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Bring it on Afenyo-Markin dares NDC MPs in past Mahama, future Bawumia comparison	Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu and Deputy Majority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin has intimated that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has done much better in Government than former President John Mahama, stressing that while Dr Bawumia represents the future of the country, John Mahama belongs to the co...	MyNewsGH	News	November 22, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/bring-it-on-afenyo-markin-dares-ndc-mps-in-past-mahama-future-bawumia-comparison/
My gods have all fled leaving me with severe cold -Goaso chief weeps over neglect [video]	The Goasomanhene, Nana Kwasi Bosompra, could not hide his emotions and frustration as he shared the distressing impact of the neglected roads in his towns. He tearfully expressed his concerns during a visit by the NDC’s “Building Ghana Tour” team to his palace. The Chief lamented, “The region has been a lucrative stron...	MyNewsGH	Politics	November 22, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/my-gods-have-all-fled-leaving-me-with-severe-cold-goaso-chief-weeps-over-neglect-video/
2024: Mahama Announces Date To Name Running Mate With Criteria	The 2024 Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama has announced the date he will name his running mate. The former president made the disclosure when he engaged NDC party faithful at a forum in the Ahafo Region during his #BuildingGhana Tour, on November 21, 2023. According to Mr Maha...	MyNewsGH	News	November 22, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/2024-mahama-announces-date-to-name-running-mate-with-criteria/
Royal House Chapel Introduces Security Body Scanner For All Including Children	Royal House Chapel is leaving no room for security lapses as it has introduced a mandatory body security scan for all church patrons including children. The church made the announcement over the weekend in response to possible security threats and crime. Both Adult Royal Chapel members and children are to be subject to...	MyNewsGH	News	November 22, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/royal-house-chapel-introduces-security-body-scanner-for-all-including-children/
My interest is that Bawumia becomes the next President of Ghana Mamprugu Overlord	The Nayiri, Naa Bohagu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga, Overload of Mamprugu, has said that his interest is to see Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, a son of Mamprugu, become the President of Ghana. He, therefore, appealed to his subjects to work towards the victory of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the upcoming General Elections, the 2024 Parliame...	MyNewsGH	News	November 22, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/my-interest-is-that-bawumia-becomes-the-next-president-of-ghana-mamprugu-overlord/
Our MP is Chisel Allegations As Some Bosomtwe Delegates Explain Ken Agyapong Votes	A Section of delegates of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) from the Bosomtwe Constituency have explained why they voted for Kennedy Agyapong as against Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. According to some of the delegates speaking under condition of anonymity, their MP refused to “top-up” the money from the Vice President hence their d...	MyNewsGH	News	November 22, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/our-mp-is-chisel-allegations-as-some-bosomtwe-delegates-explain-ken-agyapong-votes/
Justice Mary Yanzuh Biased Against Quayson Tsatsu Files in Supreme Court Writ	Lead lawyer for Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, Tsatsu Tsikata has accused trial judge Justice Mary Yanzuh of clear bias against Quayson. The lawyer has therefore filed a new suit at the Supreme Court seeking to stop the trial judge from proceeding with the trial. The judge is hearing a crim...	MyNewsGH	News	November 22, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/justice-mary-yanzuh-biased-against-quayson-tsatsu-files-in-supreme-court-writ/
Were presenting Bawumia not because hes a northerner but because hes competent Jinapor	Member of Parliament(MP) for Damongo Constituency, Samuel Abu Jinapor has rubbished claims that the New Patriotic Party(NPP) is presenting Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia primarily because he is a northerner. He indicates that his choice to lead the party in the 2024 polls goes beyond religion and ethnicity contrar...	MyNewsGH	News	November 20, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/were-presenting-bawumia-not-because-hes-a-northerner-but-because-hes-competent-jinapor/
Mahama is on a promising spree as though he just landed from Mars Bawumia jabs	Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has jabbed his opponent for the 2024 general elections, John Dramani Mahama accusing him of embarking on a promising spree as though he just fell from the planet Mars. “John Mahama is going round the whole country, promising everything to everybody as if he has never been president i...	MyNewsGH	News	November 20, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/mahama-is-on-a-promising-spree-as-though-he-just-landed-from-mars-bawumia-jabs/
BOST Posted 2016 Profit Sammy Gyamfi Schools JoyNews With 2018 NPP Data	A JoyNews factcheck of the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has been “corrected” by Sammy Gyamfi, National Communication Officer of the party. This is after Mr. Mahama made emphatic statement on the profitability of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limi...	MyNewsGH	News	November 20, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/bost-posted-2016-profit-sammy-gyamfi-schools-joynews-provencal-with-2018-npp-data/
Jospong, Ghana Gas CEO in NPP 5 Final Running Mate Shortlist Sources	Barring any last-minute changes or surprises, one of these five personalities is likely to be named Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party by April 2024, MyNewsGh.com has been told. Of the 5 names, only two names appear to be “new names” based on the earlier list of names that was making the rounds. Sou...	MyNewsGH	News	November 20, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/jospong-ghana-gas-ceo-in-npp-5-final-running-mate-shortlist-sources/
Theresa Kufuor Was My Mentor And Confidante Cecilia Dapaah Reveals	Embattled former Bantama MP and Minister of Sanitation, Works and Housing, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has eulogized Theresa Kufuor as her “mentor”. According to the embattled former Minister, late Theresa Kufuor, former First Lady was her “mum, confidante, special friend and mentor” before her passing. Cecilia Abena Dapaah m...	MyNewsGH	News	November 20, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/theresa-kufuor-was-my-mentor-and-confidante-cecilia-dapaah-reveals/
Comparing me To Adom Otchere Is An Insult Kofi Bentil	IMANI Africa Vice President and Lawyer, Kofi Bentil has said a comparison of he and Journalist Paul Adom Otchere is an insult. A Meta verified post by pro-opposition National Democratic Congress Activist Hanan-Confidence Abdul with public audience settings compared the lawyer to the journalist which didn’t go down well...	MyNewsGH	News	November 20, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/comparing-me-to-adom-otchere-is-an-insult-kofi-bentil/
Ive Done Enough Captain Smart Agrees Media Generale Deal To Resign	Host of the Onua Morning Show, Godsbrain Smart popularly known as Captain Smart has announced his decision to leave the Onua TV Radio brand. Captain Smart joined the station in 2021 after quitting Angel FM under controversial circumstances. Since joining Onua TV, the station has received several cautions from the Natio...	MyNewsGH	News	November 20, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/ive-done-enough-captain-smart-agrees-media-generale-deal-to-resign/
FACTCHECK: Did Isaac Dogboe Lose All His Fights After Meeting Akufo-Addo?	Ghanaian boxer Isaac Dogboe suffered another defeat this week with some netizens claiming he has lost all his fights since visiting President Akufo-Addo. Some Ghanaians also said Isaac Dogboe’s career may be short-lived due to his height disadvantage but the boxer has shook off that claim as well. What remains unverifi...	MyNewsGH	News	November 20, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/factcheck-has-isaac-dogboe-lost-all-his-fights-after-meeting-akufo-addo/
NPP Sacks 4 Butterflies As Aduomi Dances On Edge	The New Patriotic Party(NPP) has announced the “automatic forfeiture” of some key members currently supporting Alan Kyerematen for President. Mr. Alan Kyerematen resigned from the party to form a new movement with a butterfly symbol that will contest the 2024 election as an independent. In a release by the General Secr...	MyNewsGH	News	November 20, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/npp-sacks-4-butterflies-as-aduomi-dances-on-edge/
There is serious disunity in Bantama Constituency Lawyer Ralph Agyapong	Aspiring Parliamentary candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bantama Constituency of the Ashanti Region Lawyer Kwame Ralph Opoku Agyapong has observed that there is serious disunity in the constituency. According to him, the decision to contest the Bantama seat is to rescue the people for good leadership w...	MyNewsGH	News	November 20, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/there-is-serious-disunity-in-bantama-constituency-lawyer-ralph-agyapong/
Ghanas devt hinges on continuity of governance Wontumi	Ashanti Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, known in political circles as Chairman Wontumi, is of the view that Ghana’s development hinges on political continuity. He says countries in the developed world have seen massive development and advancement because of continuity. Howev...	MyNewsGH	Politics	November 21, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/ghanas-devt-hinges-on-continuity-of-governance-wontumi/
Im the future, Mahama is the past Bawumia	The flagbearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, believes that former President John Dramani Mahama is the past and should remain in the past. He says he is the future and deserves to be voted into power in the 2024 elections. “I will bring a new vision, I will bring new policies, and we will tra...	MyNewsGH	Politics	November 21, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/im-the-future-mahama-is-the-past-bawumia/
Ghana needs a leader who wont shift blames Asiedu Nketia	The chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah is of the belief that Ghanaians need truthful and responsible people in leadership roles. He says Ghana is of age and needs people who will accept they are the cause of the problems in the country and ensure they attack it hea...	MyNewsGH	Politics	November 21, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/ghana-needs-a-leader-who-wont-shift-blames-asiedu-nketia/
Savannah Region will become a battleground for the NDC Jinapor hints	Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has hinted that the Savannah Region will become a battleground for the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) in 2024. The Damongo Member of Parliament (MP) said he was fired up and together with his Regional Chairman, Professor Kalmonia will deliver t...	MyNewsGH	News	November 21, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/savannah-region-will-become-a-battleground-for-the-ndc-jinapor-hints/
CPPs bid for 2024 with Hopeson Adorye, Nana Ohene Ntow, and More	Hopeson Adorye, Nana Ohene Ntow, Boniface Abubakar Saddique, and Yaw Buaben Asamoa are all prominent figures in Ghanaian politics. According to Comrade Amadu Tijani Abdul Rahman , affectionately called Comrade T.J, a the Northern Regional Representative of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), these individuals should j...	MyNewsGH	Politics	November 21, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/cpps-bid-for-2024-with-hopeson-adorye-nana-ohene-ntow-and-more/
Akufo-Addos govt only good at cheap sloganeering Sammy Gyamfi	The Communications Director for Ghana’s opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, believes that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government has always been about slogans. He believes that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government does not believe in putting in the work to assuage the pain of t...	MyNewsGH	Politics	November 19, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/akufo-addos-govt-only-good-at-cheap-sloganeering-sammy-gyamfi/
I survived on lizards, studied with moonlight Mornah recounts his childhood struggles	Former National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Anbataayela Mornah has recounted the times he went through while growing up in his village of Sankana in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region. This is the first time the Nkrumahist is detailing his life story and how hard things ...	MyNewsGH	News	November 18, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/i-survived-on-lizards-studied-with-moonlight-mornah-recounts-his-childhood-struggles/
NPP Running Mate: Asantes Deserve It Majority Leaders Boy	A former Aide to the Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs has argued that there is no deliberate agenda to make an Asante running mate to the 2024 flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. National Organiser of the party, Lawyer Henry Nana Boakye had hinted in an interview that ...	MyNewsGH	News	November 18, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/npp-running-mate-asantes-deserve-it-majority-leaders-boy/
Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has the best CV to partner with Bawumia Former NPP Executive	A former Suame Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Richard Agyemang the Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Hon Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is made the running mate to the party’s flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for the 2024 polls. Several names have been speculated as possible running ma...	MyNewsGH	News	November 18, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/kyei-mensah-bonsu-has-the-best-cv-to-partner-with-bawumia-former-npp-executive/
JUST In: Court Sets Judgment Date in Cassiel Ato Forson Ambulance Trial	Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe, the Judge presiding over the Dr. Ato Forson Ambulance trial has set a date for final Judgment. Although the trial is yet to conclude, the judge said she will try and finish the case by the end of the year 31st December 2023. The judge also added the date she will deliver judgment. “We w...	MyNewsGH	News	November 17, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/just-in-court-sets-judgment-date-in-cassiel-ato-forson-ambulance-trial/
How Asenso Boakye nearly lost Bantama for Bawumia but for Kokofus last-minute move	Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia would have lost the presidential Primaries in the Bantama Constituency led by Francis Asenso Boakye but for Kokofu’s interventions. Reports suggest that on the night of November 3, 2023, it was clear Kennedy Agyapong would win the Presidential Primaries. The MP who was leading the campai...	MyNewsGH	News	November 17, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/how-asenso-boakye-nearly-lost-bantama-for-bawumia-but-for-kokofus-last-minute-move/
Good Man Akufo-Addo Blessed Me with $2000 At a Critical Time Mornah Reveals	Bernard Anbataayela Mornah, a political activist and a former National Chairman of the Peoples National Convention (PNC) has revealed then candidate Akufo-Addo supported him with US$2000. According to Mornah who was speaking with Ohenewaa Kesse Boahen on CTV monitored by MyNewsGh.com, then aide to Akufo-Addo, Mustapha ...	MyNewsGH	News	November 17, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/good-man-akufo-addo-blessed-me-with-2000-at-a-critical-time-mornah-reveals/
Mahamas comeback: Hes deceiving Ghanaians; he hasnt changed Akufo-Addo	President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has shredded former President and flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama saying his intention to come back to the presidency is a deceit to Ghanaian. President Akufo-Addo also told Ghanaians to ignore the NDC fl...	MyNewsGH	News	November 17, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/mahamas-comeback-hes-deceiving-ghanaians-he-hasnt-changed-akufo-addo/
2024 budget is the building blocks for breaking the 8 NPP Secretary	The Kwabre East Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jones Sarfo Anyamesem, has heaped praises on the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and by extension, the government for presenting a budget of hope for the 2024 fiscal year. Speaking on Kumasi-based Ultimate FM, monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Mr Anyamesem no...	MyNewsGH	News	November 17, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/2024-budget-is-the-building-blocks-for-breaking-the-8-npp-secretary/
It was shameful Former Ambassador lashes praise singing Finance Ministry Staff	Former Ghana Ambassador to the USA and an Elder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Daniel Ohene Agyekum has described a video making the rounds on social media with staff of the Finance Ministry welcoming Ken Ofori-Atta amidst praises after delivering the 2024 budget as appalling and shameful. The said video ha...	MyNewsGH	News	November 17, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/it-was-shameful-former-ambassador-lashes-praise-singing-finance-ministry-staff/
Bawumia thrives on his competence, not tribe or religion Former NPP Executive	A former youth leader in the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) has pushed back any religious bigotry statements targeted at the image of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, as ill-intended and must not be entertained. The former Suame Youth Organizer of the NPP in Ashanti Region, Richard Agyemang, in a panel discussion ...	MyNewsGH	News	November 17, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/bawumia-thrives-on-his-competence-not-tribe-or-religion-former-npp-executive/
K.T. Hammond confident in NPPs 2024 victory, labels NDC Jokers in budget fallout	Adansi-Asokwa Member of Parliament (MP), Kobina Tahir Hammond, widely known as K.T. Hammond, has boldly declared that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is on track to maintain its hold on power in the anticipated 2024 elections. Following the budget reading on November 15, 2023, Hammond spoke to the media, emphasizing the ...	MyNewsGH	Politics	November 17, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/k-t-hammond-confident-in-npps-2024-victory-labels-ndc-jokers-in-budget-fallout/
Kennedy snub in Parliament: Kumawu MP details exactly what happened	The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumawu, Ernest Yaw Anim, has refuted claims of being snubbed by Ken Agyapong during the 2024 Budget Presentation in Parliament. According to Mr. Anim, there was no intentional disregard from Ken Agyapong; rather, Ken was engrossed in a conversation with Sefwi-Akontombra MP during a bri...	MyNewsGH	Politics	November 16, 2023	https://www.mynewsgh.com/kennedy-snub-in-parliament-kumawu-mp-details-exactly-what-happened/

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YAML Metadata Warning:The task_categories "conversational" is not in the official list: text-classification, token-classification, table-question-answering, question-answering, zero-shot-classification, translation, summarization, feature-extraction, text-generation, fill-mask, sentence-similarity, text-to-speech, text-to-audio, automatic-speech-recognition, audio-to-audio, audio-classification, audio-text-to-text, voice-activity-detection, depth-estimation, image-classification, object-detection, image-segmentation, text-to-image, image-to-text, image-to-image, image-to-video, unconditional-image-generation, video-classification, reinforcement-learning, robotics, tabular-classification, tabular-regression, tabular-to-text, table-to-text, multiple-choice, text-ranking, text-retrieval, time-series-forecasting, text-to-video, image-text-to-text, image-text-to-image, image-text-to-video, visual-question-answering, document-question-answering, zero-shot-image-classification, graph-ml, mask-generation, zero-shot-object-detection, text-to-3d, image-to-3d, image-feature-extraction, video-text-to-text, keypoint-detection, visual-document-retrieval, any-to-any, video-to-video, other

Description 🙅‍♂️🤖

GhanaNews dataset is a collection of news articles from various Ghanaian News Portals (MyJoyOnline, GraphicOnline, GhanaWeb, PulseGh, CitiNewsOnline, ect). The dataset is provided by the academic comunity for research purposes in data mining (clustering, classification, etc), information retrieval (ranking, search, etc), xml, data compression, data streaming, and any other non-commercial activity.

The Ghana news topic classification dataset is constructed by Theophilus Siameh (theodondre@gmail.com) from the dataset above.

Context QA: in context question answering from an article

{"article": "...", "question": "...", "answer": "..."}

Article and Summary

{"article": "...", "summary": "..."}

Dataset Format

{
    "title": "...", 
    "content": "...", 
    "author": "...", 
    "category": "...", 
    "published_date": "...", 
    "page_url": "..."
}

Load Dataset

pip install datasets

from datasets import load_dataset

train = load_dataset("worldboss/ghana-news", split="train")
test =  load_dataset("worldboss/ghana-news", split="test")

pd.DataFrame(train).head()

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