POLITICS

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on its rank and file to remain calm and respect the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s list of nominees for metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs). The much-expected list, according to government officials, would be made public anytime soon.   Speaking …

The former Deputy Greater Accra Regional Minister in the first term administration of President Akufo-Addo, Elizabeth Sackey and 36 other women are expected to be named Metropolitan, Municipal, District Chief Executive officers (MMDCEs) in the soon-to-be released approved list of MMDCEs. Elizabeth Sackey is tipped to replace Mohammed Nii Adjei …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed that going forward, it would be compelled by circumstances to arm its polling agents with bulletproof vests and other ammunitions to fight oppressors and also resist illegalities from so-called security operatives on the election day.         The decision, according to …

A Branch Youth Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Awutu Nyarkokwaa in the Awutu Senya West Constituency,  Ebenezer Akrade, is battling for his life after a Branch Secretary of the constituency butchered him in a disagreement over money.     The argument allegedly started during an argument …

We were related, very close at that, through marriage. He, to one of my wife’s senior sisters, and I, through one of his wife’s junior sisters – the youngest, in fact. If he had not done the “coodeta” of December 1981, I would most certainly not have had my present …

The family of Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has scheduled the final funeral rite for the late Hajia Mariama Bawumia to be held on Sunday, October 24. The mother of the Vice President passed away peacefully on Monday, September 13 in Accra. Her body was, then, taken to Walewale …

The committee tasked to screen persons who opted for the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive positions nationwide and make recommendations presented its report a few weeks ago to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.   The report has since been forwarded to the Minister for Local Government, Decentralization and …

NDC Member of Parliament (MP) for the Odododiodoo Constituency and a former Minister of State, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has predicted a massive defeat for any member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who contests the flagbearer position of the party against John Mahama ahead of the 2024 general election. …

Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, has rejected claims that District Assemblies in his region are to contribute between ¢2,000 and ¢5,000 for his father’s funeral. A viral letter making the rounds claimed that Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts in the Western Region had been asked to pay the said …

It has emerged that all Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives and their Assemblies have been billed to contribute to the final funeral rites of the late father of the Regional Minister Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah. In a letter which has since gone viral on social media, all MMDCEs and …