POLITICS

The national chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC) Bernard Mornah has described as unfortunate and heart-wrenching Dr. Edward Mahama’s acceptance of an ambassadorial position under the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to him, the presidential candidate of the PNC in the 2016 elections has betrayed his long held principle in accepting government appointments. “I’m not really myself,” he ...

Political Scientist at the University of Ghana, Dr Alidu Seidu, has described Dr. Edward Mahama’s decision to accept an  Ambassadorial appointment from government as a betrayal to the People’s National Convention (PNC) party. He told Francis Abban on Morning Starr that it is not a bad thing for Dr. Mahama to serve his country, but that would be a huge betrayal to the PNC ...

Lawyers of Ms Georgina Opoku Amankwah, a Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission (EC), have written to the Chair of the Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei, saying their client will not comply with a directive to “proceed on leave” based on the suggestions of the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) because it was an “unconstitutional” order. Ms Opoku Amankwah is ...

Renowned international diplomat James Victor Gbeho has said the appointment and use of Ambassadors-at-Large by governments is not at all new to Ghana or the diplomatic world. This comes in the wake of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s appointment of five-time flag bearer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Dr Edward Mahama as an Ambassador-at-Large. Mr Gbeho told sit-in host of Class91.3FM’s ...

The former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has claimed ownership of the tapping device retrieved from the office of the current Minister, John Peter Amewu. According to him, the device was given to him by one Haruna as a gift in his early days as Lands and Natural Resources Minister and that he ordered its installation ...

President Akufo-Addo on Monday called on the Qatari authorities to take steps to address the issue of the maltreatment of Ghanaians working in that country. He said the government was worried on the unceasing allegations of the abuses meted out to Ghanaians by Qatari employers, adding that, the situation ought to stop for beneficial relations between both nations. The President ...

The Peoples National Convention (PNC) is to hold an emergency to take a decision over their National Chairman’s acceptance of a position in the Akufo-Addo led government without informing the party. Dr. Edward Nasigri Mahama was on Monday, July 10, 2017, assigned ambassadorial role by the President of the land. His portfolio, Ambassador at Large, was granted him at an ...

Failed flagbearer aspirant of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Francis Addai-Nimo has hinted he will be staging another attempt for the party’s flagbearer contest in the near future. According to Addai-Nimo, he has not changed his presidential ambitions since contest for which reason he will not rule out the possibility of contesting again. The former Member of Parliament for Mampong ...

A technology developer has disclosed that the audiovisual device discovered in the office of the Lands and Natural Resource Minister was a gift to John Peter Amewu’s predecessor Alhajii Inusah Fuseini. The device was discovered by the National Security in Mr Amewu’s office after a swoop by the National Security on Monday. The device was planted in a huge Coat ...

The latest refutation in connection with Adwoa Safo’s “E-block saga”, brings to three, the number of ‘questionable’ claims from the camp of Procurement Minister and MP for Dome Kwabenya that have been rejected. Adwoa Safo’s Political aide; Sammy Boakye in a recent interview, revealed that the MP’s claims about having constructed a community day school for her constituency were indeed ...