Results of an online opinion poll have given the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, a 13-point lead over President John Dramani Mahama, who is seeking re-election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The new Goodman AMC Opinion Poll, conducted between May 30, 2016, and June 1, 2016, … Read more
Benjamin Asante (Benarsh), a member of the Eastern regional New Patriotic Party communications team, has alleged that President John Dramani Mahama and his family drove the Ford Expedition given to him as a gift by the Burkinabe contractor to church on 31st night 2015. This comes as another prominent member of the NPP and legal … Read more
Former President John Rawlings has said that there is too much hardship in Ghana. In his view, although infrastructure has improved in the country, the economic difficulty is having a heavy toll on the citizenry. Speaking on the Morning Starr on the occasion of his 69th birthday, the former military leader told host Nii Arday … Read more
President Mahama has predicted a one touch victory for his party the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the November elections. Speaking at the 24th-anniversary celebration of the NDC at its national headquarters at Adabraka in Accra, Mahama confidently stated that a victory in the elections will usher him into his second term as president of … Read more
In separate reports, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the West Africa Commission on Drugs (WACD) found that Nana Akufo-Addo and NPP have been funded with drug money. Ghanian drug lord Raymond Amankwah has been a major donor for both Akufo-Addo and NPP. While serving as Attorney General, Nana Akufo-Addo returned seized … Read more
The Inspector General of Police, COP John Kudalor, says nothing can stop him from blocking social media sites if that is what is required to guarantee peace and security in the country on election day. Kudalor said on Thursday that the police was considering shutting down social media services on November 7 to prevent them … Read more
When we talk of “bequests” left to the living by the dead, we often think of material things. Buildings, for instance, Or farms. In the case of the late Professor Adu Boahen, books that can be held in the hand – although spiced with a fairly abstract concept, namely, a precedent set in relation to … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has charged President John Mahama to end what it described as “crocodile tears” and reduce electricity tariff in the country immediately. The NPP believed this will help the government ensure better macroeconomic management and ease the economic hardship Ghanaians are going through. The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) announced a … Read more
The flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo Addo, has promised to reduce electricity tariffs if he is elected as President at the November polls. Nana Addo has lamented the impact of the current tariffs which he said are exorbitant and beyond the ordinary Ghanaian, adding that he will reduce the electricity … Read more
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has reiterated his assurance that Ghana will not be the same as it is today when given the nod as the next president. According to him, when elected into office as the next president on November 7, his government, with the support of all … Read more
The Flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo has accused the Mahama led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of having an insatiable appetite for increasing taxes in the country. According to him, the incessant taxes which hang on citizens necks do not augur well for national development. He observed that Ghanaians are … Read more
A former minister in the Kufuor administration, Ernest Akobuor Debrah, has died. Mr Debrah died after a short illness Wednesday April 6, 2016, at his private residence at Adenta, in Greater Accra Region, Nana Agyenim-Boateng, communication officer of the New Patriotic Party in Tano North confirmed the death to Class FM and Accra FM. A … Read more
Former president John Agyekum Kufour has strongly defended his record of performance in the Volta Region, stressing that he developed infrastructure in the region. According to Mr Kufuor, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) constructed the Ho Polytechnic and roads from Nkonya through to Dambai. “Ho Polytechnic was built by us. Even the University of Ghana … Read more
Ivor Kobina Greenstreet was elected presidential candidate of the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) after the party’s national delegates’ congress on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at the International Trade Fair Centre. Mr Greenstreet won the CPP presidential race with 1,288 votes, representing 64.2% of valid votes cast, beating closest contender Samia Yaba Nkrumah – the daughter … Read more
Ghanaians want change from the bad governance of the Manama administration, former President John Kufuor has said. The two-time president told the New Patriotic Party’s Extraordinary National Delegates Conference in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region on Saturday December 19, 2015 that: “Ghana is demanding change.” “Our nation has come to a very critical and … Read more
Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has donated GHC50, 000 ($13,000) to Ghana’s 1965 Cup of Nations winning team. The Shanghai SIPG attacker made the donation during a fundraising dinner at the Sunlodge hotel in Accra on Thursday. Gyan bought an auctioned picture of the group at $13,000 to help support the ex-footballers. The dinner which … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked its members to ignore attacks by former first lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings since she is working to douse the seeming public attention on the troubles in opposition New Patriotic Party. The call comes on the back of the latest attack on President John Mahama by the wife … Read more
A legal practitioner Gary Nimako has written to the electoral commission seeking to find out if NDC parliamentary candidate-elect Dr Zanetor Rawlings is a registered voter in Ghana. The letter is also demanding the EC to provide information on when the name of the daughter of former president Jerry Rawlings was entered in Ghana’s electoral … Read more
A group of faithfuls of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are calling on President John Mahama to select foreign affairs minister Hanna Tetteh as his running-mate for the 2016 elections. According to the group, the Awutu Senya West MP will make a better vice president for the country than the sitting Amissah Arthur. They claim … Read more
President John Mahama has given the assurance that he will leave a lasting legacy that members of the ruling National Democratic Congress will be proud of. In a message on his Facebook wall Monday, Mr. Mahama expressed his gratitude to members of the party for giving him an overwhelming endorsement in the Saturday presidential and … Read more