POLITICS

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has said he is not out to unite “good and bad“and urged the leadership of National Democratic Congress (NDC) to play their roles with distinction. “We lost our masses because we betrayed the cause of June 4. We never followed the tenets and principles of probity, accountability, integrity and transparency which the uprising stood for”. ...

The Member of Parliament for the Builsa South Constituency, Dr. Clement Apaak, has said the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Upper Denkyira West District, Daniel Appianin, deserves to be sacked and not suspended. Mr. Appianin was suspended by the President last Thursday and asked to hand over to the deputy Central Regional Minister, for making some comments considered derogatory ...

Although the former Korle Klottey Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Valentino Nii Noi Nortey is begging for forgiveness for abandoning the party and going independent in the 2016 parliamentary elections, his plea is likely to be rejected by some party members. Division in the party, prior to the 2016 elections, according to the Constituency Vice Chairman, Alhaji ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has extended his felicitations to the Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) HE Jerry John Rawlings, members of the NDC and cadres of the revolution on the occasion of the 38th Anniversary of the June 4 Revolution. June 4, as one of the recognized anniversary days of the NDC, is a Day of Accountability, ...

The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Ken Attafuah has disclosed that he nearly became a victim of mob action in 2003 at Kaneshie in Accra. Recounting his ordeal to the host of The Lounge, Kwaku Sakyi-Addo on Friday, Prof. Attafuah who is a lawyer and a criminologist said: “I personally came dangerously closed to be lynched ...

I never knew Maxwell Adam Mahama, but I have been unable to hold back the tears all week. A group of people decided to constitute themselves into police, prosecution, judge and jury, tried him summarily, found him guilty – guilty of what? Nothing! They convicted, sentenced him to death and executed the sentence by stoning and setting him alight. Stop ...

Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has belittled the intelligence and scope of reasoning of the General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and his deputy. He believes Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia and Koku Anyidoho no longer make sense in their political discourse, a situation that may compel him to quit politics ...

A youth activist of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the in Ellembelle constituency of the Western Region, has advised the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to show signs of responsibility in their utterances in opposition. Ishmael Avo Miezah who was contributing to a panel discussion on attempts by the leadership of the NDC to politicize the murder of ...

The Upper Denkyira West Assembly has thrown an invitation to President Akufo-Addo to personally pay a visit to the area following the lynching of an Army Captain, Maxwell Mahama. The Presiding Member of the Assembly Gabriel Kwadwo Karikari said at a press conference Friday “we are appealing to Nana [Akufo-Addo] to come down to the place where the incident happened”. ...

Mr Kodzo Hamenya Keglo, the Spokesperson for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Action Movement, has emphasised the group’s commitment towards propelling the vision of the party for victory in 2020. Mr Keglo blamed the defeat of the party in the 2016 polls on the failure of some party members to respect the advice of notable leaders and members of the ...