POLITICS

The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has defended former President John Dramani Mahama over attacks on the latter following the annulment of the recent Kenyan election by the Supreme Court. Former President John Mahama led a 15-member delegation from the Commonwealth nations to observe Kenyan elections on August 8, 2017. The Kenyan Supreme Court last Friday ...

Controversial Hiplife Artiste and staunch supporter of President Akufo-Addo, Kwame Asare Obeng, also known as A Plus says the allegation of corruption he levelled against the two Deputy Chiefs of Staff, Samuel Abu Jinapor and Francis Asenso-Boakye has nothing to do with bribery. According to him, Ghanaians should not skew his corruption allegation against the duo to mean that they ...

Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Peter Amewu, has said that government will soon release mining equipment belonging to Engineers and Planners, owned by Ibrahim Mahama, brother of ex-President Mahama, whose firm was sub-contracted to do bauxite prospecting. According to Mr Amewu, he is “aware it [the equipment] has not been released”. He however said that he will consult the Ashanti ...

Government has cancelled the mining lease awarded to Exton Cubic Group limited. The move follows investigations by the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry over controversy surrounding the deal. Exton cubic has been in the spot light for some weeks following agitations by the youth of Nynahini over a bauxite concession leased to the company by the previous government. The Environmental ...

Government has appealed to parents across the country to remain calm as it takes steps to ensure all BECE candidates duly qualified are placed in senior high schools. Many parents have complained about the placement exercise despite their children meeting the qualification criteria. Some of the students who had grades that qualifies them for their first choice schools were rather ...

Martin Amidu has claimed that former President John Mahama’s advice to Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga following his defeat in the country’s election was cynical. Mr. Mahama advised aggrieved Odinga and his party to go to court for justice after they raised concerns over the results of the elections which declared victory for President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenya’s Supreme Court has ...

The Communications Minister Ursula Owusu Ekuful has described as “scurrilous and unwarranted” allegations of bribery and corruption levelled against her by Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyepong. In a statement released Friday, the minister challenged her accuser to produce evidence of his allegations, adding the allegations are born of ignorance. Ursula Owusu stands accused of collecting bribes as a condition for ...

Criminologist and acting Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority has broken his long silence over the controversial contract that appears to be tearing members of the New Patriotic Party apart. Prof Ken Attafuah insists the allegations of wrong doing by Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyepong leveled against him and Communications Minister Ursula Owusu were not only baseless but untrue. ...

Former presidential staffer under the President John Mahama led administration, Dr. Clement Apaak is upset with persons blaming and trolling the former President for the annulment of Kenya’s presidential polls. “What nonsense, did JDM [John Dramani Mahama] write the constitution of Kenya? Is he the Kenya’s EC! Focus your attention on fighting the army worm infestation”, Builsa North lawmaker took ...

The abortive mission of Exton Cubic Company Ltd to mine bauxite at Nyinahin in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region seems to have rejuvenated the animosity between two top businessmen in the country. From all indications, Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka ‘Wontumi,’ the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Ibrahim Mahama, a brother of ex-President ...