Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has been named as Africa’s best president by virtue of a poll conducted by a Canadian-based research organisation ”Leaders of tomorrow”. Releasing the best and outstanding list of 2018 presidents in Africa, Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo emerged top of the list. This follows a similar research conducted by US-based think tank, World Vision Forum which placed President ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the country’s longest-serving MP for Nadowli West constituency, Alban Sumana Bagbin is leaving parliament. Joy News checks revealed that at the close of nominations, the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament did not pick a form to contest the 2020 general elections. For the first time in 28 years, the opposition NDC will have to ...

Some four National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MP) in the Volta region have not picked nomination forms to contest the Party’s parliamentary primaries to be re-elected as MPs. They are Mr Richard Quashiegah, MP for Keta, Mr Clement Kofi Humado, MP for Anlo, Mr Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey, MP for Ketu South and Dr Mrs. Bernice Adiku Heloo, MP ...

Government is set to deploy 12,750 Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) personnel across the country to generate digital address for every house and property, and emboss on each of them, a number plate. The house number, digital address of every household, as well as the name of the street on which the property is located, will be embossed on each of ...

Member of Parliament for Hohoe, Dr Bernice Adiku Heloo, is lamenting harassment by security operatives at the presidency. According to her, the operatives stopped her Toyota Camry in the middle of the road in Accra in the name of retrieving stolen government vehicles. This, she said, has happened on three separate occasions while driving her own Toyota Camry and indicated ...

Former MP for Gomoah central and deputy Gender Minister Hon. Rachel Appoh has revealed that she will not context her seat at the Gomoah central because of former president John Dramani Mahama. Hon Rachel Appoh made this revelation on Vim Talk show, hosted by Afia Pokua. The NDC politician stated that she will sacrifice her all to support John Mahama ...

An outspoken lawmaker for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong wants President Nana Addo Dankwa praised by Ghanaians for saving them from death through suicides as a result of frustration. He is of the opinion that certain decisions taken in the interest of the economy has saved the investments of hundreds of thousands of Ghanaians who would have committed suicide but for ...

An Accra High Court, Financial Court 1 presided over by Justice Ellen Vivian Amoah, has dismissed yet another contempt application against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, which prayed the Court to commit her for contempt of Court over what the applicants claimed was an intentional refusal on her part and other Commissioners to implement the Representation ...

The Ministry of Sanitation has assured its commitment to provide the needed support to the Ghana Journalists Association to fight the menace of poor sanitation in the country. The Ministry said the rate of environmental sanitation in the country was becoming endemic and decisive attention was required to deal with the issue due to the socio-economic and public health implications. ...

The Eastern Regional Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, Mark Oliver Kevor, has resigned. Mr. Kevor, a Lecturer and PhD Candidate has resigned to contest the Afram Plains South Constituency parliamentary primaries of the the Party. This follows picking of parliamentary nomination forms by a group of party supporters and branch executives on his behalf on July 10, ...