POLITICS

Five members of parliament from the Eastern Region will run opposed on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party in its upcoming primaries on April 25. A release signed by the regional secretary, Jeff Konadu confirmed no individuals had filed to contest these sitting MP’s as at close of nomination on February 20. Those confirmed to run opposed are Okere ...

Barely two weeks after the burial of one of Ghana’s foremost anti-corruption campaigners, Daniel Batidam, his family members are yet to meet and take stock of his assets and liabilities. But before they do that, there is already a fierce challenge from the Presidency, which the family, say has left them traumatized. Last Wednesday night, six-armed policemen and two civilians ...

Aide to Henry Nana Boakye, the National Youth Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party, David Nkansah Anto, has sung praises of his boss over his deep understanding of the principles of leadership. DNA, as Mr. Anto is affectionately called, in a writeup, eulogizing his boss, said the youth organiser has ‘been a big brother figure, moulding me and shaping ...

President Akufo-Addo has backed the decision by the Electoral Commission to compile a new register ahead of the 2020 elections. Speaking at a meeting with the Ghanaian community in Oslo in Norway, the President said the decision by the EC makes a lot of sense adding that the electoral management body should be allowed to do its work. “We are ...

The Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Kennedy Osei Nyarko has threatened to take legal action against the Auditor-General if he does not clear his name from the list of beneficiaries of the GetFund scholarship. The deputy minister who is also the MP for said: “If I can personally sponsor for the education of peoples wards both local and Abroad to further ...

National Democratic Congress(NDC) Member of Parliament(MP) for Yapei-Kusawgu and former Deputy Power Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has revealed that for three months, he was not in talking terms with his younger brother, Samuel Abu Jinapor, a staunch member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and current Deputy Chief of Staff, because of their political differences. Speaking on Accra-based Asempa ...

Renowned policy Think Tank IMANI Ghana has accused the Electoral Commission of deception and playing dangerous games with its decision to go ahead with a new Voters’ register ahead of the 2020 elections. In a statement, IMANI stated that the Electoral Commission has blatantly and consistently lied about the true facts of the current biometric system and its ongoing effort ...

Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong has accused the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng together with the suspended Central Regional Vice-Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Ekow Ewusi, of charging GHS25,000 for each of the seized excavators to anyone who needed them. “I just don’t talk. I want you to realise that I’m ...

Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah opines that although there have been justifications for the overthrown of his father, the legacies of the first president of Ghana are indelible. A post from Sekou two days to the commemoration of the 54th anniversary of the incident which some have argued brought the country to its feet ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has appealed to Ghanaians to renew his mandate as President based on his first term achievements come December 7, 2020, when the nation goes to the polls to elect a President and Members of Parliament to serve from 7th January 2021 to 7th January 2024. Addressing members of the Ghanaian community in Oslo, Norway, ...