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Mahama will be thrown in jail before the 2020 Elections – Kofi Akpaloo claims

Founder and Leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Percival Kofi Akpaloo is of the view that former President John Dramani Mahama and a number of his appointees will be jailed before the 2020 general elections. John Mahama has been accused by the NPP of supervising the worst corrupt …

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Wontumi fires Mahama

The Ashnati Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, has described former President John Mahama as “unclean man” who is “infectiously corrupt.” Chairman Wontumi was speaking in an interview on Metro TV with host Paul Adom-Otchere about the Airbus SE bribery scandal which has courted an embarrassment …

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Are nomination forms mined from Obuasi? – Kufuor asks NPP executives

Former President John Agyekum Kufour has called on all NPP executives across the country to uphold the democratic pillar of the party by obeying the directive from the party’s headquarters to allow all aspirants to obtain nomination forms for the party’s forthcoming primaries. In a strange twist of events, many …

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Amendment of assets declaration law will help reduce corruption – Majority Leader

Parliament, through the amendment of the conduct of public officers law, seeks to enforce the assets declaration law binding public officials to publicly declare assets and liabilities before and after terms in public office. The Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, in compliance with the provisions of Article 286 of the Constitution and …

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MPs clash over mass failure

There was heated debate in Parliament yesterday, on the mass failure of students who wrote the entrance examinations into the Ghana School of Law for the 2019/2020 academic year, with the house generally recommending to the General Legal Council to re-mark the failed scripts of the students at a very …

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Mahama “Begged” Me To Support His Political Campaign – Wontumi Claims

Had it not been the lineage he has with the Ashanti Kingdom, a region nicknamed the headquarters of the ruling New Patriotic Party [NPP], Bernard Antwi Boasiako widely known as ‘Chairman Wontumi’ would have considered funding former President John Dramani Mahama’s political campaign ahead of the 2016 polls. In an …

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CPP reviews filing fees, flagbearer aspirants to pay GH¢170k

The filing fees for the various portfolios within the Convention People’s Party(CPP) have been reviewed by the party. Presidential Aspirants will now pay a filing fee of GH¢170,000, instead of the original GH¢200,000 communicated earlier. The party has also slated the picking and filing of nomination forms from February 06, …

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I will never forgive Mahama – Chairman Wontumi

Bernard Antwi Boasiako, Chairman of the Ashanti Regional NPP, says he will never forgive former president John Mahama for ordering the seizure and burning of his mining equipment in 2013. Antwi Boasiako who is popularly referred to as Chairman Wontumi, speaking on Good Evening Ghana show on Metro TV insisted …

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Airbus scandal: It’s unnecessary to know who ‘GO1’ is – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as unnecessary, calls for former government officials who allegedly received bribes from aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, between 2009 and 2015 to be named. According to the party, knowing the names of those involved is immaterial to the substance of the matter. The National Communications …

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NPP Primaries: Ensure level playing field for all aspirants – Kufuor causions party executives 

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, has cautioned the executives of his party to ensure they provide a level playing field as they prepare to organise internal primaries to elect parliamentary candidates who would represent them during the 2020 general elections addin that those executives preventing others from picking nomination forms are …

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