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There was no meeting to decide strike – Sam Pyne

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s Communications Team, Sam Pyne, has revealed that the decision to embark on an industrial strike wasn't...

Akufo-Addo to meet Press tomorrow

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will tomorrow 13th December, 2019 meet the press to account for his stewardship to Ghanaians almost three years since...

IMANI scores Akufo-Addo gov’t 48.78% for 2016 manifesto achievements

Think tank, IMANI Africa, has scored the Nana Akufo-Addo government an overall mark of 48.78% with regards to the fulfilment of its 2016 manifesto...

Independent parliamentary candidate joins NPP

The former Presiding Member of the Akuapem North Municipal Assembly, Nana Asiedu Ofei who contested as an Independent Parliamentary candidate in the 2016 general...

Osafo-Maafo moves to challenge $1m surcharge by Auditor-General

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo has moved to challenge a $1 million surcharge against him. A statement from Mr Osafo-Maafo Wednesday said he has instructed...

EC reacts to IPAC meeting walkout

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is still ready to engage parties on the procurement of a new biometric register despite the walkout of...

Mpeniase Assemblyman aspirant outlines vision

A young visionary has appealed to the people of Mpeniase Electoral Area at Akropong in the Eastern region to vote for him to...

Those criticising govt over striking teachers are hypocrites – Minister

Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, says those criticising the government over the teachers’ strike are hypocrites. His comment follows Kwesi Pratt Jnr, the Managing Editor...

Parliament demands arrest of man who destroyed Peace Council building

The Defence and Interior Committees of Parliament is demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of a man who allegedly demolished an office Complex owned...

MP disappointed over NDC IPAC meeting walkout

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Tarkwa Nsuaem constituency, Mireku Duker, has expressed disappointment over the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s decision to...

Mahama deserves credit for indigenous gas utilisation – Kofi Buah

Former President John Mahama deserves every credit for indigenous gas utilisation and its associated savings and not President Nana Akufo-Addo, a former Minister of...

Assembly Elections: Aspirant promises free daily breakfast for the youth

Assembly member aspirant from Adukrom Nima in the Ashanti region, Nana Adabor Ibrahim Issah Ampim, has promised to provide free daily breakfast for the...

John Mahama reacts to withdrawal of MMDCE bill

Former President John Dramani Mahama has described the withdrawal of the bill on the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) as...

Bagbin unhappy with ‘peanuts’ given to Ministry

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Bagbin, has lamented over government’s budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Works and Housing describing it as...

Audio: Bagbin proposes establishment of “ways and means” committee

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has proposed to parliament the establishment of a ‘ways and means’ committee. Speaking on the Floor of the...

Politicians don’t love Ghana more than striking teachers – Kwesi Pratt

Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, says teachers love Ghana, despite the current strike to demand legacy arrears from the government. To the...

Stop politicizing teacher’s strike – Gov’t told

Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Eric Agyei, says politicians should stop politicizing the strike recent strike by...

NPP reacts to Afrobarometer report

Yaw Buaben Asamoa, the Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is optimistic that the undecided voters captured in the Afrobarometer report will...

MP jabs Mahama over corruption fight comments

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Sekondi Constituency is urging former president John Mahama not to descend into the foot soldiers’ gutter...

Listen: Afrobarometer report your textbook; take it serious – Allotey Jacobs to parties

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged political parties to take the Afrobarometer report serious because it is their...

Afrobarometer report confirms Ghanaians are disappointed in Akufo-Addo – Anim Piesie

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s communication team is of the view that the recent Afrobarometer report on the 2020 polls confirmed...

Confusion rocks IPAC meeting: NDC, 4 other parties stage walk out

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), the People’s National Congress (PNC) together with some other political parties, have walked out of an Inter-Party...

Share best farmer prize money among all farmers – Kwaku Boahen

National Deputy Director of Communications for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Kwaku Boahen, has suggested to the government that prize monies given ‘national...

MPs push for fresh probe into execution of 44 Ghanaians in The Gambia [Audio]

Members of Parliament are pushing for a fresh probe into the execution of some 56 West African migrants including 44 Ghanaians in Gambia. The...

Presidential race: Voters undecided between NPP, NDC – Afrobarometer report

Most Ghanaians are undecided on which of the two major political parties to vote for in the upcoming 2020 elections, an Afrobarometer has found. The...

Hold Bawumia responsible for cedi’s free-fall – Minority

Ranking Member of the Mines and Energy Committee, Adam Mutawakilu has blamed the “incompetence” of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for the depreciating...

EC announces cancellation of referendum

Electoral Commission (EC) has announced the cancellation of the referendum to amend article 55, clause 3 of the 1992 Constitution. The EC Chairperson, Jean Mensah,...

Listen: I’m not a diplomat – Papa Owusu-Ankomah

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Papa Owusu-Ankomah, does not see himself as part of the diplomatic corps. Rather, he said he remains...

Effiduase Omanhene condemns DCE over lack of dev’t

The Paramount Chief of Effiduase has publicly expressed his unhappiness about the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Effiduase-Asokore over claim she does not...

Manasseh’s book: EC Chair sought ‘permission’ from military before declaring Akufo-Addo President

It has emerged that Mrs Charlotte Osei, Chairperson for the Electoral Commission (EC) sought for clearance from the top hierarchy of the Ghana Armed...

Minister reveals next job after politics [Audio]

Deputy Minister of Transport and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East, Daniel Titus-Glover, has revealed his next line of work after officially ending his political...

Akufo-Addo’s practice of ‘clearing corrupt’ appointees must stop – Mahama

Former President John Mahama has criticised President Nana Akufo-Addo for the constant practice of "clearing" his "corrupt" appointees. In a statement to mark the 2019...

PPP Man begs Akufo-Addo to construct counseling unit for youth [Audio]

National Youth Coordinator for the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), Divine Nkrumah has appealed to President Akufo-Addo to, as a matter of urgency, construct counselling...

Listen: NPP MP praises Rawlings

Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East Constituency, Daniel Titus-Glover, has praised former President Jerry John Rawlings for the introduction of the National Farmers’ Day celebration. According...

Yamin blasts Bawumia over incompetent comments

A communications team member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), believes Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's constant name calling of former President...

Mahama requested for a handshake – Owusu Bempah clarifies

After his alleged assault and being prevented from extending pleasantries with former President John Mahama, the pastor at the center of the whole...

Mahama is an incompetent nice man – Bawumia jabs [audio]

The Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia has described former president John Mahama as one who is unfit for the presidency, although he agrees with many...

Bawumia lists 87 major NPP achievements

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged the opposition NDC to a show of records in office to enable Ghanaians judge who has...

Karpowership: Akufo-Addo commissions use of natural gas for electricity generation [Photos+Video]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the use of gas as the primary fuel for power generation from Karpowership on December 7, 2019. According...

Scars of the Revolution: Rawlings shreds ‘coward’ Major Rida with anger [Must-read]

Scars of the Revolution has caused former President Jerry John Rawlings to open up, for the first time probably, on some operational details of...