Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed his solidarity with traders affected by the recent fire at Kantamanto Market, offering his condolences and a donation of GH¢200,000 to aid in their recovery. During his visit to the market, Dr Bawumia toured the damaged areas, engaging with traders who faced substantialContinue Reading
The Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson, has strongly condemned his recent prosecution, calling it a calculated and baseless attempt to silence his dissenting voice and intimidate him into submission. Ato Forson, a vocal critic of the government’s economic policies, described the charges against him related to an ambulance procurement dealContinue Reading
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday, January 4, 2025, commissioned the 250-bed Ashanti Regional Hospital and a 50-bed Infectious Disease Centre in Sewua in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region. The Ashanti Regional Hospital in Sewua will be the third biggest hospital in the Ashanti region after theContinue Reading
The outgoing president, Nana Akufo-Addo, has granted a presidential pardon to William Ato Essien and 10 other convicted individuals. Mr Ato Essien, the founder of the defunct Capital Bank, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by an Accra High Court in October 2023. He was convicted of embezzling overContinue Reading
The Wenchi West District of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) of the Mid-West Ghana Conference in the Bono Region at the weekend honoured 20 girls for keeping and preserving their virginity. Each of the girls, between the ages of 13 and 16 years received undisclosed sums of money forContinue Reading
Ghanaian philanthropist Alhaji Yakubu Ayaana, aged 65, has embarked on an extraordinary journey on foot from Kumasi in the Ashanti region to the Greater Accra region. His purpose is to extend congratulations to President-elect John Dramani Mahama following his victory in the 2024 presidential elections. Alhaji Yakubu is expected toContinue Reading
Actor and National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament-elect for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, has shared a heartfelt tribute to his late father, Engineer John William Kudzo Anato-Dumelo Snr. who passed away just days before his swearing-in as a Member of Parliament. The actor, who recently defeated the incumbentContinue Reading
The Electoral Commission (EC) has indefinitely suspended the collation of results for the Ablekuma North constituency in the Greater Accra Region following the elections on December 7, 2024. Whispergist has learned that the suspension was due to discrepancies in the results from 20 polling stations. The constituency has 62 outstandingContinue Reading
After collating outstanding polling station results following a High Court order on Saturday, January 4, 2025, two of NDC’s parliamentary candidates for the 2024 election, Ebi Bright and Baba Sadiq, who are from the creative sector, have lost their bids. In the announcement made by the Electoral Commission on Sunday,Continue Reading
Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has paid a glowing tribute to Sheikh Haroun Mumin, the late Ashanti Regional Chief Imam, during his final funeral rites held at the Central Mosque in Kumasi. Speaking at the solemn gathering, Dr Bawumia described Sheikh Mumin as a dedicated servant of Islam and aContinue Reading