POLITICS

Dzifa Attivor has urged her supporters to work towards bringing the National Democratic Congress (NDC) back to power after failing to oust the incumbent Volta Regional Chair of the party in regional elections on Saturday, September, 1. In a statement after the defeat, the former Transport Minister in the John Mahama administration said she was hopeful that John Kwadwo Gyapong, ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama has urged all newly-elected executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to unite in order to “win massively” in the 2020 elections. According to him, the party needs the support of every executive if it is to return to power in 2020. While congratulating the new executives on Sunday, Mahama said their election should ...

The incumbent Eastern Regional Chairman, Bismark Tawiah Boateng has been defeated by his long-term political rival, businessman John Owusu Amankrah, popularly known as Jowak. Jowak polled 379 votes as against 281 votes secured by Boateng to revenge a painful defeat he suffered in the hands of the latter in 2014. Meanwhile, Mark Oliver Kevor, the incumbent Regional Secretary retained his ...

One person is feared dead while several others have sustained varying degrees of injuries at Somanya in the eastern region. The victims who are believed to be supporters of the National Democratic Congress were travelling from Koforidua to Apeguso in the Asuogyaman District for the party’s primaries. An eye witness, Okatakyie Frimpong Manso explains that the Toyota Hiace bus with ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has charged delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who will elect regional officers this weekend to reject candidates who will approach them with money in order to gain their votes. According to Mr Rawlings, who is founder of the NDC, the time has come for the delegates to reject individuals who are interested in ...

Minister of Information Designate, Kwadwo Oppong Nkrumah says that the Executive committee will be not be allowed to work at the Ghana Football Association (GFA). FIFA after meeting the government of Ghana outlined several steps to resolve the current football crisis and one of the decisions they made was to take steps to form a normalization committee to replace the ...

Government’s decision to get involved with plans to build a National Cathedral has hit a snag as a suit has been filed at the Supreme Court against it. James Kwabena Bomfeh, a former Youth Organiser of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), aka Kabila who was earlier in court on the same issue wants an interlocutory injunction to restrain the construction ...

Former President John Mahama has expressed his warm wishes to all candidates taking part in the NDC’s regional executive elections today, Saturday September 1. According to Mr. Mahama, the enthusiasm and competitiveness in the election gives him hope in the future of the opposition party. In a tweet Saturday Morning Mahama wrote: “Across all ten regions of the country, we’re ...

Reshuffled Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, has disclosed he was seriously plotting to demolish a beer bar erected on a dam site by an assemblyman when his removal from office came all of a sudden to disrupt that plan. He announced this Friday when he handed over the administration of the region to his deputy, Frank Adongo Fuseini. His ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is expected to elect its regional executives nationwide today, Saturday, September 1, 2018. Delegates from all 275 constituencies are expected to assemble at various designated centers to perform the exercise. Founder of the NDC, former President Jerry John Rawlings had earlier urged delegates participating in the elections to elect committed executives who will serve ...