POLITICS

Government has announced that this year’s 62nd Independence Anniversary celebration will take place from Thursday, 28th February to 8th March 2019. President Akufo-Addo during his State of the Nation address last Thursday in Parliament announced to the nation that the 62nd National Independence Celebrations will be hosted in the Northern Regional Capital Tamale specifically at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is occupying the seat of government Flagstaff House (Jubilee House) after the 2020 elections, John Mahama said Sunday. Addressing the party after a landslide victory in the presidential primaries, the former president declared: “Tonight, I want to serve notice to Ghana that from the outcome of this election, the NDC is strong. The NDC is ...

Former President John Mahama has taken a bold lead in the ongoing presidential primaries in of the NDC in the Western North region gathering 608 votes out of the total votes cast of 641. He was followed in a distance by Prof. Joshua Alabi who only managed to obtain some nine votes. Goosie Tandoh polled seven (7) votes, followed by ...

Former Youth and Sports Minister Nii Lante Vanderpuye on Friday said the hierarchy of the NDC has picked up information, disclosing of plans to disrupt its flagbearership elections. Speaking to Starr News ahead of the election slated for Saturday, February 23 Vanderpuye said: “We have picked up some intel about some people wanting to disrupt the activities of the party ...

he NDC was a vehicle created for the then PNDC Chairman, Flt. Lt. J.J. Rawlings to contest the 1992 presidential elections as a civilian. But that was not where his heart lay. He was more interested in a rival creation by his cousin Michael Soussoudis, initially called Eagle Party which later morphed into EGLE – Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere. NDC ...

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has invited the Brong Ahafo First Vice Chairman of the NPP, Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC over his claims that the former HIV Ambassador, Joyce Dzidzor Mensah has breached some provisions of the Criminal Code. It would be recalled that, Abronye DC petitioned the CID to arrest Joyce Mensah for making a false ...

President Akufo-Addo has made a passionate plea to members of the Ghana Armed Forces to be mindful of their investment choices describing as unrealistic investment offers that promise high returns. The the President made the appeal when he addressed Service Chiefs, Officers and Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces at the Burma Hall at the Burma Camp on the 22nd ...

Former Education Minister, Mr Lee Ocran is dead. Family sources told Graphic Online that the former High Commissioner to South Africa and ex-MP for Jomoro passed on shortly before midnight Thursday at his residence in Accra. A National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwart, Mr Ocran was said to have battled with ill health in the days leading to his passing away. ...

The clients of Menzgold Ghana Limited have been handed a lifeline in their quest to recoup their deposits from the troubled gold dealership firm. The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta during an interaction with officers of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) at the Burma Camp in Accra on Friday, February 22, assured the officers that the assets of Menzgold ...

Former president John Mahama is winning the opposition National Democratic Congress’ flagbearership election by a whopping 93%, former Youth and Sports Minister Nii Lante Vanderpuye has said. The NDC is heading to the polls Saturday February 23 to elect a flagbearer ahead of the 2020 elections. Mahama is battling six others including Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin and ...