The wind of change of change in political leadership is blowing in Ghana and it could also be felt among Ghanaian communities in the diaspora; from New York in the USA to the United Kingdom and other European countries, through to China and even Far East Australia. Ghanaians abroad are yearning for change in their … Read more
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is in the USA for a week-long visit. While in the USA, Nana Akufo-Addo will be attending a number of events organized by the NPP-USA branch. On Friday July 22, Nana Addo will meet and interact with some Ghanaians in New York City. … Read more
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a legal luminary, politician and a businessman. He’s the Presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2016 polls in Ghana. He contested and lost in 2008 and 2012. Nana Addo was elected three times between 1996 and 2008 as Member of Parliament for the Abuakwa South constituency … Read more
He attended Acherensua Secondary School from 1964 to 1969 and proceeded to the Institute of Professional Studies to study Accountancy . In 1975, he enrolled at the North East London Polytechnic, London, and then to the Emile Woolf College of Accountancy, where he obtained qualifications in Accountancy. The Minister of Energy is a Fellow of … Read more
Hon. Joe Justice Appiah (NPP) (Ablekuma North) The MP in the Greater Accra region hometown is Akim Oda in the Eastern region. He was born on December 21, 1959 and holds a diploma in Network Engineering from Net Africa Ghana and a certificate in administration and management from GIMPA which he obtained in 2008. A … Read more
Presidential Staffer, Kojo Adu Asare has said the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s confusion over the controversial issue of the Electoral Commission (EC) against adopting the e-transmission of electoral results is self inflicted. According to him, the party’s suspended General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong who’s well grounded in electoral matters and has led the NPP’s … Read more
The acting National Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Mr. Freddie Blay has accused President John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of what he described as ‘political fraud’. Speaking with the media in Bolgatanga after meeting with parliamentary candidates of the NPP in the region, Mr. Blay said President Mahama, in spite … Read more
The NDC has rebuffed claims by the main opposition party, NPP at its news conference on the controversy about the electronic transmission of votes in the December polls. Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Koku Anyidoho says the NPP is being haunted by guilty conscience after the Electoral Commission and other political parties exposed the … Read more
Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Koku Anyidoho has dropped hints of plans to sue Vice Presidential candidate of the NPP, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia next week. Mr Anyidoho says he is clearly aware the Judiciary is on sabbatical leave but hopes the Chief Justice will empanel a team to sit on the case just us … Read more
Edmund Kyei is daring Koku Anyidoho to sue Dr Mahamudu Bawumia over the “fake” Togolese voters register he used as evidence to support his claim that there were foreigners on Ghana’s electoral roll. According to the NPP communicator, the party is irked by Koku Anyidoho’s incessant complaints and threats of taking legal action against Dr … Read more
Prophet Badu Kobi, Founder and Leader of the Glorious Wave International church has restated that the 2016 election is for the presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to win, but it will elude him if he fails to purge himself. Speaking in an interview with Kwabena Agyapong, host … Read more
Ghana’s electoral body has accused opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) of misconstruing its decision to let the electronic transmission of the December 7 election results to a private company. Head of Communications at the Electoral Commission (EC), Eric Dzakpasu, says the Commission will invite political parties for deliberation before a decision would be taken on … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of not being transparent enough about the proposed Electronic Results Transmission System (ERTS) for December’s elections. The party’s campaign manager for the 2016 elections, Peter Mac Manu, made this comment in response to statements by representatives of the EC and the National Democratic Congress … Read more
Deputy General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Koku Anyidoho, has said some members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) are begging him to abort plans to sue the vice-presidential nominee of the NPP, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, over the “fake” Togolese register of voters he used as evidence to support his … Read more
Latest information reaching your authoritative Republic Newspaper has it that efforts by key loyalists of the standard bearer of the party, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, to re-instate the former General Secretary of the party has hit a crescendo. This paper understands that a meeting was held between Mr. Kwabena Agyepong and the former Trades Minister … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed that the NPP, under the leadership of the late Jake Obitsebi Lamptey proposed the electronic transmission of results to the EC after the 2012 election petition case. According to the party, the NPP’s claims that the Electoral Commission (EC) single-handedly decided to contract some IT firms to transmit … Read more
National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia has condemned the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) for its sudden opposition to a decision to electronically transmit election results as agreed among parties. At a press conference Wednesday, Asiedu Nketia said the ‘communiqué was signed by everybody’ after the NPP rejected the proposal claiming electronic … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has challenged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to submit the names of the 76,286 foreigners on the voters’ register to the Electoral Commission (EC) for immediate deletion before the exhibition exercise ends. This, according to the NDC, will give credence to the NPP’s claims in 2015, where its running mate, … Read more
Vice Chairperson of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Anita Desoso has revealed that members of the party contributed hugely to raising the GHC 5,000 fine imposed on former General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie aka Sir John, by the Supreme Court during the 2012 Election Petition hearing. The … Read more
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says he is confident of an NPP victory in the December 7 elections, citing the enthusiastic response of the Ghanaian electorate to his message of change, progress and prosperity for the nation. Having undertaken electioneering campaigns in 2008 and 2012, Nana Akufo-Addo … Read more