Former President John Kufuor has charged members of the New Patriotic Party to immediately stop the “infighting” that has bedeviled the party. According to him, although the party has the ability to win the 2016 elections, it cannot do so if they continue to fight among themselves. “ We must be honest with ourselves, there […]
Award-winning reggae artist Blakk Rasta has revealed why he boycotted the just ended Bass Awards. According to him, he took the decision to press home certain points he had already picked up with organizers of the awards scheme set up to recognize outstanding contributions and talent in the Reggae/Dancehall music genre in Ghana. Speaking exclusively
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential candidate for 2016, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday gave 11 surviving members of Ghana’s 1965 AFCON team an early Christmas gift when he presented GH¢25,000 cash to them. The money was meant to redeem a pledge the NPP Presidential candidate made to the team at their Golden Jubilee fund-raising
A former Member of Parliament for Efigya Serkyere West Albert Kan-Dapaah claims Ghana does not need more than 120 Parliamentarians.The former Interior Minister added: “My argument is that we have 275 MPs, we do not have enough money to provide them with the required capacity that they need why don’t we half the number that
The controversy surrounding the branding of branding of 116 new intra-city buses has taken a murkier twist as it has emerged that labour cost for stickers was inflated by GHC220,400 A detailed pro-forma invoice from the company contracted to brand the buses, Smartty’s Management and Productions, quoted GHC2,000 as the labour cost for the stickers
Members of the Sunyani Traditional Council are locked up in a crunch meeting to consider stopping the New Patriotic Party from holding its extraordinary congress in the Brong Ahafo capital. The decision is prompted by the party’s regional executives’ failure to apologise for remarks made against the Paramount Chief, Nana Bosoma Asor Nkrawiri, which the
Machete-wielding members of the opposition New Patriotic Party’s internal security, ‘Invincible Forces’, chased out supporters of the party’s Korle Klottey parliamentary candidate at the Asylum Down headquarters Wednesday afternoon.The commotion occurred as Nii Noi Nortey’s supporters thronged the headquarters to raise protests against a possible re-run of the primaries.Two defeated aspirants in that primary, Philip
President John Mahama’s brother, Ibrahim, has decried political polarisation in Ghana saying it is destroying the country and stunting development. “There is too much unnecessary politicking…our problem is the politics. We can do without it,” he told Okay FM on Wednesday December 16, 2015. “Our talk is what is regressing this country,” Mr Mahama, who
The Assembly Member of Fante New-Town electoral area, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, Morison Djagana has expressed worry over the increasing spate of child prostitution in the Kumasi metropolis. A popular drinking spot at Asafo market known as BB close to the VIP bus terminal has been identified as the brothel for teenage girls between
The rejected presidential nominee for Ejisu/Juaben Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region, Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh has accused the assembly members for deceiving him during the just ended endorsement elections. According to him, the assembly members of the Assembly promised to vote massively for him, saying their words were all lies that break hearts. ‘Why not
