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 →
Former Western Region Chairman of the opposition NPP, Nana Owusu Ankomah, has named the Party’s acting National Chairman Freddie Blay as the cause of-internal wrangling concerning suspended National Chairman Paul Afoko. He says Freddie Blay has overstepped his boundaries as … Read more →
The National Democratic Congress has postponed its presidential and parliamentary primaries to November 21.The decision was taken at a National Executive Meeting held Monday.The ruling party was expected to hold the primaries on Saturday, November 7, but the general secretary … Read more →
Former Head of the Political Science Department at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Dr. Richard Amoako Baah, has declined to serve as board Chairman for the Kumasi Polytechnic.Dr. Baah was appointed by the Government through the … Read more →
Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings has alleged money could have changed hands to force some political parties to toe a particular line at the EC Forum on the voters’ register.A two-day stakeholders’ forum by the Electoral Commission ends Friday … Read more →
The 2016 budget will be presented to Parliament by the Finance Minister Seth Terkper on November 17. Parliament proposed the date to the Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, Thursday. For some economic analysts, one of the key areas to look forward … Read more →
The Electoral Commission (EC) will soon respond to the New Patriotic Party’s(NPP) claims that the voters’ register is bloated. The NPP at a forum on the voters’ register, reiterated their allegations of a bloated electoral roll. A former Chairman of … Read more →
A National Democratic Congress (NDC) serial caller and kayayo (head porter) in Accra, Adiza Isaaku, has confessed having been coached by the ruling party’s propaganda team to heap tonnes of insults on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Nana … Read more →
Finance Minister, Seth Tekper has indicated that Ghana needs to spend at least $1.5 billion annually to close the country’s infrastructure gap and bring it to the recommended level of a middle income country. In view of that, he said … Read more →
On paper and radio he has been suspended but Paul Afoko still insists he is the National Chairman of Ghana’s biggest opposition party, New Patriotic Party [NPP]. The beleaguered chairman once again called the bluff of the party’s National Executive … Read more →
President John Mahama has reiterated his pledge to ensure that his administration maintains fiscal discipline and does not overspend its budget in 2016, an election year. Speaking to some Ghanaian students studying in various institutions in India recently, President Mahama … Read more →
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has won a second five-year term with nearly 84% of the vote, electoral commission officials say. Mr Ouattara won a total of 2,118,229 votes, or 83.66% of votes cast, the commission said. Turnout was 54.63%. … Read more →
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo kicked off his tour of the United States with a meeting of donors at a diaspora community venue near Washington, D.C. The Ghana Cultural Center in Alexandria, Virginia played host to Mr. Akufo-Addo, … Read more →
A National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporter who reportedly went with five others to the Eastern Region and Dome Pillar 2 in Accra and allegedly defrauded unsuspecting members of the party to the tune of GH¢101,680.00 and $2,500 under the pretext … Read more →
HELL BROKE loose at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) office at the Bosomtwe Constituency in the Ashanti Region Friday afternoon. This was when angry party executives, who are torn between the two parliamentary aspirants, were at each other’s throat, exchanging … Read more →
Presidential Candidate for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo Addo has expressed ‘regret’ over the suspension of the party’s National Chairman, Paul Afoko. According to him, I profoundly regret that matters have come to this…however, the appropriate organs … Read more →