POLITICS

Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says former President John Mahama’s record in government makes him unsuitable to describe a government’s digital address system as ‘419’. Taking on arguably his favourite political target, Dr. Bawumia said he found it “incredible that he [Mahama] would have the effrontery to talk about 419 scams.” After learning of Mahama’s description of the application as a ...

The Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly is investigating circumstances that led to the purchase of a pump action gun for the Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka. The previous administration of the assembly under the Mahama administration reportedly bought the weapon for the MP. The immediate-past chief executive of the Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly, Hamidan Nuredeen, was also ...

In reaction to former President John Mahama’s description of Ghana’s newly launched digital property addressing system as ‘419’ or fraudulent, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has told the latter that the real scammers under his previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, will soon be exposed. A visibly incensed Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia did not take kindly to the former President’s criticism, ...

Former President of the Republic, John Dramani Mahama, has sent a notice to the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs), congratulating them for being effective in opposition and always putting pressure on their colleague MPs on the Majority side to do the right thing. He said even though the NDC MPs are in the Minority side of ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama did not compare President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his appointees to pigs when he addressed National Democratic Congress (NDC) faithfuls who had gathered in Cape Coast after their unity walk on Sunday, Mr Stanislav Xoese Dogbe has said. Jumping to the defence of his boss, the former director of communications at the Presidency in ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama has accused the media in Ghana for what he calls hard handedness during his tenure. According to him, the media linked him to every negative act of his appointees but have been charitable to President Akufo-Addo. Speaking at the NDC Unity Walk in the Central region over the weekend, Mahama averred the media are now ...

Former President John Mahama has mocked the Akufo-Addo government over the new digital address system that was launched some weeks ago. According to him, the government must hold someone accountable for paying for a service that is available on mobile phones already through google map. “….Otherwise, how can you launch a whopping GPS system that is freely available on our ...

Former President John Mahama has waded into the raging controversy regarding the apology offered by Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa following his widely condemned divisive comments. George Ayisi Boateng has apologized for saying that members of the ruling New Patriotic Party are more Ghanaian than other Ghanaians. The apology has however been dismissed by many Ghanaians who have continued ...

Former Central Regional Minister Aquinas Tawiah Quansah, has revealed that the organisers of the National Democratic Congress’ unity walk held in Cape Coast on Sunday, 5 November were aware that former President Jerry John Rawlings was not going to turn up. Several stalwarts of the NDC including former president John Dramani Mahama and former Vice Chancellor of the University of ...

The humiliating defeat of President John Mahama and his NDC seems to have had more than telling effects on the former Ghanaian leader than what can be considered to be normalcy. Much as everyone has the inalienable right to express his or her sentiments on matters of national importance, going to the extent of labeling fellow human beings as animals ...