POLITICS

The Kumasi Traditional Council has refuted claims that it threatened Akwasi Addai Odike, the man who founded the United Progressive Party (UPP), with violence. This comes after Odike urged the young to rebel against the chiefs if they don’t do their part to stop the threat of illegal mining. The …

Oyerepa FM, a radio station in Kumasi, shut down this morning. This is in response to the Kumasi Traditional Council’s directive to shut down the media outlet until further notice. The Council’s Acting President, Baffuor Amankwatia VI, who is the Bantamahene, made the announcement when a team from Oyerepa FM …

Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah has stated that the fines levied by the courts against unlawful small-scale miners (galamseyers) are too cheap and not enough deterrent. He believed that harsher penalties were required to deter stubborn galamseyers. Galamsey is like fighting the black market; you fight them here, they sprout …

The Kumasi Traditional Council has requested that Oyerepa FM, a radio station situated in Kumasi, stops broadcasting on Friday, August 26, until further notice. The Council’s Acting President, Baffuor Amankwatia VI, who is the Bantamahene, made the announcement when a team from Oyerepa FM and TV appeared before the Traditional …

Dr. Clement Apaak, the MP for Builsa South, has pleaded with President Akufo-Addo to revoke Mr. Anthony Boateng’s post-retirement contract with the Ghana Education Service (GES). The contract extension for Mr. Anthony Boateng was deemed unreasonable by Dr. Clement Apaak, who is also the deputy ranking member on the Parliamentary …

From Wednesday, August 24, 2022, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will start a two-day working tour of the Savanna areas. During this trip, he will examine ongoing projects, commission finished ones, meet with traditional leaders, and engage with locals in the two regions. His tour of …

The only candidate for Vice Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader of Ghana’s Parliament and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. Ghanatodayonline.com learned that the seasoned legislator and politician was selected as the sole candidate by the Executive Committee yesterday, August 24, 2022. Today, August 25, …

According to regional minister for the Ashanti region Simon Osei Mensah, as part of the present administration’s development agenda, the number of doctors has increased by 93%. The Minister revealed that there were 103 physicians in the area in 2016. But the number has gone from 103 to 218 doctors, …

The number of people who registered to join the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has disclosed that it has surpassed expectations. The party claimed that it intended to register 25 persons for party cards in each of the 6,700 branches, but there was an overabundance. The umbrella family asserts that …

As part of his two-day tour to the Savannah Region, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo inaugurated an integrated recycling and compost plant in Damongo on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. Recall that on October 31, 2020, President Akufo-Addo turned the first sod on the construction of the Damongo Plant, a project …