The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, has downplayed the growing thinking that there is total peace in Ghana as he cautioned Ghanaians not to do anything to undermine and compromise the peace and unity the country is enjoying. He, therefore, urged Ghanaians to maintain the relative peace in the … Read more
The annual MUSIGA Grand Ball organised by the Musicians Union of Ghana comes off this Friday, November 4 at the Banquet Hall, State House in Accra. Renowned Ghanaian musicians expected to entertain patrons at the fourth edition of the event are Amakye Dede, Mzbel, No Tribe, JA Adofo, Wiyaala, Samini, Becca and comedian DKB. This … Read more
The Ghana Premier League is on the verge of sealing a gargantuan and earth-shattering $44m sponsorship deal with a Turkish firm that will virtually transform football in the country over the next 12 years. According to a report in the state owned Graphic Sports newspaper the earthshaking sponsorship deal will be sealed by the Ghana … Read more
The Ghana Premier League could benefit from a mega sponsorship deal that could rake in a whopping $44 million over a 12-year period. The deal, which is being brokered by Sports Cul Ghana Limited, will see its Turkish partners fund the payment of salaries for players, coaches and backroom staff of the clubs. Already the … Read more
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has advised the public to buy products based on their quality but not on how low or affordable the price is. This is to ensure that they get the best product that are safe to their health. “If we judge things based on the prices they are sold; we will … Read more
The Chairman of the Peace Council has charged politicians to be decorous when they mount political platforms and avoid provocative comments that could spark off violence during campaigns. Most Rev. Professor Emmanuel Asante’s comments come in the wake of violence which characterized the recent voter transfer at some centers. According to him, elections do not … Read more
The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Rev. Professor Emmanuel Asante has slammed the governing National Democratic Congress for boycotting the presidential debate organized by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). The NDC, following the IEA’s intention to pitch its presidential candidate, President John Mahama in a one-on-one showdown with the opposition New Patriotic … Read more
The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante has urged politicians to ensure that they only make promises which are realistic and achievable to the public. With momentum gathering ahead of the crucial election on December 7 which promises to be keenly contested among the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the … Read more
Professor Emmanuel Asante, Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC), has advised the electorate not to sell their birth right to any politician but rather vote on developmental issues. “It is prudent for the electorate to listen to the policies and plans of the political parties and pray to God for direction to choose a … Read more
The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante has disclosed that he has on several occasions contemplated resigning his position. One needs a thick skin to lead the Peace Council which is very busy especially during every election year owing to the sometimes inflammatory statements made by politicians. Rev. Prof. Asante has … Read more
The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante has dismissed claims that politicians can lobby for someone to be appointed chairman of the Council. According to the former presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, it is completely impossible for anybody to be lobbied to be the Chairman of the … Read more
The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante has dismissed claims that members of the council are paid huge sums of salaries and allowances. Speaking on Starr Chat Wednesday, the former presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana told host Bola Ray that being a member of the Peace Council … Read more
Pupils of the Delhi Public School (DPS) International Ghana, a world-class centre of child education in Community 25, Tema have appealed to political parties to ensure no blood is spilt during the impending general elections. According to the pupils, politicians should make peace the central theme of their campaign messages. They had, consequently, advised political … Read more
Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, Chairman, National Peace Council, has said exclusion from the political process and ethnocentrism ought to be a concern for all if peace is to be sustained in the country. He said this ‘winner takes all’ mentality in our society has led to the ingrained desire by various political stakeholders to … Read more
I don’t know what the immortalized Rev.-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would have said about it, but as a Liberation Theologian, Dr. King, as he was and is affectionately called, was always on the frontlines where the oppression and wanton exploitation of ordinary workers – irrespective of faith, race and culture – were concerned. In … Read more
Ghanaians deserve nothing less than peace and stability; which must be the ultimate outcome of this year’s election, Mrs Charlotte Osei, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), has said. She said it would take all stakeholders in the country to achieve this; declaring that “let us not fail our country”. “Our lives are more … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has identified 81 constituencies out of the 275 as possible violent-prone areas before, during and after the 2016 general election. The Chairperson of the EC, Mrs Charlotte Osei, who announced this, said the EC had started a project, together with the Ghana Police Service, to map out all the polling stations … Read more
The Head of United Nations (UN) office for West Africa and Sahel, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has asked political parties contesting the December polls to use legal means to settle electoral disputes. Dr. Chambas has urged the parties to reject violence as a means to settle grievances that may arise from the December 7 general polls. … Read more
Clergymen who want to get involved in party politics should resign as clerics, Chairman of the National Peace Council, Rev Prof Emmanuel Asante has admonished. Prof Asante believes the involvement of men of God in partisan politics had the tendency to divide the church for which reason it would better for them to shed their … Read more
Some leading members of the clergy in the country are trading accusations and counter accusations at each other and publicly challenging each other’s credibility over an issue that seems to have taken a political twist. They are the outgoing Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), Right Reverend Professor Emmanuel … Read more