POLITICS

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been issued an ultimatum to reinstate Dr. Thomas Winsum Anaba within one week as the Medical Director of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital [Ridge Hospital] or brace for a crucial street demonstration in demand for “justice” and “fairness”. The petition, coming from the Savannah Research and Advocacy Network (SARAN), a pressure group in northern ...

The former deputy Minister for Power, John Jinapor, believes opponents of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are deliberately behind the saga of the missing three helicopters to make the party unpopular. Speaking in an interview with Morning Starr host Francis Abban on Wednesday, Mr. Jinapor said critics of former president John Mahama are bent on “denigrating him” but their scheme ...

The immediate past moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey’s recent comments, that illegality flourished under former President John Dramani Mahama suggest he could be under an evil spell and need to be delivered spiritually. Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Bernard Allotey Jacobs affectionately called the ‘educated fisherman’ said the ...

Former president John Mahama is solidarising with UK after Monday’s terror attack in Manchester leaving 22 dead and over 50 injured. The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday at the end of a pop concert by the US singer Ariana Grande. Commiserating with the victims, Mahama tweeted Wednesday: I stand in solidarity with the UK. My thoughts are with ...

Former Defense Minister Dr. Benjamin Kumbour has rubbished claims by the MP for Manso Adubia that he approved military protection for the Russia and Ukraine nationals who were arrested for illegal mining Monday. According to him, the decision to deploy military men anywhere in the country is solely taken by the Military Command structure and not the minister. The reaction ...

The second in the series of public show of anger against galamsey declared by the media Coalition Against Galamsey, comes off on Friday, May 26, 2017 throughout the country. Known as the National Red Friday, the day was declared by the coalition to demonstrate their anger against the illegal activities and thereby draw public attention and sensitise them to the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has left Accra for Sierra Leone for a day’s visit. The visit to Sierra Leone is part of the president’s tour of West African countries. Mr. Akufo-Addo will also hold bilateral talks with his counterpart Ernest Bai Koroma. The trip comes after the President recently visited Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea and Cape Verde. He is ...

The former deputy Minister for Power, John Jinapor has strongly dismissed claims that some helicopters purchased by the erstwhile Mahama administration for Ghana Gas are missing. According to Mr. Jinapor, the helicopters are in the care of the Ghana Air Force since Ghana Gas lacks the expertise to protect the helicopters. Reports had indicated that three helicopters for Ghana Gas ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Zabzugu in the Northern Region is in trouble over his alleged dual citizenship. In what looks similar to the Adamu Dramani Sakande case, the NDC MP, Alhasan Umar, has been sued by two of his constituents for allegedly having both Ghana and the United States citizenship. Adamu Sakande, after winning the ...

The former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has debunked claims by the former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana that illegal mining blossomed under former president John Mahama. Rev. Professor Emmanuel Martey commenting on the illegal mining scourge at an event in Koforidua told journalists that even though the former Ghanaian leader assured him of ...