POLITICS

The deputy Minister of Trade, Robert Ahomka Lindsay, has rendered an unqualified apology for his “stop whining” comments. According to him, the comments were made out of his experience as a returnee from the diaspora and not meant to malign anybody. Mr. Lindsay speaking at an event organized by the diaspora community in Accra chided the participants who are mainly ...

The case involving 13 members of the dreaded vigilante group affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been adjourned to August 8, 2017. A Kumasi Circuit Court presided by her Honour Mary Nsenkyire adjourned the case Thursday July 13, 2017 on the plea of a representative of the prosecutor in the case, C/Inspt. Hannah Acheampong. The 13 suspects ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he is “saddened” by news of the accident involving players and officials of Kumasi Asante Kotoko. “Saddened by the news of the accident involving players & officials of Kotoko. My heart goes out to the team; speedy recovery to the injured,” Mr Akufo-Addo said in a tweet. The assistant equipment officer of the ...

A new photo of Lawyer Philip Addison, a lead counsel for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), in the 2012 election petition making rounds on social media is causing ‘fear and panic’. The photo which has received huge shares online seems to give the famous lawyer a new look compared to when he first made a media appearance. The new image ...

A former Political Science Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has stated that he has more than what it takes to be a National Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). “I have no doubt that I can do well for the party and the country. I have more than what it takes to ...

The MP for Asawase Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka has revealed he did not have a rosy beginning, but was persistent to become a successful politician. “I was once a hawker,” the Minority Chief Whip in Parliament disclosed on Starr Chat. “It is an open secret among the residents of Asawase… I sold many things depending on the season,” the only National ...

The Minority Chief Whip Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka has revealed that his close relationship with colleague MP Mahama Ayariga has been ruined due to the bribery allegations. The fallout from the allegations saw Mahama Ayariga charged with contempt of Parliament, and subsequently compelled to apologize for the bribery allegations he made against the committee, and the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, ...

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako has asked the former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini to immediately report himself to the Ghana Police for planting a spying device in the office of John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources. According to him, the conduct is a criminal act and ...

Tweet The Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, has bemoaned extreme partisanship in Ghana’s parliament, warning the country risks having a democracy that will be useless. “Parliament is weak,” the Asawase MP said on Starr Chat. According to him, for the country’s law-making chamber to meet international standard it is incumbent on legislators from both sides of the House ...

Retired diplomat KB Asante has charged Ghana to do away with foreign aid as it only leads to “sloppy thinking” and “bad planning” by the receiver. According to him, government should avoid overreliance on foreign aid and fashion out robust strategies to develop Ghana because it “promotes a sense of inferiority”. For him, Ghana should not be nurturing “aid mentality” ...