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2024-03-11 12:47
West African Soldiers Social Activity (WASSA) celebrated impact The Northern Command of the Ghana Arm Force (GAF) has held it’s annual end of year get together to celebrate the effort… Read More
2024-03-11 12:32
Residents of Tamale battle with animals to access drinking water. Lack of portable drinking water has hit four communities in the Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region which has, evoked r… Read More
2024-03-11 08:50
An Accra High Court, General Jurisdiction, has found Nathaniel Dekyi also called Nana Nyonwah Panyin IV of Dompim Pepesa in the Western and the Multimedia Group Limited guilty of defaming th… Read More
2024-03-10 16:24
Creatives For NDC has congratulated Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang for her nomination as the running mate for John Dramani Mahama. In a Press Release issued on behalf of their founders;… Read More
2024-03-10 09:13
Rapper Okyeame Kwame is of the view that politicians should rather focus their energies on the fight against corruption. He argues that if a lot of energy is invested in fighting corruption… Read More
2024-03-10 09:00
Three African countries made it to the top 12 in the just-ended grand finale of the 2024 Miss World Pageant held in Mumbai, India. Botswana, Mauritius and Uganda were the top three Afr… Read More
2024-03-10 06:38
Rapper Okyeame Kwame is of the view that the anti-gay bill needs some form of amendment. According to him, he has decided not to read the bill because he does not care about LGBTQI+ activiti… Read More
2024-03-10 05:31
The Ghanaian actor known as Mmbusem born Justice Hymns has been off the screens for a very long time. In the past week, he has been in the trend, with people asking about his whereabouts and… Read More
2024-03-09 21:54
Ghanaians, particularly leaders, have been urged by the Western Nzema Youth League, a youth organisation, to enhance the natural resources of their nation. The group claimed that value added… Read More
2024-03-09 04:12
In recent remarks, Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, Board Chair of the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Ghana, claimed that “some Nzema culture supports homosexuality.” The Nat… Read More
2024-03-08 20:30
NPP GERMANY PRESS RELEASE 08—03—2024 DR. JOHN APONTUAH KUMAH WAS A FRIEND, A STEADFAST LEADER, AN UNWAVERING COMRADE TO NPP AND THE ENTIRE NATION—NPP GERMANY With a tearful… Read More
2024-03-08 12:49
Chiefs in Nzema who are members of the Western Regional House of Chiefs are demanding an unqualified apology from Prof Audrey Gadzekpo over her statement on LGBTQ and the Nzema culture. Thes… Read More
2024-03-07 14:47
Dr. John Kumah, the Deputy Minister of Finance, reportedly passed away. He passed away in the early hours of March 7, in Germany, where he was undergoing long-term medical care. His wife, Ap… Read More
2024-03-07 14:39
The Western Regional Minister Dr Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah is calling on the youth in the region to be innovative as their fresh thinking and energetic nature can be harnessed to shape a b… Read More
2024-03-07 09:14
A sizable contingent of locals, schoolchildren, and senior citizens attended the 67th Independence Day parade, which was hosted in the Tarkwa Senior High School park in the Western Region of… Read More
2024-03-07 08:31
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has urged Ghanaians to work relentlessly to promote the rule of law. “I must mention another important ingredient in the democratic structure, whi… Read More
2024-03-06 13:22
Mr Abdul-Mumin Issah, the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCF), has called on parents and guardians to train their children to adopt the appropriate cultural values and practi… Read More
2024-03-06 12:56
The Municipal Chief Executive of the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly, Mr Kojo Acquah says teachers must teach a democratic spirit in all learners to be responsible adults in the future… Read More
2024-03-06 12:37
Sammy Gyamfi, National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, has sent a passionate call to journalists desirous of a future anchored on and devoid of nepotism, disillus… Read More
2024-03-05 12:54
Members of NPP-GaDaŋme Global Support Group are calling on the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to consider the former Common Fund Administrator, Mrs Ir… Read More
2024-03-05 01:17
The South Tongu District Assembly (STDA) at Sogakope in the Volta Region has confirmed the President’s nominee for the position of District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area. The nomi… Read More
2024-03-04 14:51
Skyy Media Group together with its supporters will organize the 21st edition of its annual blood donation at the Takoradi Mall on Wednesday, March 6. The annual 6th March Blood Donation Even… Read More
2024-03-04 14:28
The Western Regional Minister Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah is assuring residents in the region that issues relating to roads will be a thing of the past after 2024. Speaking on Skyy Power FM… Read More
2024-03-04 14:26
I have sighted a viral video where the former President John Mahama is heard, regrettably indicating that his management of Ghana’s economy was better than the current administration… Read More
2024-03-04 10:22
The overlords and other stakeholders of Nogokpo in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region have sent a strong warning to Stephen Atubiga and some New Patriotic Party (NPP) surrogates… Read More
2024-03-04 09:09
In the Wassa East District of the Western Region, Mr John Armooh, a building contractor, has been appointed as the new Divisional Chief of Daboase. He was going to sit on the stool that had… Read More
2024-03-03 06:31
The founder of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews alias Osofo Kyiri Abosom, says Ghana must not entertain LGBTQ+. Rev Andrews speaking at a press conference o… Read More
2024-03-03 06:01
At Kwabedu in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality, a horrific accident claimed the life of a thirteen-year-old girl who was en route to school on Friday morning. The Lee’s Kingdom Kids Mont… Read More
2024-03-02 06:33
Members of the Youth for Positive Governance and Floating Voters in Ashaiman have stepped forward to dispel misinformation surrounding the alleged selection of Madam Jane Naana Opoku Agyeman… Read More
2024-03-01 12:33
NPP GERMANY PRESS RELEASE 01—03—2024 NPP GERMANY COMMENDS VEEP DR. MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA FOR HIS VISION TO ALIGN GHANA’S PORT CHARGES AND TAXES TO THAT OF TOGO PORT On February… Read More
2024-03-01 11:58
The new Presiding Member of the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Assembly in the Western Region is Mr. Joseph Kwofie, the Assembly Member representing the Tarkwa Banso Electoral Area. With thirty-one… Read More
2024-03-01 08:39
The Western Region Communication Bureau of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will organise a media soiree on Friday, 1st March 2024, at the Hillcrest Apartments Gardens in Takoradi. The… Read More
2024-03-01 07:04
Former President John Dramani Mahama, Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has decided to retain Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as his Running Mate for the 2024 preside… Read More
2024-02-28 13:52
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Mr John Laste says plans are underway to relocate traders currently occupying the Jubilee Grounds. Speaking… Read More
2024-02-28 12:23
Today, February 28th, marks the 76th anniversary of the Christianburg Crossroad Shooting in Ghana.Every year, the colonial police killed three ex-servicemen, Sergeant Adjetey, Cpl Attipoe, a… Read More
2024-02-28 09:30
A school bus of St Paul’s Educational Centre in Takoradi carrying about 45 pupils crashed on Apollo Road on Tuesday, February 27, at about 3:00 PM after school hours. A few of the pupi… Read More
2024-02-28 07:58
The Member of Parliament for the Ashaiman constituency, Ernest Norgbey has described the President as a confident trickster who has lost trust in his own self. Speaking moments after the Pre… Read More
2024-02-27 15:01
President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo says that twelve (12) fishing coastal landing sites have been constructed across coastal lines in the country with two (2) in the Western Region. The p… Read More
2024-02-27 14:37
President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians, particularly the people in the Sekondi-Takoradi that the much talked about PTC Interchange will be completed. The Three-tier int… Read More
2024-02-27 14:19
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has delivered his penultimate State of the Address (SONA) to Parliament. Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution imposes an obligation on Members of Parliam… Read More
2024-02-27 13:09
The KC Counseling Services, a private counsel service has been set up in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis to help counsel individuals dealing with trauma and other challenges. The founder of… Read More
2024-02-27 11:00
Some members of the disability community are expressing surprise at the removal of the Minister of the Oti Region, Joshua Makubu.In separate interviews, some members of the community said hi… Read More
2024-02-27 10:40
The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Constituency, Madam Catherine Abelemah Afeku, has been commended by the party’s executive mem… Read More
2024-02-26 15:20
About concerns raised by the public about a heap of rubbish at the old police station at the market circle, the officer in charge of Waste Management at the Sekondi Sub-Metro Dorcas Quansah… Read More
2024-02-26 14:54
Acting Western regional chairman, of Ghana National Association of Private Schools Mr Fedinand Asare Nyame calls on the government to absorb BECE registration fees for private and government… Read More
2024-02-26 09:42
Some youth in Wassa Akropong in the Amenfi East Municipality of the Western Region have clashed with police officers stationed in the town over the death of an indigene. This has caused the… Read More
2024-02-25 10:40
The lack of a doctor at the Esiama Clinic for the past year has alarmed Nana Ainoo-Kwagyan III, Chief of Esiama in the Ellembelle District in the Western Region to call out for help He calle… Read More
2024-02-25 10:30
Out of the 9, 436 students admitted for the 2023–2024 academic year, about 7, 244 students have reported to Takoradi Technical University (TTU) to pursue various programmes. In the yea… Read More
2024-02-25 08:49
The Western Region’s Wassa Amenfi West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Dr Nana Tandon, reports that the Assembly will investigate every avenue for raising money to enhance its Interna… Read More
2024-02-23 13:58
Police officers at Akropong District Command at about 8:00 PM on Thursday, Febraury 22, shot at a gentleman identified as KOFI when they were on a Patrol within the town after they suspected… Read More
2024-02-23 11:59
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in Abirem constituency have congratulated Hon Emmanuel Attafuah Danso, on his appointment to the 2024 Manifesto Committee on Foreign Affairs of the part… Read More
2024-02-23 10:00
Students in the municipality have received education on issues related to teenage pregnancy and unlawful abortions from the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EKMA) Department of Communi… Read More
2024-02-23 09:25
The Presiding Member (PM) for the ninth assembly has not been elected by the assembly members of Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality in the Western Region after a misunderstanding. Nsuaem Zongo and T… Read More
2024-02-23 08:40
According to Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle, indigenous people should be permitted to start a sustainable community mining scheme. Therefore, he reque… Read More
2024-02-22 15:20
The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency has written to the President acknowledging the appointment of Hon, Lydia Alhassan as Minister Designate fo… Read More
2024-02-22 09:04
The ‘G Boys’, an emerging political group in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Wenchi constituency in the Bono Region at the weekend, visited the graveyard of the late Profess… Read More
2024-02-21 10:50
The United States (US) Embassy through The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has embarked on a capacity building among journalists across the country on their role in conflict resoluti… Read More
2024-02-21 10:50
The United States (US) Embassy through The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has embarked on a capacity building among journalists across the country on their role in conflict resoluti… Read More
2024-02-20 20:49
Scores of Effia constituents in the Western Region have applauded Dr Alhaji Muhamudu Bawumia and the NPP for appointing their Member of Parliament Joseph Cudjoe as the National Coordinator f… Read More
2024-02-20 20:43
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has announced that the Ewusiejoe section of the Takoradi-Agona road will be closed to traffic from Friday, 23rd February to Tuesday, February 27th. Accordi… Read More
2024-02-19 08:50
The Rt. Hon, Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has stated that the January 2024 Standing Orders of Parliament offer an opportunity to address the evolving needs of Ghana… Read More
2024-02-18 20:21
National Women’s Organiser of the People’s National Convention (PNC) Hajia Hidaya Ibrahim has officially announced her resignation from her current position effective Tuesday 20t… Read More
2024-02-18 13:23
Deputy Minister for Finance Dr John Kumah has admonished Assembly Members to be champions of development. He was addressing the innauguration of the Ga West Municipal Assembly and Ga North M… Read More
2024-02-17 11:39
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s ministerial change has been characterised by Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Deputy Minority Leader in Parliament, as a belated action that wil… Read More
2024-02-17 11:25
Reactions to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nomination of Mr. Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer as the new Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture have been divided among certain citiz… Read More
2024-02-17 11:10
Five Divisional Chiefs from the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality in the Western Region, have appealed to the government and regulatory bodies in charge of the mining industry to act swiftly… Read More
2024-02-17 09:01
Member of Parliament of Essikado-Ketan Constituency, Hon. Joe Ghartey, has led a delegation of the Conference of Speakers and Heads of African Parliaments (CoSHAP) to Cote D’Ivoire. Ho… Read More
2024-02-16 20:09
NPP Germany branch has applauded the successful completion of the initial phase of the ‘Kayayo’ hostels initiated by His Excellency the Vice President and 2024 NPP Flagbearer Dr… Read More
2024-02-16 12:40
The Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) for Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA), Mr Abdul Mumin Issah has expressed displeasure with schools and institutions that benefited from 5,0… Read More
2024-02-16 10:29
To increase access to high-quality early childhood education, the Ahanta Akromakrom Community has received a brand-new, two-unit Kindergarten (KG) block with ancillary facilities from the Se… Read More
2024-02-15 14:39
The minister designates for the ministry of Tourism, Art and culture and MP for Sekondi Constituency, Lawyer Andrew Egyapa Mercer, says that, the new appointment that moves him from the ener… Read More
2024-02-15 12:41
The inflation rate was up marginally at 23.5 per cent year-on-year in January compared to 23.2 per cent in December in 2023, the Ghana Statistical Service said on Wednesday. This means that… Read More
2024-02-15 11:51
The NPP Flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has a policy for small-scale mining that Mr George Mireku Duker, a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has called a “game-changer&r&hell…Read More
2024-02-15 08:10
Twenty km of roads will be made available to the Tarkwa Nsueam Municipality this year as part of the Mining Sector Road Project, which aims to maintain and improve road infrastructure in min… Read More
2024-02-15 07:03
The Member of Parliament representing the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has been appointed as the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources in the latest governm… Read More
2024-02-14 14:48
The Western Regional Director of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Me Henry Yeledour is urging Ghanaians to spread love by patronising and sharing chocolate on this Day of 14th February, al… Read More
2024-02-14 14:27
Carmeuse Lime Products has pledged its support for the annual Skyy Power/ Efiankwanta Blood Donation exercise. General Manager for Carmeuse Lime Products Faisal Iddrisu says the company cons… Read More
2024-02-14 14:11
MTN Ghana Foundation today held the 2024 edition of the annual MTN “Save A Life Campaign” Blood Donation Exercise in some selected locations in the Westside Region. In all, 47 ce… Read More
2024-02-14 14:00
With immediate effect, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reshuffled his cabinet and deputies. A statement announcing this was made public on Wednesday, February 14, 2024. Ken Ofori A… Read More
2024-02-14 08:50
A growing number of fishers, traders, and locals with connections to the Western Region’s beaches have attested to the reality of exchanging sex for fish. They blamed the activity on s… Read More
2024-02-14 06:14
The planned courtesy call by the flag bearer of NDC, John Dramani Mahama, on the chiefs and Muslims clerics of Madina has been called off days before the proposed date. The visit was schedul… Read More
2024-02-13 21:39
The outgoing Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bekwai Constituency, Joe Wise, finds himself embroiled in controversy after his failed bid to secure the NPP Parliamentary Primaries for his ch… Read More
2024-02-13 19:43
Former President and Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has again taken a swipe at the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the country… Read More
2024-02-13 15:25
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Mr John Laste says the Assembly will engage in more consultation to help elect a presiding member for STMA… Read More
2024-02-13 13:50
The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) inaugurated its 9th Assembly on Monday, February 12. Present at the event were the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Abdul Issah Mumin, Ma… Read More
2024-02-13 13:39
The Effia-Kwesimintsin Municipal Assembly’s new presiding member, Mr Philip Evans Nyarko, the Assembly member representing the Effia Electoral Area, was sworn in on Monday. Mr. Nyarko… Read More
2024-02-13 12:51
The recently appointed development chief of the Edelesuazo community, Nana Akua Anokowa I, has urged the locals to support her in promoting harmony and peace to hasten the area’s devel… Read More
2024-02-12 18:45
Ga Dangbe has called on the President to appoint Felix Mensah Anang-La as the new Greater Accra Regional Minister. The call is coming at the heels of an imminent reshuffle. Information of Mi… Read More
2024-02-12 16:52
The Parliamentary Candidate on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the Ahanta West Constituency, Ing. Francis Eric Pobee says he sold a message of hope and development to the delegates… Read More
2024-02-12 09:35
The Mount Olivet Methodist Church, Lagos Town society under the Kwesimintsim circuit over the weekend launched its Golden Jubilee Celebrations and Harvest at the church’s premises. The… Read More
2024-02-12 07:14
Hon Kennedy Osei Nyarko, Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Swedru has expressed gratitude to delegates for voting for him to continue his good works. Hon Kennedy Osei Nyarko was reelected b… Read More
2024-02-12 00:49
The National youth Wing of the governing New Patriotic Party is urging their Presidential Candidate for the 2024 presidential elections, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to select Energy Minister… Read More
2024-02-10 13:19
The Friends of the Nation (FoN), a socio-environmental advocacy non-governmental organisation (NGO), has held a key stakeholder dialogue to chart a common path towards addressing climate cha… Read More
2024-02-10 13:08
A 55-year-old farmer, Isaac Donkor, who mistook a hunter for the game, shot and killed him, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment and a GH￠600 fine by the Tarkwa Circuit Cour… Read More
2024-02-09 19:19
The Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party for the 2024 elections, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said he will appoint not more than fifty (50) ministers and deputy minis… Read More
2024-02-08 15:39
The Public Relations Officer, for Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA), Mr John Laste has debunked claims that the assembly is not granting access to the NDC parliamentary Candidate… Read More
2024-02-08 10:34
If elected president of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, has laid out his bold proposal to train one million digital talents in Ghana… Read More
2024-02-08 10:07
In a daring move, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia declared that if elected President of the Republic of Ghana, he would do away with the e-levy, or tax on electronic financial transaction… Read More
2024-02-08 09:23
Former president John Agyekum Kufuor has urged the populace to grant Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the NPP’s flagbearer, an opportunity to prove his worth as president for the benefit of the na… Read More
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