Category: Politics

The Supreme Court has struck out the injunction application filed by NDC, four others against the Electoral Commission. Five political parties made up of the NDC, the Convention People’s Party (CPP), All People’s Congress, Liberal Party of Ghana and the Great Consolidated Popular Party on September 7, sued the Electoral Commission at the Supreme Court...

A founding father of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has accused ministers serving in the current Akufo-Addo administration of engaging in corruption and extravagant lifestyle. He indicated that government officials are living ostentatious lifestyles while the vast majority of the people wallow in poverty without any gainful employment. Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe wondered why...

Blast Rasta is lambast Kwame Sefa Kayi for remaining mute about attack on UTV by some NPP thugs. Blakk Rasta whilst descending heavily on Kwame Sefa Kayi, is saying that the host of Kokrokoo on Peace FM is not able to condemn the attack on UTV by the thugs because he has accepted an appointment...

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu ,has said that the opinion of the Attorney-General on the illegal small-scale mining report issued by former chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, cannot be allowed to stand. He described the A-G’s opinion as nauseating and one that is whitewashing the ‘blatant, flagrant’ destruction of...

Leader and founder of the “Movement for Change” (butterfly movement), Alan Kyerematen, has extended an open invitation to New Patriotic Party (NPP) member of Parliament for Assin North constituency in the Central Region and NPP presidential candidate hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong, to abandon his ambition in the NPP and join his movement.   Speaking in an...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has set 23 May for the by-election in the Kumawu Constituency in the Ashanti Region. The by-election, which is in accordance with Article 112 (5) of the Constitution, as amended, follows the death of Philip Basoah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area. Basoah, a former district chief executive for Kumawu...

One of the Parliamentary Candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Kumawu Constituency, Edward Kofi Osei, has confirmed his withdrawal from Sunday’s primaries. According to the former Managing Director of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), his decision stems from concerns raised by leadership of the party over his dual citizenship status. “I resigned...

John Mahama has tasked supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to protect ballot box and stop any moves to disrupt the polls on 7 December 2024. Addressing branch and constituency executives in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region, the presidential aspirant advised them to work hard to defend and stay for the counting...

The decision to exclude certain Black Stars players from the recent international break in order to play for the Black Meteors was made jointly by Chris Hughton, the Black Stars coach, and the Black Meteors head coach, Ibrahim Tanko, according to the Ghana Football Association. Fatawu Issahaku and Daniel Afriyie Barnieh, who both played for Ghana’s...

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Samuel Nartey George has described the Akufo-Addo administration as wicked and incompetent. His comment follows the invitation to pensioners by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to partake in a new debt restructuring he is proposing. Speaking on the Big Issue on TV3 Monday April 17, he said “They have...