The National Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has denied ever writing a letter to the Minister of National Security, Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, requesting that the party trains vigilantes to help provide security for the NPP in the 2020 elections as claimed in a letter that has been widely circulated on social media. […]
Category: Politics
We’ve intercepted damning messages, recordings; 2020 is a foregone conclusion for Mahama – Jinapor
John Jinapor has suggested that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has intercepted some secret information that can make the ruling government unpopular. “The meetings that have been held at Senchi and so on…Whatsapp messages, voice recordings and information we have had; sometimes because of the love for the nation, we keep quiet…things have really […]
Election of MMDCEs not panacea to decentralization challenges- Vanderpuye
A former Deputy Local Government Minister, Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has downplayed the relevance of the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the country. To him, the election of MMDCEs will only provide human resources to manage the various assemblies but won’t resolve challenges within the decentralization makeup. “Just the mere […]
Veep Bawumia Highlights Developments in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has enumerated development projects executed by the government of President Akufo Addo in the nearly three years of their rule. Speaking at the 2019 Ngmayem Festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Manya Krobo at Krobo Odumase in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly, Dr. Bawumia observed that although […]
More NDC members defect to NPP in Karaga
The opposition NDC in the Karaga constituency has once again lost members to the ruling NPP with less than two years to elections 2020. The latest defection saw 347 members give up their membership to join the ruling party. The defectors claim the recent increase in development projects in the area since the NPP assumed […]
Afoko runs to Supreme Court on bail flip-flop
Mr Gregory Afoko, who is standing trial for allegedly murdering the Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East Region in May 2015, has filed a Certiorari application at the Supreme Court challenging a High Court’s revocation of his admittance to a bail bond by another High Court in […]
PDS Termination: Akufo-Addo faced opposition from his own ‘colleagues’ – Kweku Baako
It was President Akufo-Addo’s decision to terminate the Power Distribution Services deal according to the Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Kweku Baako Jnr. According to him, some members of the ruling government were not happy with the President’s decision because they feared termination will come with some consequences; nonetheless, he decided to […]
Being President is serious business; not for trial and error incompetent people-Seth Panwum
A Board Member of the National Sports Authority, Hon. Seth Panwum, popularly known as Boyoyo has berated and lampooned former president John Dramani Mahama for his incessant attacks on the current ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration. According to the two-time presiding member of the West Mamprusi District Assembly, the former president should be the […]
PDS fiasco: Ghana-US relations will remain intact-Information Minister
Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said the termination of the concession agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS) won’t affect Ghana’s relations with the United States of America (USA). His comment follows an alert raised by Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee, Dr Steve Manteaw. “Already the relationship between the two countries […]
John Mahama shocked over PDS Wahala; says cancellation is a sad day for Ghana
Former President, John Dramani Mahama is shocked over the Akufo-Addo government’s handling of the PDS debacle. His comment follows the cancellation of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) concession agreement. John Mahama who was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the 2020 NDC manifesto committee said, the entire citizenry is disappointed in the current administration because […]
NDC outdoors 2020 Manifesto committee-Spio-Garbrah, Goosie Tanoh included
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has inaugurated its 2020 manifesto committee as the beginning of campaign to reclaim power from the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The inauguration was held at the party’s headquarters in Accra on Wednesday, October 23. It wraps up wide stakeholder consultation embarked upon by the party’s presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama. […]
We have very competent men and women to form next gov’t-Ofosu Ampofo replies President
In what could be considered a quip targeted at the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the opposition party has the men and women to form the next government. Addressing members of the party at the inauguration of the 2020 manifesto committee, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo said […]