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Bawumia breaks silence on presidential ambition

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has opened up on whether or not he intends to succeed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and to lead the New Patriotic Party, NPP, into the 2024 polls. In an interview with Kenyan private TV channel, KTN News, Bawumia said he was committed to supporting the president …

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NDC to hold National Congress Dec 17

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has set Saturday 17th December 2022 for the party’s national delegates’ congress. Addressing a press conference in Accra, General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah said nominations will be opened on the 20th and 21st of October for the national elections. “Since we …

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Mahama ex-gratia brouhaha: Sammy Gyamfi sets the records straight

National Communication Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi, has said there is an attempt by government to mislead Ghanaians about the emoluments and privileges of former President John Dramani Mahama. According to him, this is shameful because John Mahama was very clear about the specific bills and expenditure …

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No more guarantor system for voter registration – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced sweeping reforms to voter registration and voting, two years before the next general elections. These will affect source documents for voter registration and the voter ID system, and will take effect with the maturation of a yet-to-be laid constitutional instrument. Deputy Commission Chair, Samuel …

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Atwima Nwabiagya North NPP Secretary grabs another appointment

Atwima Nwabiagya North Constituency NPP Secretary Mr. Raphael Osei Owusu has been given a new appointment in the party to serve at the regional level. Mr. Osei Owusu is now the Ashanti Regional Communications Team bureau Secretary. The appointment comes after a change of the Ashanti Regional Communications Team leadership …

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Abronye DC provides ‘evidence’ that Mahama took GH¢14m in 2013, and over GH¢15 in 2017

The Bono Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe (Abronye DC), has insisted that former President John Dramani Mahama took ex-gratia of GH¢14 million in 2013 and GH¢15 million in 2017. In a press release dated September 6, 2022, Abronye DC alleged that the former president took the GH¢14 million ex-gratia in …

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I regret supporting Akufo-Addo as flagbearer of NPP – Betrayed Abronye ‘cries’

The Bono Regional Chairman and a communicator of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has stated without mincing words that he regrets ever supporting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the flagbearer of the party during the 2016 election. Several bigwigs of the NPP including …

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NDC, NPP are not accountable to Ghanaians – Akufo-Addo’s lawyer laments

The two main political parties in the country, the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, and the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, are serving themselves more than the general populace who elected them into office. This is the view of lawyer Anthony Akoto Ampaw, lead counsel for President Nana Addo Dankwa …

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Ignore Abronye, I didn’t receive GHC14m as ex-gratia – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has rubbished the allegation made by Bono Regional Chairman of the NPP, Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye DC that he [Mahama] took home the fattest ex-gratia amounting to GHC14 million in 2013. A Press Statement issued from the Office of the former President and signed by …

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I can’t be bullied – NPP General Secretary asserts

Justin Frimpong Koduah, General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), says no person can bully him into making decisions regarding the party. According to him, he is not the type that can be dictated to, therefore building defence for the choice of the Executive Director of the Danquah …

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