The military in Kumasi have impounded large cache of weapons allegedly from a known member of the National Democratic Congress in the Ashanti Region. The weapons were seized from the said NDC man, Cobson of Asuoyeboah SSNIT Flats with house number AH 2015S Thursday night following a tip-off by some agents of New Patriotic Party. … Read more
Ghana’s security officers should refuse guard duties at polling stations on December 7, the chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, has said. Mr Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, said he was issuing a “counter-order” to members of the security services to disregard orders from their … Read more
Suspended chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Afoko, and former Chief of Staff, Kwadwo Mpiani, have denied sponsoring independent parliamentary candidates in the Ashanti Region to scuttle the chances of the party and its flag bearer Nana Akufo-Addo in the region as far as the 2016 elections are concerned. A statement from … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Mr. Bernard Antwi Boasiako, says the presidential battle for the 2016 elections was won two years ago. According to him, the NDC lost the battle in 2014, during the echelon of the ruling party’s absymal performance where Ghanaians were subjected to severe economic conditions including … Read more
Folks, those of us who have persistently condemned the kind of “masochistic” politics that Akufo-Addo is leading the NPP to do toward Election 2016 won’t stop saying that the NPP’s rogue politics constitutes the danger that will not give Ghana the peace that it needs to develop. We have said a lot already to make … Read more
Former President Jerry John Rawlings was the toast of thousands of mourners who stormed the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi on Thursday to mark the one-week celebration of Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II. Ex-President Rawlings was accompanied to the venue by his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings. The former Ghana leader arrived at the funeral … Read more
Irate supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) nearly manhandled a known supporter of President Mahama in Kumasi, who allegedly pulled a gun on them for shouting ‘change’ in Kumasi yesterday. Donkor Fuseini, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sekyere Afram Plains, who sensed danger, quickly fled from the bloodthirsty NPP supporters who had surrounded … Read more
The embassies of the United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (USA) have been petitioned to refuse Kennedy Agyapong, Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, visa into their countries. The petition also added Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Boasiako otherwise known as Wontumi and Peter Mac Manu, … Read more
The two main political parties in the country have suspended all active outdoor campaign activities in the Ashanti Region. The action by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) is to show respect to the Asantehene, Otumfour Osei Tutu II, and the entire Ashanti kingdom following the demise of the … Read more
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, has suggested that Former Attorney General Martin Amidu be made the next Electoral Commission Chairperson for Ghana. According to him, the request granted by the Supreme Court to orally examine businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome from whom the state is trying to retrieve 51.2 million … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP), has directed all its members at the ward, polling station, constituency and the regional levels to suspend all forms of public campaigning in solidarity with the demise of the Asantehemaa, Nana Afua Serwaa Kobi Ampem. The party has asked its members to instead channel campaign resources towards the house-to-house interactions … Read more
The Ashanti Region officially started the micro processes for the elections yesterday, amidst controversies over the late arrival and design of the ballot papers. All the representatives of the various political parties from the 47 constituencies in the region gathered at the Ashanti Regional Police Depot to monitor the certification and subsequent distribution of the … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has refuted suggestions by the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana that the party had approved a logo without their initials to be printed on parliamentary ballots. “At no point did NPP supervisors at the printing houses express satisfaction/approval over the removal of Party initials from the Parliamentary Notice of Poll … Read more
The Chief of Old Tafo Zongo, Alhaji Yussif Chibsah, has touted the approach by the NPP towards the development of Zongo as unique and unprecedented. Alhaji Chibsah says the NPP and Nana Akufo Addo present a new strategy that will his help bridge the development gap in the Zongo communities across the country. Touching on … Read more
Confusion broke out at the Electoral Commission Ashanti regional office after NPP refused to accept the parliamentary ballot papers sent there. NPP regional chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako who led the challenge said the ballot did not have NPP initials printed on it as the other parties have. He said apart from the logo printed on … Read more
Offinsohene and Samira Bawumia when she paid a courtesy call at his palace in Offinso. In what could be described as a sharp U-turn after initial backlash, the Paramount Chief of the Offinso Traditional Council, Nana Wiafe Akenten, has predicted victory for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). The popular Asante Chief is backing the … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the massive win recorded by the Republican Party in the just-ended United States of America elections is a clear indication that change is also coming to Ghana. The Director of Communications of the party, Nana Akomea, told The Chronicle yesterday that the fact that Donald Trump defied all odds … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described the party’s fifth position on the ballot paperias a very good omen. Linking Nana Akufo Addo’s position to the five smooth stones David picked before facing Goliath in the Bible, Mr. Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Chairman ‘Wontumi’ is of the … Read more
Men would always read meanings into everything that happens around us. Shortly after the Electoral Commission announced that Nana Akufo Addo would be occupying the number five spot on the ballot paper, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of his party has linked his position to the five smooth stones David picked before facing Goliath. In a … Read more
The Chief of Achiase in the Ahafo Ano South District, Nana Kwaku Osei Afriyie Bonsu II, has encouraged the NPP and its flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo, not to be bothered by the machinations of the EC and its Chairperson, Mad. Charlotte Osei, since victory will be for them. “No matter what Charlotte Osei … Read more