The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP Nathan Kofi Boakye, has stated emphatically that his no-nonsense approach to duty is the very reason why some people want him transferred from the Ashanti Region. The regional police capo says his intolerance to favouritism and resolves to carry out his duty without fear or favour is the reason … 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
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
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
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
Even though some political bigwigs in the Kufour regime are reported to be the brain behind a new political party christened “New Labour Party” [NLP] with the “Hand” as its emblem – a leading member of the party has maintained that the former president is “not part of the party” as claimed. After Peacefmonline.com broke … 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
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
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
It is unprecedented to see a party in power wrapped in so many internal wrangling than we’ve seen in NDC in recent times. Barely a month after word went out for party members to vie for constituency and regional offices, we have seen a tsunami of court injunctions raging from all corners. One would think … Read more
All is set for the presidential primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Hot favourite and two-time flag bearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, two-time attempted presidential aspirant Mr Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen and new kid on the block, Mr Francis Addai Nimoh, are seeking the mandate of the over 140,000 delegates to become the standard … Read more
Alan Kojo Kyeremanteng is sitting on a political cliff that is about to deliver him up to the abyss of political oblivion. Many political pundits have predicted an Alan extinction should he fail to win the October 18th NPP presidential primaries. I do agree with those pundits. If the results of the super delegate conference … Read more
The National Patriotic Party (NPP) held their special delegates congress today August 31st, to reduce the number of presidential hopefuls from 7 candidates to 5. The results from the congress which was held in Tamale are in, and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has overwhelmingly won the super delegates congress with a 80.78 percent of votes … Read more
Death threats are flying all over in the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) as tension deepens in the party. The Republic newspaper can confirm that the latest death threat was issued to Kennedy Ohene Agyapong- the NPP’s Assin Central Member of Parliament- from the bodyguard of former Chief of Staff, Kwadwo Mpiani. In a radio … Read more
The ballistic nature of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong, went into overdrive on Friday when he accused Kwadwo Mpiani and Dr. Richard Anane, former Chief of Staff in the erstwhile Kufuor administration and the former Minister of Health respectively, of plotting to “poison Nana Addo in the … Read more
The Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bugri Naabu, has described the decision of the General Secretary of the party, Kwabena Agyapong, appointing some executives of the party as useless and nonsensical. The angry chairman noted that all the decisions he had taken so far were unilaterally done without the consent of … Read more
Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, a leading contender in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearership race, has asked the party’s delegates not to vote for what he called ‘a candidate that (only) NPP people want.’ Rather, he said, the delegates should select a candidate that “non-NPP people will vote for,” referring to what he has tagged ‘floating … Read more
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2012 and 2008, has resolved to retain Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as his running mate if reelected to lead the party into the 2016 general elections. “By God’s will if everything goes well for me, I’m very prepared to keep that … Read more