POLITICS

The former boss of the Volta River Authority (VRA) Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby has chided President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for surrendering to an emotional media coverage of the death of Major Maxwell Mahama. According to Dr. Wereko-Brobby, the media coverage coerced the President to honor Mr. Mahama while neglecting other officers who died in similar circumstances. The suspended NPP member ...

Karim Zakaria spokesperson for residents of the Savelugu- Nantong municipality protesting against the nomination and confirmation of Hajia Ayishetu Seidu, has provided an insight into how Hajia Ayishetu attempted manipulating voters in her favour. Karim Zakaria, an executive of the Npp in the area, insinuated that Ayishetu in connivance with some top NPP executives, paid thousands of cedis as bribes ...

The Minister for Works and Housing Samuel Atta-Akyea has stated that there is no “comprehensive” plan to deal with threats posed to the nation by tidal waves. Mr. Atta-Akyea who visited the three communities ravaged by the ferocious tidal waves in the early hours of Sunday, June 11, 2017, said on Morning Starr Tuesday, June 13, 2017, that government lacks ...

A Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has indicated that NDC founder Jerry John Rawlings’ comments about the party reflect the true happenings within it. The former president, speaking at a rally organised by the NDC as part of its 25th anniversary at Ashaiman on Saturday, June 9, noted that the NDC will need to ...

James Kwabena Bomfeh has hailed former President Rawlings for throwing tantrums during the 25th Anniversary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). During the anniversary held at the Ashaiman Mandela Park in the Greater Accra Region, Mr. Rawlings eased tension with an advice to the party functionaries where he admonished them to be guided by the principles of probity, accountability ...

Maverick politician Kennedy Agyepong, will soon runaway from the country if the current state of purported insecurity persists, Alhaji Bature Iddrissu, Managing Editor of the Al Hajj Newspaper has asserted. He said the current insecurity in the country is making Ghana descending into a failed state and Kennedy Agyepong will be among the first batch of persons to vacate the ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday urged leaders in Africa to formulate an air-tight plan to employ youth in their countries to prevent them from embarking on the dangerous journey of crossing the Mediterranean in search of greener pastures in Europe. Addressing the G-20 Partnership for Africa Summit in Berlin, Germany, the President said an aggressive plan to end youth unemployment ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has given the strongest indication yet that he would lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 polls. Although the NDC’s presidential candidate in the 2016 elections stated that it was too early to elect the leader of the party for the 2020 elections, he used scenarios to declare his intent to the party ...

Hajia Ayishetu Seidu, the recently elected Municipal Chief Executive for the Savelugu/Nanton Municipal Assembly, is yet to begin her official duties in the district. Due to several threats by irate residents in the district, the elected MCE is yet to show up at her office for fear of possible attacks. The residents had already staged a demonstration against the nomination ...

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has laughed off comments by Former president Jerry John Rawlings stating jokingly that Mr Asiedu Nketia is not handsome enough to serve as flagbearer of the NDC. Jerry Rawlings at a rally to mark the NDC’s 25th year anniversary at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region on Saturday, ...