POLITICS

Former president JJ Rawlings has given Mr. John Mahama thumbs up for winning the presidential primaries of the National Democratic Congress. Mahama polled a whopping 213,487 votes representing 95.23% of the total votes cast to beat the six other contestants to lead the largest opposition party in the 2020 general elections. “My congratulations to former President J. D. Mahama on ...

Bimbila based Gmantanbu 96. 1MHz, a powerful radio station serving several under-reported districts in the eastern corridor enclave of the Northern Region, has been shut down temporarily on Friday, February 22, 2019. The closure followed a fistfight which broke out at the Municipal Assembly building between managers of the radio station and some assemblymen, who have petitioned the National Communication ...

Brong Ahafo Regional First Vice Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC has alleged that former President John Mahama, ahead of the Nigerian presidential and legislative elections, donated 1.5 million dollars to support the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, 72 is contesting President Muhammadu ...

The NDC Professionals Forum has congratulated former president John Mahama for winning the flagbearership race of the party over the weekend. Mahama polled a whopping 213,487 votes representing 95.23% of the total votes cast to beat the six other contestants to lead the largest opposition party in the 2020 general elections. President of the NDC Professionals Forum, Amb. Sam P ...

The presidential primary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ningo-Prampram Constituency of the Greater Accra Region was marred by confusion on Saturday. The confusion appeared to have been stirred by the NDC Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency, Sam Nettey George, who insisted that 89 branches instead of 93 should be allowed to vote. He said there ...

The Volta regional secretary for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Joseph Homenya, says former President John Mahama will remain an ex-President, despite his victory in the just ended National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearership primaries. The secretary who doubles as the Volta Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) says the opposition NDC has no satisfactory flagbearer than ...

Pollster Ben Ephson has urged NDC flagbearer-elect John Mahama to resist making President Akufo-Addo the focus of his campaign ahead of the 2020 polls. He says such an effort can backfire if the President decides not contest in the 2020 elections. Instead, Mr. Mahama, should focus on government as a whole and its actions in order to have a more ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Assin Central Constituency Hon. Kennedy Agyapong has met a large number of his constituents and briefed them on what he has been doing for them as a Parliamentarian and also gave an account of how he utilized his MP’s share of the District Assemblies’ Common Fund (DACF). Mr. Agyapong, who entered Parliament on ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central constituency, Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has donated medical equipment to Assin Foso Polyclinic, to boost health care delivery. The items include microscope autoclave machines, Blood Bank refrigerator, 10 set of beds and chairs as well as refrigerators, baby Scale machines and other Theater equipments. He also added two Motorcycles for easy movement to nearby ...

Security Analyst Irbard Ibrahim has said the 2020 election is not a forgone victory for Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling New Patriotic Party because Ghanaians are in hardship and could vote back former president John Mahama when given that option. According to him, Mahama represents a threat against the government of Nana Akufo-Addo. “I deal with the State as much ...