The late Major Maxwell Mahama who was lynched by a mob in Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region while in service goes home today. He will be buried today, Friday June 9, at the Osu Military Cemetery in Accra. A burial service with “full military honours” is underway at the State House, followed by a procession … Read more
A full state burial service for Major Maxwell Adam Mahama who was murdered gruesomely a week ago by some residents of Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region is ongoing at the Forecourt of State House in Accra as directed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Other dignitaries are filtering in with Former Presidents John Mahama … Read more
Major Maxwell Mahama will be laid to rest later on Friday at the Osu Military Cemetary, after a burial service at the Forecourt of the State House. Mourners are currently filing past Major Mahama’s casket ahead of the state burial which is expected to commence at 9: 10 am, where he is expected to be … Read more
The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has predicted that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will fail due to seeming divisions within the party. Speaking at the NDC’s silver jubilee lecture held on Thursday, the Nadowli Kaleo MP said the seeming divisions within the NPP if not resolved, will also hinder Ghana’s economic … Read more
Kumawood actress, Tracy Boakye is grateful to all the people who launched vitriolic attacks on her for campaigning, for now, opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Thanks to the ‘haters’, the outspoken actress said she is now very rich and travels on a business class ticket to any country of her choice. “If they didn’t attack … Read more
A former Minister of Defence under the Rawlings administration, Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu has attributed the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) abysmal performance in the 2016 General elections to the disunity that has crept into the rank and file of the party. Speaking at the NDC’s 25th-anniversary launch in Accra on Thursday, Aljhaji Idrissu stated that the … Read more
The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament says the only political party in the country that is media friendly even when it is in opposition is the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). Alban Bagbin said the NPP knows how to pamper and invest in the media which it did with distinction when it boycotted the 1992 … Read more
The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament says the only political party in the country that is media friendly even when it is in opposition is the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). Alban Bagbin said the NPP knows how to pamper and invest in the media which it did with distinction when it boycotted the 1992 … Read more
The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has backed the founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings, for the party to be guided by the principles of integrity and accountability. He said the party’s current predicaments demand that its members introspect and work to restore its earlier values of probity and … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), a social democratic party, will be 25 years on Saturday, June 10, 2017. Twenty-five years in one’s life could be described as youthful, but in politics, the party has come a long way and as the longest ruling party under the Fourth Republic, has paid its dues in the governance … Read more
Former Chief Justice Theodora Georgina Wood has been appointed unto the Council of State by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Her appointment, announced by the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye on Thursday, is in accordance with Article 89(2)(a)(i) which mandates the President to nominate a former Chief Justice as a member of the advisory … Read more
Outgoing Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood has been appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo as a member of the Council of State. This is in accordance with Article 89(2)(a)(i) which mandates the President to nominate a former Chief Justice as a member of the advisory body. The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike … Read more
The chairman of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption Daniel Batidam has described as needless criticisms of the Attorney General’s Office for receiving donations from the Chinese Mission in Ghana. The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana Sun Baohong Tuesday June 6 donated some items to the AG’s office including desktop computers, printers, UPS and a … Read more
Law lecturer and former Executive Secretary to ex-President John Mahama has spoken against widespread political polarisation which he says, is eating away the Ghanaian moral fabric. Raymond Atuguba spoke on ”Hard Truth”, a current affairs programme that airs Wednesdays on the Joy News channel (Multi TV), where he said instead of contributing to nation-building, partisan … Read more
Georgina Theodora Wood, Ghana’s first female Chief Justice, finally bows out of office today after 10 years in the saddle. Her retirement was preceded by a valedictory church service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Accra on Tuesday for a successful tenure. The ceremony brought together officials of the Judicial Service, the clergy, politicians, family … Read more
A former boss of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has said the outgoing Chief Justice performed “creditably” in her 10-year role as head of the judiciary. Mrs Wood retires officially today 8 June having attained the mandatory retirement age of 70 after serving as Ghana’s first female Chief … Read more
NDC will mark its Silver Jubilee with a series of activities within the year The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will mark its Silver Jubilee with a series of activities within the year. In a statement issued by Deputy General Secretary Koku Anyidoho on Wednesday, June 7, it said: “the party is rolling out a year-long … Read more
Alhaji Bature Iddrissu, Managing Editor of the Al Hajj Newspaper has revealed that he was not comfortable with certain comments, analogies and actions taken by former President John Dramani Mahama prior to and after exiting power. Prominent among the comments he revealed was the infamous “dead goat syndrome ” comment in Botswana and the “Lame … Read more
Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen has stated not every appointee in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) under former President John Mahama engaged in corrupt practices. “There is a new group in NDC which is now calling for the prosecution of past officials by the current NPP government. … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), will be 25 years on June 10, 2017, and the party is rolling out a year-long plan to mark the Silver Jubilee countrywide under the theme: Mirroring the past into the future.” A statement from the party signed by its Deputy General Secretary, Koku Anyidoho, said a four-day event will … Read more