POLITICS

NDC satisfied with 455-page Botchwey report – Koku

The leadership of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is satisfied with the work of the 13-member Kwesi Botchwey committee and the recommendations in the report it submitted to the party, a deputy General Secretary of the party has said. According to Koku Anyidoho, the party, following its humiliating defeat in the 2016 election began the process of rebuilding itself ...

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Dr Botchwey’s report should have named and shamed – Yamoah Ponkoh

A former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ejuisu/Juaben in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh, appears to be confused over the outcome of a 13-member Kwesi Botchwey report that was tasked to unearth circumstances that culminated into the party’s disgraceful defeat at the polls in 2016. According to him, the report should have also made adverse findings against some ...

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5 key suspects grabbed over Mahama murder

Five out of the 12 prime suspects on the Police Wanted List in connection with the lynching of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama have been arrested. They are Bernard Asamoah a.k.a Daddy, Bismark Asamoah a.k.a Rasta, Sarah Mensah, John Boakye and Kwame Awona. According to the Ghana Police Service, the five were arrested last week. Meanwhile, police prosecutors in Cape Coast ...

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Corruption scandals hit Akufo-Addo’s government

Having been overwhelmed by the “high profile” corruption scandals that have hit his six month old government, President Akufo-Addo is now banking hopes on the support of Ghanaians and God to fight the canker he promised would never happen when he is elected President. Addressing Ghanaians resident in the United Kingdom recently, President Akufo-Addo helplessly said “to the extent that ...

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Akufo-Addo’s full speech at CJ’s investiture

We are gathered here this afternoon to perform one of the most significant acts in the life of our nation – the induction into office of a new Chief Justice of the Republic. It has been a simple, solemn ceremony of investiture of the head of the Judiciary, the third arm of government. To that end, I am grateful for ...

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2016 polls: I’ll never forget how EC treated me – Nduom

Even though the 2016 elections is over, the 2016 flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has said that he will never forget the treatment meted out to him by the Electoral Commission (EC) which became his lowest point in the run-up to the polls. Dr Nduom was one of 13 aspirants initially disqualified from ...

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Arrest Savelugu thugs – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has ordered the police to arrest persons perpetrating acts of lawlessness in Savelugu Municipality of the Northern region. Savelugu has been the den of lawlessness following the appointment of Hajia Aishetu Seidu as Municipal Chief Executive of the area. Irate youth there affiliated to the ruling government went berserk in protest of Hajia Aishetu’s appointment, raiding and vandalizing ...

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Kwesi Botchwey makes 8 recommendations for NDC

The 13-member Professor Kwesi Botchwey Committee probing the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) 2016 election defeat on Monday (June 19, 2017) presented a 455-page report to the National Executive Committee of the party. Professor Botchwey handed over the voluminous document titled “Listening To The Voice Of The Grassroots” to the national chairman of the NDC, Mr Kofi Portuphy at the party’s ...

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