Category archives for: Breaking News

Supreme Court Grants NDC’s Joinder Application

The Supreme Court has granted the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) application to be joined in the petition by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in which the opposition is questioning the integrity of the December 7 polls. This ostensibly opens the way for the substantive matter to be heard by the Court. The nine-member bench presided […]

Obama urges new restrictions on assault weapons, magazines as part of gun control plan

President Obama called Wednesday for a new and tougher assault-weapons ban and a 10-round limit on magazines, as part of a comprehensive plan to curb gun violence that includes 23 steps he would take without congressional action. Already facing stiff opposition from gun-rights advocates and Republican lawmakers, the president called on Congress to pass several […]

Book Signing by Kofi Ayim

You are all invited to Yonkers Public Library for a Book Signing by Kofi Ayim, Editor and Deputy Publisher of Amandla and the author of “Jack Cudjoe: Newark’s Revolutionary Soldier and First Black Businessman” on December 9, 2012 at 3:00 pm.

Scores die, schools, LG HQs burnt in Maiduguri, Potiskum terror attacks

Attacks and gunfights between suspected Islamists and security forces in a north-eastern Nigerian town have killed several people and destroyed buildings, residents and authorities said on Friday, while unrest also hit another city, the French News Agency reported. Explosions and gunfire shook the city of Potiskum, sparking panic and chaos, from late Thursday, residents and […]

Amissah Arthur is Vice President

Central Bank Governor, Mr. Kwesi Amissah Arthur has been confirmed as the Vice to President Mahama. He beat competition from renowned economist, Dr. Kwesi Botchwey to annex the prestigious position. Sources close to the President have confirmed this to Myjoyonline.com. In accordance with the constitution, the president after he was sworn into office last Tuesday […]

Ghanaians in New York Mourn Mills

The Ghana Mission and Consulate in New York, NY will open a book of condolence for the public.  The address for the embassy is 19 East 47 Street, New York, NY.

Prez Mills is dead; Mahama to be sworn in shortly

RadioXYZonline.com can sadly confirm that President John Evans Atta Mills has died. The President died on Tuesday afternoon hours after announcing to Parliament that he was leaving for Nigeria. He is said to have died from an acute cardiac arrest. President Mills on Saturday celebrated his 68th birthday on a low key with orphans in […]

Ghana’s President John Atta Mills dies

News of the death of Ghana’s President John Fiifi Atta Mills was reported in Ghana’s JoyFM on Tuesday, July 24. Dr. Mills who was reported yesterday to be getting ready for a trip to Nigeria celebrated his 68th birthday on July 21. The deceased was elected in 2008 as Ghana’s president on the ticket of […]

Supreme Court upholds Obamacare individual mandate as a tax

  In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Supreme Court upheld his signature health care law’s individual insurance mandate in a 5-4 decision, upending speculation after hostile-seeming oral arguments in March that the justices would overturn the law. The mandate has been upheld as a tax, with Chief Justice John Roberts, a Bush appointee, […]

NPP: Bonne Arrivée Mills But..

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has officially welcomed President John Evans Atta Mills back home from his nine day medical check-up in the United States of America. Prior to the President’s trip, rumours were rife on some social networking sites that he had passed away with the opposition NPP being accused of fuelling the grapevine […]

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