POLITICS

Philip Addison, a leading lawyer for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is under investigation by the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) for his alleged role in defrauding a gaming company. In a letter signed by the first directors of Merlin Gaming Ghana Limited, Eric Gbeho and Peter Nkegbe on Monday, they told the police that the renowned lawyer was involved ...

The Ghana Health Service has dismissed suggestions that political rallies are causing a spike in COVID-19 cases across the country. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, said scientific data does not support claims that the spike in COVID-19 in the country are as a result of political rallies. Dr ...

Security analyst Adam Bonaa has berated the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission following her rejection of reports of challenges with data of security personnel who submitted their details for special voting. Mr Bonaa was first to raise the alarm over the failure of the EC to compile the data of all security officers who were billed to vote under special ...

Government has dispelled assertions that 2021 will be a difficult year for the Ghanaian economy. It follows warnings from economists for Ghanaians to brace themselves for a difficult year due to the rise in debt levels and the impact of government’s freebies to mitigate the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. An economist and Lecturer at the University of Ghana Business ...

A political gaffe by a former General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwabena Adjei Agyapong has shocked supporters and executives of the party in the Eastern Region. While addressing teeming supports of the NPP at Aburi in Akuapem South Constituency during President Akufo Addo’s tour of the Eastern region on Monday, Mr. Agyapong inadvertently praised the opposition ...

Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) Jean Mensa has rejected assertions by some politicians that the nation’s elections management body is working to make sure the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) is retained. She maintained that in the current scheme of things, especially the processes with elections in the country, nobody can rig the elections for any candidate. Mrs ...

Joseph Yamin, a deputy minister of Youth and Sports under the erstwhile Mahama administration has taken on Reverend Owusu Bempah over his accusation of the National Democratic Congress as the brain behind the abuse he suffered in the aftermath of the United State of America Election. Yamin told www.ghanaweb.com, Reverend Owusu Bempah is a charlatan hiding behind the ‘Man of ...

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Jean Mensa has justified the commission’s decision to publish details of the voters’ register on its website. According to the EC chair, the law allows the commission the room to share details of the register with Ghanaians as they deem fit. “C.I. 127 requires that the provisional voter’s register is published on our website. ...

The Second lady Samira Bawumia has asked electorate in Asawase in Kumasi to vote for President Akufo-Addo and the NPP to enable them continue the “good works they are doing for the Zangos”. According to Mrs Bawumia, a political party can help a group of people better if they understand the needs, challenges and situation of those people. In her ...

The main opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) believes the National Democratic Party(NDP’s) allegations against the NDC are merely a deflection from the Agyapa scandal, Martin Amidu’s resignation and other matters. Following this, the National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi thus directed all officials of the party not to be tempted to respond to the barrage of allegations made by the National Democratic ...