POLITICS

An activist of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Frank Kawaka Appiah, aka Appiah Stadium, says it will be wrong on the part of delegates of the umbrella family to vote for the former Communications Director at the Presidency, Koku Anyidoho, as the General Secretary of the party going into elections 2020. Mr. Anyidoho, who is currently a deputy General ...

A failed aspirant for the Ashanti Regional Chairman position of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Yamin, has stated that under no circumstances will the umbrella family disband their recently outdoored vigilante group, the Hawks. The Hawks, he noted, will be used to protect the NDC going into the 2020 general elections. “The Hawks are there and they will continue ...

NDC MP for Ketu South, Fifi Kwetey, has said the decision of his fellow National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP, Isaac Adongo, to boycott of the parliamentary probe into the banking sector crisis is not supported by the Minority Caucus. Mr. Adongo, a member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, stormed out of the first hearing on Wednesday describing it as a “rubber ...

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a lawyer and founder of the Danquah Institute has sued the Editor of the Herald newspaper, Larry-Alans Dogbey for defamation. Mr Otchere-Darko who is a member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is asking for aggravated damages against Larry-Alans Dogbey for his publication on the controversial Ameri deal, which among other things, accused Mr Otchere-Darkof wrong-doing. ...

Ghana will maintain fiscal discipline after the expiration of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) $918 million bailout to ensure that the economy does not slip into decline, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has said. Speaking at the 2018 Ghana Economic Forum under the theme; “Building a Competitive Economy for Sustainable Growth”, at the Movenpick Hotel, the Vice President said the Akufo-Addo ...

The World Bank (WB) is angry at Ghana’s Parliament and for that matter government of Ghana. This is because in spite of the millions of dollars invested in the conservation of the Atewa Forest Reserve; it has proceeded to release the natural reserve for bauxite mining. But, the WB avers that Ghana stands to lose a valuable worth of wildlife ...

Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Henry Nana Boakye popularly known as Nana B has revealed that he’ll resign his position after President Akufo-Addo returns to Ghana from his trip abroad. According to Nana B, who was few months ago elected as the National Youth Organizer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), time is up for him ...

The founder of the African University College of Communications (AUCC) Kojo Yankah has appealed to former President John Mahama to reconsider his decision to contest the Presidency again. . In a Facebook post, the former editor of the Graphic Newspaper said he believes Mr. Mahama did his best as leader of the country, but he should recognise that no leader ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has his sights set on making education compulsory from the kindergarten up to the university level. The Akufo-Addo administration’s Free SHS is entering its second academic year, amid the growing pains of infrastructure and funding challenges, among others. But the president, while addressing the Ghanaian community in China during his visit to the East Asian country, said ...

Mustapha Hamid has said the under-two-year-old Akufo-Addo government has performed better than any other government since the 4th republic. “We’ve done a lot in managing the economy, we have not overspent our budget. We’ve done a lot in terms of Communication and many more. The Hajj has been smooth if you ask me. No pilgrim was left behind this year. “Our ...