POLITICS

A suspended New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Aspirant for Nalerigu-Gambaga Constituency in the North East Region, Mr. Peter Wuni Baaga has given shocking details of how the party won the seat in 2004. According to him, he was the mastermind of the rigging that saw the current Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Hajia Alima Mahama to win the ...

Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, the Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice, has dismissed claims that in view of the Supreme Court verdict over the retirement age of the Special Prosecutor, Martin ABK Amidu, the retirement age of all public office holders has been effectively increased. According to the deputy AG, the supreme court only drew a distinction between the Office ...

The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has warned that anyone who attempts to disrupt the upcoming compilation of the new Voter’s register would be beaten mercilessly. According to Nana Obiri Boahen, the violence that happened during the Ayawaso West Wuogon bye-election was just a tip of the iceberg, warning of more grievous ...

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Ministry of Tourism have contracted themselves over the opening of drinking bars in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement by the GTA on Wednesday afternoon said drinking spots and hotels could resume operations despite the presidential directive on public gathering. “Food chains and restaurants can operate sit-down as well as pick-up ...

Hagar Amidu, first daughter of the Special Prosecutor (SP), Martin ABK Amidu, has denied sympathizing with Mahama Ayariga, the Bawku Central MP, on the legal issue between the MP and her father. According to her, she has never had a conversation or interaction with the MP concerning her father’s prosecution of him nor sat in his car from Accra to ...

President Akufo-Addo has terminated the appointment of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Tarkwa-Nsuam Municipal Assembly, Gilbert Ken Asmah with immediate effect. A source close to the Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC) told Takoradi-based Empire FM that the sacked MCE is alleged to have dabbled in chieftaincy matters, illegal mining (galamsey) and other intra-party conflicts in his constituency. Former Presiding ...

The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has refuted claims by the Electoral Commission that it sought to attack its integrity and mandate during a press conference. The EC in a statement Monday denied receiving Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the government as allegedly claimed by the Minority Leader. The EC also stated that it was not under the control of anybody ...

In an interesting turn of events, former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Bernard Allotey Jacob has gone back on his words of continuing his media activities to bow to the pressure and demands from the party. The NDC last week announced a boycott of Peace FM’s Kokrokoo show over what it said was an “unfair panelling ...

Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies Dr. Said Boakye has charged Government to be more diligent in the consolidation of extra-budgetary expenditure for better representation of Ghana’s macroeconomic data. This comes on the back of the Finance Ministry’s insistence, that data shared with the IMF in accessing the recent Rapid Credit Facility, was not in tangent with ...

“I decided that today I will not come . . . I am very sorry; I know I will disappoint you (Kwami Sefa Kayi),” Social Commentator, Allotey Jacobs said in an interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ programme Wednesday. The former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has decided to stop attending political discussions ...