Latest election survey by Global InfoAnalytics has predicted former President John Dramani Mahama as the preferred candidate to win the 2024 general elections. "The poll shows further that among voters who are likely to vote in the 2024 elections, JDM leads DMB 62% to 33%, representing a 29% lead. In the race between JDM and AKK, JDM leads AKK 60% to 36%, representing a 24% lead. "JDM lead DMB 69% to 28% and leads AKK by 29% to 69%. In the North East, JDM leads DMB by 53% to 45% and AKK by 52% to 48%."

General News of Friday, 21 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comAsantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has rejected the nomination of the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC), Dr. Kofi Kodua Sarpong as the Paramount Chief of Offinso. Sarpong’s nomination is because his nomination did not follow due process. He reiterated that he has cancelled the entire nomination process and instructed the elders of Offinso to start it afresh. The Kingmakers of the Offinso Traditional Council in the Ashanti traditional area unanimously nominated Dr K.K. The kingmakers of the traditional area on Friday, May 6, 2022, at a ceremony in Offinso, through Akyeamehene Nana Kwaku Wiafe, presented Dr. Sarpong as the New Paramount Chief for the Offinso Traditional Council.

General News of Friday, 21 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comCaptain Smart, host of Onua FM/TV morning show has weighed into the depreciation of the cedi demanding the whereabouts of the Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia. The journalist who prides himself as being a member of the governing New Patriotic Party said it was disturbing the rate at which the cedi was depreciating but equally worrying was the silence of Bawumia. “The dollar is almost hitting 14 cedis, where is our Bawumia? What is his real importance to the extent that the dollar has hit 14 cedis?” he quizzed. Time with Captain Smart: I’m NPP, but I always tell it like it is.

“How can one Captain Smart be given a presidential escort?” he asked while recounting his ordeal on TV. “The presidency is involved in galamsey,” Captain Smart reiterated the point that eventually led to his arrest. Kufuor or even Nana Addo, who I saved his life in 2006; like he would have died like a chicken, ask him. My responsibility is to make sure that you live, because I believed in him from 2005…,” Captain Smart noted. According to the report, after his initial arrest, Captain Smart "was later found at the Interrogation Unit of the Bureau.

Prophet Kofi Oduro, General Overseer, Alabaster International Ministry, cannot comprehend why Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister who has failed miserably will still be keeping his job. According to him, if Ghana was his private company, he would have fired the under-fire minister and hired a different person who will deliver results. "Wrong is wrong. When you are wrong, I need to look into your eyes and tell you that you are wrong. We cannot sit here when $1.00 is equal to GHC12.00," Prophet Kofi Oduro said.

The Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has explained why he responded to a social media post by GHOne TV about a regional minister fainting after a driver stole his GH¢17 million even though his name was not mentioned in the post. The post by GHOne TV reported that a regional minister collapsed after his driver bolted away with the stated amount, said to be proceeds from illegal mining (galamsey). "A Regional Minister collapses as his driver bolts with 17 million cedis galamsey proceeds. Driver is reported to be in Ivory Coast at the moment," parts of the post by GHOne read. Responding to this post, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah denied any link to the report.

Politics of Thursday, 20 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comA parliamentary hopeful for the Adentan seat on the NPP ticket, Kwasi Obeng-Fosu, has urged the party’s members to desist from spending all their energies destroying each other during the party internal primaries and elections. In an interview with GhanaWeb, Mr. Obeng-Fosu, who is also known as ‘Baba Tauffic’, decried some of the things going on at constituency level in parts of the country. “We will end up giving missiles to our opponents out there through our dirty internal politicking for them to use against us during the general elections.”, Baba Tauffic cautioned. The parliamentary hopeful, a professional teacher, qualified public relations practitioner and a communications development expert. He resides in the Adentan constituency, where he once held the position of Constituency Youth Organiser for the NPP.

General News of Thursday, 20 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is leading the trends on social media platform; Twitter, following the resignation of UK’s Prime Minister, Liz Truss. Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister of the UK some 45 days after she took office. Following the announcement of Liz Truss' resignation, Ghanaians have taken to Twitter to question why president Akufo-Addo has failed to resign despite the worsening economic crisis and corruption. A twitter user, Vincent Aperko, said Liz Truss has resigned but Addo D is still president of Ghana after failing to #FixTheCountry. I still wonder how and why disappointed NNP members still defend Nana Addo outside.”Another User, Kuffour will be soo disappointed in Addo D's government .

Some irate youth of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Pru East Constituency of the Bono East Region have locked up the party office in Yeji. The youth angered by the disqualification of two constituency executive aspirants in their numbers stormed the party office on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, and braced the doors. They want the party hierarchy to rescind its decision to disqualify Emmanuel Kwaku Boam and Benjamin Dagardu, both constituency executive hopefuls from the upcoming constituency elections. He warned that the party risks losing the parliamentary seat for the first time unless the party reverses its decision. “We have locked the party office because we are aggrieved by the disqualification of Emmanuel Kwaku Boam who has been disqualified from contesting in the constituency elections.

General News of Thursday, 20 October 2022Source: angelonline.com.ghA Deputy Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ernest Kofi Owusu Bempah Bonsu, has described the Ghana Cedi as the third strongest currency in Africa. According to him, referencing the rate at which other currencies are depreciating against the dollar will prove that the Cedi in terms of value is indeed the third strongest currency in Africa. “A simple google check and referencing the rate at which other currencies are depreciating against the dollar will have shown that the Cedi in terms of value is indeed the third strongest currency in Africa. “All said and done, it is clear that the NPP government have managed the exchange rate much better than our predecessors and also much better than many other countries this year,” Ernest Owusu Bempah insist. Read the full statement below:Stop the dishonest misinformation: the Cedi is the third strongest currency in AfricaThe debate around the depreciating cedi has been going on for sometime now but the distortions are getting in the way of the facts.

General News of Wednesday, 19 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comMorning show host on Onua TV, Captain Smart has been arrested by officials of the National Investigations Bureau (NIB). Captain Smart is said to have been arrested on while on his way home from work on Wednesday evening. “BNI (now NIB) arrested Captain Smart earlier on his way home from the office(Onua 95.1 FM / @Onua TV premises)” a post by his media house, Onua TV on their Facebook page sighted by GhanaWeb stated. Describing the claims by Captain Smart as false and malicious, the ministry further accused the journalist of engaging in unethical and irresponsible journalism. Despite the statement by government in which a threat of legal action was issued, Captain Smart in a subsequent edition of his programme reiterated his allegations against the president.

LifeStyle of Wednesday, 19 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comDear GhanaWeb,I have a nymphomaniac wife with whom I have two kids. I am a craftsman by profession, working in my own company where I have over a hundred employees. I had a fight with my wife; she left our home and went to live with her parents instead of trying to resolve the issue. A few days later, some friends spotted her roaming around with my employee, and I got physical with him. Dear GhanaWeb is a relationship, and lifestyle advice column by GhanaWeb where the GhanaWeb audience responds to your questions and problems about relationships at home, work, and beyond.

Yaw Acheampong Boafo, President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), is of the view that lawyers are the best candidates for heaven and not hell. Boafo was addressing dismissing some myths associated with the legal profession when he made the comment. To the GBA President, the reverse is rather true. He explained that the legal profession through its pro-bono services is the only profession that offers legal aid to persons in need. “I always tell people that the profession that would be best represented in heaven will be the legal profession and I will tell you why.

The president has hit back at his critics, especially in the Ashanti Region, vowing to shame them all in the coming days. He said it was untrue that he has neglected the Ashanti Region – known as the political powerhouse for the governing NPP – in development projects. He said apart from the Suame Interchange and Complementary Roads Project that he has started, his administration is tackling critical road projects throughout the country. In the Ashanti Region alone, the Akufo-Addo Government has completed the asphalt overlay of 295kms of roads since 2017. The sod-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, sets the stage the first 4-tier interchange in the Ashanti Region, and the second in Ghana, after the Pokuase Interchange to begin.

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has responded to the perception that he hardly doles out money to people. According to him, he is not being paid as the General Secretary of the Party, so how will he dole out money when he does not have enough? He adds that his position as a General Secretary is not to amass wealth but to work for the benefit of the party. He said that he only received allowances from the late Evan Atta Mills and former President John Mahama, but not salary. "President Mahama also did the same, once in a while, but I am not paid a salary by the party," he added.