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 →
Dr. Godwin Etse Sikanku, a political analyst has given a forthright assessment of President John Mahama’s leadership qualities, describing him as an “idealistic optimist”. According to him, an assessment by a focus group he put together on the leadership qualities … Read more →
Finance Minister Seth Terkper says the National Economic Forum set to begin Today, Tuesday 13 May, 2014 will discuss existing economic policies and to correct shifts that have occurred in the economy as a result of Ghana’s attainment of a … Read more →
A former Chief of Staff under the Kufuor administration, Kwadwo Mpiani has denied given orders for the payment if $ 500,000 into a Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) account for the financing of the CAN 2008 tournament in Ghana. This … Read more →
The opposition New Patriotic Party has boycotted the National Economic Forum scheduled to begin, Monday, describing it as a PR gimmick. The party, among other things, claims government has adopted its own economic reforms between 2014 and 2017, including the … Read more →
The Daily Guide newspaper reports that it has “credible” information that the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is not likely to attend the ‘National Economic Forum’ being put together by the government. The four-day Forum, starting tomorrow, Tuesday, May 13, … Read more →
First Lady Michelle Obama already made a public gesture earlier this week to join in on the #BringBackOutGirls movement in support of the tireless efforts to find the 300 young Nigerian school girls who were recently abducted by Islamic extremists, … Read more →
Politics has substantially eroded the innate creative mind and enterprising spirit of modern day Ghanaian as many resort to it as the surest way of making it in life, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II laments. Publicly decrying the over politicization of … Read more →
President John Mahama has praised the Asantehene’s touch with technology but has added a little request for Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to update his facebook status. “Otumfuo is on facebook” the President announced to a packed Baba Yara stadium and … Read more →
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced its intention of setting up a school to train members of its students’ wing and cadres to, among other objectives, fill leadership positions within its ranks. This was disclosed by the party’s General … Read more →
Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings says she contested late President Mills in the primaries of the National Democratic Congress because the late president had assured Mr. Rawlings he would be a one-term president. “President Mills came to him (Mr. … Read more →
Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has broken his silence on his conflict with the late President Mills which he reckoned was “deliberately promoted not as wrong versus right, but rather as Rawlings versus Mills”. Mr. Rawlings said he had no malice … Read more →
“I did not know Otumfuo Osei Tutu II prior to his enstoolment, and frankly, his selection as Asantehene initially created quite a bit of stress for us, as some of my colleagues were uncomfortable with a personality they knew little … Read more →
Former Member of Parliament for Asokwa constituency, Maxwell Kofi Jumah has said that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service should rather investigate the Ministry of Information for the President’s “anti-Ashanti” comments against the people of Kumasi … Read more →
Former President of Brazil, Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has pledged to support Ghana’s efforts to implement policies and build infrastructure that guarantees sustainable development. Mr. Lula renewed this pledge to President John Dramani Mahama during bilateral talks between in … Read more →
Ibrahim Mahama, brother of President John Mahama, has sued the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, for defamation. He is demanding amongst other things, two million cedis damages from the NPP regional chairman who … Read more →