Former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has rubbished news making rounds that he will be contesting president Akufo-Addo to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2020 general elections. Agyarko, according to reports, is livid over his removal from Nana Addo’s government last year. He reportedly made his political ambitions known to some close confidantes […] The post I’m

Minister for Railways Development, Joe Ghartey, and four others including Dan Botwe, Vice President Bawumia and Alan Kyeremanteng have come up in a poll of who leads the ruling NPP after current President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Some 4000 NPP delegates according to the Daily Dispatch newspaper edited by Pollster Ben Ephson say they prefer […] The post Joe

EU funded Not-for-Profit Organisation; the No Business As Usual (NBU) Hub has taken on the task of finding livelihoods and empowerment for Persons with Disability and Special Needs living in the Asokore Mampong Municipality. The Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly is dreading an explosion in the number of persons with disability and special needs in the […] The post NBU

Audiologists in Ghana have bemoaned the inadequate number of hearing assessment centres in the country. Across the country, there are less than five fully equipped centres for assessing hearing loss and ear related medical conditions. These concerns were brought to the fore when the Audiology Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and the […] The post Ghana

The Netherlands Embassy has demonstrated its readiness to support job creation ventures among the youth in Ghana with a nationwide visit to business incubation hubs in Ghana. The Mission indicates that job creation especially among the youth feeds into its bigger agenda to migrate its aid relations with less endowed countries into a more win-win […] The post Netherlands

Sanitation in the Atwima Koforidua community in the Atwima Kwanwoma North Municipality of the Ashanti region is expected to see a marked improvement. A newly built ultra-modern public toilet facility has been opened to the community with funding from the Australian Embassy in Ghana. The area has been noted for the menace of open defecation […] The post Australian

Government says it is committed to ensuring that Ghana’s education pitches itself among the finest across the world with the ongoing curricular review process. The Deputy Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum gave the assurance when he addressed students at the launch of the 22nd Ashanti Region Students Representative Council week celebrations. The 2019 […] The post Ghana’s

The 4th Infantry Battalion barracks in Kumasi is setting itself apart as a center for professional operational activities and research. The barracks on Friday commissioned a multipurpose complex fitted with conference rooms; research libraries and operational offices for coordinating functions of the unit. Named after the Chief of Defence Staff, the OB Ackwah Complex is […] The post 4BN

Pressure group, the Ashanti Youth Association (AYA) has warned it will embark on a mass action in Kumasi, if the Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Emmanuel Kofi Nti loses his job. The GRA last week debunked the reported dismissal of Mr. Kofi Nti and two other commissioners. The AYA however insists the […] The post AYA to Hit Streets over alleged

Information reaching Ultimatefmonline indicates there has a been a gory accident has allegedly claimed almost 60 lives on the Techiman-Kintampo road, Friday dawn. An eye witness, Adwoa Adepa on her way from Nalerigu to Kumasi who spoke on the Ultimate Breakfast Show recounted that the accident was between an O.A Travel and Tour bus and […] The post Gory Accident;

The Government has secured 100 million dollars in loans to be used in giving a facelift to the Ghana Military Academy located in Teshie, a suburb of Accra, as well as constructing befitting housing facilities for military personnel across all garrisons of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). The Minister for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, addressing officers […] The post Gov’t

The Nketepa D/A Primary School in the Kwahu South District of the Eastern region faces closure following the mass transfer of teachers without replacement. Ten (10 ) trained teachers – six from the primary and 4 from Junior High School – were transferred during last vacation but have since not been replaced. The situation has […] The post Nketepa

Former president JJ Rawlings is concerned about the rising trend of charlatans within the religious setup posing as religious leaders. He said the clergy has to clean its ranks instead of giving “undue publicity” to the dubious personalities among them. Speaking during a courtesy call on him by the new Metropolitan Archbishop of the Catholic […] The post Too many charlatans

Residents of Hwakpo in Ada West District of the Greater Accra region have called on the government to beef up security in the community following the murder of one person there as a result of a land dispute. Also, acres of farms have been burnt as a result of the dispute which occurred last week. […] The post G/A: One killed, farms burnt in Hwakpo land dispute appeared

The deputy minority chief whip and MP for Banda, Ibrahim Ahmed has asked Ghanaians to blame the country’s civil society organisations for the recent delays in the passage of the Right to Information (RTI) bill into law. The much-awaited passage of the bill into law, according to the majority leader and minister for parliamentary affairs, […] The post Blame CSOs for RTI

Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia will lead an economic management team town hall meeting with stakeholders on the economy on April 3 in Accra. Minister for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah who disclosed this at a Press Briefing in Accra said the vice President who is also the head of the Economic Management Team will be […] The post Bawumia leads Economic Mgt.

The Armed Forces Senior High Technical School has beaten three schools in the Ashanti Region, to emerge winners of the Ultimate High School Quiz 2019. The quiz spearheaded by the Ashanti region Student Representative Council with the able partnership of Ultimate 106.9 fm, kicked off 5 months ago with a hundred and twenty schools that […] The post Armed

HACKLAB Foundation in partnership with Ultimate FM is expected to host the biggest Blockchain Hackathon in the Ashanti Region. The hackathon event will be thew largest in recent times and will come off from Friday April, 19th – Saturday, 21st April 2019, at the Great Hall of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi […] The post HACKLAB

The Inspector General of Police David Asante-Apeatu has directed the immediate interdiction of the three Police officer who allegedly assaulted some journalists working with the Ghanaian Times newspaper. The attack on the  journalists  – Malik Sullemana, Raissa Sambou and Salifu Abdul Rahman’ – followed a traffic offence and an accident involving a police officer who […] The post IGP

The much anticipated Right to Information Bill will finally be passed into law on Friday, March 22. This was disclosed by the Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu Wednesday. “Mr Speaker, as I said, the matter of policy has been sorted out. What is left now is that new proposals have […] The post RTI bill may be passed on Friday –