POLITICS

The 2020 flagbearer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says the elections would be one of the most critical the NDC would face. According to the former President, the 2020 polls would determine the fortunes and future of the NDC as well as the future of the country. Mr. Mahama was speaking in Tamale Saturday, July 27, ...

Ghanaian actor, Prince David Osei cannot fathom why Ex-President John Dramani Mahama still eyes the seat of President. In a post on Instagram, the actor asked whether the country lack capable leaders. He believes the years spent by Ex-President Mahama as the then ‘First Gentleman of the Land’ should be enough for him—than to contest again in the upcoming 2020 ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the successful implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) program and the prudent measures put in place to address its associated challenges has left critics with nothing to talk about. “There were many who doubted that we can actually roll out the free SHS we promised Ghanaians. Many people especially those from ...

A senior lecturer at the Department of Physics at the University of Ghana, Dr Nana Ama Browne Klutse has joined the race for the selection of a Parliamentary nominee for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese constituency in the Central Region. Dr Klutse is the only female joining seven other contestants for the August 24, 2019, ...

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has warned current and former political office holders who abused or are abusing their office for financial gains that he will not spare them. “My duty is not primarily to prosecute corruption but above all to prevent it. I am satisfied that my collaboration with the Auditor-General and the Minister of Finance have and are yielding ...

The hopes of a multi-millionaire fishing magnate, Charles Hagan, to contest the Sekondi parliamentary seat for opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Western Region hangs in the balance due to inability to speak English. Regional Organiser of the Party, Japheth Baidoo who confirmed the development to Empire News said the rich fisherman popularly known in Sekondi as “Panya” could ...

The Minister for Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has stated that the double-track system within the Senior High School (SHS) level in the country is bound to take about five to seven years before it would be totally eliminated from the second cycle institutions. He explained that the Free Senior High School (FSHS) that has come under the Nana Addo-led ...

President Akufo-Addo has bemoaned the poor road network in the country. According to the President, his working tour of the country has brought to the fore the need for government to invest heavily in the country’s road sector. He indicated that the situation is contrary to the rosy picture painted by former President Mahama who boasted of unprecedented road infrastructure ...

A legal practitioner Nii Kpakpo Samoa has said the CEO of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM 1 doesn’t have to prove in court that he defrauded about 16,000 people since the case is not a civil one. Speaking on Eyewitness News on Friday he said since it is the state claiming that NAM1 defrauded these people, it ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has challenged claims by the Minority in Parliament that it is swindling and cheating cocoa farmers. The Minority in Parliament at a press conference in Accra on Thursday, 25 July 2019 claimed cocoa farmers are worse off under the Akufo-Addo government compared to their situation under the previous John Mahama government. The Minority also accused ...