POLITICS

The former president, Jerry John Rawlings has issued a disclaimer on some statements purported to have been authored by him on a number of national and international issues including the raging Airbus scandal. The Office of the Special Prosecutor has for instance been directed by the President to investigate the …

The NDC has refused to sign the Roadmap and the Code of Conduct presented by the National Peace council as part of measures to curb the menace of political vigilantism during elections. The opposition party which was represented at the final vigilantism dialogue today established that signing of the document …

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 …