POLITICS

Vigilante group linked to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Invisible Forces allegedly stormed the venue where the Ada East DCE nominee Sarah Dugbakie Pobee was being confirmed on Friday. The vigilante group allegedly snatched ballot boxes and molested assembly members in the presence of armed police personnel which eventually marred the election. Ms. Pobee who failed to secure two-thirds ...

Former Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, has refuted reports suggesting that he has commended the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration for managing the economy better than the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. In a post on Facebook, Mr Spio-Garbrah described the report as “inaccurate.” He explained he only commended the “NPP’s performance with regards to reducing inflation ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has taken a swipe at his National Democratic Congress (NDC) – which government was removed through the ballot box last year – apparently tagging it as the most corrupt in the history of the country. He told a visiting political delegation from Sierra Leone at his residence in Accra that the current New Patriotic Party ...

Introduction of the free Senior High School policy in Ghana was not motivated by political gains but to ensure that every Ghanaian child gets the opportunity to further their education beyond Junior High School, President Akufo Addo has said. Addressing the Bawku Naba Asigri Abugrago II and a host of other chiefs from the Bawku traditional area when they called ...

Dr. Ekwow Spio-Gabrah has revealed he was on an $18,000 international job when former President John Mahama called him to come and serve in his administration. According to him, he was willing to make the sacrifice because of the love he has for the country. The former education minister told Bola Ray on Starr Chat on Starr FM that God ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged the Bawku Naba Asigri Abugrago II and a host of other Chiefs from the Bawku traditional area in the Upper East area to do everything possible to maintain the current peace that the area is enjoying. Addressing the Bawku Naba Asigri Abugrago II and several other Chiefs from the Bawku traditional area when ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed worry over the high expenditure programs being pursued by the government. According to the fund, even though the Akufo-Addo government promised to save money, the nature of the projects it is embarking on makes it difficult to leave up to the promise. The Fund is, therefore, suggesting that government is not allowed to ...

Presidential hopeful Dr. Ekwow Spio-Gabrah has commended the Akufo-Addo government for its performance on the macroeconomic front since it assumed office in January 2017. According to him, the NPP government is doing better with holding inflation and deficits down than the NDC under former President John Mahama did. “On the law and order issue, they are very low, on trying ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo inherited a “national corruption at its worst” from the National Democratic Congress administration, former President Jerry John Rawlings has said. To such end, he has called for a joint effort in the fight against corruption because he believes government would have a hard time doing it alone. Speaking during a meeting with a delegation of ...

A former Deputy Chief of Staff, Dr. Valarie Sawyerr, has suggested that the Minister for Information, Mustapha Hamid, is struggling to clean the mess caused by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s elephant-sized government. Madam Valarie in her recent epistle opined that, Akufo-Addo’s ten-month reign has been fraught with the “Bond saga, the MacDan saga, the BOST saga, the AMERI saga, ...