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Outgoing British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin will be sorely missed by Ghanaians, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. According to Mr. Akufo-Addo, the controversial diplomat’s interest in the country’s politics and social life has earned him a special place in the heart of Ghanaians, adding that he is welcome to the country anytime he so desires. The ...

The Inspector General of Police for the Nigeria Police Force, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, has revealed that a top Nigerian kidnapper who was arrested by the Nigerian Police two weeks ago had a Ghanaian passport as well as properties and a family in Ghana. The Nigerian IGP further stated that Chikwudubem Onwuamadike, known simply as Evans in Nigeria, has confessed to ...

A flag bearer hopeful of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Joshua Alabi, has said the leadership of the party must waste no time in implementing the recommendations of the 13-member Botchwey Committee towards fixing the “severely wounded” and “greatly hurt” party ahead of the 2020 elections. The Committee presented its 455-page report to the leadership of the ...

A private lawyer and lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Osei Kwadwo, has urged the leadership of the National Democratic Congress, especially the Council of Elders, to work to resolve any differences between former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Mahama before the party goes to congress to elect new leaders. According to him, although members of the ...

More than 34,000 driving lincences issued since 2008 are yet to be collected by applicants, the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Authority (DVLA) has revealed. In terms of annual figures, the list is dominated by 4,629 persons who applied for driving licences between January and May this year. Out of the number, the 37 DVLA office in Accra alone has 11,167 ...

wo former ministers under the John Mahama-led government have been cited as being a part of the reasons the National Democratic Congress lost the December 2016 general elections, a member of the Dr Kwesi Botchwey Committee has revealed. According to Dr. Ibrahim Zuberu, it was established that the actions of former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper and former Communications Minister, Dr ...

Prof Joshua Alabi has congratulated the Kwesi Botchwey Committee, which was tasked to investigate the circumstances that led to the defeat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2016 general election. In a statement signed and copied to Ghanapoliticsonline.com, the Professor stated that he joins all colleague comrades of the great NDC, well-wishers of the great party and lovers ...

The National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sidi Abubakar has launched a scathing on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu. The youth leader of the largest opposition party says, within the police administration, the IGP has succeeded in politicizing the police service. When asked if there was any evidence to support the claims, he said, ...

The constituency women organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Tamale South Constituency, Afishetu Abdul-Wahab has rendered an unqualified apology to the Northern regional chairman of the party,Mr Daniel Bugri Naabu. The apology comes on the back of calls on the constituency executives of the party to punish Madam Afishetu for her role in the infamous Bugri ...

The economic figures and lectures presented by the then running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia became one of the last straws that broke the back of the Mahama administration in the 2016 elections. According to a former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh, the lectures which exposed the economic indices of the country, he ...