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Some supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Chereponi and East Mamprusi Districts of the North East Region have rejected the nomination of Hajia Rashida Mahama and Madam Zuweratu Mada Nashiru as District Chief Executives, respectively. Some of the supporters in Chereponi went on rampage by vandalizing party properties to express their rejection of the President’s decision “to impose on them a stranger who only joined the party in 2016”.

Armed police personnel have been deployed to the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) after the Ashanti Regional Security Council served notice of planned disturbances by two rival halls.

Armed police personnel have been deployed to the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) after the Ashanti Regional Security Council served notice of planned disturbances by two rival halls.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has confirmed that two papers have been compromised in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). The Council says its investigations have uncovered that extracts of the 2021 Elective Mathematics and English Language tests, had been found in the public domain.

The UK High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson says even though the ongoing digitalization drive by the Ghana government is commendable in its attempts to curb low-level corruption, it is equally important that Ghanaians are convinced that no one is immune to prosecution at the high level.

President Akufo-Addo has sounded a word of caution to professionals across the country who are shirking their tax obligations. According to him, the current situation where about 60,000 professionals in the nation’s workforce are not complying with tax laws is worrying.

Elegant Homes, one of the sponsors of the JoyNews-Ecobank Habitat Fair 2021, has hinted at some jaw-dropping packages ahead of the first mini-clinic series on Saturday, September 11.

U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie S. Sullivan today announced new support for Ghana’s Covid-19 response, including oxygen generation equipment to support critical care patients nationwide and equipment to aid in the treatment of infectious disease.

The 2020 flagbearer for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has been in the news since Tuesday after he declared that the 2024 elections will be a do-or-die affair. His statement has raised a lot of discussions amongst the citizenry with a section of the citizenry calling for him to retract his statement.

The Director-General of the State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA), Stephen Asamoah Boateng, has expressed his disappointment in the conduct of some CEOs of State-owned Enterprises (SoEs) who failed to show up for a workshop. This is an event to deliberate on a draft code of corporate governance for Enterprises.