POLITICS

Former President John Dramani Mahama has admonished the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to use the 2024 elections to redeem its image given the circumstances under which the 2020 polls were held. “A lot of things didn’t go well especially the discovery of extra ballot papers,” he said in an exclusive interview with Media General‘s William Evans-Nkum on Monday, September 13. “We’ve held elections, we’ve had ...

Former Member of Parliament for the Mion constituency Mohammed Abdul-Aziz has stated that President Nana Akufo-Addo’s delay in appointing Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) nine months into his second term is a failure of his mandate to the people of Ghana. He said President Akufo-Addo is not a new President but rather continuing from a first term which ...

The Founder and Leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu-Bempah, has been remanded into Police custody by an Accra High Court. Rev Owusu-Bempah and four others Mensah Ofori, Michael Boateng, Frederick Ohene and Nathaniel Agyekum were together charged with six counts. They have all pleaded not guilty to the charges pressed against them for threatening to ...

NDC’s South Dayi representative in Parliament Nelson-Rockson Etse Dafeamekpor has dragged government to court again. Mr Dafeamekpor, this time, wants the court to enjoin government to complete the community day senior high schools started by the Mahama-led administration but abandoned by the current government. So far, about 46 out of the 200 schools promised by John Dramani Mahama in the ...

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has appealed to the Committee on Foreign Retail Trade, to as a matter of urgency resume operations to close down shops of undocumented foreign retailers. GUTA’s resolution follows a move by the Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG) to reject the special dispensation granted them by the Government of Ghana despite ...

Deputy Majority Leader and MP for Efuttu Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has advised unemployed youths to change their mindsets of seeking employment in government offices and receiving monthly salaries to rather daring to be entrepreneurs. He said with the right entrepreneurial spirits, the youth can build sustainable businesses for themselves, employ others and create sustainable wealth in the process. Speaking at ...

The Chief of Ajumako Eduyaw in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region Nana Obuedum has described Akufo-Addo’s government as the worse in 47 years. According to the Chief, he has not witnessed the level of poor governance by the current NPP administration in his 47 years as an Educationist. Nana Obuedum said the government has failed Ghanaians ...

Bolgatanga Central lawmaker Isaac Adongo has descended on Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia following his clap back at former President John Mahama on his ‘do or die’ comment. In an apparent reaction to the comment, the Vice President who was addressing the Ghana construction industry excellence awards ceremony in Accra said: “Finally, let me congratulate the award winners for tonight and ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama and the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Sunday, 12 September 2021 visited members of the party at the Frante branch in the Ejura constituency of the Ashanti Region, who were involved in an accident in the run-up to the December 2020 elections. The November 21 accident, which occurred when the supporters were ...

The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng has been furnished with a new and permanent office complex offered by the state about two years ago. Staff of the Office have permanently moved from the previous office in Labone to its new location at 6 Haile Selassie Avenue, South Ridge in Accra near Parliament House. These offices to be occupied by the newly ...