POLITICS

 In preparation for the upcoming presidential primary scheduled for November 4, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has unveiled a list of 17 designated polling stations for the Super Delegates Conference set to take place on Saturday, August 26, 2023. This selection has been strategically made with the intention of narrowing down the pool of aspirants to a final count ...

Private legal practitioner Dr Justice Srem-Sai has taken a swipe at the Foreign Affairs Minister following her call for the dismissal of some staff at the Passport Office in Accra. According to him, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey cannot keep quiet about government appointees allegedly taking bribes and engaging in corruption-related activities, while ranting over low-level staff extorting money from Ghanaians. In ...

The Youth Wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked the government to immediately abolish the recently imposed 10% withholding tax on all gross gaming winnings. According to them, the “insensitive policy” will worsen the plight of the already impoverished youths. In a press statement issued by the National Youth Organiser of the party, George Opare Addo, the ...

Security analyst Rtd Colonel Festus Aboagye has said that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) may take a while to deploy a military force to Niger in its attempt to restore constitutional rule. Speaking on PM Express, he explained that a standby force, which the regional bloc has plans on assembling, relies on contributions from member states adding that ...

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has revealed his intention to initiate a transformative agenda aimed at reshaping the mindsets of all Ghanaians if elected president. Speaking in an interview on Face to Face on Citi TV, Mr. Agyapong said his strategy involves collaborating with musicians from across Ghana to create a collection of inspiring and heroic ...

Outspoken Member of Parliament for Assin Central and flagbearer hopeful of the governing New Patriotic Party, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has asked Ghanaians not to equate him to former US President Donald Trump. During an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Citi TV’s Face to Face, Agyapong confidently labeled himself as “the people’s man.” Amid ten individuals vying for leadership within ...

Kennedy Agyapong, a New Patriotic Party flagbearer hopeful, has spoken out about the death of his mother, who he believes died as a result of the threats made against him by the brother of a fellow politician. Agyapong, who is the current Member of Parliament for the Assin Central constituency, said that his mother was unable to cope with the ...

The Minority Chief Whip Kwame Agbodza has told renowned economist and former Rector of the Ghana Institue of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Professor Stephen Adei that the Minority would not sit down and allow incompetent people to destroy the economy. This comes after Prof Adei said the Minority did not know what they were talking about when they called ...

Minority Chief Whip Governs Kwame Agbodza has descended heavily on Advisory Board member of the Bank of Ghana Professor Stephen Adei. This follows the hard criticism by Prof Adei of the Minority’s demands on the Bank of Ghana Governor and his two deputies to resign. After the Minority’s 21-day ultimatum to Governor Ernest Addison and his two deputies to lay ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has justified her action against some officers of the passport officers She sacked the officers for aiding middlemen (Goro boys) to charge between GHS2000 and GHS3000 for passports. This is in spite of the fact that standard and expedited services for passport acquisition cost GHS100, and GHS150 cedis respectively. ...