POLITICS

An investigative Journalist with The New Independent Newspaper, Kofi Adzivor, has received commendation from several quarters of society, particularly from the Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, for going miles in a bid to ensure that, policies and programmes of government succeed. Kofi Adzivor sent to the Volta Regional Command of Police, an undisclosed amount of money that was ...

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) yesterday issued a statement denying a publication in DAILY GUIDE in the matter of some top officers accused of misappropriating GH¢480,177.87 of the Electoral Commission’s (EC’s) staff Endowment Fund. A statement issued in Accra and signed by ACP K.K. Amoah (Rtd), Acting Executive Director of EOCO, stated, “The attention of the authority at ...

Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana Professor Ernest Aryeetey is alleging that there is a grand scheme by some individuals to wipe out his legacy. The 62-year-old economist, who served as VC of the nation’s premier University for six years, has been accused by a Deputy Health Minister, Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu, of colluding with two other individuals to register ...

President Akufo-Addo has hinted that the Wa Polytechnic will be renamed after Dr. Hilla Limann — Ghana’s only President in the Third Republic. Mr. Akufo-Addo made this known Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at a commemoration to mark the 20th anniversary of Dr. Limann’s death. “It is appropriate on this day of the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of his death ...

President Akufo-Addo has extolled the virtues of Dr. Hilla Limann describing him as “decent, honest and patriotic.” Dr. Limann who died on January 23, 1998 at age 63 became the President of Ghana in 1979 but was overthrown through a coup in 1981 by Flight-Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, leader of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), making him the only ...

A group calling itself Concerned Patriots of Anlo Constituency of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of the Volta Region has petitioned the Regional and National Executives to cancel the recent polling station elections with immediate effect. They further petitioned the elections committee to withhold the upcoming Electoral Area Coordinators elections to avoid any confusion and bloodshed. The petition which ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said he is saddened by the demise of renowned Ghanaian diplomat, Kwaku Baprui Asante, popularly known as K.B. Asante. K.B. Asante, who died at age 93, was described by John Mahama as “a foundation of wisdom from which we all drunk freely.” The former President in a post on his Facebook wall consoled Asante’s ...

The National Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Sammy Awuku has condemned the acrimonious nature of the campaign being waged by some youth activists of the party aspiring to contest for the National Youth Organizer position in the impending National Congress. According to him, the insults being thrown at each other in the campaign activities of these ...

A Senegalese-based reporter with AFP, Jennifer O’Mahony has taken to Twitter to hail Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for being punctual during yesterday’s investiture of former football star, George Oppong Weah as Liberian President. An image of Akufo-Addo surrounded by empty seats on his left and to his right have been circulating on various social media platforms. Elements within ...

Former Minister of Lands and Forestry and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Ahaji Inusah Fuseini, says Vice President Bawumia is a public property and that Ghanaians deserve to know his health status. The presidency on Saturday announced that, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia had been flown to the UK for further medical treatment after he was reported unwell Friday. The ...