POLITICS

Security Expert, Dr. Kwesi Aning, says the government must demonstrate the capacity to deal decisively with resistance to the anti-galamsey campaign. The Director of Academic Affairs at the Kofi Anan International Peace Keeping Training Centre sees the pockets of resistance to the fight against illegal mining as a possible threat to security if not handled properly. “We need to demonstrate ...

Former Ghana High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Victor Smith has said it would be unfair for the leadership of the National Democratic Congress to summon former Attorney General Martin Amidu without the founder of the party Jerry John Rawlings. “Personally, I think it will be difficult that the party leadership will summon Martin Amidu over his utterances that bring ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that Ghana’s oil revenue will be used to fund the Free Senior High School (SHS) program when it takes off next academic year. He stated that so long as he remained as the President, funds from the oil production would not go into few individual pockets, but it will be used to finance ...

Veteran highlife musician, Jewel Ackah seems to have finally gotten a shoulder to lean on after an apparent neglect by the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Videos circulating on social media indicate that the singer received $10,000 from Nana Appiah Mensah, C.E.O of Zylonfon Media, after the latter heard of the former’s deteriorating health. Jewel Ackah composed the National Democratic Congress’ ...

Ghana’s former president Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has in an address in Nigeria called for a paradigm shift in the fight against corruption to ensure that it does not create undue hardship on the people. Mr. Rawlings, speaking with particular reference to Nigeria, said corruption had eaten so deep into the fabric of society that the quest to clean ...

Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Martin Amidu has responded to allegations that he was on the payroll and being ‘remote controlled by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). In a statement, Mr Amidu described the allegation as lies, explaining that he vowed to late President Prof John Evans Atta Mills that he would ensure that the government ...

A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Joshua Attoh-Quarshie, has lashed out at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, stating he has failed Ghanaians even before the end of his four-year mandate. He claimed acts of corruption and injustices among others which were perpetuated under past administrations are being repeated under Akufo-Addo, something he said has left him [Atto-Quarshie] ...

Prof Joshua Alabi, a leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said the party is in a “difficult stage.” He was speaking in the wake of rapid escalation of tension within the party. The seeming deepening of the cracks within the NDC was triggered by a strongly worded letter addressed to the NDC founder JJ Rawlings by the ...

Former President John Mahama has confessed it is not easy to lose an election, but has urged Kenyans to protect the peace ahead of the declaration of the official results. “It is not easy to lose an election [because] it can be very disappointing,” Mahama told the Kenyan media. Mahama is part of international observers in the Eastern African country ...

Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Solomon Nkansah says inasmuch as some NDC members dislike and do not agree with their party founder, John Jerry Rawlings, on some of his utterances, he is very instrumental in the party. According to him, their ‘no nonsense leader’ must be tolerated by all if indeed the NDC wants to regain power ...