POLITICS

Asiedu Nketiah draws Bagbin into reasons for Minority reshuffle

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has given another reason for which the party reshuffled its leadership in Parliament. Having earlier defended the decision to ring the changes amid the backlash from some Members of Parliament, the former party General Secretary revealed at a party …

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Northerners in politics used in the frontline, dumped later like toilet paper – Stephen Atubiga

The Founder of the National Liberation Congress, Stephen Atubiga is calling on all Northerners to rally behind Northerners in politics and stop helping in plotting their downfalls. In a statement on Facebook on Sunday, Stephen Atubiga stressed that it is worrisome that Northerners in politics are continuously being used in …

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No man born of a woman can defeat Bawumia – Obiri Boahen on upcoming NPP contest

A one-time deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has declared that Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will win the party’s flagbearership contest and proceed to win the 2024 presidential elections. Nana Obiri Boahen, in an interview with the state-run Daily Graphic, has over the past months been …

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Why would 80, 90-year-olds presidents still want to be in office? – Mahama asks

Former President John Dramani Mahama is concerned about the continued stay in office of some of his former peers. Mahama is questioning why octuagenarians and nonagenarians continue to run for and stay in political office despite the obvious challenges of capacity and health in some cases. Speaking at a lecture …

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Akufo-Addo ousted Charlotte Osei, 2 deputies; replaced them with pro-NPP people – Mahama

The actions of Electoral Commission Chair Jean Mensa and her deputy commissioners, since President Nana Akufo-Addo ousted then-Chairperson Charlotte Osei, have undermined their independence and neutrality, former President John Mahama has said. In a lecture on ‘Africa’s strategic priorities and global role’ at Chatham House, London, Mr Mahama said used …

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Minority caucus reshuffle: Muslims’ll support Bawumia as they’re not welcome in NDC – Anyidoho

[tps_header][/tps_header] The Executive Director of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has said the recent change in leadership of the Minority caucus in Parliament, will bring about tribal, religious and ethnic divisions among the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to the Atta Mills’ Institute Executive Director, changing the …

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Minority reshuffle: Asiedu Nketiah needs to apologise to Haruna, others – Prof Agyeman-Duah

A former United Nations senior governance advisor, Prof Baffour Agyeman-Duah, has urged the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, to apologise to the Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Haruna Iddrisu and other leaders of the Minority Caucus who were recently replaced. According to him, Haruna Iddrisu was an effective …

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NPP Treasurer allegedly assaults ex-girlfriend

The New Patriotic Party Treasurer for Gomoa Central Constituency has allegedly physically assaulted his ex-girlfriend at Gomoa Akroful in the Central Region. The victim, Beatrice Eshun said she was picked up Monday evening by a close friend of her ex-lover, Eric Sakyi aka Kojo Sankara to escort him to a …

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Leaked audio tape: Court orders Ofosu-Ampofo, Kwaku Boahen to answer to charges

The High Court in Accra has ordered the former National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, and a former Deputy Communications Officer, Anthony Kweku Boahen, to open their defence to charges. The two were charged in 2019 with conspiracy to cause harm following a leaked audio …

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‘Even SHS headmasters don’t sit in their offices and appoint head boys’ – Sam George fumes

The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has bemoaned what he says is the lack of adequate consultations that went into the decision by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in changing its caucus leadership in parliament. According to Sam George, the leadership of his party failed to conduct …

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