The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Klortey-Korley Constituency, Dr. Zanetor Rawlings has donated seven motorbikes to the Ghana Police Service in the constituency. According to her, it is imperative for the police to be well equipped to enable them prosecute their mandate of protecting lives and properties effectively and efficiently. […]
Category: Politics
I have no hand in disappearance of the excavators – John Boadu
The General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has denied allegations linking him to the disappearance of some excavators and other equipment seized from illegal miners in Ghana. The suspended First Vice-Chairman of the NPP in the Central Region, Horace Ekow Ewusi who has become the centre of the controversial issue […]
NDC lists conditions for signing Vigilanstism roadmap
The main opposition party, NDC shocked the body set up by Parliament to front the roadmap on ending political vigilantism, the Peace Council and by extension, Ghanaians, when they refused to sign the peace pact put together. The stance of the NDC has been widely condemned especially by the governing NPP which penned down their […]
Vigilantism: Catholic Bishops vow to campaign against any party that fails to sign roadmap
Any Political Party that fails to sign the comprehensive roapmap developed by the National Peace Council will not have the support of the Catholic Bishops Conference. This is because the Conference has stated explicitly that it will campaign against such political parties in the 2020 elections. The warning of the respected Catholic Bishops come on […]
UWR: President Akufo-Addo cuts sod for 17mw solar plant in Kaleo, Lawra
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 4th February, 2020, cut the sod for the construction of two solar power plants in Kaleo and Lawra, all in the Upper West Region, under the seventeen (17) megawatt peak solar power project. According to President Akufo-Addo, this project reaffirms the commitment of his […]
NDC boycotts signing of road map to end vigilantism
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday, 4 February 2020 said the parties have not exhausted all the possible issues that are required to have a meaningful document on the plans to end political vigilantism in Ghana, hence their decision not to sign the road map. The Code of Conduct and Roadmap to ending political […]
Roads Minister assures 138km Tamale-Salaga-Mankango roads will be completed by end 2020
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Hon. Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has assured the people of Salaga, and, by extension, the people of the Savannah Region that the 138-kilometre Tamale-Salaga-Makango Road will be completed by the end of the year. Speaking at Kpalbe, in the Salaga North constituency of the Savannah Region, Hon. Kwasi Amoako-Atta, on Monday, […]
Airbus bribery scandal: Ghana indeed lost money-Manasseh asserts
Investigative Journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has described as untenable, suggestions that Ghana did not lose any money in the Airbus bribery scandal. According to him, assertions by Mr. Stan Dogbe, a former presidential staffer in the erstwhile John Mahama administration that Ghana did not lose any money in the Airbus transactions cannot be true. According […]
Come clean on your interest in Airbus scandal – Buaben Asamoa to Martin Amidu
Member of Parliament for the Adentan Constituency, Yaw Buaben Asamoa has called on the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, to publicly declare his stance on the Airbus bribery scandal. On January 31, 2020, Ghana was cited as one of five countries in which global aerospace group, Airbus SE, allegedly bribed or promised payments to senior officials in exchange […]
President directs Martin Amidu to inquire into Airbus bribery allegations
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has referred the Airbus bribery scandal to the Office of the Special Prosecutor. The Special Prosecutor according to a statement issued by the Communications Directorate of the Presidency, is to collaborate with his counterparts in the United Kingdom (UK) for the conduct of a prompt inquiry into the matter. Signed […]
IMANI Boss predicts doom for John Mahama in 2020 election following Airbus bribery revelation
President of Policy think tank IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has opined that ex-president John Dramani Mahama’s chances of winning the 2020 elections could be affected after the administration he served in as Vice President and later President, was cited in the Airbus corruption scandal. UK court documents said between 2009 and 2015, some top Ghanaian […]
New Voters Register: Majority of Ghanaians in favour-Eminent Committee
The Eminent Advisory Committee (EAC) of the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that “majority of the members of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) agreed on the need for a new Voter Management Solution.” The announcement was contained in a release following its engagement with members of IPAC on Thursday. The engagement was held at the […]