By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah Charles Opoku pulled 397 votes to become the winner     Charles Opoku, an electrical engineer has beaten his strong contender Fredrick Freeman Amoah-Kyei to win the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Assin North constituency’s primaries. He pulled 397 votes to win Amoah-Kyei who got 136 votes. …

  By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah A suspected thief has allegedly been lynched by unknown assailants at Bokankye in the Atwiman Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region The deceased, Yaw Gyamfi, mason, is believed to be in his late 30s. His lifeless body was found in the early hours of Thursday …

  A group of market queens from Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have picked up the nomination forms for Alan Kojo Kyeremanten to contest as flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Market queens pick nominations form for Alan The group, known for its grassroots mobilization efforts, paid the Ghc50,000 …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah Parliament has written to the Electoral Commission (EC) declaring the Assin North seat vacant.     According to OTEC FM sources, the Clerk of Parliament, Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah wrote to the EC on Monday, May 29. Per the sources, the letter was based on the recent …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah   Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has dismissed polls that suggest his contenders are ahead of him in the race. Receiving the nomination forms at his campaign headquarters which were picked up on his behalf by members of his …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG), has suspended its five-day old strike for two weeks. The suspension is to pave way for further engagement between the association and the government on their demands. JUSAG President, Samuel Afotey Otu in announcing the suspension, said they will …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah President Akufo-Addo has announced the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered his last address to the nation on the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The address significantly saw the president announce the official end to the pandemic in Ghana since its outbreak …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has officially declared the COVID-19 pandemic over in Ghana. Addressing the country in his 29th televised address since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, President Akufo-Addo, on May 28, 2023, said the decision to declare the pandemic over was arrived …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has once again justified his decision to run to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout saying it was a painful but necessary decision. In a speech to the nation on Sunday, May 28, 2023, President Akufo-Addo said that the decision …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the country’s recent agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will help to restore confidence and reopen avenues that have been closed to the country in recent years. In a speech to the nation on Sunday night, Akufo-Addo said …

  By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the country’s recent agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will help to restore confidence and reopen avenues that have been closed to the country in recent years. In a speech to the nation on Sunday night, Akufo-Addo …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare The government through the Ministry of Education is preparing to replace textbooks with laptops in Senior High Schools across the country. The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who announced this, said textbooks and other teaching and learning materials would be installed on the laptops to be used during …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah The Chief Justice nominee, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, has reiterated the Supreme Court’s position that a birth certificate is not proof of citizenship but rather a record of one’s birth location. Explaining that the information on a birth certificate is not verifiable during her vetting on Friday, May …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah High court complex     Ghana’s judicial system is currently at a standstill due to an industrial action by members of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG). JUSAG has accused the government of failing to implement revised salary and allowances for its members since January …

By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah     Chief Justice nominee, Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo says ex-gratia is not applicable to judges in the country. She clarified that judges don’t receive any ex-gratia as other public office holders adding that they continue in office and don’t leave office until they retire. …