POLITICS

Tensions flared in Ghana’s Parliament on Tuesday, February 13, as a seemingly routine exchange of pleasantries took a dramatic turn between Members of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong and Sylvester Tetteh. The incident occurred when Sylvester Tetteh, the MP for Bortianor-Ngleshie-Amanfro, attempted to extend greetings to Kennedy Agyapong, MP for Assin Central …

The Independent Candidates Association of Ghana (ICAG) has called on former President John Dramani Mahama to consider former Commissioner of Police (COP) Kofi Boakye as his running mate in the 2024 elections. The association believes that Kofi Boakye’s track record in law enforcement positions him as the ideal candidate to …

As the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flag bearer, John Mahama, continues with his “Building the Ghana We Want” campaign tour, there is jostling in the south by key party bigwigs to catch his eye for the vice-presidential slot of the party. The latest name to pop up in the list …

The Ghana Prisons Service has broken its silence on the reported escape of a Chinese national serving a one-year jail term for theft at the Nsawam Maximum Security Prison. The incident occurred during his medical assessment at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. Superintendent Abdul …

The keenly-awaited ministerial reshuffle of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government has yet to be formally communicated. This has not stopped political watchers from speaking to insider politics within the corridors of power. Towards the end of last week, Angel FM reported that the list of changes was set for …

Below  are the major news headlines captured on the front pages of the various newspapers in Ghana today:       The Daily Searchlight       Daily Graphic     Daily Guide        The Dispatch         The Chronicle           The …

The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council has invited the Ankobeahene of the Begoro Stool, Bafour Owiredu Agyarko Minta II, to endorse the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Former President John Dramani Mahama ahead of the 2024 elections. The hearing on the matter has been rescheduled from February 12, 2024 …

The Ghana Police Service has arrested two more suspects in connection with the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of the Cossy Hill Hotel (Jirapa Dubai) at Jirapa in the Upper West Region. The CEO, Eric Johnson, was gruesomely murdered and found in a pool of blood in one of …

Some important Groups in Ghana have said they back the vision Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia articulated in his policy speech at the University of Professional Studies Accra. Among them are the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), The Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers, …

Former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, has accused Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of being untruthful about circumstances surrounding the death of his own father, Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia. According to him, Dr Bawumia, the Flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), faked the events that led …