POLITICS

The Majority in Parliament has waded into the BOST scandal which has generated intense public interest and has accused the Minority of playing mischief with the case. This comes on the heels of accusations against Managing Director Alfred Obeng Boateng that he superintended the sale of five million litres of contaminated fuel to Movenpiina, who in turn sold it to ...

A son of one of the three High Court judges and a military officer, who were murdered in cold blood three decades ago, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, said the families who suffered the lost have forgiven the killers. Speaking to journalists after a short wreath laying ceremony at the forecourt of the Supreme Court Complex in commemoration of the 35th Anniversary ...

The Majority in Parliament has called for a forensic, ‘high-profile’ investigations into the operations of BOST as the 5million litres of contaminated fuel saga spirals into partisan proportions. At a press conference Friday, the MP for Odotobri, Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi, justified the NPP’s demand for an investigations by reading out a list of ‘scandalous’ transactions at BOST under the tenure ...

Maverick politician and Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central Region, Hon Kennedy Agyapong has cautioned some elements in the ruling New Patriotic Party to be watchful of their deeds and utterances in the media so not to cause disaffection for the vice-president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. Speaking in an interview with Asempa Fm on Eko Sii Sen political ...

Maverick politician and New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Assin Central Ken Agyapong has claimed that some selfish leading NPP members have brought together 800 companies seeking to do business with the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Limited. According to him, these bigwigs have schemed to prosecute an agenda of running down the BOST MD who’s an NPP financier ...

Following the announcement of reforms in visa acquisition procedures, among other things, by the US embassy, the US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson, has come under intense backlash with a lot of Ghanaians throwing salvos from all angles directed at him. Some have even questioned the motive behind a drastic reform withdrawing courtesies and protocols accorded members of parliament and ...

After committing his resources to the electoral victory of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the December 7, 2016 polls, Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyapong has revealed that some elements within the party are scheming his downfall. “They go to sit at Alisa Hotel and plot how they will bring me down or disgrace me. ...

Maverick politician, Kennedy Agyapong has cautioned the current National Executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to dare contest for reelection if they fail to rise up and speak against current happenings in the party and government. “National Executives I am warning you, if they don’t open their mouths and talk for those who have been given appointments to ...

Maverick politician and founder of the defunct United Renaissance Party (URP) Charles Kofi Wayo still has hope of becoming the President of Ghana someday. In his view, he has all the qualities of a President but myopic NDC/NPP politics has clouded the jugement of Ghanaians. The outspoken businessman who quit politics and went into farming said successive government have paid ...

Mrs Charlotte Osei, Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC), has lauded the Forum for Actions on Inclusion, Transparency and Harmony (FAITH) Ghana on its work during the 2016 elections and compiling two reports on its work. She said the reports offered very important lessons for building Ghana’s electoral process, particularly in the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), which was ...