POLITICS

Pollster, Ben Ephson has averred that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has always had problems when it comes to the selection of a new flagbearer for the party. His comment follows the recent battle on who succeeds President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the 2024 elections as vice president, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia …

The minority in parliament has served notice of a possible rejection of President Akufo-Addo’s 2021 budget over what it terms deceptive reporting of the 2020 deficit figures. According to the caucus, the budget statement sought to blame COVID-19 for what it calls the abysmal performance of the economy in the …

A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho has asked the current National Chairman of the party Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo to step down if he cannot uphold the party’s constitution. His comments come after Mr Ofosu Ampofo dismissed his earlier suggestions that he Mr Ofosu Ampofo should take over the leadership of …

A government shutdown is on the horizon with Ghana’s executive and legislature currently involved in an impasse that could bring businesses to a halt. The Legislature, through its leader Alban Bagbin, has served notice of its decision not to approve the 2021 budget if the Executive does not alter its position …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) grassroot has called on Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, to denounce posting of pictures purporting to promote his candidature for flagbearship position. According to the grassroot members in a press statement, they have seen pictures of the Vice President being posted in public places, an action they …

According to businessman and politician Kennedy Agyapong, most Ghanaians steal from their employers in order to amass unimaginable riches for themselves. He said that these thieves are not only in private businesses but also in public sectors and not a surprise to see one in President Akufo Addo’s government. On his television station …

WO1 Joseph Ashitey Hammond, a Ghanaian soldier who fought in the Second World War, has said he has witnessed the performance of all the presidents that have come after Ghana’s independence and can therefore state on authority that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the second-best president ever in the history of …

The CEO for Center for Leadership and Democratic Governance (CLDG) Mr. Apatsea Isaac Kwasi has stated that failure for NDC hierarchy to solve the NDC grassroot members and Minority members of parliament differences will result in producing more independent candidates in NDC come 2024. He said as Human beings and …

Somewhere in the Daboya-Mankarigu Constituency, the constituency chairman of the National Democratic Congress and ten other branch executives are in a tussle with other constituency executives over their future in the party. The situation, according to a report by Nkilgi FM has created deep cracks within the party in the constituency and …

In the end, it became the cross-examination that never was. It had been billed to be the climax of the 2020 election petition. Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer had labelled it as the El Classico with Abraham Amaliba, a member of the legal team of the NDC requesting a …