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The Western Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Francis Ndede Siah has endorsed the former Attorney General and Minster for Justice, Joe Ghartey as the next flagbearer hopeful of the party. According to the NPP Chairman, Joe Ghartey is the best man to lead the party to break the 8years cycles since he can do the job better as President of Ghana. The Western Regional NPP chairman said this when Joe Ghartey who is lacing his boot to contest for the Presidential primaries of the ruling party paid a courtesy call on the Regional Executives to announce his…
Ahead of internal primaries, the main opposition political party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has put on hold parliamentary primaries in 27 constituencies. The affected constituencies are: Ayawaso Central, Amasaman, Afram Plains South, Akwatia, Effutu, Gomoa Central, Amenfi East, Evalue Gwira, Assin North, Pusiga, Tarkwa Nsuaem, Ayensuano, Adansi Asokwa, Offinso North, Ahafo Ano North, Sekyere Afram Plains, Ahafo Ano South West (Aduagyaman), Bosome Freho, Asante Akim Central, Manso Adubia, Manhyia South, Subin, Fomena and four others. This was announced by the party in a statement signed by the General Secretary, Fifi Kwetey. Already, the NDC has opened nomination in Wednesday.…
Majority Chief Whip, also Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri Constituency, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has honoured the head coach of the Black Satellites, Abdul Karim Zito Kabutey, with a citation for his support and contribution towards the development of football in Ghana. The citation was presented by Frank Annoh-Dompreh to the coach, who hails from Nsawam, over the weekend at a function. The MP, who has commenced a football league in his area, said Coach Zito has used his knowledge and experience to contribute to the success of the activities of the football league, and has also inspired many young players…
Forrmer Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffour has picked his nomination forms to contest the upcoming presidential primary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Ashanti Regional Women’s Wing of the NDC picked the nomination forms on behalf of Dr. Duffour to join the race to lead the NDC to the 2024 general elections. Leading Dr Duffour’s delegation to the NDC head office on Thursday, February 23 was the Ashanti Regional Women’s Organiser, Gloria Huze. Speaking after picking the forms, she expressed happiness about the reception given by party officials led by Chairman of the Internal Elections Committee, Kakra Essamuah. She…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to provide alternative solutions to the current economic challenges facing the country rather than consistently making the NPP government unpopular with false claims and tags, and in denial of obvious global economic realities. Addressing journalists at a news conference in Accra yesterday, the Director of Communications of the NPP, Richard Ahiagbah said the NDC has no moral authority and economic clout to criticise the NPP government after supervising a decline of the economic performance of the country from 2013 to 2016. He said, “On the performance of…
Parliament intends to construct “Democracy House” as part of its legacy projects to commemorate the House’s 30th anniversary this year, Speaker of Parliament, Alban S. K. Bagbin has said. He indicated that a sod cutting will soon be done to start the construction of the Democracy House, adding, “We need to inculcate the culture of democracy and these are some of the physical structures that will keep on reminding everybody of the value of democracy.” Delivering the keynote address at the launch of the 30th anniversary celebration of Parliamentary Democracy, the Speaker again announced, “We intend to construct a bust…
Paris Saint-Germain forward, Neymar, sustained ankle ligament damage in Sunday’s 4-3 Ligue 1 win over Lille, the French club said late on Tuesday. Brazilian forward Neymar, who scored PSG’s second goal in the 17th minute, was stretchered off the field in tears early in the second half after colliding with Lille’s Benjamin Andre and rolling his right ankle. “Additional tests today have confirmed that Neymar Jr has sprained his ankle, with some ligament damage. He will undergo further tests at the start of next week,” PSG said in a statement, without saying how long Neymar would be out of action.…
Information reaching DGN Online indicates that one person have been reportedly shot dead in a Chieftaincy clash between two Anufor (Chakossi) factions in Wenchike in the Chereponi district of the North East region. The deceased, one Aziz Hamidu, was shot dead. Four other persons including a military personnel were shot with various degrees of injuries and are currently receiving treatment at the Chereponi hospital. DGN Online gathered that several houses have been burnt into ashes in the Chieftaincy clash. The Chief of Wenchiki in the Chereponi Traditional Area, Abubakari Awufor, who confirmed the incident to DGN Online disclosed that the…
The Ghana Economic Transformation Project has four components, and NEIP’s programmes fall under component 3 of the project. Speaking at a press launch of the NEIP Hub Acceleration Grant Programme under Ghana Economic Transformation Project, the CEO of NEIP, Kofi Ofosu Nkansah said the component 3 support entrepreneurship and SME growth in non-resource-based sectors and it is aimed at addressing the limited development of the SME and entrepreneurship support ecosystem, including early-stage financing to promote and strengthening a growth model that is condusive to economic transformation, to achieve high rates of investment and productivity growth across the economy, especially in…
The GES through its Science Education Unit organizes STEM/STEAM Camp for SHS students in Saltpond at GESDI in the Central Region. The event currently underway, brought together over 250 SHS students from selected SHSs from all regions within the country to be taught some STEM/STEAM topics. The 5-day long event which started on Monday 20th February put students into different classes for project-based activity learning. Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, and Computing are some of the subjects the learners are studying at the camp. As part of the Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Innovation Education (STMIE) program, students are allowed to build…
