POLITICS

In the runup to the 2016 elections, then Vice-Presidential candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia labelled then President John Dramani Mahama as an ‘incompetent’ leader. His wife, Samira Bawumia, will join in the jibe whenever she mounted the campaign platform calling Mahama a failure who needed to be shown the exit. The New Patriotic Party, NPP< led by …

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Idrissu, has described the Supreme Court’s ruling that allows a Deputy Speaker of Parliament presiding over proceedings in Parliament to be counted in decision making as disappointing. According to him, the ruling by the court amounts to judicial interference in time-tested Parliamentary practice and established conventions. Speaking to the media …

The General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said he has not authorised anyone to campaign or project him as a candidate for any of the national executive slots or the flagbearer position within the party.  Also, he said he has not …

A former Member of Parliament for Berekum Constituency in the Bono Region, Captain Nkrabea Effah Dartey, has singled out the main opposition National Democratic Congress as the party that comes to destroy all the gains the New Patriotic Party has made in terms of the management of the economy. According to him, after eight years of …

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, has expressed worry regarding the agitations that have characterized the internal elections of the party. According to him, these agitations, if left unresolved, will lead the party into opposition just as what transpired in the 2008 elections. The polling …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ahanta West Constituency, Ebenezer Kojo Kum, is not dead, a family member insists. “It is true my brother was critically sick,” the family member said, “and we are still praying for him after being discharged from hospital and being treated home but he is not dead.” …

A by-election is looming in the Ahanta West Constituency of the Western Region following the death of Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and Member of Parliament for the area, Ebenezer Kojo Kum. A GhanaWeb source confirmed that the MP who had been sick for a while now and was …

Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and Member of Parliament for Ahanta West Constituency in the Western Region, Ebenezer Kojo Kum has died according to a GhanaWeb source. Our source said the MP who had been sick for a while now and was receiving treatment died in the morning of …

Some aggrieved members of the ruling New Patriotic Party in the Subin Constituency of the Ashanti Region have locked up the party’s office with padlocks and a chain. In a video of the incident sighted by GhanaWeb, the aggrieved party supporters attributed their action to what they say is a machination plot …

Former Finance Minister, Kwesi Botchwey has said he was advised by some people close to him against criticising the Akufo-Addo government or risk incurring their vindictiveness. Speaking at the 65th Independence Day Lecture held at the Economics Department of the University of Ghana, Legon, on Monday, March 7, 2022. Prof …