POLITICS

The 2020 campaign spokesperson for the National Democratic Congress James Agyenim Boateng says their flagbearer will embark on a door to door campaign after their campaign launch today. “Just when Mr Mahama finishes his address at the launch, he’ll move straight into the communities and it’s going to be felt immediately. It’s going to be a door to door campaign,” ...

The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu Ampofo says the NDC will initiate processes to review sentences of jailed illegal miners and pardon those who merit it. Hundreds of illegal miners mostly Ghanaians were thrown into jail in the heat of the government’s fight against illegal mining in the country. Some families contended their relatives ...

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, ...

The medical director of Holy Trinity Medical Centre /Spa and Health Farm Dr Kennedy Kwabena Addo has told the High Court in Accra that the medical excuse duty he issued to Kennedy Ohene Agyapong was not to delay the contempt case. Dr Kwabena Addo was summoned to appear before the court Today, after Ken Agyapong, who is a subject of ...

The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has sent a strong signal to his contenders that he will pull an overwhelming 98 percent of votes in his constituency at the December polls. The MP who filled his nomination at the North Tongu district office of the Electoral Commission on Monday noted that his achievements in ...

Independent candidate Jacob Osei Yeboah has revealed that he will not be running as the independent presidential front runner in the 2020 polls. Instead, he has indicated intentions of rallying behind another independent candidate, Alfred Kwame Asiedu Walker, as his backbone in the upcoming elections. Speaking to pressmen after submitting nomination forms at the Electoral Commission, Mr. Osei Yeboah stated ...

The Chairman for the finance committee of Parliament Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah has stated that he will be surprised if the Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu discovers anything wrong in the Agyapa Gold Royalties deal. Mr. Amidu is conducting a corruption risk assessment into the deal which has resulted in government pulling the breaks on issuance of the IPO on the London ...

An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Amos Wuntah Wuni has declined request from lawyers of the Medical Doctor of Holy Trinity Medical Center/Spa and Health Farm, to hear his testimony in-camera. Dr Kennedy Kwabena Addo was summoned to appear before the court on Monday, after Ken Agyapong, who is a subject of contempt was said to have suffered ...