Author Archives: larryehu

NPP Polls: ‘I didn’t buy votes’ – Agorhom

Newly-elected Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Divine Otoo Agorhom, has revealed that he gave GHS100 to each of the delegates who took part in the party’s weekend conference as transportation. According to him, others were paid less than GH100 due to where they came from within the region. The NPP elected their regional executives who ...

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NPP elects regional executives amid vote-buying allegations

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) held the first phase of its regional elections over the weekend to elect executives to steer affairs of the party for the next four years. Although some regions successfully elected their executives, the process was marred by allegations of vote-buying and court injunction. Brong Ahafo Region The Brong Ahafo Regional Election Committee defied a ...

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Magic number 998 and the battle ahead

Finally, to the credit of our democracy and the persistence of the Minority in Parliament, the government has complied with Section 11 of the Presidential Office Act, 1993, Act 463 by submitting to Parliament the full list of Presidential Staffers. As Parliamentary records and media reportage will confirm, we in the Minority raised concerns during the debate on the 2018 ...

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‘Link curricula to industry’

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has underscored the need for Africa to design education curricula that are relevant to the skills and needs of the job market. In his opinion, if this is done, “the greatest challenge for the entire continent,” which remains “the creation of sustainable jobs,” will be resolved. Delivering the keynote speech at the London School of ...

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Man Utd star Paul Pogba speaks out over Jose Mourinho relationship and transfer rumours

MANCHESTER UNITED midfielder Paul Pogba has slammed suggestions he has fallen out with Jose Mourinho – and insists he is happy at the club. Pogba was dropped for Manchester United’s Champions League games against Sevilla earlier in the season amid reports he and Mourinho were involved in a training ground bust-up. The £89million man has repeatedly been criticised by Mourinho during ...

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Gay rights: UK Prime Minister insulted Ghanaians – Pentecost Chairman

The Chairman of the Church of Pentecost has expressed outrage at recent comments made by British Prime Minister, Theresa May, concerning the legalisation of homosexuality in Ghana. Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah says the suggestion by Theresa May that her government is willing to support a change in the legislation that makes homosexuality illegal in Ghana and other Commonwealth nations is “insulting”. “For ...

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NDC pushes Bawumia to deliver promised dams

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has ignited a strong reminder campaign in the north-targeted at Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to come out clear as to when the dams promised all villages in the Upper East, Upper West and Northern regions will be due for construction. Dr. Bawumia, a major face of the 2016 election campaign for the New ...

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Chief Imam @ 99: Allah increase your blessings –Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has sent goodwill messages to National Chief Imam Sheikh Dr Osumanu Nuhu Sharabutu as he marks his 99th birthday.Mr Mahama took to his Facebook page on Monday 23 April 2018 and stated: Dr Sharubutu, who is a member of the National Peace Council, was born in Old Fadama in April 23, 1923.His ancestors are of Hausa ethnicity ...

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998 Pres staffers: ‘NPP engaged in shameless dishonest hypocrisy’ – Samson Lardy

Some members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) are being hypocritical with their justification of the 998 presidential staffers list released by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Private Legal Practitioner, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has said. According to him, the NPP expressed misgivings about the 678 staffers employed by Former President John Dramani Mahama and so one would have thought ...

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