POLITICS

Dr Papa Kwesi Ndoum, the 2016 Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has reiterated that the election of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) and Assembly members is non-negotiable. Dr Ndoum said this on Saturday at the fourth National Convention of the PPP organized in Bolgatanga, Upper East Region, on the theme ”Election of MMDCEs for ...

Ghanaian boxer, Braimah Kamoko (Bukom Banku), has said former President John Dramani Mahama called him after the Saturday bout against Samir Bastie. “It’s true I am NDC, but I have other NPP members like Adjiri Blankson who supported my fight. I have NDC people who were against me so the trolling does not bother me. “John Mahama called me on ...

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ablekuma North, Justice Joe Appiah, appears to be in desperate search for a political appointment from President Akufo-Addo as he’s indicated he’s ready to even take up a sweeping job at the seat of government, Flagstaff House. The former Ranking Member on the Parliamentary Committee on Works and Housing is aggrieved ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has announced plans to ensure that the proposed creation of new districts by the Akufo-Addo-led government comes to fruition. It is recalled that President Nana Addo, while addressing the chiefs and people of the Mamprugu traditional area at the forecourt of the Nayiri palace in Nalerigu, disclosed his administration’s intention to upgrade six districts ...

Chaos continues to overwhelm the Northern Regional Secretariat of the School Feeding Programme as the Burma Camp youth has threatened to deploy armed men to attack Zonal Coordinators of the programme who are set to begin official duty today. “We have picked information that the unconcluded handpicked Zonal coordinators have been asked to resume work tomorrow and we want to ...

The Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) has appointed Justice Mrs. Georgina Wood (retired), immediate past-Chief Justice of Ghana, as the 2017-2018 AIG Visiting Fellow of Practice at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. The AIG Fellowship is awarded each year to an individual from West Africa who has demonstrated evidence of outstanding contribution to the public good, through ...

Greater Accra Regional Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress [NDC], Anthony Nukpenu has revealed that the communications outfit of the Flagstaff House at the Presidency level really worried the then ruling party prior to the 2016 elections. “It is a fact that the communications outfit of the Flagstaff House at the Presidency level really worried the party, they can ...

Security Expert Dr. Kwasi Aning has described as disturbing the mild punishment meted out to members of the pro-government vigilante group Delta Force. According to him, the punishment by the court will escalate political vigilantism ahead of the 2020 general elections. The 13 members of the Delta Force vigilante group in Kumasi were on Thursday sentenced to a fine of ...

Former National Security Advisor, Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah has said the fine of GH¢1,800 each handed to members of the Delta 13 by an Asokwa District Court in Kumasi is woefully inadequate. He thus suspects that the court was coerced into delivering what he described as “not a better decision.” The 13 members are to serve 12 months in jail ...

Former Trade and Industry Minister and a leading member of the National Democratic Congress [NDC] has said the introduction of the Free SHS policy by the NPP government will collapse basic education in the country. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah said focus is being placed on second cycle to the detriment of basic education which was the focus of the NDC during their ...