POLITICS

Former President John Mahama says he will legalise Okada operations if he wins power in December. According to the NDC flagbearer, even though the business of commercial motto riding is illegal in Ghana, it has created jobs for many unemployed young people. Addressing chiefs and people of Kpando in the Volta region Friday, Mahama said: “I’ve been seeing young people ...

The founder of the All People’s Congress (APC) has appealed to Ghanaians to give him “just four years” to change the country. According to Dr. Hassan Ayariga, until Ghanaians stop recycling the NDC and NPP, the country will not see any significant change. Speaking on the Hotseat on Starr FM Friday, Dr. Ayariga said he will not contest for another ...

Veteran journalist and former publisher of the Accra Daily Mail, Alhaji Haruna Attah has recounted how former President John Agyekum Kufuor and renowned Ghanaian businessman, Sir Sam Jonah saved him from going blind. In a yet-to-be-released book, the former High Commissioner to Namibia thanked former President Kufuor for paying for his initial eye surgery in Egypt which was caused by ...

A member of the Conventions People’s Party Kwame Jantuah is of the view that manifestos prepared and released by political parties is a causal factor for financial loss. According to him, manifestos haven’t been of any help to the country and that a long-term development plan is needed. His reservation comes after the New Patriotic Party announced it would be ...

Founder of the Danquah Institute and leading member of the ruling NPP, Gabby Asare Otchere Darko has threatened to press legal sanctions against MP for Bia East, Richard Acheampong for suggesting that he owns Agyapa Royalties. “I am serving notice that I have instructed my lawyers to sue the MP for Bia East, Richard Acheampong for defamation,” he stated in ...

“Today, I am here to cut the sod for the construction and redevelopment of the Takoradi Market, popularly called Market Circle. I am particularly happy that this project, which is dear to my heart, is going to commence under the presidency of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo”. These were the words of the President of Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 19th August 2020, ...

A former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs has said that he will be surprised if former President John Dramani Mahama is declared winner of the 2020 elections. According to him, the former Ghanaian leader and his party, the NDC have not done enough to merit a return to power anytime soon. Speaking on ...

Former High Commissioner to Namibia, Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Haruna Attah, has slammed the current leadership of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, saying they are leading the country towards an uncertain future. According to Alhaji Attah, the manner in which the EC led by Jean Mensa failed to heed to wise counsel and concerns of several Civil Society Organisations and decided to proceed with ...

Aside his ferocious style of politics and unwavering commitment to his career, Sammy Gyamfi, the national communications officer of the opposition NDC has given Ghanaians a little peek into his private life. The vociferous communicator has revealed that he is currently not actively involved with any woman in an amorous relationship after his previous one ended on a bad note. ...

Gabby Asara Otchere-Darko, a family member of President Akufo-Addo, has denied owning Agyapa Royalties, formerly Asaase Royalties, an entity registered both in Ghana and Jersey. In a post on his Facebook timeline, Otchere-Darko said Agyapa Royalties is 100% owned by a body set up under an Act of Parliament. “That body is the Minerals Income Investment Fund set up in ...