POLITICS

President Nana Akufo-Addo says he is determined to lay a strong foundation for the progress of the country by the end of his first term. The government has been criticised by the opposition after it introduced a number of reforms in the education sector including the double track policy at the senior high school. The move became necessary after the ...

President Akufo-Addo has paid glowing tribute to eminent Ghanaians who lost their lives in the year 2018. Addressing Parliament at the 2019 State of the Nation Address, he said “may the soul of the departed find rest in the bosom of the maker until we meet again. Special mentioning was made of the former Vice President, Kwasi Bekoe Amissah Arthur, ...

Former President John Mahama is urging delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to disregard the lawsuit which seeks to challenge his eligibility as presidential candidate. Addressing his final campaign meeting in Drobo in the Jaman South constituency in the Brong Ahafo region Wednesday, Mr Mahama said the law suit was frivolous and without foundation. He said the lawsuit is ...

National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has said the party is warming up to work of the Commission of Inquiry into the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. This revelation is in sharp contrast to the party’s position on the Justice Emile Short-led Commission when it was formed two weeks ago. “At the end of ...

It has emerged that ‘boys’ of National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George dressed like members of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit of the National Security on the day of the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election shootings. Director of Operations of the National Security, Colonel Michael Kwadwo Opoku made this known on ...

The Ashanti regional Police Command has declared 12 people wanted following the shooting incident at the National Democratic Congress regional office in Kumasi on Monday. The police earlier named four suspects but on Wednesday announced the addition of eight more suspects. The suspects are Hussein Bari alias Warrior, Midjima, Damos and Abu Taliban. Others are Sanni Mohamed alias Commando, Wayo, ...

The Minority in Parliament has threatened to instigate a vote of no confidence in the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Jean Mensah. Contributing to a statement by Member of Parliament for Mfantseman Ekow Hayford on the Representative of People’s Amendment Act, (ROPAA), and Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu said the performance of the Jean Mensah led EC has been abysmal. ...

The National Democratic Congress’ Parliamentary candidate for the Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency, Delali Kwesi Brempong, has dismissed claims and suggestions that he had stored ammunition in his house prior to the by-elections. According to him, it’s erroneous for anyone to suggest that operatives of the National Security besieged his premises on the day of the by-election to retrieve a cache of ...

The Director of Operations at the National Security Secretariat, Colonel Michael Kwadwo Opoku, has disputed a video which captured scenes of violence at the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election on 31 January 2019. After watching the video of the scenes as captured on camera when he appeared before the Commission of Inquiry led by Justice Emile Short on Wednesday, 20 February ...

One Dawda Eric, has petitioned the Commission probing the Ayawaso violence to invite former President John Mahama to give testimony before the Commission. According to him, the former President has in his possession useful videos of the attacks at polling stations during the by-election. “Sir, Ex president mahama on the 13th day of February gathered some foreign diplomats and made ...