POLITICS

Delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Saturday voted Hajia Humu Awudu, a female final year student of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), to contest the Wa Central Constituency parliamentary seat. This is the first time the Party had chosen a woman to contest that parliamentary seat, which had consecutively been held by the National Democratic ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rubbished reports making rounds that its national chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, led a meeting in the UK to cast a slur on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and other personalities. “We wish to state that firstly there was no such meeting. Secondly at no point was any traditional leader a subject of ...

A defeated parliamentary aspirant for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam Constituency of the Central Region, Elisha Debrah Odoom has broken his silence over the controversial and vehicles and why he took them back. According to him, the vehicles were supposed to be managed by a secretariat and the revenue shared on 40:60 ratio between the dealership and ...

Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso Constituency, Kennedy Kankam, has warned Ghanaians who in the name of politics, openly insult or reign abusive words on leaders and others, not to dare vote for him as he detests people with uncultured behaviours. Describing those who do that as fools, the NPP MP stated categorically that an abusive person has no right to ...

Special Prosecutor (SP), Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu, has accused the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye, of interfering in his work of prosecuting corrupt parliamentarians who have abused their office. He explained that when he sent a member of parliament to court, the Speaker invited him (Martin Amidu) to his office, and tried to persuade him as to ...

Former President JJ Rawlings says the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is aware they cannot win the 2020 polls. Addressing the party’s Cadre’s conference at Ejisu in the Ashanti region Saturday, Mr. Rawlings claimed some people have bought leadership positions in the party when they know they cannot win the elections next year. “For a Cadres meeting to ...

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has called for full disclosure on the government’s role in the controversial Aker Energy deal. The former President asked the Conference and Ghanaians to query President Akufo-Addo, why the government would renegotiate a contract to the disadvantage of Ghanaians when there was low risk to the government. “There was low ...

A Kumasi High Court has placed an injunction on the planned parliamentary primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asawase constituency in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. The court granted a request by an aide to Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia Manaf Ibrahim who has complained of unfairness in the build up to the Saturday polls. The injunction ...

The Bono Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC has broken his silence on viral news he is among the several persons to have failed entrance examination to the Ghana Law School. On Tuesday, results released for prospective applicants to the Ghana Law School revealed that 128 out of 1820 passed. ...

The National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Mr Bernard Mornah, has said that he will ensure his party’s multiple-time flag bearer, Dr Edward Mahama, who is now serving in the Akufo-Addo administration as an Ambassador-At-Large, will not be re-elected as flag bearer ahead of the 2020 general elections or any other future election. Mr Mornah said Dr Mahama ...