Politics

News coming in from the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) shows how strategically John Mahama intends to prosecute the 2024 elections, says party insiders. Indications from Thursday’s meeting confirm that one of the key right men of Mr Mahama, former Communications Minister Dr Edward Omane Boamah, will be leading the party’s merged Elections and IT Directorate. This is …

The Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Attah appears to be on a massive spree to correct the wrongs in the roads sector. In recent times, the minister has been captured, publicly rebuking persons who have been caught involved in acts that compromise the work of his sector and affect roads. Most recently, he rebuked and arrested some illegal miners whose activities near a …

The Deputy Minority Chief Whip in Parliament, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has asked the public to pardon the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for the recent comments he made during the inauguration of Phase II of the Tamale International Airport. According to him, the vice president has limited knowledge about the project. The Vice President at the inauguration of the Tamale International …

People’s Redemption Movement (PRM), is a new political party that has been formed ahead of the 2024 general elections, graphic.com.gh reports. The leadership of the new political party has noted that their prime objective is to rescue Ghanaians from the moment of despair and anxiety that has led to the crisis the country finds itself in. According to the PRM, the …

The New Patriotic Party has cautioned delegates not to display their ballot after casting their vote in Saturday’s Special delegates conference. Some 900 NPP delegates will on Saturday, August 26, vote to reduce the 10 presidential aspirants to five. The Special Electoral College will be a prelude to the crucial national conference on November 4, 2023, where the party’s flagbearer …

Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah has slammed the Government for granting a tax exemption of about GHC 43 million ( $ 3.9 million) to a company to import construction material for the building of a hotel at a time it was burdening Ghanaian with the electronic transfer levy (e-levy) with the explanation that Government needed …

The Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency, James Gyakye Quayson, has expressed his satisfaction with returning to Ghana after several years of residing in Canada to serve his constituents. James Gyakye Quayson, who was the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Assin North by-election, emerged victorious after the polls. At the end of the by-election on June …

Former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has suggested that the Akufo-Addo government should scrap the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) if it is not generating enough revenue as expected. He described the E-Levy as a “nuisance tax” and said that it should be scrapped if it is not meeting its revenue targets.  Dr Duffuor said, “We need to ask ourselves, are …

The Commissioner for Political Affairs at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ambassador Abdel-Fatal Musah, has stated that ECOWAS does not require explicit permission from the United Nations (UN) to deploy troops to Niger. His statement comes amid concerns that the UN might not be aligned with ECOWAS’s plans for a military intervention to address the coup situation …

The husband of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, Daniel Osei Kuffour, has been placed under arrest for ongoing investigations into alleged corruption and corruption-related offenses. This development comes after the discovery of significant amounts of money allegedly stolen from their home. The Office of the Special Prosecutor has moved to freeze the bank accounts of Cecilia Dapaah and seize around $590,000 and GHC …