POLITICS

The District Chief Executive for Talensi in the Upper East Region, Dr. Christopher Boatbil Sormiteyema, has cautioned the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Constituency, Benson Tongo Baba to always give credit to where it is due and stop inspecting government’s projects as an illiterate can do such propaganda. According …

A former flag bearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Lawyer Elikplim Agbemava has questioned the competence of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in the wake of the depreciation of the cedi. The legal practitioner wonders why Dr Bawumia, who the ruling NPP tagged as their “economic guru”, has …

Armed Police officers led by the Somanya District Commander DSP Isaac Otsin have stormed the Yilo Krobo constituency office of the Opposition National Democratic Congress following attack on the office by a group of irate youth suspected to be supporters of the Party. The irate youth on Saturday vandalized the …

It has emerged that the Essikado-Ketan Constituency treasurer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) was among those who died in the gory accident that occurred at Dompoase, near Komenda in the Central Region on Tuesday dawn. The deceased, Hajia Hadijah was a business woman who was dealing in paints, …

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has once again criticized the elephant-size government of President Akufo-Addo, saying his successor can do away with 40 ministers, if he is committed to his campaign to protect the public purse by having a lean government. According to ex-President John Dramani …

Tears run down the cheeks of former president John Dramani Mahama yesterday, January 16, 2020 during the launch of NDC’s Electronic Payment Platform held in Accra. The former president who mounted the podium to address the crowd ended up weeping for close to two minutes. Though the reason for his …

The government has completed the construction of 200 small dams under the One village, One dam (1V1D) initiative, the Minister of Special Development Initiatives, Ms Mavis Hawa Koomson, has announced. She said 570 dams would be constructed across the five regions of the north, as work on more than 100 …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has set Monday, 20 January 2020 for the opening of nominations (sale of nomination forms) for parliamentary primaries in constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament. The nominations will close on Thursday, 20 February 2020. An Aspiring Parliamentary Candidate (APC) according to …

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says as part of fighting corruption, his second coming will see the abolishing of the entitlement system for political officeholders. He has rather suggested a financing module with the collaboration of some financial institutions to aid such office holders …

“Yes, we can use the [National Identification Authority’s] data but is the NIA data ready?” These were the sentiments of Dr Yaw Ofori-Agyei, a consultant at the Electoral Commission on suggestions that the Commission should rely on the NIA’s data for its proposed new voters’ register. In an engagement with journalists …