Can we all talk about Charlotte Osei for a minute? Can We All Talk About Charlotte Osei For A Minute? The world has been focused on the lunacy that has become the US presidential race circa 2016 that it may have overlooked that Ghana – the land of my birth – is also going through … Read more
Private legal practitioner, John Ndebugre has lauded the Electoral Commission for cracking the whip to disqualify “charlatans” from contesting the December 7 elections. The former PNC Member of Parliament for Zibilla constituency in the Upper East region maintains the general election is a competition and its rules must be complied with. “This is a contest … Read more
Private legal practitioner, John Ndebugre has lauded the Electoral Commission for cracking the whip to disqualify “charlatans” from contesting the December 7 elections. The former PNC Member of Parliament for Zibilla constituency in the Upper West region maintains the general election is a competition and its rules must be complied with. “This is a contest … Read more
The disqualification of the presidential candidates of some 12 splinter political parties – as of this writing, the number had inched up to 13 – with barely two months to the December 7 general election, ought to stand at all costs. No court should step in to reverse the decision of the Electoral Commission’s Chair … Read more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that Ghana is making progress in its economic management but cautioned that the country will have to ride on a bumpy path to economic recovery. The Assistant Director and Head of Fiscal Policy and Surveillance Division of the IMF, Ms Catherine Pattillo, said fiscal consolidation remained on track … Read more
Controversial movie producer Socrate Sarfo has described president Mahama’s plan to create fund for aging artistes should he win this year’s general election as a wrong move. The flag bearer for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) during the presentation of the Highlights of the NDC Manifesto 2016 at the Banquet Hall, State House announced … Read more
The Electoral Commission’s (EC’s) outright rejection of the nomination forms of 13 personalities who wanted to contest in the December 7 presidential election is causing uneasy calm in the country. Almost all the affected aspirants are accusing the EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, of unjustifiably ‘dashing’ their respective hopes of becoming a president in 2017. The … Read more
When defeat is staring you in the face, the only alternative left is for you to provoke confrontation. By doing that, the obvious loser simply just wants to turn the apple cart upside down so that a winner is not declared. This is exactly what the NDC intends to do in the run-up to the 7th December elections. They don’t … Read more
A former commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr Justice Emile Short, has urged the Ghanaian electorate to be vigilant in the December general election to ensure that only certified results were announced after the polls. According to him, the electorate must not only vote and go home to sleep, … Read more
Contrary to what Mr. Johnson Asiedu-Nketia would have operatives of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) believe, the 2016 general election, like many others of its kind in the recent past, will be about the quality of life of the overwhelming majority of Ghanaian citizens, and not an empty contest of personalities (See “NPP Plotting … Read more
The Eastern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bismarck Tawiah Boateng, has declared that the December 7 general election will be “do and die affair” as the party is ready to face the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) if the latter party attempts to spark any violence or intimidate its (NDC) members. … Read more
The Flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, has urged Ghanaians to vote out President John Mahama because he has failed to live up to the high hopes Ghanaians had for him. In a retort to governing National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) claim that the Presidency is not for experimentation or trial and … Read more
The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) has urged Ghanaians to be mindful of their actions in the lead up to the December polls. National President of CIMG, Kojo Mattah says activities and speeches that are not measured might result in “conflicts, destruction, poverty and death,” consequences he said will not be good for the … Read more
Deputy Finance Minister, Ato Forson says NPP Vice-Presidential candidate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is too fixated on statistics that he failed to see the real life impact of President Mahama’s policies. He said the success of President Mahama’s government should be measured by the real life examples of progress. “….when a political party reduces the Ghanaian … Read more
The hurling of stones at the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is wrong and underpins the need for more public education on how to conduct politics in a decorous and mutually respectful way, Irbard Ibrahim, Security Analyst and Peace Ambassador, has said. On Wednesday October 5, an unidentified … Read more
The 2016 National Coordinator of the Mahama Presidential Campaign has been widely quoted to be saying that “Politics is limiting our pride in Ghanaian culture, as one people where [sic] one can easily attend to a brother’s need. This is part of our culture, and we must not throw these things away because of politics” … Read more
The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has vowed to recapture the Walewale and Kumbungu parliamentary seats in the Northern Region in the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. The NDC lost the Walewale parliamentary seat in the 2012 general election to the New Patriotic Party (NPP); the NDC again lost the Kumbungu seat to the Convention … Read more
To all Ghanaians, especially those going to exercise their franchise come 7th December 2016 general election, may the peace of God be unto you. Amen. As it has always been my dream and philosophy to leave the world better than I came to find it hence doing the right things as I am known for, … Read more
The concert is being organised by the band, in collaboration with its counterparts from Germany. The Ghana Police Band will on October 12, 2016, host a massive election concert towards a peaceful general election come December 7, this year at the National Theatre in Accra. The concert is being organised by the band, in collaboration … Read more
The former National Youth Organiser of People’s National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan has emphasized the need for Ghanaians to be vigilant at the polling stations during the December general elections. Speaking to Citi News’ Norbert Akpabli on the sidelines of a public forum to ensure credible general elections in the Volta Region, Mr. Ramadan asked … Read more