The chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Mrs Charlotte Osei, has revealed sometimes she regrets accepting the job as the first woman chairperson of the election management body.Speaking on Starr Fm, Mrs Osei said although she “can take the stone”, she gets worried about her family who are always bothered about the flak which comes […]
Victims of last night’s fire outbreak at Afful Nkwanta a suburb of the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region are counting their losses. A raging fire on Saturday night January 9, 2016 at area destroyed goods and domestic items rendering more than 2,000 head porters and metal scrap dealers homeless. The fire according to eyewitnesses
Eight magistrates and five circuit court judges were yesterday sworn into office by the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood. The event, which took place at the premises of the Supreme Court in Accra, was the first swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed judges and magistrates by the Judicial Service after ace investigator, Anas Aremeyaw
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has served notice to political parties that it will not budge to incessant demands to go into the 2016 elections with a new voters’ register.The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is unsatisfied by the report of a five-member panel of eminent persons who looked at the merit and demerit of a
President John Mahama is assessing his Ministers and appointees one-by-one at a closed door retreat in the Volta Region.The performance review by the President of his appointees, according to sources, will culminate in a ministerial reshuffle.Mr Mahama and his appointees are also using the meeting to take stock of the administration’s performance in the last
The US Embassy in Ghana has stated that the freed Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have been received by the Ghanaian government are not terrorists.There is public outcry in Ghana following the decision by the Mahama-led administration to offer humanitarian assistance to Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby.International relations experts have said
The Ministry of Health has issued an alert on the outbreak of yellow fever at the West Gonja district in the Northern region.The action comes after three people were confirmed dead of the disease in the area.Several cases of the deadly disease have been recorded in the West Gonja district over the past weeks.Already, the
Ghanaian actor and television personality David Ato Dontoh has revealed that he was almost appointed a minister under the era of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC).According to him, former President Jerry John Rawlings who was the leader of the PNDC on several occasions sent for him to offer him a ministerial appointment in his
Residents of Lambussie-Karni District in the Upper West Region have been compelled to travel farther distances to seek health care as healthcare delivery in the district is gradually grinding to a halt. This is because Medical Doctors continue to reject postings to the area with the excuse that the district is remote and lacks basic
Dr Abu Sakara Foster has resigned from the Convention People’s Party and intends contesting the 2016 presidential election as an independent candidate, ghnewsnow has learnt.The former CPP presidential candidate will announce on Wednesday January 6, 2016 via a press statement that: “I wish to announce to my fellow compatriots that I will contest as an
