POLITICS

Former president John Mahama has reacted to allegation that his government diverted funds intended for the construction of the Pwalugu Dam in the Upper East region, describing it as false. The dam project, he said, did not reach the stage where government could access funds, before his government left office in January 2017. Mr Mahama explained that his administration started ...

The minority in parliament has accused President Akufo-Addo of deception in claiming that Ghana under his aegis is now a net exporter of power. President Akufo-Addo claimed in an address at the Financial Times Africa Summit earlier this week that in just 21 months of his governance he ensured stability and adequate power supply in the country, making it possible ...

An unemployed man broke protocol Wednesday when apparently moved by what former President John Dramani Mahama was telling a crowd at Zuarungu in the Bolgatanga East Constituency, he suddenly took about six bold steps to the ex-president and shook hands firmly with him. It was so unexpected even a red-shirted security guard, who was closer to the former ECOWAS Chairman ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Honourable Kennedy Agyapong has pleaded with President Akufo-Addo to step aside for him to contest the 2020 elections in order to beat who he calls a ‘shameless candidate’ John Mahama. His reason, according to mynewsgh, is that Akufo-Addo is too big for John Mahama for which reason he wants the President to take a ...

Former president John Mahama has expressed shock over a claim by the Akufo-Addo government that the 2017 allocation of the one million dollars per constituency per year expired with the budget of December 2017. Responding to a question posed by the Member of Parliament for Mion, Mohammed Abdul-Aziz, when government would release the Cedi equivalent of one million dollars to ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has apparently become incensed by the ongoing documentary by Multimedia News Channel, Joy News, on the killing of the three High Court judges and a retired army officer in the heat of the revolution in 1982. Last week, he promised to drop a ‘bombshell’ about the killings in the coming days, but it seems he ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama says considering the abysmal performance of the Akufo-Addo led government in the last two years, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has a bright chance of winning the 2020 elections. “We have a good chance to win 2020 elections because of the method in which the NPP came into power. They used a lot of sweet ...

Presiding Members of the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) across the country have been directed by the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) to pay GH¢1000 for the procurement of gowns as uniform for their meeting. NALAG, in a circular dated october 5 to the Birim North District Assembly in the Eastern Region and sighted by ...

The High Court in Accra on Thursday declined an application by Kennedy Agyapong seeking to dismiss the GH¢25 million defamation suit against him by Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The Court also held that the writ filed by Anas does not in any way violate the constitutional rights of Mr Agyapong as no relevant legal points have been raised to substantiate that ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has come down hard today on the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East region, saying government has abandoned the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakon Road because it believes the contractors in charge of the project are aligned with the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). “All the good projects that we started— the roads, the hospitals, the ...