POLITICS

Disgruntled members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti region are protesting over a decision not to open nomination for incumbent Female MPs to be contested in the upcoming parliamentary primaries. According to the party members, the decision taken by the party leadership is against the constitution …

Investigators at the center of the airbus saga that uncovered Ghanaian officials’ complicity in huge bribery have said the possible imposition of death penalty is the reason why they hid the suspects’ identity. Airbus, Europe’s largest aerospace multinational, confessed to a High Court in London of paying huge bribes in …

NDC’s Anita Desoso has said her party is not jolted by allegations leveled against their flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama and questioned the credibility of Mr Martin Amidu who has been tasked to investigate the former president. Anita Desoso was emphatic on NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’ that Martin Amidu is not someone …

A former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Obuasi, Kwasi Fori Agyemang Boadi, also known as King Zuba has challenged the Akufo-Addo administration to arrest and prosecute former President John Dramani Mahama if it believes that the former President took bribes or is fully involved in the airbus scandal, and stop …

The National Democratic Congress stands by its posture that ex-government officials being accused of bribery in the Airbus controversies are innocent and are being wrongly accused. A London High Court found Airbus guilty and imposed a fine of three billion pounds (£3bn) as penalties. The prosecutor stated in court: “Between …

The Women Wing at Effiduase-Asokore constituency in the Ashanti Region has bought Parliamentary Primaries nomination forms for the Member of Parliament (MP) in the area, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie to contest the position again. The women stormed the constituency office to buy the forms for the MP whom they described …

The NPP claims one Samuel Adams Mahama is the true face behind the “Intermediary 5” in the famous Airbus scandal. According to the party, Samuel Mahama is the long lost brother of former president Mahama who played “go-between” services between Airbus and “Government Official 1”. Airbus, apart from admitting to …

The parliamentary candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress for Ahanta West Constituency in the Western Region, George Kwame Aboagye, has died. Family sources say he died at the Cape Teaching Hospital. Mr. Kwame Aboagye became the second member of Parliament to have won the parliamentary seat for the NDC …

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) says contrary to media report, it is unaware of any impending Presidential debate ahead of the 2020 Presidential Election. Last week, there was media report claiming that the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) was scheduled to organize three Presidential debates ahead of December …

Former Attorney General Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong has denied claims that European airliner Airbus paid bribes to some high ranking officials during the Mills administration. The reports which emerged after the company admitted in a UK court that it paid bribes to officials in some five countries including Ghana between 2009 and 2015 …