Former chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana, Charlotte Osei, has clarified that she has been apolitical before, during and after her role at the elections management body. She issued a rebuttal on Twitter on September 4, 2023; to an allegation made by a New Patriotic Party footsoldier, to …
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Hypertension and diabetes among young people below 40 on the rise at Gbawe – Medical Doctor
Doctor Henry Nii Odai, Medical Superintendent of Hillcross Medical Hospital, has expressed shock upon discovering that several young persons in Gbawe suffer from hypertension and diabetes. Henry Nii Odai reported that out of 180 people diagnosed, 12 were youth, indicating a concern with hypertension and diabetes. He disclosed this to …
Read More »1966 coup: We will set records straight on distortions – Adomako Baafi hits at Kwesi Pratt
A fiery exchange unfolded on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo on September 1, 2023 between Kwesi Pratt Jnr, the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, and Yaw Adomako Baafi, a former Communications Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The two clashed over the issue of justification or otherwise of coups and the changing stance …
Read More »Return to IPAC – Afari Gyan urges NDC
Former Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan, has urged members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to rescind their boycott of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC). The main opposition party withdrew its participation from IPAC after the 2020 general elections, accusing the leadership of the EC of alleged …
Read More »NPP primaries: Give me your blessings and show me the way – Bawumia tells Otumfuo
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia was at the Manhyia Palace last weekend to celebrate the Akwasidae Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the King of the Asante Kingdom. The event took place on September 3, 2023. Dressed in traditional kente cloth, Dr. Bawumia was accompanied to the Manhyia Palace by a delegation including some party …
Read More »Like it or not; myself, Ken, Bawumia and Akufo-Addo are the most popular people in NPP – Wontumi
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako has revealed what accounted for John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen placing third in the party’s recently held special delegates election. According to Wontumi, the election which was held to reduce the number of the party’s flagbearer hopefuls from 10 to five had two …
Read More »Bugri Naabu is the chief gossip in our party – NPP communicator
Solomon Owusu, a member of the New Patriotic Party’s communication team, has raised questions about the justification behind the establishment of a parliamentary committee to investigate the leaked tape in which some senior police officers were captured seeking the support of Bugri Naabu for the removal of the current Inspector-General of …
Read More »What New York Times said about Ghana’s ‘Kosua ne meko’
One of Ghana’s favourite snacks; ‘Kosua ne meko’ (egg and pepper) found its way into a New York Times’ magazine piece. The publication sought to share with the rest of the world, what this snack comprises and how easy it is to prepare. Describing it as a ‘popular Ghanaian street …
Read More »We won’t appeal Cecilia Dapaah’s case – OSP
The Director of Strategy, Research and Communication Division at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Sammy Appiah Darko says the office will comply with the order of the High Court to release accounts and monies belonging to the former Minister of Sanitation, Cecilia Abena Dapaah within 7Days . Speaking …
Read More »Alan’s opportunity came but once : Dr Lawrence
The much talked about NPP’s Super Delegates Congress has come and gone but it has made the NPP more saddened, divided and confused than before the congress. Dr. Bawumiah won but couldn’t even make the 70% votes; Ken Agyapong came in second but the difference between him and Dr. …
Read More »OSP erred, Court order them to return money found in cecilia Dapaah’s house
An Accra High Court has mandated the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to return Cecilia Dapaah’s seized money to her within a period of seven days. The former Sanitation Minister found herself entangled in a legal dispute when her assets were seized by the OSP. However, the court has …
Read More »You should have poisoned yourself by now – Ken Agyapong reminded of threat to Ibrahim Mahama
Dr. Sampson Kwasi Anoma, a senior lecturer at Kumasi Technical University (KsTU), has criticized New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful and Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong’s consistency in upholding publicly made promises. Reacting to the recent outburst of the MP threatening to give President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo …
Read More »NPP primaries: Boakye Agyarko withdraws from September 2 run-off
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Boakye Kyerematen Agyarko has announced his decision to withdraw from the party’s special run-off election scheduled for September 2, 2023. According to Mr Agyarko, the decision by the party’s Presidential Elections Committee to limit the number of persons to vote in run-off vote between himself …
Read More »95 HIV-positive cases recorded in Ada East in first half of 2023
The Ada East District HIV Programmes Coordinator, Mr Adator Anani, says the district recorded 95 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive cases in the first half of 2023. This is from tests conducted on 678 people between January and June. Mr Anani said this in a presentation during the 2023 Half-Year …
Read More »Why Bawumia could be NPP’s next flagbearer – Historian Anokye Frimpong explains
Lawyer and historian, Anokye Frimpong, has indicated that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is now in pole position to win the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential promises for the 2024 elections. Speaking in an interview on Power FM on Monday, August 28, 2023, Lawyer Anokye Frimpong explained that the events that transpired during NPP’s …
Read More »NDC releases shortlist for Mahama’s running mate – Report
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has released a shortlist of potential running mates for former President John Dramani Mahama for the 2024 general elections. The shortlisted names so far include Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang who was the running mate for John Mahama in 2020. According to a newspaper report by the DailyGuide, dated …
Read More »Watch Ken Agyapong’s ‘mute’ exit from NPP HQ after disciplinary hearing
Kennedy Agyapong, a flagbearer aspirant for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), attended upon a committee of the party at its headquarters in Accra, to face the disciplinary hearings. The meeting of August 29, 2023, was highly publicized especially his arrival at the venue as he descended from his Lincoln Navigator, …
Read More »Watch as Kennedy Agyapong arrives at NPP headquarters to face disciplinary committee
Kennedy Agyapong, flagbearer aspirant for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has arrived at the party headquarters to face the disciplinary committee of the party today, August 29, 2023. He was summoned over alleged threats and accusations he directed towards President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia during the Special Delegates Conference …
Read More »Akufo-Addo is afraid ‘President’ Kennedy Agyapong might prosecute him – Historian
Historian Anokye Frimpong has alleged that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is lending his support to Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s presidential bid due to concerns about potential prosecution once he leaves office. He alleged that the President’s backing for Bawumia is driven by the desire to secure his legacy and protect …
Read More »Unlike Mahama, Akufo-Addo is yet to appear in an international newspaper for corruption – George Ayisi
A member of the New Patriotic Party, George Ayisi has refuted claims that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is corrupt. George Ayisi posits that he has heard a lot of such allegations but is yet to see any news of the President of the Republic circulating in local and international media over …
Read More »Don’t bring any confusion to Ghana – Goaso Paramount Chief slams Jean Mensa
The Paramount Chief of the Goaso Traditional Area in the Ahafo Region, Nana Akwasi Bosompra I, has slammed the chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC), Jean Mensa, over the decision of the commission to hold its limited voter registration exercise only at its district offices. According to the Goaso Manhene, …
Read More »NPP primaries: I will quit politics if Bawumia loses – Obiri Boahen
Former Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, has stated that should Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia fail to secure the NPP’s flagbearership slot come November 4, 2023; he will quit politics. “The Bawumia agenda and the Bawumia issue are non-negotiable. It will never happen that Bawumia will not …
Read More »Plot against IGP: I got people to do the recording for me – Bugri Naabu
The former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bugri Naabu, has admitted that he sought the help of some individuals to record a conversation he had with the senior police officers in the leaked tape. According to him, after the recording, he handed it over to the President, Nana Addo …
Read More »Otumfuo to raise $10m to renovate KATH leaking blocks
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has bemoaned the bad structural state of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) which serves as the referral center for 12 out of the 16 regions of Ghana. KATH block A-D built 70 years ago has never seen any renovations, a development Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II described …
Read More »Alan should’ve accepted proposals to be Bawumia’s running mate – Wontumi
Ashanti Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Boasiako known popularly as Wontumi has observed that Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen should have pushed for Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu’s proposition of his partnering with Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for the NPP’s 2024 ticket. He says that would have given him the opportunity to lead the NPP …
Read More »NPP will dump you – What Mahama told Bawumia in 2016
With days to the 2016 elections, former president John Dramani Mahama, then the sitting president, addressed a rally in Lawra, where he addressed the then opposition running mate Mahamudu Bawumia. Mahama touted the liberal values of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) stressing how …
Read More »I swear to God, I will give you a showdown – Kennedy Agyapong threatens Bawumia, Akufo-Addo
The deep cracks which many predicted will rock the New Patriotic Party in the aftermath of the presidential primaries, is already underway as fiery Kennedy Agyapong has fired a direct salvo at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. In what can be described as the teaser of the main show …
Read More »Dr Bawumia leads with 68.15% as Ken, Alan, Afriyie Akoto secure spots for NPP presidential primaries
Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia have emerged as the leading contender of the New Patriotic Party Super Delegates Conference. Per the results, Dr Bawumia garnered 629 votes representing 68.15 percent of the total votes cast. The results are based on figures collated by 17 out 17 voting centres across the country. Behind …
Read More »Watch as ‘strong men’ try to calm angry Ken Agyapong as ‘hell breaks loose’ at polling station
It took the efforts of about a dozen able-bodied men to whisk away Kennedy Agyapong’s phone to prevent him from hurling further threats and expletives at whoever was at the receiving end of the phone call. The New Patriotic Party’s presidential hopeful was fuming with rage over what he claims to be …
Read More »The victory of Bawumia is sealed and there’s nothing anyone can do –Rev. Kwame Owusu
The victory of Bawumia is sealed and there’s nothing anyone can do –Rev. Kwame Owusu Kumasi-based Pastor, Reverend Dr Kwame Owusu a.k.a DO ME I DO YOU has accurate predicted that, Dr Muhammudu Bawumia to become the next president of Ghana. He said God, has ordained Dr Bawumia to …
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