POLITICS

The Dynamic Youth Movement Of Dormaa and the Young Professionals Group of Dormaa (YPGD) have expressed their dismay at what they described as the unprovoked attacks and “naked” insults on Osegyefo Oseadieyo Agyemang Badu (Aduana Piesie), the Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area. They pointed out that John Boadu, the General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party, is ...

The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has struck out the 68 charges against Dr Kwabena Duffuor and eight others in the ongoing unibank case. This was after the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Yvonne Atakorah Obuobisah has prayed the court for the old charges filed in March to be dropped. According to the DPP, the prosecution is amending ...

Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, the Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, has indicated that the NDC under the presidency of John Dramani Mahama, failed to deliver on their promised 200 E-block schools. Baako stated that the NDC administration, could not even build 50 of those school blocks according to the Handing Over Notes available to the Presidential Transition Team. “They ...

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has described as “unfortunate” recent statements made by the Minority Leader of Parliament following a meeting of the Chair of the Commission with the Special Budget Committee. Haruna Iddrisu on Tuesday told journalists that after meeting the Committee, Jean Mensa had suggested that the number of polling centres to be used for the upcoming registration ...

A financial analyst, Dr Amoh Baffour, has decried the inability of the Akufo-Addo administration to pay customers of the defunct microfinance and savings and loans companies. The lecturer with the Business Administration Department of the Pentecost University, Dr Amoh Baffour said he was surprised the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration had failed to pay depositors of the banks that ...

The Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly has ordered National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo to stop dredging gutters in the municipality. According to Mr. Dumelo, the Assembly communicated to him over the weekend to halt the move for failing to seek permission from the outfit before the commencement of the activity. “They told me to ...

Dome-Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo and Deputy Chief of Staff Francis Asenso-Boakye will sail through in their respective constituencies in the Saturday primaries of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), pollster Ben Ephson has predicted. According to him, the minister in charge of Procurement will win the contest against Ghana’s High Commissioner to India Mike Ocquaye Junior because of the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has threatened not to include Sarah Adwoa Safo and Mike Oquaye Jr. in his future government if the two cause any confusion in the Dome Kwabenya constituency where they are contesting each other to represent the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the parliamentary candidate for the December elections this year. This was disclosed by Mr ...

National Communications Director for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has debunked rumours that the NDC has no promises for election 2020. In an interview with Kwame Afrifa Mensah on the ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ show, he outlined what the NDC hopes to achieve in the education, economy and banking sectors, among others when voted into power. He noted that ...

The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by His Honour Mr Emmanuel Essandoh has granted bail in the total sum of GHc170, 000 to two persons who have been charged with stealing 15 HP Probook laptops belonging to the National Identification Authority (NIA). The two, Frank Nketia, a trader, and Victor Maduka, a businessman, had earlier pleaded not guilty to ...