POLITICS

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it is in a hurry to take back political power which it lost to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) through what the party described as ’deceit and lies’. According to the NDC, the ruling government’s performance, since it took power in January this year, has been a disaster, a clear indication that ...

Speaker of Parliament Prof Mike Oquaye is adopting diplomacy in resolving visa fraud allegations against some Members of Parliament, Kate Addo, Acting Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, has said. It will be recalled that the British High Commission accused some MPs of facilitating into the UK the entry of some supposed relatives, with such persons overstaying their visas. The ...

The 13-member Kwesi Botchway Committee probing the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) 2016 election defeat is expected to present its report to the party today, Tuesday, May 30. The committee was set up early this year to investigate t circumstances that led to the party’s defeat and was expected to submit its report within three months. However, the committee could not ...

Parliament is expected to reconvene today, Tuesday May 30,2017 for the second meeting of the first session of the seventh parliament after rising for the Easter celebration. The commencement of the meeting is at the instance of the Speaker, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye after the House went on a break for the Easter festivities. Among the major issues this session ...

A deputy communications officer of the National Democratic Congress at Tema West, Mr. Eric Arthur, has advised Ghanaians especially media practitioners to move away from the one-sided posture of always tagging politicians as corrupt on air. His comment were meant to react to Captain Smart’s three-month ultimatum to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to prosecute persons found guilty ...

Five months after risking his life and career to assist Nana Akufo-Addo achieve his childhood dream of becoming President; some powerful forces within the governing New Patriotic Party have stepped up plans to prevent Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia’s growing influence in the running of state affairs. The aL-hAJJ has gathered that, Dr Bawumia, who until last year elections was NPP’s ...

Ghana and Mali have pledged to work towards strengthening the ties of co-operation that exist between them, after the Presidents of the two countries expressed satisfaction with the current state of the relations between them. In a joint communiqué issued at the end of a day’s working visit to Mali by President Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, 28th May, 2017, it was ...

The Prof. Kwesi Botchwey led committee investigating the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) woeful election performance in December 2016, is expected to submit its report to the party on Tuesday, May 29, 2017. The committee had been touring the country and meeting with various individuals and groups to gather information for the past four months, on what accounted for its loss ...

A Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho says President Akufo-Addo is lucky Ghana was no longer in the era of coup d’état. The fierce critic of the president in an interview with Kwame Tutu on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm said he [Nana Addo], is repeating the same mistakes of his late father who was the ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has warned government appointees not to abuse sole sourcing, although it is legal and necessary under some circumstances. He gave the caution at the opening of a six-day special training programme on public procurement in Accra on Monday, 29 May, 2017. “We have seen and heard of incidences of the abuse of procurement processes, especially ...