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Prez. Mahama orders fuel tax cuts, cheaper transport
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President John Dramani Mahama has ordered immediate interventions to shield Ghanaians from surging fuel prices, as global tensions in the Middle East continue to disrupt oil supplies and push up costs. The directive was issued following a Cabinet meeting in … Read more →
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Ken Agyapong donates cars to Ashanti NPP
Posted on | CommentMember of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, Kennedy Agyapong, has presented four pickup vehicles to the Ashanti Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for its campaign ahead of the December elections. The move is … Read more →
Latest Goodman AMC online poll: Nana Addo, 49% Prez. Mahama, 44%
Posted on | CommentWith 120 days more to the December 7 elections, an online opinion poll indicates that if the elections were held in July, leader of the largest opposition party, New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo would obtain 49% of votes cast … Read more →
Engage in sober-mannered politics ahead of elections – Rawlings
Posted on | CommentGhana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has called on Ghanaians to engage in sober-mannered politics as the country draws closer to the December presidential and parliamentary elections. He called on chiefs and queen mothers to play a lead … Read more →
NPP to EC: Be transparent
Posted on | CommentThe opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has served notice that it would not sit down for any individual or group of persons to rig the 2016 general election, which they are confident of winning, urging the Electoral Commission (EC) to … Read more →
Paa Kwesi Nduom picks Miss Ghana as Veep
Posted on | CommentPresidential Candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has picked former Miss Ghana, Brigitte Akosua Koshie Dzogbenuku, as his running mate for the 2016 presidential election. After breaking away from the Convention People’s Party (CPP) and … Read more →
$1bn power deal too expensive – Minority
Posted on | CommentParliament yesterday ratified the $647 million power agreement for the purchase of combined cycle gas turbine power plant to be situated at Tema. However, the minority leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, strongly criticized the agreement, saying if the government had planned well, … Read more →
NPP, NDC fight over results transmission
Posted on | CommentThe opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) are at war over the mode of transmission of election results for the December 7 polls. While the NPP has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of acting … Read more →
PHOTO: Akua Donkor outlines free water, electricity bills in new poster
Posted on | CommentPresidential Candidate of Ghana Freedom Party outlines her vision for the country in new poster. Madam Akua Donkor released her poster this week. The poster which has her vision for the country below;
PHOTOS: Nana Addo verifies name in voters’ register
Posted on | CommentThe 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, August 2, 2016, was at the Rock of Ages polling station, Kyebi, to verify that his name is contained in the voters’ register, ahead of … Read more →
All parties were consulted about electronic transmission – EC
Posted on | CommentThe Electoral Commission has insisted that all parties were consulted before it announced the Electronic Results Transmission System (ERTS) for the 2016 Elections. The Commission in a statement issued on Monday evening said, the new results transmission system was part … Read more →
Govt to issue $1bn eurobond next week
Posted on | CommentGhana plans to sell Eurobonds of up to $1 billion by next week to fund the government’s 2016 budget and refinance debt repayments due next year, government sources told Reuters on Monday. Ghana is expected to launch the bond, its … Read more →
Ford gift saga: I’m Innocent – Prez. Mahama to CHRAJ
Posted on | CommentPresident John Dramani Mahama has asked the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), to dismiss allegations of conflict of interest against him. This is in response to three separate petitions against him over his decision to accept a … Read more →
‘Minister’ caught in CJ death threat
Posted on | CommentDeputy Minister-designate for Local Government and Rural Development, John Oti Bless, who doubles as National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Nkwanta North in the Volta Region, is in hot waters following what has been described as ‘reckless … Read more →
Prez. Mahama’s power to pardon Montie 3 challenged
Posted on | CommentPresident John Mahama’s power to pardon three convicted contemnors has been challenged by a private legal practitioner Nana Asante Bediatuo. The lawyer affiliated to the New Patriotic Party believes the president may be acting ultra vires (beyond his authority) if … Read more →
Prez. Mahama okays new $953M 400MW power deal
Posted on | CommentThe Mahama administration is set to stampede yet another questionable power deal through Ghana’s Parliament at the expense of already overburdened power consumers. The deal, currently before the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, appears to be another desperate attempt … Read more →
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