POLITICS

Angry residents from Nyinahin mostly youth in the the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region have prevented Engineers and Planners from depositing mining equipment at a bauxite concession in the area. Heavy duty equipments were being taken to the area with the view of prospecting and mining bauxite but the residents prevented the drivers of the vehicles belonging to ...

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has been compelled by vile propaganda directed at him to fire a salvo at the opposition and minority National Democratic Congress (NDC). It follows claim by the deputy minority leader, James Klutse Avedzi, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ketu North Constituency in the Volta Region, to the effect that the vice president ...

THE Deputy Transport Minister, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover has debunked rumours in the media that he has passed on. Mr Titus-Glover who is a lawmaker representing the constituents of Tema East in Parliament was reported to have died on the Accra-Kumasi road. Social media platforms, especially Facebook and Whatsapp were flooded over the weekend with reports that the vociferous MP ...

The former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Rt. Rev. Prof Emmanuel Martey has backed President Akufo-Addo to deliver on the promises he made to Ghanaians during electioneering. Akufo-Addo in the run-up to the 2016 elections made several pledges to Ghanaians including the provision of Free Senior High Schools, one-million-per-constituency and one-district-one-factory policies. Speaking at the 17th General Assembly ...

It seems there is no end in sight for the troubles of the Electoral Commission (EC) as it has emerged that the electoral management body auctioned 40 of its vehicles in 2013 to its members of staff. Although management of the EC estimated the value of the 40 vehicles at GH¢402,000, a valuer at Intercity State Transport Corporation (STC) valued ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has for the first time concurred with propositions from his colleague John Agyekum Kufuor on his stance on the composition of the Council of State. Both former Presidents were guests speakers at the ‘Accra Dialogues’ organized by the Institute of Law and Public Affairs in partnership with Media General under the theme “‘The Role of ...

The government of Ghana is expected to sign a government-to-government Heads of Agreement with Equatorial Guinea for the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas from that country to Ghana, for a period of 5 years. The signing of the agreement is expected to take place during the 3-day official visit to Equatorial Guinea by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, from Monday, ...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commended the Bank of Ghana for playing a pivotal role in promoting the country’s socio-economic development. According to President Akufo-Addo, through the Bank’s diligence and commitment, it has attempted to fulfil its mandate to ensure price stability and to create an enabling environment for sustainable growth. The President, thus, expressed ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo is barely nine months into office but appears to have come under barrages of criticisms not only from his opponents, but his own party, the New Patriotic Party. From allegations of showing weakness in addressing the contaminated fuel disaster at BOST to not dealing with perception of insecurity in the country, everything has been thrown at him. ...

Founder of the Progressive People Party (PPP) and magnate, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom has patted the Akufo Addo-led government on the back for scrapping the mandatory towing levy scheduled to have started in July. According to him, he would have been part of a demonstration to protest the implementation of the towing levy that he said doesn’t make sense. “Reports ...