POLITICS

It very sad and disgraceful for government of today to consider the privatization of the electricity company of Ghana, where foreign companies are going to dominate as shareholders, after all the claims of having the men then in opposition. The running mate and the current vice president of the republic of Ghana chastised the NDC John Mahama led administration for ...

Mallam Sham-una–Ustaz Jibril says the opposition National Democratic Congress [NDC] has no chance of winning the upcoming bye-election in Ayawaso constituency after predicting at least four[4] more bye-elections to hit the ruling party. He boded a massive win for the ruling New Patriotic Party [NPP] in the upcoming election but claimed it will not be easy for them. “The upcoming ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will postpone the party’s flagbearer election which was slated for 26th of January, 2019, to a later undisclosed date. According to the hierarchy of the opposition party, this will help them properly streamline the processes for the election which was stalled because of a court case brought against the party by some NDC ...

Government says it will this year begin more recruitment into the public sector as the country prepares to exit the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. Ghana in 2015 signed a three-year Extended Credit Facility with the IMF which saw the latter providing the government with some 918 million dollars in eight tranches. The much-criticized agreement that froze employment into the ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has formed a new vigilante group in the Eastern region known as the ‘Eastern Mambas’ as the country prepares for a major election in 2020. Eastern regional organiser of the NDC, Hackman Kabore in an interview with Starrfmonline.com said the aim of “Eastern Mambas” is not to foment trouble but to protect ballot boxes in the ...

A former head of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Justice Emile Short has said he is confident the Special Prosecutor will pursue high profile cases this year. He said the track record of Mr. Martin Amidu and therefore convinced that he will leave up to his mandate. The comment comes after Mr. Amidu, in a latest ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has replied NPP propagandists, saying there is nothing wrong with him investing with the embattled gold dealership firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited. News reports were rife during the weekend that Mr Asiedu Nketiah who is popularly known as General Mosquito had hugely invested in Menzgold before its collapse. Other popular ...

Former President John Mahama has asserted that Ghanaians are more hungry under the Akufo-Addo government than under the previous National Democratic Congress government led by him. He said the current state of affairs is contrary to what President Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party promised Ghanaians before assuming office. “They [NPP] said Ghanaians were sitting on Money but they were ...

The National Deputy Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr. Edem Agbana has criticized the New Patriotic Party for their desperate attempts to clinch the seat of Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency. On his recent post, he explained that the votes buying scheme of the NPP and the sharing of money to influence the electorate of the constituency he ...

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Mensah Datsa has granted a request in the case in which two persons secured an injunction to stop the NDC presidential primaries for an out-of-court settlement. This was after counsel for the NDC, Samuel Codjoe told the court that they have been negotiating with the two and wanted ...