POLITICS

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said he built the “most beautiful” market in the whole of West Africa in the Ashanti Region during his first term in office. Listing all his achievements in the Ashanti Region to Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on the second day of his 6-day tour of the region, the presidential candidate of the main ...

Founder and leader of United Progressive Party (UPP), Kwasi Addai Odike, has jumped to the defence of former President John Dramani Mahama over his recent comments made in Kumasi about the political affinity of the Ashantis. The NDC flagbearer who is on a 6-day tour of the Ashanti Region asked the electorates in the region, the stronghold of the ruling ...

The Alliance of Civil Society groups working in the extractive, good governance and anti-corruption sectors, are challenging Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu to investigate and prosecute all persons involved in the controversial Agyapa Mineral Royalties agreement. The demand follows a damning corruption risk assessment report from the OSP which alleged bid-rigging and other breaches in the royalties deal. Addressing the media ...

Senior Political Science Lecturer, Ransford Gyampo, has made statements that contradict popular notion that lawyers and legal brains had a major role to play in the drafting of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution and therefore have a better understanding of it than regular Ghanaians. According to Prof. Gyampo, Ghanaian lawyers openly boycotted processes leading to the drafting of the 1992 Constitution which ...

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress has indicated that the much-touted infrastructure achievements of the Akufo-Addo administration will be left hollow if toilet facilities are unbundled from the portfolio. “If he mentions that he has done so much, he should unbundle the infrastructure and allow us to see the projects one by one. They are full of small small ...

The woes of controversial Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong are set to deepen following Manasseh Azure Awuni’s order to his lawyers to file a defamation suit against the MP. Kennedy Agyapong who is currently facing contempt charges at the High Court will have a new case on his plate after Manasseh made moves to rid his image of the ‘lies ...

The Majority leader in parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has challenged Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare popularly known as Kwaku Azar to point to the specific law which says the Speaker has no basis or legal right to declare the Fomena sea as vacant. The respected lawyer had slammed the Speaker for declaring the Fomena seat vacant after the MP, Mr. Amoako ...

The legal team of the opposition NDC has responded to the Special Prosecutor, accusing him of using his office to settle personal scores with the party’s flagbearer and former President, John Dramani Mahama. Martin Amidu in a response to John Mahama calling him a coward for labelling him as Government Official One (GO1) in the Agyapa corruption risk assessment report, ...

A co-founder of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) Professor Agyeman-Duah has admonished the Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu to treat his investigations with some level of decency and avoid public exchanges. According to Professor Agyeman-Duah, investigations and indictments from the office of the Special Prosecutor must also be guided by ethics. His comments come after Martin Amidu in a ...

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama will today begin his campaign tour of the Ashanti region. Mr. Mahama will tour the region for six days, a statement from the party said. “His Excellency John Mahama, as part of this highly anticipated tour, is expected to pay a courtesy call on His Royal Majesty, Otumfour Osei Tutu ...