Jammeh to accept defeat in this month’s election and “leave power”. After the surprise victory of Adama Barrow in the country’s election on December 1, Jammeh quickly conceded defeat. However,
The Municipal Chief Executive of Asokore Mampong Assembly, Alhaji Nurudeen Amidan, in the Ashanti Region has warned that persons who take the law into their hands in the course of jubilating the victory of the New Patriotic Party will be severely dealt with. Alhaji Amidan was reacting to actions by some rampaging NPP youth in
President John Dramani Mahama will on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 join other regional leaders to Banjul, The Gambia, to hold talks with the country’s leader Yahya Jammeh after he rejected results of that country’s election held earlier this month. President Jammeh who has ruled The Gambia for over 22 years has annulled the elections and
