The Deputy Chief of Staff at the Presidency, Francis Asenso Boakye has denied assertions made against his person by political scientist Dr. Amoako Baah. In an interview on Neat FM’s afternoon talk show, Meman Nti hosted by Adakabri Frimpong Manson, the NPP top gun alleged that Mr. Francis Asenso Boakye, the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Opare and the other appointees surrounding ...
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EC Cancels Early Voting For Media
The Electoral Commission has canceled its arrangement to get media personnel vote early on December 10, ahead of the district assemblies and local level elections. Media personnel are usually added to the lists of groups of people who partake in the special voting to enable them monitor elections on main polling days. A statement issued by the Commission on Tuesday ...
Read More »Afrobarometer Reports On 2020 Elections Favours NDC
Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi, is optimistic the major opposition, National Democratic Congress (NDC) will win the 2020 general election considering the analysis and results produced by the Afrobarometer survey on “Who is Winning 2020?” Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor on PM Express on Tuesday indicated the ruling government’s major flagship programmes, including Free Senior High School, One village-One dam (1V1D), One district- One ...
Read More »“New Regions Dividing Us; It’s Dangerous” – Ablakwa
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said the creation of the six new regions will not industrialise Ghana, adding: “It is rather sharply dividing” Ghanaians on ethnic grounds. The MP made the comments at a public forum held in Ho on the theme: “Bridging the Volta infrastructure and poverty gap; the role of stakeholders” ...
Read More »Boakye Gyan Curses Rawlings . . . ‘I’ll Not Be Surprised If He Goes Mad Before Dying’
Major (rtd) Osahene Boakye Gyan, has alleged that former President Jerry John Rawlings murdered Flt Lt. Kojo Lee; one of his closest Lieutenants during the June 4th uprising. “I said he hanged Kojo Lee on an helicopter with blocks tied to his legs and drowned him in the Ocean. That is Rawlings for you,” he said in an interview with ...
Read More »Energy sector debts: GRIDCo staff begin ‘sit-down’ strike today
The staff of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have announced that they will go ahead with the sit-down strike they threatened, beginning today, Wednesday, December 11, 2019. GRIDCo staff have said they are resorting to the strike “following non-response by GRIDCo Management and the institutions petitioned.” The staff had originally threatened to strike on December 4, 2019. The sit-down strike ...
Read More »NDC angry with Rawlings for helping EC
The founder of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings, has laid the stage for the continuous mistrust between the Electoral Commission (EC) and political parties as seen and heard on secret audio recordings at the Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC), to fester further with his endorsement of the Eminent Advisory Committee. Mr Jerry John Rawlings’ position and comments ...
Read More »Major Boakye Gyan discloses why Rawlings unnecessarily ‘attacks’ Mahama
play videoJJ Rawlings with John Mahama Major (Rtd.) Osahene Boakye Gyan has revealed why former Military leader and founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), President Jerry John Rawlings, used to criticise the late John Evans Atta-Mills and Ex-President John Dramani Mahama ‘without any justifiable reason’. He told Neat FM’s Adakabre Frimpong Manso that he [Boakye Gyan] had advised the ...
Read More »Ahead of 2020 elections in Ghana, citizens fight against extreme surge in data costs
Ghana’s Communication Service Tax threatens digital inclusion ahead of elections Posted 10 December 2019 9:31 GMT Man on a cell phone in Ghana. Photo by Arne Hoel via The World Bank. As Ghana prepares for presidential elections in 2020, about 75 percent of the population access the internet via mobile phones. On October 1, 2019, when the government’s proposed increase in Communication Service Tax (CST) ...
Read More »Slovenian team sacks Nigerian player for impregnating club President’s daughter
Nigeria players A Nigerian player has been fired by a club in Slovenia for impregnating the daughter of the president of the second division outfit after just six months with the side. The player, whose name has been withheld, said he was fired for ‘gross misconduct and indiscipline’ over the pregnancy which he has claimed full responsibility. Four Nigerians are registered ...
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