POLITICS

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has taken a swipe at the Minister for Information Mustapha Hamid describing his suggestion that Parliament will be recalled to ratify the 1998 and the 2015 defence cooperation agreements as ‘not sensible’. Mustapha Hamid in an interview with Accra based Citi FM stated that “Government intends to cure that defect ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hailed anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of Nelson Mandela, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela died on Monday aged 81 after a long illness. Family spokesman Victor Dlamini confirmed earlier on Monday that Mrs Mandela “succumbed peacefully in the early hours of Monday afternoon surrounded by her family and loved ones” following a long illness, which ...

The Minority spokesperson for Communication Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini has said his colleague Eric Opoku will not be intimated from his duties as a member of Parliament despite persistent attacks on him by individuals suspected to be associated with the ruling New Patriotic Party. The Asunafo South MP on Saturday had his home vandalized with at least 3 vehicles severely damaged ...

Former Minister of Roads and Highways, Alhaji Innusah Fuseini has revealed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its functionaries are prepared to fight any individual or group that attempts to overthrow the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo through a coup d’état. “Anybody whether it is Koku or anybody who attempts to overthrow or disturb the political establishment we ...

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu in the Volta region Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has questioned what he says is the unusual silence of President Akufo-Addo over the military pact between Ghana and United States. “Sir, your decision to strangely adopt a silent posture on the outside while there was a lot of activity behind the scenes to hurriedly negotiate ...

Robert Asare-Bediako, an aspiring Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, has said he is resolute in his decision to contest in the upcoming primaries of the party. Mr Asare-Bediako said he will not step down from the race in spite of pressure being mounted on him by some leading figures of the party to do ...

The Ghana Armed Forces has given Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong the greenlight to make all the noise he can muster as they are not going to give any protocol slots to him, and for that matter any politician. The Ghana Armed Forces, through its Public Relations Officer (PRO) Colonel Aggrey Quashie, assured the general public that ...

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of reducing the presidency to a family and friends affair to the extent of appointing ex-girlfriends to high positions. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise show, Johnson Asiedu Nketia cited a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana to sort of buttress his claims. “There ...

A former National Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said the party needs an accomplished person to lead to victory in the 2020 election. Daniel Kofi Annan in a press statement Monday said he strongly believes the party needs “an achiever in his own right.” Mr Annan who is a lead member of the Profesor Joshua Alabi’s ...

The Asunafo South branch of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has condemned an attack on Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South Constituency, Eric Opoku. Some unidentified thugs allegedly assaulted the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP and vandalised his property, including vehicles, on Sunday, 1 April 2018. The armed men also inflicted machete wounds on three other persons believed ...