POLITICS

Former Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has vehemently denied claims by Professor Kwamena Ahwoi that he and other young politicians in the NDC were purposely groomed to speak up to party founder Jerry John Rawlings. The NDC kingpin in his book ‘Working with Rawlings’ has suggested that some young ministers under the erstwhile Mills administration were created to counter ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) would lead the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) by eight percent if the December 2020 elections were held today, according to the first wave of results of the Ghana Election Poll conducted online via the renowned market research firm MSI-ACI from May 1 through to June 30. 48% of Ghanaians surveyed in the Ghana Election Poll think the ...

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has dismissed suggestions that the directive for the Auditor General, Daniel Domelovo, to proceed on leave is a ruse being used by the president to sack him. Speaking in an interview on GHONE TV on Wednesday, Oppong-Nkrumah justified the directive stating that the Auditor-General will resume work after he exhausts his leave. Mr Domelovo ...

Former Communications Minister Dr Edward Omane Boamah has denied claims by Professor Kwamena Ahwoi that he and other young politicians in the NDC were purposely groomed to speak up to JJ Rawlings. The NDC kingpin in his book ‘Working with Rawlings’ has suggested that some young ministers under the erstwhile Mills administration were created to counter attacks on the late ...

The once cosy relationship between the Ahwoi brothers and former President Rawlings went sour after Ato Ahwoi, a former Secretary (Minister) of the PNDC, refused to contest the late Prof. Atta-Mills. According to Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi, if his brother had contested Atta-Mills, it would have been a betrayal of a good relationship Ato Ahwoi had with Atta-Mills. Therefore, the Ahwoi ...

Former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings has predicted that the trajectory of events in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in recent times may crumble the party in the coming days. The former President said this while he was reacting to a book published by a leading member of the NDC titled “Working with Rawlings”. In the book, Prof. Kwamena ...

The flagbearer of the opposition NDC John Dramani Mahama has donated sixteen motorbikes and eight lenovo laptops to the party’s constituency offices in the Oti region. All eight constituencies in the region received two each of the DVLA registered motorbikes and a laptop in support of the party’s work and activities towards the December 2020 polls. Presenting the items on ...

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni reckons the 2020 elections is President Akufo-Addo’s to lose. The nation is bracing up for its eighth elections under the fourth republic with candidates of the New Patriotic Party and National Democratic Congress as leading contenders. Former President Mahama who lost with more than a million votes to Akufo-Addo four years ago is confident of ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has bared his teeth at leading NDC member Prof. Kwamina Ato Ahwoi over what he describes as a “callous agenda of bile” being perpetuated the latter. Mr Rawlings accused Prof Ahwoi of desperately seeking control of the NDC party. While taking to his social media platforms to commend the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, for ...

President Akufo-Addo has said the December elections is an opportunity for Ghanaians to decide on his handiwork after trying him for a four-year term in government. Speaking to the media in Kyebi in the Eastern region Monday after registering with the first lady, President Akufo Addo said “In 2016, I asked the people of Ghana to give me a chance ...