POLITICS

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) won power with Nana Akufo-Addo in 2016 in an unprecedented defeat of a sitting government. On the back of promises of radical and massive changes, Mr Akufo-Addo got into office with high hopes from expectant Ghanaians. YEN.com.gh recently reported that President Nana Akufo-Addo’s popularity is waning due to his inability to deliver most of his ...

The National Women Organiser-elect of the opposition National Democratic Congress (ndc) Hanna Bissiw has disclosed that even a male child is named after her in her village because of her generosity towards children. She said there are instances where she had protested decision by parents to give her feminine name to their male wards but they resisted. “Because of what ...

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh had some tough moments in Tamale last Friday when he visited some headmasters of public senior high schools in the regional capital ahead of the opening for students placed in the second batch of the double track system (Gold Track). From verbal disagreements at some point with some of the headmasters, to commending others, ...

Dr Zanetor Rawlings, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Klottey-Korle Constituency in Accra has made a call for ethical leadership to do away with the canker of corruption in Africa. The Ghanaian legislator made this call while contributing to a panel discussion on good governance on the African continent at the Socialists and Democrats Group (S&D Group) Africa Week ...

Student leaders have been challenged to focus on building consensus and finding middle grounds in addressing challenges affecting them. Minister for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah who gave the advice at an SRC Leadership Summit of the University of Cape Coast said applying that approach will reduce tension and agitations associated with student grievances. Oppong Nkrumah said “Over the years, the ...

Some delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Central region say they have had a change of mind about the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, after having the opportunity to interact with him. More importantly, the delegates claim that the vision of Bagbin which he outlined to them at separate locations in the ...

President Akufo-Addo on Saturday took a swipe at the presidential aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani Mahama, indicating that he does not respond to mere presidential aspirants who do not know their fate. “I am sure you have seen and heard some of the presidential aspirants of the leading opposition party taking jabs at my ...

Deposed Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, has been slapped with GH¢8,000 fine following her withdrawal of defamation suit against an Accra-based lawyer, Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang. The former EC boss, in the suit filed on July 25, 2017, prayed the court to direct Mr. Opoku-Agyemang to retract comments deemed defamatory which were made in relation to the petition sent ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has re-echoed his government is in the process of enacting a law to protect the NPP government’s flagship Free SHS policy. This he claims will bar a new government from reviewing the programme should the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lose the presidential elections in the future. “We are going to enact a legislation to make ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama is expected to begin his campaign tour of the Ashanti Region on Monday, November 12, ahead of the flagbearership elections of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Mr Mahama, who is seeking to once again lead the NDC to the 2020 presidential election, will tour parts of the Ashanti Region till close of Thursday, when he ...