POLITICS

The National Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress [NDC], Kofi Adams, has scored the Akufo-Addo government 30 per cent in his assessment of the government’s first year in office. In a Citi News interview, Mr. Adams said the first year of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government under Akufo-Addo has been characterized by the entrenchment of corruption and nepotism. ...

It was an interesting scene to behold when all three living former presidents – Jerry John Rawlings, John Agyekum Kufuor and John Dramani Mahama – joined incumbent President Akufo-Addo to celebrate 25th Anniversary of the 4th Republic. The three living Johns joined the man who broke the chain of the Johns at the well-attended religious event in Accra yesterday. The ...

Former Ghana High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland, Victor Smith, has accused his former boss, Jerry John Rawlings of not paying heed to wise counsel given him by his peers. Former President Jerry John Rawlings is noted for his blunt criticism and swift response to issues. The current incident was when he criticized former President Mahama for continuously ...

Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. George K. T. Oduro, has attributed the challenges facing government’s Flagship Free SHS program to the rush implementation of the program. Speaking at the 5th quadrennial (52nd) National Delegates’ Conference of the Ghana National Association of Teachers held at the University of Cape Coast on January 5th 2018, Prof. Oduro maintained ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled to meet the press this week, to give an account of his stewardship, one year after he was sworn into office as President of the republic. Nana Akufo-Addo in a meeting with News Editors at the Flagstaff House in July 2017, promised another press encounter after a year in office to be able ...

This article is to commemorate the 18th Anniversary of the formation of the Tertiary Students Confederacy of the New Patriotic Party (TESCON). It also coincides with the 25th Anniversary of the birth of the Fourth Republic. From its humble beginnings as a tertiary students wing of the NPP, TESCON has steadily evolved into a powerful political machinery, occupying an important ...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) big wig Professor Joshua Alabi says given the happenings in the country currently, there is a high possibility that there will be a change of government in 2020. He said the mantra of Ghanaians during the festive holidays – yetuasheda – is evidence that there will be a return to “hope” offered by the NDC. “Observing ...

The National Democratic Congress(NDC) Minority in Parliament has indicated that members will not take sitting allowance for last Friday’s emergency sitting over the controversial cash-for-seat saga that caused an uproar among a section of the public. Several Ghanaians including the Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs have said the emergency sitting called by the Minority was a ...

REAL MADRID could reportedly drop their interest in Chelsea winger Eden Hazard if Zinedine Zidane leaves the Bernabeu in the summer. Hazard has long been talked up as a Real target as they consider replacements for talismanic forward Cristiano Ronaldo and the injury-prone Gareth Bale. And a move was only abandoned in 2017 because the 26-year-old picked up an ankle ...

The Deputy General Secretary for opposition National Democratic Congress in charge of operation, Koku Anyidoho has dismissed claims that the NDC will not solidarize with its corrupt officials when the NPP government comes witch hunting. Some news websites have quoted the NDC’s scribe as saying that the party will not storm the court to solidarize with the former government officials, ...