POLITICS

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra on Thursday for the United States of America (USA) to attend a high- level event to mark the achievement of the Qatar Foundation’s commitment to enrol 10 million children to receive quality primary school education. He is attending the event in his capacity as the co-Chair of the Group of Advocates of Eminent ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia cut the sod yesterday to kick-start the construction of roads with concrete in the enclave of Tema Heavy Industrial Area. The Presidential Initiative is expected to improve the Steel Works, Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) and the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) roads. The first pilot of the initiative is expected to be completed within ...

The newly sworn-in Greater Accra Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Divine Otoo Agorhom, has shockingly revealed that, he had financial support from the Presidency in his bid for the regional chairmanship position. Speaking on Eyewitness News on Monday, he boasts, the presidency financially supported his campaign. “They [Presidency] supported me, they called me, they encouraged me and ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has nominated Mavis Jane Cynthia Naa Torshie Lamptey as the deputy Special Prosecutor. She is a lawyer of 30 years standing at the Ghana Bar and a former acting Director of Public Prosecutions. The President is seeking the approval of Parliament for the nomination. The Speaker of Parliament referred her nomination to the Appointments Committee of Parliament ...

Former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in the erstwhile Mahama adminstration, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini has reiterated that no Member of Parliament under the Mahama administration received double salary. Some NDC MPs have come under attack over allegations that they received salaries while serving as both Members of Parliament and Ministers or Deputy Ministers. The Criminal Investigations Department of the ...

Founder of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, is not giving up the quest for Presidency anytime soon as he has reiterated his resolve to continuously put in measures to strengthen his party and provide Ghanaians an alternative to the two major political parties in the country; the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress. According ...

The First Lady and Head of the Rebecca Foundation has called for a renewed drive in the battle against malaria. Whilst applauding the efforts of all stakeholders and individuals in this age-long fight, Rebecca Akufo-Addo believes that a renewed and more vigorous approach in the fight against malaria is urgently required. She said this at an event to mark this ...

The Northern regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party Alhaji Bugri Naabu has been involved in a near-fatal accident Thursday dawn. Starr FM’s Northern regional correspondent Eliasu Tanko reports that the controversial chairman was returning to Tamale after a political campaign at Sawla and Bole, to seek re-election in the upcoming regional executives’ elections on Saturday, when his car crashed ...

Nana Akufo-Addo, president of Ghana, speaks at a press conference during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London, England, on April 20, 2018. Ghanian President Nana Akufo-Addo pinpointed China’s development story Saturday in a speech that promoted intra-African economic co-operation. “China does not ask anyone for respect now,” he said, referring to foreign students’ enthusiasm for learning Mandarin as ...

Even though Professor Joshua Alabi admits former President John Dramani Mahama did his best under his tenure as Commander-In-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, he does not want to be compared with him when it comes to the question of delivery. “I am not going to compare myself with John Mahama or anything here that is not what I do. ...