POLITICS

Airbus saga: I’m clean – Mahama

    Former President John Dramani Mahama has broken his silence on the Airbus scandal by dismissing allegations of wrongdoing in the purchase of the two aircraft for the Ghana Armed Forces. He has also denied benefiting from the deal financially. Exclusive interview Speaking in an exclusive interview with the …

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COVID-19 has been a blessing to NPP – Obiri Boahen

    Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen has said that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been a blessing to the party. His comments come on the back of the NPP running its elections on the Electoral Area basis to avoid overcrowding at centres …

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NPP Decides: Aspirant brutalized, face bloodied by military officers

Reports reaching Peacefmonline.com indicates that one of the aspirants in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Pariamentary Primary in the Effiduase Asokore Constituency, Lawyer Kwame Adom-Appiah, has been brutalized by some suspected military personnel. HelloFM’s Correspondent, Michael Afranie, who is coverig the primary in the area, narrated to PeaceFM a short …

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LIVE UPDATES: NPP parliamentary primaries

New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) delegates are voting to elect parliamentary candidates for 168 constituencies. This exercise is the second phase after the first phase of the primaries came off in September 2019 in constituencies with no sitting Members of Parliament. Today, a total of 374 aspirants are contesting in the …

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Ghana’s politics is extremely petty – Charlotte Osei

  Immediate past Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has bemoaned the current nature of Ghana’s politics, saying it is dominated by pettiness. Speaking on the KSM Show on Metro TV, Mrs Osei said she is worried about the situation because pettiness in politics kills the national purpose and is …

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Ghana’s politics is extremely petty – Charlotte Osei

    Immediate past Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has bemoaned the current nature of Ghana’s politics, saying it is dominated by pettiness. Speaking on the KSM Show on Metro TV, Mrs Osei said she is worried about the situation because pettiness in politics kills the national purpose and …

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Hohoe: Rainstorm Destroys Roofs Of Classroom Blocks

    A storm with heavy rain has ripped off roofs of classroom blocks of three second-cycle institutions and a basic school in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta region. The affected schools are Likpe Senior High School, Alavanyo Secondary Technical School, Evangelical Presbyterian (E.P) Technical Vocational Institute, and the …

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Court places injunction on Subin NPP primaries

  The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries at the Subin Constituency in the Ashanti Region has been called off. The suspension, according reports, is due to a court injunction placed on the elections by a Kumasi High Court on Friday afternoon. The petitioners, including Isaac Nimako, Richard Owusu Nti …

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EC conducts pilot registration exercise

  The Electoral Commission, on Thursday, June 18, 2020, organized a pilot exercise at the Ridge Church premises in Accra. The one-day exercise was meant to afford stakeholders the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the new biometric kits as well as the safety protocols rolled out by the Commission, among …

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I’m waiting for NEC meeting to announce my running mate – Mahama

  Former President John Dramani Mahama says until his party calls a meeting of the Council of Elders and the National Executive Committee (NEC), he cannot name his running mate. “Our constitution states that I must announce my running mate in consultation with these two bodies,” he said. “Unfortunately, because of the …

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Mahama mocks Akufo-Addo over ‘promise’ and ‘vision’

        Former President John Dramani Mahama has taken a swipe at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, saying his successor cannot differentiate between what “promises” are and what “visions” are. He said after the incumbent president has failed to fulfil his “lofty” promises to Ghanaians, he has made a U-turn, calling …

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December polls: NPP to acclaim Akufo-Addo as flagbearer next week

    The governing New Patriotic Party will next week Saturday, June 27, 2020 acclaim President Akufo-Addo as its flagbearer for the December polls. The acclamation, according to the party, will be done at a Council meeting in Accra before the media relevant stakeholders. “The NPP will, on Saturday, June …

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NPP man regrets curses in river

One of the four New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the Juaben Constituency who cursed their party leaders in a river has regretted his weird action. Ransford Osei, an NPP Polling Station Executive at Juaben Anglican, and three other party members did the unthinkable by cursing their party leadership recently. The four aggrieved party …

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REVEALED: Why NPP chose Hassan Tampuli as Gushegu Parliamentary Candidate

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives in the Gushegu Constituency of the Northern Region have explained reasons why they settled on the Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority(NPA) Hassan Tampuli as their parliamentary candidate. In a release issued and copied to my NewsGh.com, the Constituency Chairman Mohammed Majeed …

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EC schools Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has described as “unfortunate” recent statements made by the Minority Leader of Parliament following a meeting of the Chair of the Commission with the Special Budget Committee. Haruna Iddrisu on Tuesday told journalists that after meeting the Committee, Jean Mensa had suggested that the number of polling centres to …

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Misplaced focus – Baako tells NDC on NPP manifesto promises

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has said that the opposition NDC have misplaced priorities. Kweku Baako has asked the largest opposition party in the country to get their priorities right after they claim the ruling government had fulfilled only 14 per cent of …

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