POLITICS

The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has nominated Omane Aboagye as chief executive for the Juaben Municipal Assembly of the Ashanti Region. The regional minister Simon Osei-Mensah disclosed at a regional coordinating council meeting on Tuesday. The position has been vacant for the past six months after elected assembly members …

The Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyi and also Majority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh has urged the National Democratic Congress to do more to celebrate the memory and principles of former President Jerry John Rawlings.   Speaking on the floor of Parliament in commemoration of his birth, he said the best …

The Presidency has dismissed claims by the North Tongu Member of Parliament that President Akufo-Addo chartered a German-based private jet operator – K5-Aviation on his recent trips to Belgium and Rwanda. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa had earlier today criticised the President for costing the Ghanaian taxpayer €20,000 an hour for flying …

The National Elections Committee in charge of the vetting of aspiring national officers for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has cleared 48 aspirants to contest for the various positions. However, the committee led by Peter Mac Manu according to sources disqualified three of the aspirants, who have the chance …

“Honesty is the best policy” Benjamin Franklin (American Statesman: 1700)   In 1507, King James IV of Scotland was granted the title of “Protector and Defender of the Christian Faith” by Pope Julius II in October, 1521, Pope Leo X granted the same title to King Henry VIII for his …

A Founding Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakoe has said the structure of the NPP will make it difficult for Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to be the flagbearer and eventually, President of Ghana.   Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe said he has known Bawumia for quite sometime and …

A Founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has said that the Akufo-Addo government has been plagued with series of corruption for which Trade Minister, Alan John Kwadwo  Kyerematen should have resigned.   Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe said he would have followed Mr Kyerematen if he had had …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) appears to be contacting successful aspirants who went through the party’s vetting process. The vetting report was supposed to have been released to the public today but party sources said the aspirants have to be informed before making it public. One of the successful aspirants …

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has refuted claims he has endorsed an aspiring candidate in the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearership race. According to him, media reportage suggesting that he had endorsed the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s candidacy, against the other aspiring candidates at the recent Peduase Valley Resort Father’s …

The New  Patriotic Party (NPP) is today expected to release the results of aspiring officers who were vetted by its national executive elections committee. Fifty-one persons submitted their nomination papers before they made their appearance at the vetting committee. Even before the results are made public today, the fate of …