POLITICS

The Greater Accra regional arm of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called for the dismissal of Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, following a comment he made about Chinese illegal mining ‘queen’ En Huang, popularly known as Aisha. Aisha, who was arraigned in Ghana in 2017 for engaging in illegal small-scale mining at Bepotenten in the Amansie Central ...

The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has handed over 20 vehicles to the National Chairman of the NDC to help enhance the operational capacity of the party’s regional offices. The Nissan pickup vehicles and Renault Duster Saloon Cars were donated by various benefactors to support the former President during the recent internal NDC presidential ...

The coach of Ghana’s senior national football team – Black Stars – was over the weekend spotted among supporters of the New Patriotic Party at a health walk throwing support for a potential parliamentary candidate. Coach Kwasi Appiah joined supporters of the Free Zones CEO during the walk which saw some executives of the NPP Eastern region declaring support for ...

Two term member of Parliament for Krachi East in the Oti Region who lost the 2016 Parliamentary elections has staged a come back to reclaim. Mr Wisdom Gidisu who lost the elections to Michael Gyato, the then ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate and now MP for the area, has vowed to take back the seat on the ticket of ...

Osafo Maafo’s antidote to Ghana’s struggling economy, when he suggested that freeing ‘galamsey queen’ Aisha Huang has had a positive economic impact on the country continues to irk “right minded Ghanaians”. The Chinese national was standing trial for engaging in illegal small-scale mining which could have ended her 20 years in jail under Section 99 (3) of Act 900. Whiles ...

The Bono Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC has descended heavily on former President John Mahama for promising to abolish the Luxury Vehicles Tax if wins power in 2020. Speaking to executives and drivers of the Neoplan station local GPRTU in Accra on Thursday, April 18, 2018 as part of ...

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has called for the input of Ghanaians in the vigilantism and related offence Bill which has been laid before parliament for consideration. President Akufo-Addo has caused an anti-vigilantism and related offences bill to be laid before Parliament while the NDC and the NPP are also engaged in bi-partisan talks aimed ...

As the backlash over recent comments by Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, on Aisha Huang rages on, a veteran journalist has urged him to make a public apology. Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr said the best way Mr Osafo-Maafo can quell public anger over his “avoidable gaffe” at a public engagement in the United States would be for him to admit ...

Veteran journalist Ebo Quansah has said former Tourism minister Catherine Afeku should have been sacked from government by President Akufo-Addo. He said he does not know what the former minister has been doing in government to merit a reassignment by the President. President Akufo-Addo  reassigned Mr.s Afeku to the office of the Senior Minister at the Presidency in his maiden ...

The Aviation Ministry insists that claims made by the Minority to outsource management of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) are untrue. In a press statement released to the media Wednesday evening, the Public Affairs Unit of the Ministry confirmed that the Government of Ghana will maintain ownership of the airport, although there have been talks to partner with another operator ...