General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong, has urged members of Kennedy Agyapong’s campaign team to follow the party’s laid-down procedures before demanding disciplinary action against party officials. His clarification comes after the campaign team called for immediate sanctions against Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi) and Bono Regional Chairman […]
A former Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST), Dr Edwin Provencal, has stated that he is not opposed to any lawful investigation into the Gold-for-Oil (G4O) programme, emphasising that due process should be applied if any untoward findings are uncovered. Responding to a forensic risk assessment report by policy think […]
The Minister of Roads, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has indicated that all road contractors working under the Big Push initiative will undertake construction work all day. This, he said, was to reflect the implementation of the government’s much-talked-about 24-hour policy, which has been identified as a game changer for physical and economic development. Mr Agbodza said […]
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has raised alarm over the escalating cost of contesting presidential elections, warning that democracy risks being captured by the wealthy elite. At an Open Society forum in Accra, the think tank’s Executive Director, Professor H. Kwasi Prempeh, revealed that it now requires an estimated $200 million to mount […]
Following the earlier decision by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to field a candidate to contest the Tamale Central parliamentary by-election following the death of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, the People’s National Convention (PNC) and the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) have also decided to withdraw […]
Charlie Kirk, the conservative political activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was killed after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University. President Donald Trump confirmed Kirk’s death on social media. • As Trump remade the Republican Party, Kirk embodied the party’s newfound populist conservatism in the social media age. Trump has credited […]
President John Mahama has dismissed suggestions that he intends to use his current tenure to push constitutional amendments that would allow him to run for a third term as president. Speaking at the Presidential Media Encounter at the Jubilee House on Wednesday, Mr Mahama laughed off the speculation, joking: “Look in my face, do I […]
Former US Vice-President Kamala Harris has delivered her sharpest criticism yet of her former boss, calling Joe Biden’s decision to seek a second term “recklessness” in an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir. “‘It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.’ We all said that, like a mantra, as if we’d all been hypnotised,” Harris writes in her book. […]
Chairman of Parliament’s Energy Committee, Emmanuel Bedzrah, has vowed never to approve any proposal brought forward by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). “As the Chairman of the Energy Committee, I will not approve of anything that ECG will bring to us,” he declared on Joy News’ PM Express on September 9. Mr. Bedzrah’s stance comes in […]
Police have arrested one person for allegedly removing a candidate’s posters at a polling station in Akwatia as the by-election takes place today. The swift intervention ensured that voting continued without disruption, and authorities warned that any interference with the electoral process, including acts of intimidation or violence, would be met with strict action. The […]
The Presidency has issued a stringent directive barring all government officials from attending the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York without prior written authorisation from the Chief of Staff. The directive, announced by the President’s Spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, states that no Minister, Deputy Minister, Civil or Public Servant, CEO of a […]
Twelve aspirants seeking to contest the Tamale Central Constituency parliamentary seat have been cleared by the vetting committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). This has paved the way for the primaries scheduled for September 6, 2025. The primaries will take place at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in Tamale. The vetting panel, chaired by […]
