POLITICS

The opposition National Democratic Congress has warned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to stop attempts to remove the Chairperson of the “independent” Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei. According to the NDC, they will resist the “blackmail witch-hunting” of the head of the election management body. Addressing a press conference Thursday, Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale South Haruna Iddrisu ...

The chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Portuphy, has described Adwoa Safo’s silence as a state of “self -imposed exile”. Addressing a press conference on Thursday July 20 2017, Kofi Portuphy said the MP for Dome Kwabenya has gone into complete exile following statement that she personally lobbied for funds for the establishment of the Community Day ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo is scheduled to leave Ghana for Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday, July 20. While in the country, he will attend the 8th Francophone Games as special guest of Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara. He is expected to depart on Friday July 21 to France on a visit. Mr Akufo-Addo is expected back in Ghana on the night of Tuesday ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has given a scathing verdict of president Akufo-Addo’s six-month in office, describing it as a state in disorder. According to the NDC, the Akufo-Addo led administration plunged the country into a state of insecurity debasing governance. Addressing a press conference Thursday July 20, 2017, the chairman of the opposition NDC, Kofi Portuphy said the mood ...

The former Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, now the Commander of the East Legon District Command, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, says the stoppage of SIM card registration is jeopardizing the security of the state. In July 2010, the National Communication Authority (NCA) gave a directive to all telecommunication companies in the country to register their customer aimed ...

The national chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Kofi Portuphy has scolded President Akufo-Addo for not being “on top of issues.” According to him, President Akufo-Addo could best be described as a “legal alien” because he spends most of his time outside Ghana hence his inability to grasp what is actually happening on the ground. Addressing the media to ...

Eight former workers of investment bank, Databank, have been employed at senior levels of the finance ministry since Ken Ofori-Atta was appointed as finance minister,” minority leader Haruna Iddrisu has said. According to him, the move is part of a grand effort by the Akufo-Addo government to cleanse the civil service. “Even at the ministry of finance, as many as ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) says the Head of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) was strategically positioned by Akufo-Addo so he could recoup the funds sunk into the NPP campaign in the 2016 polls. The main opposition NDC believes the murky issues emerging from the state institution is testament to the NPP government’s grand scheme. “We know Alfred Obeng ...

Some staff of the Electoral Commission (EC) have petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to get the chief justice to commence impeachment proceedings against Charlotte Osei, chairperson of the commission. They are accusing her of abusing her office and engaging in corruption, including the alleged award of contracts running into millions of dollars and moving into a new office building ...

It was a sight to behold when hundreds of market women from Makola market in Accra mobbed the Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central region, Ken Agyapong. The motive for the ambush was to appeal to the outspoken MP to prevent the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) from ejecting them from the present site. The traders sell their ...