The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sidelined former President Jerry John Rawlings, and will pay the price for that by losing votes in the Volta Region – the home of Mr Rawlings, Pius Enam Hadzide, an aide to Nana Akufo-Addo, flag bearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said. He told … Read more
Hundreds of residents in Wassa Juabo in the Amenfi Central Municipality of the Western Region on Thursday, 20 October went on a demonstration against Chinese miners who have taken over large hectares of forest reserves in the area and excavating it for gold. Convener of the demonstration, Mr Kwabena Manu, told Chief Jerry Forson on … Read more
Galamseyers in the country will “fight to the death” to “protect their livelihood,” security analyst Dr Kwesi Aning has warned, and urged state security agencies to think through whatever response and strategies they fashion out to deal with the recent uprising by some illegal miners at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. “There are enough guns … Read more
The Communications Director of the Electoral Commission, Mr Eric Dzakpasu has said “I wouldn’t know” if the flagbearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) declared his assets per the requirement of the election management body for presidential nominees. “Whether Nana Addo Danwka [Akufo-Addo] of the NPP declared his assets or not, I’m not … Read more
The disqualification of Mr Hassan Ayariga, the flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), to contest in the 2016 presidential polls is a temporary issue that will be reversed in court, Razak Kojo Opoku, General Secretary of the APC, has said. Mr Ayariga and 12 other presidential nominees were recently disqualified from the 2016 … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has reported to the police and Attorney General, all the electoral and criminal offences identified during the vetting of nomination forms filed by presidential aspirants for the 2016 elections for investigations. Mr Yussif Ayuba, Deputy Communications Director of the EC, made this known on Class91.3FM’s Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Thursday … Read more
Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah is asking whether the party’s former Youth Organiser Abu Ramadan is still a member of the PNC. Responding to Mr Ramadan’s clamour for him (Mornah) to resign together with General Secretary Atik Mohammed over the Electoral Commission’s disqualification of their flag bearer Dr Edward Mahama from … Read more
The court can nullify the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to disqualify 13 presidential aspirants from the December polls if it is proven that the election management body failed to draw their attention, within the stipulated time, to make corrections on their nomination forms, for which reason they have been disqualified, a constitutional lawyer, Mr Kwame … Read more
The recent affirmation of the Government of Ghana’s issuer and senior unsecured rating at B3 and change in the country’s economic outlook to stable from negative by international rating agency, Moody’s, is, indeed, an upgrade worth celebrating by the managers of the economy, Economist Dr John Gatsi has said. “The fact is that you were … Read more
The police directive to personnel to suspend inspection of driver’s licences and other documents to facilitate traffic management will increase lawlessness in the country, international relations and security analyst Nana Owusu Sekyere has said. Speaking on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Class91.3FM on Wednesday, October 5, he said the directive flew in the face … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has said an internal memo directing all personnel of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) to stop checking drivers’ licences and road worthy certificates “until further notice”, was leaked to the public. Superintendent Cephas Arthur, Director of Public Affairs of the Police Service, told Prince Minkah on Class91.3FM’s Executive Breakfast … Read more
The bloody clash between some supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) should be condemned, security analyst Irbard Ibrahim has said. He has called on the country’s law enforcement agencies to be more proactive in disbanding vigilante groups of political parties as the Inspector General of Police … Read more
The critics who are pummelling the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) for clearing President John Mahama in connection with the Ford Expedition saga can go to court if they will, presidential staffer Dr Clement Apaak has said. Dr Apaak told Prince Minkah on Class91.3FM’s Executive Breakfast Show that a critic like former … Read more
The flag bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) should abide by electoral laws and declare his assets if he is not corrupt, governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) Campaign Coordinator Kofi Adams has said. “Nana Addo is being given the opportunity to declare his assets if he says he is not corrupt. Why is … Read more
Members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) think their flag bearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, is a god, but he is nobody, the leader and flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has said. The APC flag bearer has recently launched a number of attacks on Mr Akufo-Addo with barely three months to the … Read more
The flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has challenged Nana Akufo-Addo and Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom – presidential nominees of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), respectively – to a debate ahead of the December polls. Mr Ayariga has recently mounted an attack on his fellow … Read more
Flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has said he is not begging to be president and will never say ‘I beg you try me’ in his campaign towards the 2016 general elections in December. His remark is a direct response to the New Patriotic Party’s Nana Akufo-Addo who on his campaign … Read more
The flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has said he does not respond to “cartoons” – a direct reference to Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, cousin to the flag bearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo; Mr Kennedy Agyapong, Assin Central MP; and Mr Murtala Muhammed, General Secretary … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has stated that an advertisement of President John Mahama in the Daily Guide, a newspaper owned by the acting Chairman of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) – Freddie Blay – and his wife, Gina, is not from the NDC’s headquarters. Mr Koku Anyidoho, a Deputy General Secretary of … Read more
The flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has taken a swipe at Nana Akufo-Addo, claiming the 72-year-old New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer still lives in his father’s house despite his age. Apart from saying Mr Akufo-Addo lacks the capacity to manage Ghana, Mr Ayariga said at 72, Nana Akufo-Addo should … Read more