POLITICS

President Akufo-Addo has urged all senior citizens of the country to speak out boldly and criticise his government. Referring to his inaugural speech were he called on the people of Ghana to be “citizens and not spectators”, the President said he has one more request to make of senior citizens and that is for them to offer him constructive criticisms ...

President Akufo-Addo has left Ghana Sunday, July 2, 2017, to attend the 29th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, which is being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting of the Heads of State will take place from July 3 to July 4, 2017, under the theme, “Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investment in the Youth”. Issues ...

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram in Accra, Samuel Nartey George has kicked against calls for independent probe into the bribery scandal involving Members of the Finance Committee of Parliament. Head of Legal Department at the National Lottery Authority (NLA), David Lamptey requested then Director General, Brigadier General Martin Ahiaglo (Rtd.) to authorise the release of a total sum of ?150,000 ...

Maverick politician, Kennedy Agyepong has threatened to release full details of how the New Patriotic Party (NPP) won the December 7, 2016 elections if he is continuously undermined by some unnamed individuals in the party. “I am not a minister and I don’t fear being sacked. I will speak the truth till death. If anyone invites me I will not ...

Businessman Ibrahim Mahama has vehemently dismissed allegation by Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia’s Technical Advisor, Gideon Boako that the state sold 58% of Ghana’s Bauxite to him [Ibrahim] and Exton Cubic Group Limited. Gideon Boako, has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has no moral rights to caution the NPP government against leveraging Ghana’s natural resources, specifically bauxite via ...

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has charged Ghanaians not to give up in their quest in saving the country from injustice, corruption and political victimization. The party in a press statement signed by its Chairman, Prof. Edmund Delle to mark the country’s 57th Republic Day anniversary further commended Ghanaians for protecting the sovereignty of the country over the years. “The ...

The CEO of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors Senyo Hosi is threatening to drag New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Assin Central to court for allegedly maligning him. Mr. Hosi is demanding an apology and retraction from the maverick politician in 24 hours over bribery and corruption claims he made against him on Thursday. “Our client takes notice that ...

Businessman, Ibrahim Mahama has shot down claims by the aide of Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia, Gideon Boako that the National Democratic Congress government sold 58% of Ghana’s Bauxite to him and Exton Cubic Group Limited. A statement from his office said there are three Bauxite concessions in the country of which two have been sold to foreign companies hence reason ...

Controversial New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyepong has revealed that the party is opposition bound in 2020 if the current scheming and undermining of persons who contributed to its success persists. “You are here endorsing nonsense just because of your selfish interest. Some of them want Alfred Obeng Boateng fired from BOST so that they ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has said it was disgraceful for the Finance Committee of the previous parliament to have accepted sponsorship from the National Lottery Authority (NLA) to deliberate on the amendment of the National Lottery Act, 2006 (Act 722). It has emerged that the committee that did the deliberations was funded by the NLA. The ...