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  The New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2016 presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says stealing will not be part of his agenda when voted into power. Nana Addo assured Ghanaians that when given the mandate to serve in January 2017, he will focus solely on the improvement of their wellbeing and will not line his pockets with the people’s money. “I won’t steal your money because I am not a thief,” the NPP presidential candidate told the chiefs of Dambai, ahead of a meeting with constituency executives and NPP parliamentary aspirants in Northern Volta on Friday. “I know full well the dangerous implications of corruption on the fortunes of any […]

      has began talks with the Sudanese Football Association to become their new national team coach, according to Joy Sports sources. This follows the resignation of the long-serving Mohammed ‘Mazda’ Abdallah, in charge since 2007, who resigned on Monday. The decision came immediately after the Nile Crocodiles were crushed 4-0 against Gabon on matchday 2 of Afcon 2017 qualifying this weekend. Appiah, who has been in Ghana for the last several days to attend the funeral of ex-national team striker George Arthur, will leave the country as soon as possible to start talks. The Sudanese FA have already stated the intention to name a stand-in boss by the end of the week, […]

  The Asanteman Council has directed the Kejetia Traders Association to withdraw its court case seeking to place an injunction on the re-construction of the US$198 million first phase of the Kejetia Market by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA). It also asked the KMA to submit to the council within one month an audited list of all legitimate traders and allied bodies as a guarantee that the traders would be given the first option to own the shops and stalls upon the completion of the project in two-and-half years. The Chairman of the Standing Committee of the council, Daasebre Osei Bonsu, who is also the Mamponghene, said this at a […]

    The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Kwabena Agyepong is accusing flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo and other executives of the party of sidelining him in the ongoing “Rise and Build Tour.” The NPP began the tour last week in the Volta region as part of plans to win support for the party ahead of the 2016 elections. There have been questions over the absence of the chairman Paul Afoko and the general secretary. Speaking on Accra-based radio station OK FM today, Mr Agyepong said he only read about the tour on the internet, a statement issued by Nana Akufo-Addo’s press secretary, Eugene Arhin. Though he claimed he had […]

  The IMF has approved $166 million to Ghana. This was after a board meeting in Accra on Monday that completed the first review of Ghana’s Extended Credit Facility.Completion of the review which enables the disbursement of about $116 million brings the total disbursements under the arrangement to $233m.In completing the review, the Executive Board also granted waivers for the non-observance of performance criteria regarding gross credit to government, and non-accumulation of external arrears, based on their minor and temporary nature and the corrective measures put in place by the authorities.The Executive Board also approved the authorities’ request for modifications of performance criteria.Ghana’s three-year arrangement for about $918 million or […]

  More than 313,000 Senior High School (SHSs) day students are to benefit from the government’s progressively free SHS policy.The beneficiary students are from 591 selected senior high schools in the Ashanti Region and 88 in Volta, 82 in the Eastern and 67 in Brong Ahafo. 56 in Western and 54 in the Central Region, while 46 and 45 of such schools are in the Greater Accra and Northern Regions.A statement by the Acting Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Jacob Kor, said 28 and 23 of those schools are in the Upper East and West Regions.The statement therefore gave the assurance that the government is committed to the […]

  Vice President Amissah-Arthur Casting his Votes Voting to elect new assembly members is currently underway in polling centres across the country.The exercise which was expected to commence at 7am had to be delayed in some areas due to some administrative constraints.Reports from some centers revealed that electoral materials were ready but the voters could not vote because of the problem with the verification machines.Vice President Kwesi Amissah –Arthur who voted at the Accra High School Electoral area urged people to go out and vote.Meanwhile, in the Eastern Region, two thousand 637 people is contesting the District Elections at 850 Electoral Areas in the Eastern Region.Out of the number of […]

      Communications Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah has said President John Mahama will clinch a one-touch victory in the 2016 elections. According to him, the infrastructural achievement of the government between 2012 and now, will give the President a smooth ride through the elections. “Mahama will set a record in 2016. He will make one time victory. Even with that, he will still set a record. I am confident of that,” he stated in an interview with Radio Gold Tuesday. He said Ghanaians will admit that the achievement of the Mahama-led administration is unprecedented if they begin to tell their story from one sector to the other. The […]

Member of parliament for Upper West Akyem constituency, Hon. Joseph Sam Amankwanor has called on fellow parliamentarians to find other ways of soliciting funds to help in the development of their constituencies instead of depending solely on the common fund since it is only “lazy” ones who will do that. He made this known at Adeiso after picking and filing his nomination form. According to him, the common fund is not enough whiles it also delays due to the processes hence the need to look for other ways in order to help their people. He also urged his supporters to desist from politics of insults and attacks.”Politics is about telling […]