POLITICS

The New Patriotic Party has released its timetable and rules and regulations for the conduct of the election of National Officers of the party. This follows the approval of same by the party’s National Council at its meeting on May 12, 2022. A document released and signed by the General Secretary of …

The Functional Executives Committee of the main opposition National Democratic Congress has denied sabotaging the smooth implementation of the Ahotor project by Dr Kwabena Duffuor. The party, in a statement, said since the time the project was proposed, the Functional Executive Committee has held several meetings with Dr Duffour and …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has extended the deadline for its membership registration drive by ten days ,effective Wednesday June 8. The decision was taken at a Functional Executive Committee (FEC) meeting held on Tuesday June 7. “By this all registration exercise will finally end on the 18th of June 2022,” a …

Five Members of Parliament have filed a private members motion for a thorough probe into the 2020 general elections. The legislators who jointly filed the motion are MP for Asawase, Mohammed-Muntaka Mubarak; MP for Bolga East, Dr. Dominic Ayine; MP for Akatsi South, Bernard Ahiafor; Buem MP, Kofi Adams, and …

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, MP, Assin Central, has described assets by former Forestry Commission CEO Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, as peanut. According to him, when his will becomes public, Ghanaians would be shocked to see the properties he has been able to acquire for himself. Agyapong, who was …

Care for Free and Fair Elections Ghana (“CARE”-GHANA) a non-aligned and non-partisan civil society organisation has petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor to probe alleged bribery in the just ended Greater Accra and Ashanti regional executive elections of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). The petition is based on …

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has said that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will lose the next presidential election should Ghanaians vote based on a party’s ability to protect the public purse. The MP made this known when he bluntly answered “we will lose” to a question by an …

An unidentified man who has been spotted in a video making rounds on social media has cursed the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, over his claims that things have deteriorated in the country so much. The grey-haired elderly man, captured on video and shared by a Twitter user (@efo_phil), is heard …

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong officially became the first person to announce his candidature for the governing New Patriotic Party’s presidential primaries. All other names are of people widely believed to be interested in succeeding President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as flagbearer in the 2024 polls. They include Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, Trade …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commemorated the 43rd June 4 uprising with a tree planting exercise. The event, held for the second time without the party’s founder, Jerry John Rawlings, came off in the Oti Region. It was led by the NDC Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the NDC’s 2020 Running Mate, Professor …