POLITICS

The National Democratic Congress is electing parliamentary candidates for the 2020 general elections today, August 24, 2019. A total of 524 candidates are contesting the internal polls in 157 constituencies out of 275 to represent the largest opposition party in Parliament in the next general elections. Thirty-nine Members of Parliament …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has announced that it has opened the voters register for transfer of votes for candidates intending to contest in the upcoming District Assembly and Unit Committee elections in areas other than where they are originally registered to vote. In a press release copied to www.ghanaweb.com, …

The leadership of NDC- UK & Ireland Chapter has sent their goodwill wishes to all the contestants in NDC’s parliamentary primaries slated for Saturday 24th August, 2019. A press release signed by the Chairman of the NDC- UK & Ireland Chapter, Alhaji Alhassan Mbalba wished all the parliamentary contestants the …

Former President John Mahama has said he regrets the failure of his government to have sold his policies to the people of Ghana in an understandable manner.“That has been one of the major difficulties in public service”, he admitted to a question during his Facebook Live interaction with the public …

Residents of Ejisu Constituency having expressed their utmost impatience to retain their industrious, humble and kind hearted member of Parliament, Honorable Kwabena Owusu Aduomi as the parliamentary candidate for the governing New Patriotic Party in the 2020 elections and also as its member of Parliament for the next parliament; a …

Civil society group, Citizen Ghana Movement wants the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei to resign from his post. The call follows what the group says was Mr. Adjei’s ‘ugliest form of political corruption’ in the “Contracts for Sale” investigative piece by former Multimedia …

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has formally written to the suspended CEO of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Mr A.B. Adjei, to make himself available for investigation following allegations of corruption levelled against him. In a letter dated Thursday, 22 August 2019, Mr Amidu stated that: “You are accordingly being invited, …

A house and a Land Cruiser vehicle belonging to a former Member of Parliament, Ibrahim Dey Abubakari, has been seized to satisfy a 1.5 million-cedi judgment debt in favour of a former National Security Advisor, Alhaji Baba Kamara. Court officials and auctioneer on Thursday, August 22 went to the house …

Former President John Dramani Mahama says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should feel embarrassed over the closure of Radio Gold and Radio XYZ under the cloak of enforcing regulations and laws. According to him, President Akufo-Addo, who touts himself as a human rights advocate and an advocate of free expression …

Former President John Mahama has criticised government for choosing a chaotic path in addressing the challenges in the financial sector. According to him, the state could have explored alternatives that could have reduced the burden and despondency that have afflicted customers and employees of financial institutions. In his maiden live …