POLITICS

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 ...

Former President John Mahama’s recent ‘do or die’ comment with reference to the 2024 general elections should not be a cause for worry, the Chief Executive Officer of the John Agyekum Kufuor Foundation, Prof Baffour Agyeman-Duah has said. “As for former President Mahama’s statement, that shouldn’t worry us”, Prof Agyeman-Duah told Accra-based Citi TV, explaining: “After all, the current President ...

Former President John Mahama’s recent claims during his Thank You tour that the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme is a failure, is a desperate attempt by him to distract attention from the bashing he has attracted in the past few days, for making his “reckless” ‘do or die’ comment, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has said. A ...

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has sworn in 6 new board members of the Ghana Publishing Company Limited (GPCL). At a brief ceremony in Accra on Thursday 9th September 2021, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah tasked the new board members to consolidate the gains the company has made in the last four years to strategically position it as the spearhead of the ...

Minister of Food and Agriculture Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has described as “desperate scaremongering” claims by former President John Mahama that Ghana faces imminent food shortage. In an interview with Moonlite FM on Wednesday, September 8, the 2020 flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) claimed that the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) was started by his government but has failed under the current administration. However, ...

Former President John Mahama has made an appeal to the government to urgently attend to the challenges confronting the poultry industry to save it from collapse. According to Mr. Mahama, many poultry farmers are being forced to shut down due to the high cost of maize, the main food input that poultry farmers use to feed their birds. Speaking in ...

President Akufo-Addo says the seizing of power by the Guinean military on Sunday 5th of September 2021, is a violation of the common charter of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The President made the assertion in his opening remarks to his colleague ECOWAS Heads of State at their virtual summit to discuss and take concrete decisions on ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has denied reports that the Republic of Ghana has signed a partnership agreement with the United Kingdom on third-country asylum, as part of a cooperation deal between the two countries on security and migration. A statement issued by the ministry said categorically that “Ghana has no interest or intention to consider any ...

Former President John Mahama has said he will not retract his ‘do or die’ comment in reference to the 2024 general elections. On Tuesday, 7 September 2021, the 2020 flag bearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) said during his ‘Thank You’ tour that: “We were clearly robbed but we accepted the verdict for the sake of peace.” ...