POLITICS

President Akufo-Addo, will, today Monday, 21st August, 2017, leave Ghana for a 3-day official visit to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, at the invitation of its President, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. The purpose of the visit is to deepen the cordial bilateral relations between the two countries, and explore possible areas of co-operation. The President’s visit is, in particular, to ...

Deputy Communications Director for the opposition National Democratic Congress [NDC], Kweku Boahen has accused President Akufo-Addo and his government of being the cause of the huge percentage of failed students in the just ended Basic Education Certificate Examinations [BECE] results. He said, “The propagandist promise made by the New Patriotic Party [NPP] during the 2016 elections that led them into ...

The office of Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has denied accusations that he; then running mate of the NPP, promised not to borrow when his government comes into office. The Minority has described as shameful, Dr Bawumia’s new position on borrowing. Deputy Minority Leader, James Klutse Avedzi said: “It is shameful for Bawumia to say in the past that we ...

President Akufo-Addo stunned majority of his audience yesterday when he mounted the podium at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel during the 12th Convocation of Advocates in Africa. For a good part of his speech as special guest of honour at the programme – which was held under the auspices of the Christian Lawyers Fellowship Ghana (CLFG) – the president ...

Popular fast-food restaurant chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), has supported the ‘Save a Child, Save a Mother’ project, an initiative of the Rebecca Foundation, with GH¢ 10,000. The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has been raising funds towards the construction of a new Maternity as well as Mother and Baby Unit MBU) for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), to ease ...

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) James Avedzi has cautioned members of the committee against disrespect, charging them to exercise “utmost decorum” during proceedings. His admonition follows a verbal spat between him and the MP for Effutu Alexander Afenyo Markin Thursday August 17, 2017. The Effutu MP was stopped from posing a question to a witness ...

The Member of Parliament for Mpohor Constituency and member of the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament, Hon. Alex Kofi Agyekum has said that he has lost confidence in the committee and doubts its credibility. Speaking on the issue on Agoo FM’s evening news analysis program “Na Wo Kaa No Sen” with Nanayaa Mirekua, the MP for Mpohor said the committee ...

Former President Jerry Rawlings has finally broken his silence on the content of an article written by Dr. Valerie Sawyerr, former Deputy Chief of Staff, which described him as an “agitated mosquito.” The former chief of staff, a surrogate of former President John Mahama, in a rather unusual epistle went after the former president for his continues attacks on the ...

Former Ghana president, John Dramani Mahama, has had an eventful few months following his loss in the 2016 elections to Nana Akufo-Addo. The former National Democratic Congress (NDC) flag-bearer was handed a heavy defeat at last year’s polls, despite his advantage as the incumbent. Mahama managed to record just 44.4% of the vote cast, with Akufo-Addo emerging victorious after garnering ...

President Nana Akufo Addo in consultation with the council of state has appointed the president of the national house of chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV as the board chairman of the National Investment Bank (NIB). Togbe Afede was the board chairman of the NIB during John Drama Mahama’s era. According to players in the financial industry he is the best person ...