POLITICS

Minority spokesperson on Communications, Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini has taken the vice president, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to the cleaners for “exhibiting gross incompetence in government”. According to him, Ghana’s economy under the self-styled ‘economic wizkid’ has taken a nosedive which in his opinion is affecting the socio-economic conditions in the country. Mr. Fuseini who is also the Member of Parliament for ...

A Deputy Minister for Finance Kwaku Kwarteng has described the International Monetary Fund as unreasonable following the Bretton Woods institution’s concerns over the undersubscribed Energy bond floated by the government. The attack was made on GHOne television hours after the deputy minister had told Morning Starr host Francis Abban that ‘IMF are not gods’ on Morning Starr. The IMF, according ...

Police in Tamale acting on a report by the Member of Tamale Central constituency, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has seized a vehicle belonging to an executive of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party in the Northern region as divisions continue to deepen to dangerous levels months after the John Mahama Unity Walk. Alhaji Mohammed Amin Adam, the Regional Youth Organizer of ...

A former Upper East Regional Minister and senior lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has advised outspoken lawmaker for Assin Central to stop peddling falsehood about institutions he has little or no knowledge about. According to him, facts about current furore of the UEW bandied around by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand are nothing but untruths advising ...

Some youth suspected to be supporters of the New Patriotic Party, backed by the Nanumba North District Chief Executive, Abdulai Yaquob, have taken control of the community water system at Binbcheratanga in the Nanumba North District of Northern Region. This has led to a water shortage over the past four days in Binbcheratanga, forcing residents to trek long distances to ...

The former Corruption Advisor to ex-president John Mahama has deplored President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s anti-corruption campaign, describing it as a “big joke.” Daniel Batidam said the President does not need the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to fight corruption if he is committed to that end. The former Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) boss told Bernice Abu Baidoo on ...

Central Regional Minister Kwamena Duncan has said members of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) were paid between GHS50 and GHS100 to take part in the party’s third unity walk held on Sunday, 5 November in his region. Mr Duncan said the NDC is deceiving its members across the country that the party is united for future elections whereas ...

The President of the National House of Chiefs Togbe Afede has urged President Akufo-Addo to be firm in order to effect his desired changes in the country. He is also counseling the President to be bold enough to reject excuses that do not advance his change agenda. “We are happy about your agriculture, industry, and infrastructure driven economic growth agenda. ...

Editor of the Al Hajj Newspaper, Alhaji Bature Iddrisu has said that New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for the Assin Central constituency in the Central region, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has become more powerful than President Akufo-Addo. He believes the President has failed to tame the party’s “loudmouth” MP as far as his utterances on vigilantism are concerned. Citing his ...

Former President John Mahama’s Advisor on Governance and Corruption, Mr Daniel Batidam has described the Special Prosecutor idea of the Akufo-Addo government as a “big joke”. “…Stop the politics that is going on about a special or independent prosecutor. That thing is not going to fly. It’s a big joke. It’s a way of avoiding to tackle the problem,” the ...