POLITICS

Tamale North MP Alhassan Suhuyini has fired back at Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, describing him as “shamelessly dishonest” in a row over a purported tweet sent by the economist in 2016. The National Democratic Congress legislator over the weekend read a tweet supposedly coming from the Twitter account of then vice presidential candidate of the NPP, Dr. Bawumia, to ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the Electoral Commission ambushed political parties on Monday when they decided to resort to offline registration after their internet connection failed them in the ongoing limited registration in the country. According to the Ashanti regional secretary of the NDC Kwame Zuh, the parties predicted the internet challenges but the EC pushed back and insisted ...

Former Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC, ) Koku Anyidoho has called on Ghanaians to hoot at the National Communications officer of his party, Sammy Gyamfi for politicizing crime. He reveals that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly called ‘Wontumi’ should be treated same for politicizing ...

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ministry of Education, Ekow Vincent Assifuah has been charged for causing fear and panic according to sources at the Accra Regional Police Command. Ekow Vincent Assifuah was last Friday invited by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service at the Accra Regional Police Command at the instance of businessman and ...

Former Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has incurred the wrath of some spokespersons of the party over some comments he made recently about the country’s heightening insecurity. Mr. Dela Edem, a known communicator of the NDC National Communications Team and the Greater Accra Regional Organiser of the party, Mr. Anthony Nukpenu, have heavily ...

Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga is optimistic that the Supreme Court will resolve Monday’s ruling by the High Court that dismissed a motion he filed against Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu. According to the legislator, the court has admitted that the case is already in the Supreme Court which makes its ruling seem premature. An application by the Member of Parliament ...

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has rejected claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the NPP government has in the past two years borrowed 80 billion cedis with no development projects to show for it. The minority at a press conference had sought to create the impression that the NPP government had borrowed funds in excess of ¢80 ...

Only lecturers who have postgraduate certificates in teaching will be eligible to teach in tertiary institutions. This policy by the government will be realized after a newly drafted Tertiary Education Policy (TEP) is adopted and passed by Parliament. The draft policy, which was approved by Cabinet on May 9, 2019, will also require existing lecturers in public tertiary institutions to ...

Travelling to Kwahu Afram Plains in the Eastern Region is stressful and full of anxiety. Apart from the long-distance motorists need to cover, missing the only ferry working on the 3km stretch Afram River is doom for passengers. Passengers could be stranded for four hours. “The pontoon works in the morning to 10:30 am and resumes from 2:00 pm to ...

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, has urged government to address the growing insecurity in the country. According to the former President, the current wave of kidnappings and other violent crime is bad for the image of the country. The former president’s comment comes after some two Canadians were rescued by the country’s security forces ...