Politics

Government has scrapped the system of bonding trainee nurses and midwives in the country on the back of its inability to employ the thousands of graduates currently pushing for jobs in the public health sector. “Bonding is stopped now,” Deputy Health minister Tina Mensah announced Thursday, but did not give …

First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, commissioned the refurbished 89-year old Osu Government Maternity Home, giving it a new face-lift to continue to provide safe delivery of mothers and the safety of their new-borns. The facility was refurbished and renovated by the Rebecca Foundation, under its Community Health Outreach …

A middle-aged man, Nana Owusu, who claims to be a registered member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is alleging that the party tasked him to mobilise young men for a vigilante group but has since been neglected. He is also alleging that one Coach, contracted him to mobilise …

The Programmes Manager in charge of the Democratic Governance at Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiDAF), has advocated for the reduction of the presidential age to promote youth participation and inclusive democratic governance. Frank Wilson Bodza said the youth of Ghana formed almost half of the country’s population and …

Reverend Johnson Avuletey, the Deputy Volta Regional Minister, has reassured people in the Volta region of government’s commitment to fixing roads in the region. Reverend Johnson Avuletey gave the assurance when he received a petition on behalf of the Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa from a youth group, …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, not to be side-tracked, but remain focused and deliver on his mandate to the Ghanaian people. According to the Asantehene, “it is always good that you leave Jubilee House to go around the …

Family of some of the persons accused of plotting to destabilise government have invoked on their gods to intervene in the matter. Making libation at the premises of a district court on Wednesday, relatives of a local gun manufacturer, said to be one of the masterminds of the alleged coup plot, …

Dear Nana Addo, a JoyNews Hotline Documentary, has brought to the fore the plight of the people of Botingli, a farming community in the Savelugu district of the Northern region.  According to members of the community, government’s refusal to redeem its promise of providing them with a dam is telling on …

The Ministry of Inner-City and Zongo Development, in collaboration with the Business Development Ministry, is to launch a Zongo Business Promotion programme to create jobs for the Zongo communities. Dr Mustapha Hamid, the Inner-City and Zongo Development Minister, said this at the formal opening of the Boot Camp at Koforidua …

Former President John Mahama has cautioned government to stop meddling in the affairs of public universities.   He cautioned government against its actions which he says are affecting cordial engagements among lecturers and management members.  The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says this behaviour of government is ultimately affecting teaching …