POLITICS

Award-winning freelance investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has stated that if Bernard Allotey Jacobs’ suspension by opposition National Democratic Congress ( NDC) is due to his unfavourable commentary about the NDC, then the founder of the party, former President JJ Rawlings, deserves to be suspended as well for having said “worse things”. Yesterday, Mr Allotey Jacobs was suspended for his ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has petitioned the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate murder allegations made against him by the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC. In a letter sighted by GhanaWeb, his lawyer, Tony Lithur said Abronye DC has accused his client, John ...

The National Communication Bureau of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has notified all its communicators, media monitors, and officials that the biggest opposition party has boycotted Peace (104.3) FM’s morning show (Kokrokoo) effective today, Wednesday, 6 May 2020. A statement issued and signed by the party’s national communication officer, Mr Sammy Gyamfi, said: “This decision has been occasioned by the ...

A Political Science Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Dr Kwesi Amakye Boateng has commended Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s ability to speak to facts and data in his political analysis. The Vice President on Monday responded to former President Mahama’s numerous comments against the government over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by reminding Mr. ...

A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Amoako Tuffour has predicted the defeat of the party in the 2020 polls if it goes ahead with the option of handpicking candidates for Parliamentary positions. The General Secretary of the NPP , John Boadu had suggested in an interview said: “assuming this pandemic gets worse such that it becomes ...

The host of Peace FM ‘Kokrokoo’ show, Kwami Sefa Kayi popularly known as Chairman General has revealed that, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has boycotted his show. In responding to a comment posed by a listener on his Wednesday, May 6 program, Chairman General indicated that the NDC has refused to appear on his platform because he insists that ...

Ghana’s former deputy Education Minister and Member of Parliament for South Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has called on the government to give a special dispensation to all stranded Ghanaians to return home. According to Mr. Ablakwa, just as the government has allowed flights into Ghana to fly home other nationals despite the closure of the country’s borders, similar arrangements ...

A Public Health analyst Samuel Arthur has criticised the Health Minister over his outburst on the wearing of mask among Ghanaians in the wake of COVID-19. The Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu while addressing a news conference on Tuesday lamented the recalcitrance of Ghanaians in nose mask-wearing which he says could lead to further spread of the virus. “There are ...

Just like his namesake in Orwell’s Animal Farm with his subterfuge, perfidy and intolerable disposition, Dr. Mahmadu Bawumia makes it very difficult for himself to come across as a credible, likeable individual. He is also not helped by a natural misfortune – nothing to blame him for: His voice and manner of speaking. In his over eagerness to spin lies ...

The Vice President, Dr Mahamud Bawumia’s inordinate attacks on Fmr. Prez Mahama can be likened to a football player who is made to specifically concentrate on ensuring that a particular player doesn’t score in a match. Unfortunately, after a successful first half attacks, that particular player goes on to score a goal in the second half of the game. The ...