POLITICS

A key contender in the Akyem Oda constituency primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has pledged to donate half of his salary to towards the establishment of a fund to cater for the developmental needs of the area. The businessman has also promised to share his allocation of the MPs’ Common Funds among all 18 electoral ...

Fearless Broadcaster and Reggae musician, Blakk Rasta born Abubakar Ahmed has described New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand Kennedy Agyapong as a selfish and greedy politician who wants everything to himself alone. He observed that the Assin Central lawmaker is always quick to criticize others who have been given contracts under the current regime while he complains that he who contributed ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) had given up on the fight for illegal small scale mining known as ‘galamsey’ when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) took office in 2017. According to him, ‘galamsey’ activities were much rampant across the country under the NDC and the situation was deemed as intolerable. “When we ...

The Minority in Parliament has boycotted President Akufo-Addo’s fourth State of the Nation Address in Parliament. President Akufo-Addo is in Parliament to deliver his 4th State of the Nation Address as he heads into another election in December. Today’s address marks the last of his four-year mandate as it is yet to be determined by the electorate if the mandate ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is battling a “bad cold”. He made this known as he began his delivery of the 2020 State of the Nation Address in Parliament. The president is enjoined by Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution to deliver a message on the state of the nation at the beginning of each session of Parliament and before ...

The attempt by the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, to have his trial put on hold while he appeals the decision of the trial charge was dashed as the court dismissed the application yesterday. The court also dismissed another oral application by his lawyer which was seeking it to adjourn the matter because they ...

President Akufo-Addo will today file his nomination form to contest the 2020 elections as Presidential candidate for the ruling New Patriotic Party. So far, no other member of the NPP has picked forms to contest the president for the ticket. The President, despite being a sole candidate, will still have to be acclaimed by members of the NPP at national ...

Ace radio presenter with Peace FM Kwame Sefa Kayi has described as ‘stupid’ the violent conduct of some members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Mampong in the Ashanti Region. Mr. Sefa Kayi on Thursday could not fathom why the supporters would be rowdy in their quest to show their unflinching support to politicians. “It’s a stupid act,” ...

President Akufo-Addo and some ministers of state are neck-deep in the alleged Aker Energy corruption scandal, according to US-based journalist, Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor. In a video monitored online by GhanaWeb, the journalist alleged that some bribes were paid to the president and his ministers to make sure that there has been some amendment to the Petroleum, Exploration and Production ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is today, addressing his final state of the nation’s address for his first term in office. President Akufo-Addo came to power on January 7, 2017 and has presented the state of the nation’s address three times since his swearing in. Several subjects including the galamsey menace, the falling cedi, security corruption, education and others are ...