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Burning Issues: Ato Arthur speaks on former NDC PC’s nomination as DCE

Head of the Local Government Service, Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has said there is nothing surprising about the appointment of Moses Arhinful as the new...

ChaLoG threatens legal action against removal of 24 MDCEs

The Chamber for Local Governance (ChaLoG) has threatened to initiate legal action against President Nana Akufo-Addo's removal of some 24 Municipal Chief Executives (MDCEs). The...

New MDCEs nomination: Time is not on our side but… – Ato Arthur

Head of the Local Government Service, Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has admitted the appointment of 26 new Municipal Chief Executives (MDCEs) has come late. ...

OB Amoah justifies parliamentary exit

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Akuapem South, Osei Bonsu(OB) Amoah has said his decision not to seek re-election is in order....

Legislators are not wealthy contrary to popular perception – Akyem Oda MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Akyem Oda constituency, Alexander Akwasi Acquah says legislators face a number challenges, among them the demand to support...

The output of our electoral processes becoming nauseating, undemocratic – Prof Gyampo

A Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Ransford Gyampo, expressed concern about the deterioration of Ghana's electoral processes. The President of the...

Yaa-Naa’s all important message to Mahama

The overlord of Dagbon, Yaa-Naa Abukari II, has charged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Mahama to ensure a continuous reshuffling of appointees. He...

2024 polls: Gonja Youth call for violence-free elections

The leadership of the Gonja Youth Association has appealed for a violence-free election ahead of this year's polls. They made the call this at the...

Claims 24 DCEs were fired due to Bawumia’s performance in their areas, untrue – Dan Botwe

The Minister for Local Government and Rural Decentralisation, Dan Botwe, has refuted allegations that the dismissal of 24 District Chief Executives was based on...

Tension in Awutu Senya as Akufo-Addo appoints former NDC PC as new DCE

There is tension in Awutu Senya West in the Central region following the appointment of Moses Arhinful as the new District Chief Executive (DCE). He...

Mahama storms Northern Region with ‘Building Ghana tour’

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has commenced his Building Ghana Tour in the Northern Region. In two days,...

Sammy Gyamfi slams Kofi Bentil for asking Ghanaians to give Bawumia a chance

The National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, criticised Kofi Bentil for urging Ghanaians to consider giving the New Patriotic Party flagbearer, Dr....

Bawumia can’t be ‘cleansed’ from Ghana’s current economic mess – Ato Forson

The Minority leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has said Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia cannot be absolved from Ghana's economic mess. In a post on...

ASEPA boss blasts Kofi Bentil over Bawumia

The Executive Director of the Alliance For Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson, has slammed Kofi Bentil, the Vice President of IMANI...

Stan Dogbe’s view on govt’s withdrawal of VAT on electricity

A former presidential staffer in the John Mahama administration has expressed scepticism regarding reports that government has cancelled the 15% Value Added Tax (VAT)...

NPP Youth Organiser resigns

The Diaspora Youth Organizer Diaspora of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Spain Branch, Hanson Dartey, has announced his resignation from the party. The decision according to...

EC reportedly interdicts five officers over Yendi NPP primary

The Electoral Commission (EC) has reportedly interdicted five officers who supervised the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primary in Yendi. The decision to interdict...

Provide alternatives to Ghana’s problems – Ahiagbah to NDC

The Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has taken on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over its opposition to new...

Senegal President postpones election indefinitely

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has indefinitely postponed the presidential election that was scheduled to take place on February 25. Speaking in a televised address to...

We need a framework that goes beyond political parties – Alan Kyerematen

The leader of the Movement for Change, Alan Kyerematen, has outlined a specific framework for taking the country out of its current economic crisis. The...

If we reduce corruption by 10%, it will improve our economic performance – Alan Kyerematen

Founder of the Movement for Change, Alan Kojo Kyerematen says Ghana’s economic problems will improve if corruption and its related practices are reduced by...

Speaker of Parliament to attend 150th Sagrenti war anniversary

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin at the invitation of the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu ll, will be attending the commemoration of the...

Gov’t has significant measures in place to fight corruption – Former Deputy A-G

A former Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Dindiok Kpemka has lauded the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the measures put in place in the...

PAC criticises Interior Ministry over private security firms

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has criticized the Interior Ministry for inefficient monitoring of private security companies in the country. The 2022 Auditor General’s...

Taxing emissions while destroying our forests through ‘galamsey’ is counterproductive

Ghana's Parliament passed a law to levy carbon emissions as part of the country's so-called effort to combat global warming or climate change. The...

Akufo-Addo nominates 26 new MMDCEs

President Akufo-Addo has nominated 26 new Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to be voted on by Assembly members of their districts. If...

Akufo-Addo sacks 24 MMDCEs

President Akufo-Addo, has revoked the appointment of 24 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). This was contained in a letter to the Minister...

Antoa shrine unable to reverse Wontumi’s curse against chief

Custodians at the Antoa Nyamaa shrine in the Ashanti Region have referred the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako...

Bawumia’s upcoming address ‘talk-a-thon’ of lies – Sammy Gyamfi mocks

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has described the upcoming address by Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as...

We are suffering because of you – Sammy Gyamfi tells NPP

The National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has said Ghana's challenges is due to mismanagement by the ruling...

Why December elections won’t lead to runoff – Sammy Gyamfi

The National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has said the December polls will not go into runoff. According to...

Govt must withdraw ‘unnecessary’ Emissions Levy immediately – Nana B

The National Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, commonly known as Nana B, is urging the government to immediately...

Emission levy senseless; Akufo Addo-Bawumia govt may soon tax our tears at funerals

The National Democratic Congress (NDC)'s parliamentary candidate for the Ketu North Constituency has criticised the Emissions Levy Act, 2023 (Act 1112), labelling it as...

John Mahama takes ‘building Ghana tour’ to Upper East Region

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has commenced a two day tour of the Upper East Region as part of...

I have an agenda to deliver prosperity for all Ghanaians – Alan Kyerematen

Leader of the Movement for Change, Alan Kyerematen says he is on an agenda to deliver prosperity for all Ghanaians. The former Trade and...

Trust Bawumia’s judgment on running mate selection – Majority leader urges NPP supporters

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has urged New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters to refrain from pressuring Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia regarding his choice of...

6 NDC executives in Hohoe defect to NPP

Some branch executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Hohoe constituency in the Volta Region have defected to the ruling New Patriotic...

No government can collapse Okada business – Mahama

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama says the motorcycle transportation industry (Okada) has established itself and is unassailable by...

Don’t tag security agencies with party colours – Afenyo-Markin to citizenry

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Effutu in the Central Region, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called on Ghanaians to be mindful of...

NPP primaries: Delegates on tenterhooks as a failed aspirant demands refund with ‘Antoa’

About 20 delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Manhyia North constituency who allegedly took money from a parliamentary aspirant in the...