Ghana’s major opposition party the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been highly tipped to win next year’s general elections, the latest report of the UK-based Economist Intelligence Unit states. According to the EIU’s November edition, the elections will be close, but the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) will lose, despite the challenges bedeviling the Danquah-Busia-Dombo … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama is rallying supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to pray for their bitter rivals, the NPP which has been enduring protracted internal wranglings. Subtly attacking the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) for its internicine bickerings, the president said there was no room for acid attacks on fellow party people … Read more
President John Mahama has stated that it is only “logical” for Ghanaians to re-elect him in next year’s presidential elections. According to him, a second term in office will offer him the opportunity to complete the various developmental projects and policies he has commenced in his first term . Mr. Mahama was elected President of … Read more
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has shut down all of its thermal plants at Tema due to the company’s inability to buy fuel to power them. The company, according to Accra-based Joy FM, is riddled with debts amounting to several billions of Ghana Cedis. Sources say the VRA has borrowed as much as GHC1.3 billion … Read more
A month to end the power crisis as Ghanaians were promised, President John Mahama appears to have shifted the goal post saying the crisis (dumsor) would end before the 2016 general elections. The president gave the extended time when he was speaking in Tamale on Saturday, indicating that it could not be a campaign massage … Read more
Government says it will re-launch the botched National Identification policy in the country. This was revealed by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Seth Terkper during the presentation of the 2016 Budget statement, Friday. The identification policy which started in 2008 under the erstwhile New Patriotic Party with a $115 million loan facility from … Read more
Acting chairman of the beleaguered New Patriotic Party, Freddie Blay has hurled a scathing attack at President Mahama, accusing him of being friendly to corruption. According to Mr. Blay, Mahama has done nothing to fight corruption since he assumed the presidency. Addressing a news conference Wednesday, Mr. Blay dared the President to make an example … Read more
The leading Ghanaian opposition party, New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suspended four of its constituency chairmen for their alleged involvement in the protest which took place at the party’s head office last Thursday. The four were alleged to have played various roles in gathering the masses that stormed the party’s headquarters with various placards questioning … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) party member Abubakar Saddiq who was murdered in broad daylight in an attack linked to political violence, was planning to get married, his partner has revealed. Aisha Inusah told an AccraReport.com source that, she had been dating Saddiq for the past eight years. She last saw her husband last night … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama says the National Democratic Congress(NDC) has a good enough track record to retain power in the 2016 general elections. He said the party had honoured most of its 2012 campaign promises by building many educational, health and road infrastructure across the country. President Mahama was speaking in Bolgatanga on Thursday during … Read more
A former Communications Officer to the former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party Jake Obestebi-Lamptey has petitioned the International Democrat Union (IDU) for the flag-bearer of the party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to step down and resign with immediate effect. Daniel Baah Acheamfuor, who is also the convener of the ‘SAVE NPP Now’ youth … Read more
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has warned the New Patriotic Party to desist from the use of the slogan “ Ghana Must Work Again” because it belongs to them. This was contained in a statement signed by CPP’s General Secretary, Nii Armah Akomfrah. According to the statement, the NPP has in recent times used the … Read more
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei, has indicated that the Commission would abolish the “strong room” principle in next year’s general election and rather introduce a more transparent and inclusive process. The Commissioner said a bigger room would be secured for receiving and certification of constituency results in a greater transparent … Read more
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei has stated that Ghana’s security might be threatened by any move to compile a new register. She has rather backed the surgical method proposed by the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) to audit the alleged bloated voters’ register. The NPP at the stakeholders forum on the … Read more
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo kicked off his tour of the United States with a meeting of donors at a diaspora community venue near Washington, D.C. The Ghana Cultural Center in Alexandria, Virginia played host to Mr. Akufo-Addo, who addressed an audience of over 600 U.S-based supporters. He used the opportunity to speak … Read more
Daily Graphic 250MW POWER PLANT ARRIVES The Volta River Authority at the weekend received a 250-megawatt plant from Africa and Middle East Resource Investment (AMERI) based in Dubai to augment the country’s power mix. 22 TRADERS TO BE PROSECUTED FOR DEALING ON ADULTERATED PALM OIL The Drug Law Enforcement Unit (DLEU) of the Ghana Police … Read more
Mrs Theresa Kufuor – wife of former President John Agyekum Kufuor – turned 80 today, October 25, 2015. President John Mahama took time off his schedule to grace the occasion of his political opponents at their Airport residence. The simple, but colorful ceremony was also attended by former government appointees under the Kufuor administration and … Read more
Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor was born on December 8, 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana. He had his Secondary Education at Prempeh College where he passed at the top of his class. He enrolled at Lincoln Inn, London, and was called to the Bar in 1961 at the age of 22. He then entered Oxford University where … Read more
It has been revealed that NPP National Chairman Paul Afoko was suspended partly because of criminal allegations against his brother who has been accused of murdering an NPP regional chairman. Although the court is yet to determine Gregory Afoko’s culpability in a tragic acid attack on NPP Upper East Regional Chairman Adams Mahama, it did … Read more
Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu says the New Patriotic Party lacks national cohesion and direction and therefore has no intention to better the lives of Ghanaians. He said Ghanaians are not ready to experiment with a political party and its leaders who cannot put their house in order. “It is self-evident today … Read more