Former President John Dramani Mahama has officially declared his intention to contest again for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 presidential election. The former President’s declaration does not appear to evoke surprises because he has always been in the campaign mood ever since he was humiliated at the polls on December 7, 2016. Even though he had ...

Pollster Ben Ephson has advised members of the NDC seeking to lead the party in the 2020 elections to combine forces in order to put up a competent challenge to former President John Mahama at the party’s primaries. The call comes on the back of the declaration by Mr. Mahama that he will contest the party’s primaries scheduled for November ...

The struggling National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has been indicted for wanton financial waste and abuse of procurement processes. Audit work done by the Ghana Audit Service shows that the Authority may be losing close to 23 million Ghana cedis, plus over 3 million dollars, through duplication of contract activity and unsubstantiated payments. The Authority has also been found to ...

Vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has delivered and will continue to deliver on the promises it made to Ghanaians prior to the 2016 elections. According to Dr Bawumia, the Nana Akufo-Addo ticket has fulfilled a large portion of the social contract it signed with the Ghanaian people after 16 months in office, ...

The post-resignation utterances of Akua Blakofe are becoming unnerving, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said. The Danquah Institute founder’s anger follows claims by the resigned Deputy CEO of the Ghana Tourism Ghana Tourism Development Company (GTDC), that she no longer feels safe in Ghana, since her life is under threat for wanting to do ...

NEYMAR looks set to leave PSG from Manchester United with the Red Devils now above Real Madrid in the race for his signature, reports claim. Neymar is wanted by Manchester United and Real Madrid with uncertainty growing over his PSG future. The Brazil international fired the Parisian outfit to the Ligue 1 title, regaining the crown they relinquished to Monaco ...

JOSE MOURINHO ‘enjoyed’ the failure of Marcus Rashford at Manchester United, according to pundit Jermaine Jenas. The youngster has struggled since the Portuguese’s arrival at Old Trafford, losing his starting role to January arrival Alexis Sanchez in recent months. Rashford has been urged to leave United this summer in order to gain regular first team football. However, Mourinho has insisted ...

A victim of the ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been buried by the Red Cross. The society says this was to prevent further spread of the contagious viral disease. Dr. Pierre Formenty, is team leader for viral haemorrhagic fevers at the World Health Organization. ‘‘With Ebola, when people die, they are very contagious. So it’s a ...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has taken the rare decision to open the Rafah border crossing with Gaza for the entire holy month of Ramadan after Israel killed some 60 Palestinian protesters in the enclave this week. The decision was made “to alleviate the suffering” of residents in the Palestinian territory, Sisi said on Facebook late Thursday. The Rafah crossing ...

The Eastern Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has suspended four executives in the Akropong Constituency for violating the party’s constitution during the 2016 electioneering campaign. The suspended executives are the Constituency Chairman, Daniel Ofori Atta; Secretary, Adomako Kwabi; Deputy Organizer, Godfred Sackey and former organizer, Umaru Philip Brima. The Regional Secretariat suspended the four executives after it ...