POLITICS

Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyepong has revealed his disdain for Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho disclosing how he wants to deal with him. Kennedy Agyepong has stated that, Koku Anyidoho allegedly contributed to him being charged for treason and relating him to drug trafficking as well. The MP said “I am ...

Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong has dared Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, to a two-man boxing bout and threatened to beat the latter mercilessly for peddling falsehood about his alleged involvement in drugs. Describing Mr Anyidoho as “chicken”, the businessman told Oman FM’s ‘National Agenda’ morning show on Wednesday, 13 December that Mr Anyidoho ...

Counsel for embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, is praying the Supreme Court to review the application granted by sole judge, Justice Alfred A Benin, which allowed the state to seize and value his client’s immovable properties as part of moves to retrieve GHS51.2 million wrongfully paid to him. But in court on Wednesday, 13 December 2017, Mr Woyome’s lawyer, Kweku ...

The Office of former President JJ Rawlings has denied reports that ex-president John Mahama has been banned from the 36th anniversary of the 31st December Revolution. The event is scheduled to take place in Ho in the Volta region. The theme for this year’s event is ‘’Uniting around the principles of probity, accountability, and social justice”. The commemoration is a ...

The attempt by the beleaguered Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, to throw in a last punch by requesting for copies of the petitions sent to the Office of the President seeking her impeachment from office, has hit a snag. This is because the presidency has directed her to channel her request to the Chief Justice at the Supreme Court ...

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP), is seeking to join a petition set to trigger the removal of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei from office. The EC boss and two of her deputies Amadu Sulley (in charge of Operations), and Georgina Amankwa (in charge of Corporate Services) on Monday appeared before the Chief Justice committee hearing their ...

Former President Kufuor has responded to criticisms from former President Rawlings that he demeaned Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s legacy in his time as president In a very harsh tone, Mr Kufuor’s spokesperson, Frank Agyekum described Mr Rawlings’ criticism as baseless Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has described as baseless criticisms from his predecessor, Jerry John Rawlings that he demeaned the legacy ...

As Ghanaians continue to wonder at the deep seated animosity former President Jerry John Rawlings has towards his successor, John Agyekum Kufuor, a former Deputy Finance Minister has suggested a novel reason: Perhaps the man known as the ‘gentle giant’, Kufuor, once snatched the girl friend of Ghana’s longest-serving president, J.J Rawlings. Kwaku Agyemang Manu, who served as a deputy ...

The Governor of the Central Bank Dr. Ernest Addison has dismissed media reports that his second deputy governor has resigned. According to him, Dr. Johnson Asiama is still at post at the Bank of Ghana. Media reports are rife that Dr. Asiama who was appointed into office during the tenure of former President John Mahama has taken his accumulated leave ...

Vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed the government is putting in place the necessary legislation and infrastructure to establish a bauxite refinery in the next two to three years. A bill seeking to set up a Bauxite Development Authority to facilitate the establishment of an Integrated Aluminium Industry will be submitted to Parliament early next year after broad consultations, ...