POLITICS

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has alleged that a member of the Electoral Commission (EC) was going round clandestinely lying to journalists to win public sympathy in the ongoing removal proceedings at the commission. Speaking during Joy FM’s Newsfile news analysis programme, Newsfile on Saturday, Mr Baako said, “there are too many big ...

President Akufo-Addo has expressed confidence that despite the challenges facing the country and Africa as a whole, Ghana’s Black Star will shine again. “The Black Star is going to shine and shine and shine, and we are going to build a Ghana beyond aid,” the president said in Washington DC, USA, as a guest speaker at a gala dinner oraganised ...

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has reiterated the need for the deputy general secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen to resign since he was a “loose-talker” and “politically finished.” To him, even though, Obiri Boahen deserve praises for the political “courage” with which, he came out to admit it ...

Former president John Agyekum Kufuor is urging the government to partner the private sector in a manner that is mutually beneficial to unlock the wealth of the country for sustainable development. According to him, this is the only way Ghana can delink itself as a highly import-dependent country. In his view, reducing high-interest rates and other economic indices that make ...

President Akufo-Addo will later today hold crunch meeting with security chiefs over the upsurge in armed robbery activities in parts of the country. The President arrived in the country yesterday after cutting short his trip to the United States of America following the fear and panic that has gripped Ghanaians in the wake of the brazen robbery attacks. Government has ...

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba will this Friday, March 9, 2018 raise funds to officially launch the ‘Operation Get Off the Street Now For a Better Life’ campaign. The program is aimed at getting off the streets, alms seekers, the homeless, children and people in distress by accommodating them in safe homes where ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings says based on his personal experiences and observations, he believes two five-year terms should be enough for Presidents serving under a constitutional democracy. He added that in most four-year terms, the first year is used in getting acclimatized to the office and the last year turns into a political crusade of campaigns, leaving but a ...

IMANI President, Franklin Cudjoe has taken a swipe at the Interior Minister for planning to buy three helicopters for the Ghana Police Service at the expense of their pressing needs as public servants. Interior Minister’s decision is anchored on the recent upsurge in crime, particularly armed robbery across Ghana. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a wreath-laying ceremony for ...

Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak has blamed the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye for the passage of the controversial legal profession regulations Bill 2018. The bill which was passed on Friday allows the General Legal Council (GLC) to continue to conduct entrance exams at the Ghana School of Law. The committees led by Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga and ...

The Akufo-Addo administration has been criticised for the initiatives they are taking in the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) as well as other agencies which aim at solving the issues of unemployment in the country. On the floor of Parliament, Thursday March 1, Ras Mubarak, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu challenged the purpose of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) ...