Busia Would Have Deserted NPP If He Were Alive

One of the founding members of the UP Tradition, Professor Abrefa Busia of blessed memory would have deserted the NPP if he were alive today – this according to Professor Kwamena Ahwoi is a result of the bad leadership of Nana Akufo Addo which has disintegrated the party leaving most members dissolution and uncertain about … Read more

NPP Man Vows To Sue Kennedy Agyapong For Defamation

A former Deputy Communications Director of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Michael Ampong has said nothing will stop him from suing fire brand politician and party member Kennedy Agyapong for defamation. According to him, Kennedy Agyapong who’s also the Member of Parliament for Assin Central has alleged that the deputy Chief of Staff had … Read more

Afoko Case Has Been Unduly Prolonged

It has gone on for so unduly long that the Gregory Afoko case has almost effectively become a travesty (See “State Prosecutors Want Interpreter in Afoko’s Case Changed” Kasapafmonline.com / Ghanaweb.com 10/11/16). For those of our readers who may not readily recall, this is the case in which the younger brother of the indefinitely suspended … Read more

NPP Supporters Clash In Wa West District

Violent political clashes have erupted at Ga, a community in the Wa West district of the Upper West region among supporters of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). The clashes started on Saturday over a press conference that was to be addressed by the suspended constituency chairman of the area, Alhaji Seidu Abdullai popularly … Read more

Suspended Afoko Is Out For Good – Omane Boamah

Communications Minister, Dr. Omane Boamah says the suspended National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) ought to kill his hopes of ever taking the rightful place in the Dankwa-Busia-Dombo tradition as the National Chairman of the party. He said per the NPP’s manifesto launched last weekend it is clear in the subconscious of the elephant … Read more

Afoko Not Joining NPP’s Campaign – Spokesperson

The suspended National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Afoko, has no intention of joining the campaign of the party ahead of the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections until he is reinstated, Nana Yaw Osei, his aide, has said. His comment follows a statement purportedly issued by Mr Afoko on Thursday October … Read more

Afoko Appears In Court With Swollen Hand

Gregory Afoko, the man standing trial over the murder of the Upper East Regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Adams Mahama, was spotted with hand swollen as he appeared in court yesterday. The Accra high court that is hearing the case was forced to adjourn the murder trial of 52-year-old Gregory Afoko due … Read more

2016 Poll Is Do and Die Affair – NDC

The Eastern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bismarck Tawiah Boateng, has declared that the December 7 general election will be “do and die affair” as the party is ready to face the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) if the latter party attempts to spark any violence or intimidate its (NDC) members. … Read more

NPP Launches Manifesto With Shouts of ‘Change Is Coming’

The time has come. The NPP manifesto launch is on. Several hundreds of party supporters have defied the stormy morning rains and have made their way to the Trade Fair Centre. All who matter in the NPP, except of course the suspended three and top national executives, Paul Afoko, Kwabena Agyepong and Sammy Crabbe have … Read more

Kwabena Agyepong Hasn’t Been Invited To NPP Manifesto Launch – Aide

The Spokesperson of suspended General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyepong says claims that his boss has been invited to the party’s Sunday manifesto launch are false. Mujeed Rahman in an interview with Myjoyonline’s Austin Brakopowers Saturday says “there has not been any communication between him [Mr Agyepong] and the party whether … Read more

NPP To Rope Afoko, Agyepong, Crabbe Into Its 2016 Campaign

An aide to the New Patriotic Party presidential nominee has suggested the party will rope into its 2016 electioneering campaign, three of its national executives who were suspended for going against the party’s constitution. According to Pius Enam Hadzidze, the three –Paul Afoko, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong and Sammy Crabbe- have some influence, which the party … Read more

NPP To Rope Afoko, Kwabena Agyepong, Crabbe Into Its 2016 Campaign

An aide to the New Patriotic Party presidential nominee has suggested the party will rope into its 2016 electioneering campaign, three of its national executives who were suspended for going against the party’s constitution. According to Pius Enam Hadzidze, the three –Paul Afoko, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong and Sammy Crabbe- have some influence, which the party … Read more

As the Daily Guide Goes For the NDC

The news report blared it loud: “I am not NPP—Gina Blay”. And we were given the benefit of the details: “The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Western Publications Ltd – Publishers of Daily Guide newspaper—Gina Blay has revealed that she is not a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). But, speaking on Starr Chat, … Read more

Mahama Brings New Era, Daily Guide Can’t Ignore Him

“We were more Kotoko-biased when we started publications so when we shifted into politics, it tended to be similar [with focus on anti-NDC stories] because we took it that NPP supporters tend to buy more papers than the NDC’s. Our priority is the money. In Ghana, daily sales is on headlines” …This was the revelation … Read more

Agyapong Deserves To Be Recalled

Yesterday, we carried an exclusive front page news item under the headline; “Agyapong Returns … But Afoko, Crabbe still in the cooler.” According to the report, the top hierarchy of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is considering recalling some of the national executives, who have been suspended from the party for various infractions. We … Read more

President Mahama Now A Serial Caller?

The tragic and symptomatic lawlessness and depravity in the Ghanaian society is epitomized by the Nefarious Destructive Cancer’s imposition of John Dramani Mahama as the party’s Presidential Candidate. Never in the history of Ghana’s politics has there been such a bizarre and crude way of destroying others in order to create way for the anointed … Read more

Agyapong Returns To NPP; Afoko, Crabbe Still In the Cooler

Credible information available to The Chronicle indicates that the top hierarchy of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is considering recalling some of the national executives who have been suspended from the party for various infractions. Messrs Kwabena Agyapong, the General Secretary, Paul Afoko, the National chairman and Mr Sammy Crabbe, the second vice chairman are … Read more

Ghana Decides 2016-Part 1

Parliamentary Seats Outlook As the December 7 parliamentary and presidential elections inch closer, and as usual of political discourse in the country, all manner of calculations and speculations on the chances of the candidates, especially, of the two dominant political parties; the ruling National Democratic Congress and the biggest opposition New Patriotic Party is beginning … Read more

NPP NEC Endorses Soon To Be Launched Manifesto

The National Executive Council of the New Patriotic Party has unanimously endorsed the soon to be launched 2016 manifesto. Ex-president John Kufuor and other founding fathers of the party in a spectacle of political unity gave their blessing for the manifesto to be outdoored on Sunday. The manifesto, dubbed Agenda For Change, spells out policies … Read more