POLITICS

If you’re a deep thinker, you’d have asked first – Lydia Alhassan jabs Dumelo on Ayawaso dredging controversy

A debate held for parliamentary candidates in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency deviated from the expected end following some actions of the incumbent Member of Parliament, Lydia Seyram Alhassan. The debate which was organized by Media Generale’s 3FM, November 27, 2020, was between the NPP’s Lydia Seyram Alhassan, NDC’s John Dumelo, and Independent candidate Richard Mawuli Amegatsi. Scheduled to begin around 8 am, ...

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Akufo-Addo is the ‘mother serpent of corruption’ – Amidu

The former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has once again hit back at the Presidency after Akufo-Addo received his resignation letter. In a 27-page response to allegations levelled against him from the presidency, Mr Amidu accused President Akufo-Addo of being the kingpin of corruption. He furthered that all the response from the presidency concerning his resignation and line of work were full of ...

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Netherlands returns Nigeria’s 600-year-old Ife artefact

The Netherlands has returned a terracotta head to Nigeria, thought to be at least 600 years old, a year after it was intercepted at the Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. The artefact from the ancient city of Ife in south-western Nigeria was smuggled to Europe through Ghana using a forged document, according to a statement from Nigeria’s ministry of culture. Nigeria’s ...

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NDC, NPP candidates in Banda commit to peace during December polls

The Parliamentary candidates of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) and the New Patriotic Party(NPP) in the Banda Constituency of the Bono region have committed themselves to peace before, during, and after the elections. The candidates have revealed that they are ready to ensure a violence-free election in the constituency on December 7. Speaking at a sensitization programme organised in the Banda ...

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10 gov’t officials demanding bribes from me – American Investor

An American Businessman and Managing Director of Alafei Foods Company Limited, Claude D Convisser, has alleged that between eight to ten government officials are demanding bribes from him. According to him, many businesses in Ghana do not survive for a long term because they spend huge sums of money to pay bribes before they get assistance to develop. He added ...

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‘NPP is not an Akyem party’ – Council of Elders

Mr Kwasi Kyeremeh, the Dormaa Central branch secretary of the Council of Elders/Patrons of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has emphasised the NPP was not a party for the ‘Akyem’ people. Ruling out such claims, he alleged were being peddled by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying it was one of the NDC’s propaganda machinery adopted to throw dust ...

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Bawumia speaks on ‘future’ of Ghana’s economy Wednesday

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will tomorrow Thursday, November 26, 2020, deliver a major address on the future of the country’s economy as part of the Nation Building Updates. In a press statement issued on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, and signed by the Deputy Minister for Information, Pius Enam Hadzide, the event will be held at the Cedi Conference Centre, ...

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I’m coming to pay you – Mahama promises contractors

Former President John Mahama has assured road contractors in the country that he will pay all debts owed them by government if he wins the December 7 polls. “The government owes contractors. So, to all the contractors who are suffering today, don’t worry there is light at the end of the tunnel. The NDC administration is coming, when we come, ...

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