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Former president John Dramani Mahama has expressed sadness over the killing of a 21-year-old soldier at Ashaiman, a suburb of Accra. Mahama said in a statement released on March 8, a day after the March 7 military swoop that led to the arrest of 184 persons, that he was deeply …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo presented the 2023 State of the Nation’s Address (SoNA) on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. One of the eye-catching moments at the SoNA was when Akufo-Addo met his predecessor, John Dramani Mahama. This will be the first time the two men have been seen in …

Former National Communications Officer of the largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Solomon Nkansah, has described former President John Mahama as a problem for the party. According to him, the ex-president who led the NDC to two consecutive electoral defeats in the 2016 and 2020 elections has not …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has told persons calling on him to return ex-gratias he has received as a sign of good faith to his promise of scrapping the retirement benefit that he cannot. According to him, he is not in the position now to return the retirement benefits he has received …

Former president John Dramani Mahama has questioned the logic behind calls for him to refund his ex-gratia following his promise to cancel the existing emolument structure for Article 71 Office Holders when he comes back to power. According to Mr Mahama, he rather finds it mindless for his critics including some people …

Sports journalist, Dan Kwaku Yeboah has asked former president John Dramani Mahama to return all ex-gratia he received in his time in office to demonstrate to Ghanaians that he is willing to do away with the benefits of Article 71 office holders when re-elected. The head of sports for Despite Media urged …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has promised to scrap the retirement benefit given to the Executive under Article 71 officeholders, known as ex-gratia, when he becomes president again. According to him, his government will start the constitutional processes to scrap ex-gratia in the first year of his administration. The former …

Ghana’s former president, John Dramani Mahama, is launching his campaign towards the 2024 general elections. The former flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) recently picked up nomination forms once again to contest the vacant position in the party. He is currently in Ho, in the Volta Region, to launch his campaign, even …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that after enduring the campaign of slander and sabotage by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of the Danquah-Busia tradition, he totally empathises with Ghana’s founding President Kwame Nkrumah who, he said, suffered a similar fate until he was overthrown in a Coup D’etat …

The Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association has noted that the claim that it had petitioned former President John Dramani Mahama to run for president in 2024 is not true. According to the association, some media reports have suggested that four unions including the Abossey Okai spare parts dealers had visited the …