POLITICS

Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Saturday said graduates, engaged under the Nation Builders Corp would start work in August this year as part of measures to minimise the spate of unemployment in the country. He said the New Patriotic Party led administration under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was only 18 months old in office and had fulfilled ...

The Minority in Parliament has announced a boycott of the registration of MPs for their national ID cards citing legal, procurement and cost concerns. In a statement, a Minority leader and Tamale South MP said the National Identification Authority (NIA) has not been honest with the Ghanaian people over the cost of the project with two figures – $1.4billion and ...

The general secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress has predicted a constitutional crisis ahead of the country if the protracted tension at the electoral commission is not resolved immediately. According to him, the impasse at the election management body has obstructed the undertaking of crucial decisions and actions that should have been made after the 2016 elections. The ...

Former Chairman of the Ghana Football Association, Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has described as worrying, the refusal of Ghanaian leaders to accept criticism that comes from concerned citizens or personalities. Speaking on the ’21 Minutes with KKB’ show, he bemoaned the situation where past and present leaders have outrightly rejected any form of criticism from persons they consider ‘opponents’ for reason ...

Leading figures of the National Democratic Congress on Friday conferred with some Muslim leaders at Aflao ahead of Saturday’s ‘Unity Walk’ in the Volta Region town. The team led by Ketu South MP, Fifi Fiavi Kwettey as well as other party executives donated some food items to the Muslim Clerics on behalf of the planning committee. They asked for Allah’s ...

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has responded to Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ defamation suit against him and said the GH?25million damages he was demanding was peanuts. According to Mr Agyapong, “that is peanuts…I’ll pay him [Anas] if I lose in court. Speaking on Asempa FM Friday afternoon, Mr Agyapong boasted that what Anas was demanding ...

Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei Mensah has been caught with his pants down on tape lashing out at traders in Kumasi to get into the sale of narcotic drugs (cocaine) if they couldn’t cope with the economy. This is after he vehemently denied the reports describing them as wild, unsubstantiated and irresponsible and further claimed are not just misleading but ...

After accusing ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas of being corrupt and using dubious means to make money from his trade, Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong has lived up to his promise to show a video to prove his claims if the journalist goes ahead to premiere his investigative report, number 12 The video, ‘Who watches the watchman’ is currently ...

Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas has sued the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong for defamation. He is demanding GH¢25m in damages from the vociferous Member of Parliament who recently launched a fierce campaign against Anas’ work and his person. Kennedy Agyapong in series of media interviews ahead of the premiering of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ exposé on corruption ...

Deputy Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has stated that government is taking the right measures not to attract sanctions from the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) after the dissolution of Ghana’s Football Association, (GFA). President Akufo-Addo on Thursday dissolved the country’s football governing body after evidence of corruption was exposed in an investigative video by renowned journalist Anas Aremeyaw ...