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The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Daniel Kwaku Botwe has warned Assembly members to desist from using the confirmation of President’s nominees to blackmail the Assemblies. He threatened that President Akufo Addo is clothed with powers by the Constitution to dissolve any assembly found to have defaulted its …

A former Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, has objected to the suggestion that the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) should be made a statutory body with its functions backed by law. His comment comes after the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) made some proposals for reforms in …

Reports reaching us indicate that legendary highlife musician, Nana Ampadu is dead. He is said to have died today. The cause of death is yet to be discovered. Keep it locked here as we update you. Nana Kwame Ampadu was a household name in Ghana and beyond. His style of …

Ejura Committee of Enquiry set to investigate the death of a social media activist Ibrahim Mohammed alias Kaaka Macho say, his callous murder was linked to a feud in his family rather than his activism. Ibrahim Muhammed, died on Monday, June 28, 2021, after he was attacked by unknown assailants …

Ejurahene, Barima Osei Hwedie II, has prevented the Dagomba Chief in Ejura in the Ashanti Region from installing a Youth Chief (Mbrantehene) until there’s consensus and peace among the people. The move by the paramount chief is to forestall disturbance in Ejura Zongo as a faction has strongly kicked against …

The Western North regional President for Ghana Association Of Assembly (GAAM), who doubles as the Assembly member for Asawinso ‘A’ in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipality, Hon.Ackah Nelson Frank has echoed that they will not kowtow to intimidation by any military officer deployed to the region to victimize its members during the …

I Beg You, Don’t Prosecute Me – Takoradi Woman Pleads After Confessing. The 28-year-old Takoradi woman Josephine Mensah found a few days after reportedly going missing has pleaded with the Police not to prosecute her after confessing she was not pregnant. She admitted to not being pregnant to Police Psychologist …

Josephine Panyin Mensah Simons has reportedly confessed to a team of medical and investigation officers attending to her at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region that she was not pregnant, a top police source has told Takoradi based Empire Fm. The top police source further told Empire News …

District Chief Executive for Afigya Kwabre South in the Ashanti Region, Hon Dr Adu-Poku Christian, has led a general clean-up exercise to ensure that the environment was kept clean to promote good health. The exercise was done in collaboration with some folks from the ruling New Patriotic Party, with the …

Government Statistician, Prof Samuel Kobina Anim, has announced that the Ghanaian population is now 30.8 million. This is according to the provisional results of the 2021 Population and Housing Census. This means there has been an addition of 6.1million from the 2010 census. At a press conference, the GSS said …