POLITICS

The Member of Parliament for Nadowli Kaleo, Alban Bagin has cast doubts on John Mahama’s chances of winning the National Democratic Congress’ primaries to lead the party in the 2020 general elections. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Joy News’ Gifty Andoh Appiah, Mr. Bagbin, in a response to a question about his personal chances against the man who is ...

The Economic and Organised Crime Office, EOCO, has asked lawyers for embattled Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Georgina Opoku Amankwah, to give them two weeks to come up with their findings on their client. This was among the major issues discussed at a meeting between officials of the EOCO and Madam Amankwaah’s lawyers after a near clash on Monday. ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo is repeating some of the mistakes of his predecessor John Mahama, flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alban Bagbin, has said. According to the Nadowli Kaleo MP, Mr Mahama surrounded himself with inexperienced young people who could not offer him the right counsel to lead the country and his party, the NDC. In Mr Bagbin’s ...

Beleaguered Deputy Chair of the Electoral Commission, Georgina Opoku Amankwah says will forcibly enter her office if she comes to find it locked by the officials from the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). Her warning cames after EOCO officials tried to throw her out of her office when she reported for work after almost seven months out of office ...

The usual euphoria that greets political campaigns came up yesterday when President Akufo-Addo arrived at the Mensah-Sarbah Hall of the University of Ghana, Legon. That was when he attended the 8th Annual Salon Academy of the National Association of Beauticians and Hairdressers (NABH-Ghana) as the special guest of honour. It was under the theme, ‘creating the best learning environment in ...

The Brong Ahafo Regional Police Commander, DCOP Techie-Poku, a Divisional Commander, Superintendent Lugu Yari and one Sergeant Samuel Naawerebagr who went to the Catholic Hospital at Duayaw Nkwanta to visit Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye DC, who is alleged to have been assaulted by some New Patriotic Party supporters at Atebubu were snubbed by the victim. The Regional Commander and his ...

The Chief Executive officer of Public Sector Reforms, Mr. Kusi Boafo, has insisted he is in possession of sleazy dossier to prove his claim that the Mahama government bought cars at expensive prices and later sold them back to the suppliers at low cost. The issue of the number of vehicles bequeathed to the Akufo-Addo government by the Mahama administration ...

Ghana’s economy increased from 3.7% in 2016 to an estimated 7.9% in 2017, Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated. According to the Vice President, this is the best annual real GDP growth for the first year of any new government since 1992. Speaking at the opening of the 69th annual New Year School and Conference in Accra, Vice President ...

The Minority Spokesperson on Energy, Adams Mutawakilu, has accused the government of usurping the powers of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission [PURC], by announcing a 14 percent average reduction in electricity tariffs for non-residential users in the country. The announment was made by President Nana Akufo-Addo, but Mr. Mutawakilu contends that “announcing the reduction when PURC hasn’t even done the ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has denied a purported statement from the ministry suggesting that President Akufo-Addo in the wake of Mr. Trumps’ “shithole” slurs summoned the US Ambassador to Ghana to the Flagstaff House. A Press statement released by the ministry said it did not sanction such statement making rounds on social media platforms. “The ministry ...