Bongo Assembly achieves revenue target
The Bongo District Assembly in the Upper East Region has achieved almost 100 percent of its Internally Generated Fund [IGF] target for the year. The Assembly had earlier in 2018, set and approved an amount of 232,122.72 Ghana Cedis to be mobilised from local revenue sources within its jurisdiction. The District Chief Executive for Bongo, […]
TEERE donates baby lotions to hospitals
Four hospitals in the Upper East Region have each received over 100 boxes of German-made baby lotions for onward distribution to patients under their care including babies, their mothers and pregnant women. The hospitals include the Bongo District Hospital, the AfriKids Medical Centre, the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital and the Navrongo War Memorial Hospital. TEERE, a […]
NPP elects Lydia Alhassan to replace Agyarko in Ayawaso-West Wuogon by-election
A widow of the Late member of parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency has been elected as a Parliamentary candidate for the New Patroitic Party, (NPP) in primaries held on Saturday, December 29, 2018. Lydia Alhassan, affectionately called Mama Lydia, who is a hard core NPP member secured 441 votes to beat four other […]
Security agencies to investigate electoral anormalies during referenda
The Electoral Commission’s (EC) says it will not protect any person allegedly engaged in electoral malpractices in the just-ended referenda in the six new proposed regions. That’s according to a statement. “Our attention has been drawn to some videos circulating on social media, alleging wrong doing during the just ended referendum exercise. The statement which […]
President Akufo-Addo congratulates all stakeholders in the just ended referenda
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated all the stakeholders in the just ended referenda for the creation of new regions. According to the president, this singular process, have again demonstrated to the world their deep attachment to the principles of democratic accountability and the rule of law. President Akufo-Addo in a message said: “We […]
Dramatic collapse of Indonesian volcano
The scale of the dramatic collapse of the Indonesian volcano that led to last Saturday’s devastating tsunami in the Sunda Strait is becoming clear. Researchers have examined satellite images of Anak Krakatau to calculate the amount of rock and ash that sheared off into the sea. They say the volcano has lost more than two-thirds […]
Funeral of late Ya-Na Mahamadu Abdulai held
The funeral of late Mahamadu Abdulai IV has ended at the Gbewaa palace with Muslim prayers. Family members, Imams and friends among others witnessed the prayers for the successful and peaceful performance of the funeral for peace and unity in Dagbon and Ghana as a whole Alhaji Yahuza Abukari Zaachi Liman led the prayers. Mahamadu […]
WHO says DRC Ebola progress will be lost if violence persists
Progress in fighting Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak, the second worst ever, will be reversed if fighting continues around the disease hot spots of Beni and Butembo, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. “We have reached a critical point in the Ebola response,” WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus […]
Nigeria ruling party launches Buhari's re-election campaign
Nigeria’s ruling party held a rally to mark the launch of President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid on Friday in the southern city of Uyo, hours after naming a campaign team which includes Africa’s richest man. A presidential election is scheduled to take place on Feb. 16 to determine who will lead Africa’s biggest crude oil […]
CODEO records electoral anomalies during referenda
Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), says a number of electoral anomalies were recorded during the observation exercise of the December 27, 2018 referendum on the proposed creation of 6 new regions. These anomalies raise serious questions about the integrity and credibility of the polling process in the observed polling stations. This was in a […]
President Akufo-Addo donates Gh¢100,000 to National Cathedral building
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has made a personal contribution of GH¢100,000 towards the construction of the National Cathedral. President Akufo-Addo made the contribution when he launched the National Cathedral Fundraising Campaign, on Friday, December 28, 2018, at the forecourt of the State House in Accra. President Akufo-Addo said, like Solomon, at the dedication […]
Building of the National Cathedral is not for political expediency – Duncan Williams
The Chairman of the Fundraising Committee, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams said the building of the National Cathedral is not for political expediency admitting that anything major will attract criticism. Duncan Williams who is the Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International Ministry, was speaking at a dinner to raise funds for the […]
JJ Rawlings to support Catholic Church on National Cathedral
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has in a meeting with Trustees of the National Cathedral, indicated that he will defer his position on the construction of the national edifice to his mother church, the Catholic Church. At the meeting on Monday December 24, the former President said while he had his personal opinion on the […]
Ashaiman to host 31st December Anniversary Durbar
A parade and durbar of chiefs and people marking the 37th anniversary of the 31st December Revolution will be held at the Ashaiman Mandela Park on Monday December 31, 2018. A statement from the planning committee of the event confirmed that the leader of the Revolution, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings and leading members of […]
