POLITICS

There were contradictions and lack of coordination between the national security chiefs that appeared before the Commission of Inquiry investigating the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, security analyst Adam Bona has said. The analyst told Citi News that he felt the testimonies by the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery; the National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, and the Minister of state in ...

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said a book he co-authored about the life of late President Atta Mills will reveal the cause of death. Koku Anyidoho said the book which is a biography of late Atta Mills and chronicles his political journey also has Professor Kwamena Ahwoi as an author. On Asempa FM’s Ekosii ...

The Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development for Germany, Dr Gerd Muller, has lauded the Akufo-Addo government’s “impressive progress on the economic front” which has made the West African country one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Ghana also has an enviable reputation in the league of democratic nations, according to Dr Muller, and coupled with a stable ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia spent Valentine’s Day with street children at a Soup Kitchen organised by the Christ the King Catholic Church. The “CTK Soup Kitchen” is an initiative of Rev. Father Andrew Campbell with support from the Church to feed and help the less privileged, especially street children, and provide skills training to help them earn a living, ...

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante-Apeatu has strongly rejected calls for him to resign. The IGP has been under intense pressure to abdicate his post after the violence-ridden Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election in Accra last month. Six people were shot at the Baweleshie polling centre of the constituency, compelling the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to withdraw from ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has revealed that there was a lady’s nightie partly soaked with blood at the murder scene of the late New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa-North, J.B Danquah Adu. According to him in an interview he granted UTV and monitored by MyNewsGh.com, when he was invited to the ...

The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has claimed that vehicles used by some masked men during the Ayawaso West-Wuogon by-election were not from the Police Service. Six people were shot at the Baweleshie polling centre of the constituency, compelling the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to withdraw from the exercise citing safety concerns. Voters were electing a new Member of Parliament ...

Member of Parliament for Lower Manya Krobo, Ebenezer Teye Larbi has said he can name the masked men who brutalized people at La Bawaleshie during the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency on 31st January 2019. Hon. Larbi said he knows most of the masked men to be personnel of the National Security and can produce them for prosecution. At least six ...

Election related violence has been seriously condemned by the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako. He however believes the slaps received by the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Hon. Sam George, during the Ayawaso West Wugon by-election, has made him more popular in the National Democratic Congress than any candidate vying to be their presidential candidate. ...

A survey conducted by the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has said former President John Mahama will beat incumbent President Akufo-Addo if elections were held today. According to the survey, which sampled some 16,000 Ghanaians out of a population size of 800,000 also noted that Mr. Mahama is more popular among floating voters than the other six candidates ...