POLITICS

Former Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Koku Anyidoho, in 2016 warned Ghanaians against voting for Nana Akufo-Addo as president of Ghana. He predicted that Nana Addo will be the “worst-performing president” in our history when voted into power. Mr Anyidoho made this prediction in September 2016, in an interview with Kwame Tutu on Frontline on Rainbow Radio. Ghanaians voted ...

In a move that will shock Ghanaians to the core, the National Democratic Congress, NDC, hired people suspected to be Togolese nationals to demonstrate against President Akufo-Addo in front of the United Nations building in New York on Wednesday. The rented crowd held up placards that read, ‘’Flagstaff House Menzgold fraudsters’’ ‘’Ghana is not for sale to the Chinese’’ ‘’Bring ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged world leaders to focus their energies and resources on combating poverty, as their performance as governments will be judged by how successful they are able to reduce and eventually eradicate poverty in their respective countries. The President noted that poverty anywhere degraded everyone, whether he or she was found in the developed or ...

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed Ghana’s democracy as Africa’s “true and first” in the wake of coup claims in the country. In a post on his tweeter handle, Mr. Buhari said Nigeria will always stretch hands to Ghana in times of need. The comment comes as three people are before the court for allegedly “plotting to attack Ghana’s presidency ...

National Vice Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Said Sinare has stated that the Akufo-Addo government is the most corrupt regime in the history of Ghana. Alhaji Sinare, who is also Ghana’s former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia believes the citizens may have lost count of the corrupt scandals that have rocked the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo addressed world leaders at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. This year’s theme is “Galvanizing multilateral efforts for poverty eradication, quality education, climate action and inclusion”. Among other things, the President underscored the need for a fairer trading attitude among developed and developing nations. Here are 10 statements from his speech For us ...

Cousin to President Nana Akufo-Addo, Gabby Asare Otchere Darko has questioned the motive behind Prince Kofi Amoabeng’s disclosure that he once funded the president and finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. The former Chief Executive of the defunct UT Bank, Kofi Amoabeng had in an exclusive interview on TV3’s Business Focus program on Monday said UT bank once rescued Ken Ofori-Atta’s business ...

Former President Jerry Rawlings on Tuesday took to social media to register his abhorrence for the use of intemperate language in Ghanaian political discourse. Rawlings condemned threats on ex-President John Mahama, and commended the people of Kyebi for standing up against foul language. The reactions follow developments last week and this week during which the Ashanti Youth Association threatened dire ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings says he is glad the anger of Okyeman against the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), yielded the needed results. In a tweet, he expressed hope that the NDC party can curtail intemperate language during political discourse to avert such occurrences in the near future. “Let’s hope our party can curb the use of strong language ...

Hundreds of Drivers at Asamankese, the Municipal capital of West Akyem in the Eastern region on Tuesday held a spontaneous protest over the deplorable roads in the area. Leadership of the Taxi Drivers had originally scheduled to meet the Municipal Chief Executive, Seth Oduro-Boadu ahead of a planned demonstration at a later date, but the angry taxi drivers who operate ...