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Private legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw has chided the Campaign Manager for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Peter Mac Manu for suggesting that the law be amended to allow traditional rulers partake in active politics. According to him, it’s sad for a seasoned politician to make such a recommendation. In an interview with GhanaWeb, Mr Ampaw said: “It’s unfortunate for ...

Protests broke out on Tuesday at Winkogo, a key electoral area in the Talensi District, 24 hours before President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s timetabled tour of the Upper East Region. The protests were staged by the community members of Goriko, an integral suburb of Winkogo, where the now-governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) organised its last rally whilst in opposition ahead ...

Ghanaian journalists, Kwesi Pratt Junior and Kwame Sefa Kayi, have offered opposing views on the president’s order to the Ministry of Finance to settle the $45,000 debt owed legendary boxer, David Kotei Poison by the state. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, October, 5, 2020 issued a statement, asking the Finance Ministry to pay DK Poison on ‘compassionate grounds’. ...

Ken Ofori-Atta, Ghana’s Minister for Finance says the decision by the European Union to add Ghana to the “blacklisted countries for non-compliance with money laundering rules” is like “a sledgehammer thrown at us”. He made these remarks when he met the European Union Ambassador to Ghana to sign an agreement for some 87 million Euros budgetary support labelled as a ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama is officially launching his campaign for this year’s election this morning. The launch is taking place in Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North region. Leaders of the National Democratic Congress are expected to address the gathering. The NDC flagbearer, together with his running mate, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, launched the party’s 2020 election manifesto a month ago. Watch a livestream ...

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress Johnson Asiedu Nketia will this morning lead a delegation to the Electoral Commission headquarters to file the nomination of former President John Mahama for the 2020 polls. Mr Mahama on Tuesday stated on Facebook that he has already endorsed the relevant portions of the forms to be submitted on his behalf. Meanwhile, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has taken a swipe at critics of the Electoral Commission saying people who constantly attack the commission have a hidden agenda. Speaking to the press after filing his nomination forms for the 2020 elections, the president stated that the election management body has so far been fair in the way it has handled its processes. ...

A group identified as Concerned Tertiary Students of GIJ (CTSG) has given the management of two tertiary institutions – University of Ghana (UG) and Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), a 14-day ultimatum to reverse a decision they took to increase school fees for the 2020/2021 academic year. According to a press release dated October 6, the group said it is ...

A sub-chief of the Osudoku Traditional Area in the Shai-Osudoku District in the Greater Accra Region, Nene Tawiah Agblom II, who was picked up by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) has pleaded ‘guilty with explanation’ in court. Per reports by Dailyguide Newspaper, Nene Tawiah Agblom II, in his explanation told the judge, Susan Eduful, that he accepts the fact ...

There is Confusion at the Western Regional House of Chiefs over a decision to elect new executives for the House. The confusion follows an injunction filed by an aggrieved party restraining Awulae Amihere Kpanyili from using his stool name to contest for the President of the Western Regional House of Chiefs. Empire News’ Emmanuel Ohene – Gyan reports that Awulae ...