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Mahama repeating ‘Gitmo 2’ mistakes with US deportee deal – Seth Acheampong

Former Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Acheampong, has criticised President John Dramani Mahama, accusing him of repeating past mistakes by failing to learn from the...

Gov’t received US deportees out of compassion, not pressure – Vanderpuye

The National Coordinator of the District Roads Improvement Programme (DRIP), Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has defended the government’s decision to accept deportees from the...

NPP refers petitions against Owusu Bempah to National Council

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has officially referred petitions against its Deputy Director of Communications, Ernest Owusu Bempah, to the National Council for consideration. In...

Bryan Acheampong frustrated new cocoa financing model; he didn’t support it – Former MP

Former Effia MP and ex-Economic Management Team (EMT) member, Joseph Cudjoe, has dismissed Bryan Acheampong’s claim of ownership over Ghana’s new cocoa financing model. In...

Changing Bawumia will set NPP and Ghana back 16yrs – 15 Eastern Region MPs declare support

Fifteen of the 23 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Eastern Region have officially endorsed Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in his...

It is politics, not truth – Bryan Acheampong clashes with Joseph Aidoo over Cocoa Loan Policy

Former Minister of Food and Agriculture and NPP Flagbearer aspirant, Bryan Acheampong, has fired back at former COCOBOD CEO Joseph Boahen Aidoo over claims...

You can support any candidate, but you dare not… – Bryan Acheampong fires at ex-COCOBOD CEO

Former Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, has expressed shock at former COCOBOD CEO, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, over claims regarding the abolition of...

Victor Smith warns appointees against undermining Mahama’s administration

Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, Victor Smith, has cautioned government appointees that they risk losing their positions if they attempt to undermine President...

Lands Minister hits back at political opponents over galamsey criticism

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has responded to political critics over the government’s handling of the illegal mining (galamsey)...

Stop early jostling to replace Mahama – Victor Smith warns NDC bigwigs

Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, Victor Smith, has cautioned senior figures in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) against prematurely positioning themselves as successors...

“Yɛn Suro Ahunahuna” protest in pictures

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, launched its highly publicized “Yɛn Suro Ahunahuna” protest in Accra. Hundreds of supporters took to...

NPP Youth Wing hits streets over alleged state intimidation

The youth wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is holding a demonstration today, Tuesday, September 23, to protest what it describes as the...

Political opportunism hurting Ghana’s fight against galamsey – CDM

The Centre for Democratic Movement (CDM) has accused Ghanaian political leaders of opportunism and inconsistency in addressing illegal mining and insecurity. According to the group,...

Akufo-Addo takes swipe at Mahama’s 9-month governance

Former President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has taken a swipe at the Mahama-led administration, nine-month into governance, suggesting that the ruling NDC’s supposed failures...

Mpraeso MP Opoku Ansah calls for global action against child trafficking at Capitol Hill Summit

Ghanaian Member of Parliament Davis Ansah Opoku has called for urgent international action to end child trafficking in Africa’s mining sector. Speaking at the Anti-Trafficking...

State of emergency alone won’t solve galamsey – Hackman Owusu-Agyeman

Chairman of the NPP Council of Elders, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, has warned that declaring a state of emergency will not, on its own, resolve Ghana’s...

Justice and fairness missing in 9-month rule – Hackman fires at Mahama

Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Council of Elders, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, has delivered a mixed but critical assessment of President John Mahama’s first...

Bawumia will respond once OSP acts on petition – Miracles Aboagye on 300 pickup funding claims

The campaign team of former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says he will formally respond to a petition submitted to the Office of the...

Gov’t serious about ORAL, but… – Felix Kwakye Ofosu

Government has reiterated its commitment to pursuing the investigative work of the Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL) initiative while safeguarding the rights of suspects. Minister...

Kwakye Ofosu accuses NPP of hypocrisy over utility tariff hikes

Minister for Government Communications and Member of Parliament for Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has accused the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) of double standards...

Kwakye Ofosu accuses Akufo-Addo administration of complicity in galamsey

Member of Parliament for Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese and Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has accused the former Akufo-Addo administration of...

Poverty, not cost of living, is Ghana’s greatest threat – Dr. Adutwum

Aspiring New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum says poverty, not the rising cost of living, is the greatest threat facing...

Tamale Central by-election: Prof. Alidu to be declared unopposed if… – EC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate in the Tamale Central by-election, Prof. Alidu Seidu, is set to make history as the first person...

Party-appointed DCEs and MCEs hinder genuine development – Ras Mubarak

Leader of the Trans Africa Tourism and Unity Campaign, Ras Mubarak, has called for urgent reforms in Ghana’s local governance system, arguing that the...

NPP pays glowing tribute to Apostle Kwadwo Safo ‘Kantanka’

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has paid glowing tribute to Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka, the renowned religious leader, inventor, and philanthropist, following his passing...

Article 146 can’t be replaced – Dafeamekpor

The Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has dismissed suggestions for a new constitutional instrument to replace Article 146, which governs the procedure for removing...

CDD-Ghana warns $200m presidential campaign cost threatens democracy

The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has expressed concern over the rising cost of contesting presidential elections, warning that the country’s democracy risks...

IGP is moving on slippery grounds — Miracles Aboagye

Communications Director for the Bawumia Campaign Team, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has accused the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Christian Tetteh Yohunu of selective justice...

Mahama effectively a ‘Supreme Leader’ – Richard Ahiagbah

The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has cautioned that President John Dramani Mahama now wields powers akin to...

We’ll have no one to govern if we don’t tackle galamsey – Dr. Boakye-Danquah

Former Government Spokesperson on Governance, Dr. Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, has cautioned that Ghana could lose its people to environmental destruction if illegal mining, popularly known...

No change, still maintain – Ashanti NPP declares as Bawumia ends 3-Day tour

Delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region have declared their unflinching support for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s candidacy as the party...

Breaking Barriers: Sabah Zita Benson makes history as Ghana’s first female High Commissioner to the UK

In a groundbreaking moment that reverberates through the corridors of international diplomacy, President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Sabah Zita Benson as Ghana's first...

It’s unfair to link the E&P Black Volta deal to political interference – Bobby Banson

Private legal practitioner and lecturer at the Ghana School of Law, Bobby Banson, has dismissed suggestions that Engineers & Planners’ (E&P) takeover of Azumah...

Suspend ‘unconstitutional’ Ghana-US mass deportation agreement – Minority to gov’t

The Minority Caucus on the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament has called for the immediate suspension of Ghana’s agreement with the United States to...

Disgrace to democracy – Nana Akomea on Abronye’s arrest [Listen]

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea, has criticised the government over what he described as the growing trend of...

Don’t punish Bawumia for our ‘sins’ – MP to NPP delegates

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Afigya Kwabre North, Collins Adomako-Mensah, has urged New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates not to punish Vice President Dr....

Dame slams Mahama gov’t over Abronye’s detention

Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has accused the John Mahama administration of intolerance, citing what he describes as a crackdown...

Appiah Stadium threatened and hinted me about my arrest – Kofi Akpaloo [Listen]

Leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Percival Kofi Akpaloo, has revealed that he was tipped off about his arrest days before it...

Gold dependence prevents Mahama from declaring state of emergency – Akwasi Konadu

Deputy Ranking Member of Parliament’s Lands and Natural Resources Committee, Akwasi Konadu, has argued that President John Dramani Mahama cannot declare a state of...

Amenfi East: NDC condemns alleged attack on MP and Constituency Executives

The NDC has condemned in the strongest terms an alleged violent attack on the Member of Parliament for Amenfi East, Nicholas Amankwah, and his...