POLITICS

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako has defied a court order to vacate a residential property which is a subject for litigation between him and a legislator. Mr. Antwi Boasiako reportedly restrained court officials and police from entering the premises to enforce the court order. Member of Parliament for Bantama, Daniel Okyem Aboagye, ...

Former Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has denied rumours of a frosty relationship between him and his boss John Mahama. Mr. Amissah-Arthur is being reported to have confided in an NDC top gun during a phone conversation that Mahama relegated him to the background, adding he was practically useless as a vice president. “I have never had a telephone (or any) ...

A former Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Kwakye-Ofosu, has questioned the basis of government’s decision to use part of Ghana’s oil revenue to finance the free senior high school policy started last year. President Nana Akufo-Addo last Friday said it is most appropriate to use a part of the country’s oil revenue to fund the policy, which was rolled out ...

Over 90,643 graduates have so far applied for recruitment under the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) initiative launched on May 1, 2018. The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) outdoored the NaBCo programme as a major government policy to tackle graduate unemployment in Ghana. According to information from officials managing the scheme, more graduates are filing their applications for recruitment into all ...

Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti region Bernard Antwi Boasiako has said former president John Mahama will be the easiest candidate to beat in Election 2020. Bernard Antwi Bosiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has served notice the ruling NPP will force the main opposition party to present Mahama as their flagbearer for the next general ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has began forming vigilante groups to match that of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the Lower West Akim constituency branch of the party has unveiled a vigilante group named ‘Asamankese NDC forces. The dreaded group according to sources holds magical powers that shield members from bullets and knife attacks. The group were ...

The former President of the Republic, John Dramani Mahama, has been accused by former Vice President of the Republic, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur of rendering him ineffective. According to soft spoken Amissah-Arthur, as Vice President, his role was not defined and that someone else was virtually made the Veep in his stead. When asked to mention the name of the person ...

National Democratic Congress(NDC) Presidential Candidate hopeful, Prof. Joshua Alabi, has said Ghana is not yet ready to be governed by young people. Asked if he is not too old to govern the country, the former vice chancellor of the University of Professional studies (UPSA) now Opoku Ampomah University of Professional studies told Francis Abban on Morning Starr that the country ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has reiterated the need for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), to embrace the core values and ideals through which the party was formed. The former leader and founder of the umbrella family, advised party members to be guided by these principles so they are not swayed by the monetization of Ghanaian politics. This he ...

Former Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea has refused to pick nomination forms to contest for the Vice Chairmanship position in the party. Akomea said he decided after realising that if care is not taken most of the top leadership positions may go to party stalwarts from the “Akan sub-group.” “When nominations opened last week, l ...