POLITICS

With barely two months to the referenda for the creation of six additional regions, one of Ghana’s veteran politician and legal luminary, Dr. Obed Asamoah has said the carving out of the Oti region from the Volta region is “long overdue.” The Agbogbomefia of Asogli State and President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV accused the Commission ...

Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe has said the Akufo-Addo led government was deeply involved in the plot that led to the removal of Charlotte Osei as the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission. Mrs Osei and two of her deputies—Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwah were sacked by President Akufo-Addo June this year. Their dismissal was after the Committee set up by ...

Flagbearer aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Joshua Alabi says he is the only one to end the dream of a second four-year term by President Nana Akufo-Addo. Therefore, Prof. Alabi wants NDC delegates to vote him to lead them into the 2020 presidential elections and take the party from opposition back to government. “If you promote [vote] ...

President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday met heads of selected civil society groups in the country to discuss the way forward on some policies being broached by his administration. The topics discussed at the meeting included the size of the government, galamsey, Ghana Beyond Aid, Ghana’s standing in the comity of nations, public sector reforms, decentralization and the creation of new regions. ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo’s popularity is waning due to his inability to deliver most of his campaign promises almost two years after he became President, a situation which has made him nervous and always on the defensive, controversial magazine Africawatch has stated. According to the popular magazine, “uneasiness is thus increasing as more people are coming to grips with the stark ...

A former driver of Jerry John Rawlings has revealed that he planned with Major Kojo Boakye-Djan, the late J.H. Mensah and other soldiers to overthrow the former president during the revolution era. According to Braimah Issaka, the plan was hatched in Togo after most of them had escaped prison and fled into exile. Narrating this to Kofi Adomah on Kofi ...

A founding member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe has said Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will never lead the NPP considering some of the believes held by the party. Posters with the image of Dr. Bawumia as a presidential aspirant on the ticket of the governing NPP emerged last year, sparking debate among Ghanaians. ...

Former President John Dramani is challenging the government to show what it has done with the GHC50 billion it has borrowed since taking over power in January 2017. Then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) criticised the government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for borrowing GHC40 billion over an eight-year period, claiming it was wrong. Addressing delegates of Techiman South ...

A Founding member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe has advised President Akufo Addo against seeking for another four year term in office after his first term ends in 2020. President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed he’s still undecided on leading his governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2020 polls. According to him, there have ...

Founding President of IMANI Africa, Mr. Franklin Cudjoe has said his outfit made a grave error in agreeing to settle with Kelni GVG and the Ministry of Communication. Kelni GVG, a Haitian company was awarded a contract by the government for design, development and implementation of a common platform for traffic monitoring, revenue assurance, mobile money monitoring and fraud management ...