Hello Comrades, i write this short article not to spite the work of anyone but to consciously critique our media approach and to recommend the way forward; no prejudice, no malice intended! Creating a media space for the NDC has become an age-old albatross on the neck of leadership of the party since 1992! While … Read more
The Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Mohammed Murtala Ibrahim has described the National Democratic Congress(NDC) as having lost focus and in total disarray thus resorting to unnecessary press conferences. According to him, instead of the NDC being a responsible opposition constructively criticizing the government and proffering alternatives, they organize press … Read more
Two white South African farmers accused of pushing a black labourer into a coffin and threatening to burn him alive were granted bail on Friday. The assault was captured on video apparently filmed on a mobile phone by one of the alleged assailants, causing widespread outrage after it was posted on the internet. Willem Oosthuizen … Read more
Members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communication Team in the Awutu Senya East constituency in the Central Region have accused executive members of the erstwhile Mahama administration of selling government lands at the Kasoa New Market to themselves. According to them, when the NPP assumed the reins of government, the team received several petitions … Read more
A year ago, a faction in the Turkish army staged a failed coup bid against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prompting a widespread crackdown on his opponents. The country was shaken and 249 people died in the botched putsch, which Erdogan blamed on Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, who lives in the United States. Following are key … Read more
Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Monday visited a jailed MP in an Istanbul prison, a day after finishing a nearly one month long “justice march” in a show of solidarity with the detained lawmaker. Kilicdaroglu, head of the secular Republican People’s Party (CHP), visited journalist-turned lawmaker Enis Berberoglu in his prison in the Istanbul … Read more
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has hinted that it will soon head to the Supreme Court (SC) to seek clarification on the $2.25billion bond issued by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta which did not come to Parliament. According the them, Article 181 & 268 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana inscribed that all … Read more
WE have grown into a country that takes delight in almost politicising every national issue. WITH some politicians, it does not matter to them the effects of the issue in contention on the good of the majority of the people. Theirs is to hit hard and score political points. IT is regrettable that after almost … Read more
The Member of Parliament for the Efutu Constituency in the Central Region, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, says the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) government was benefiting from the continuous fuel contamination at the Bulk Oil Storage Transport Company Limited (BOST). This he said was why for the past eight years, fuel continuously got contaminated yet nothing … Read more
A communication member of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) says that he fully supports the energy ministry’s move to set up an eight-member investigative committee to look into the five (5) million litres of off-sec fuel from the Accra Plains Depot of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company. According to Mr. Charles Owusu, … Read more
A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Nii Osah Mills, has sought to clarify reports that he leased 58 percent of Ghana’s bauxite concession in a forest reserve area to Ibrahim Mahama, brother of former President Mahama. According to him, although he consented to the leasing of a land for the purpose of bauxite mining, it was not in … Read more
Mongolia’s third-place finisher in the presidential vote demanded a recount on Tuesday, claiming fraud after election officials declared he had narrowly lost a spot in a runoff poll next month. “We should recount it, otherwise we lose our democracy,” Sainkhuu Ganbaatar of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP) told AFP. His party officially filed a … Read more
Mongolia will hold its first ever presidential runoff vote on July 9 after none of the three candidates secured an absolute majority in an election marred by a “sabotage” attempt, electoral authorities said Tuesday. The result of Monday’s vote was put off by several hours, angering supporters of the losing candidate who protested the delay … Read more
A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Tema West, Mr Dennis Amfo-Sefa, has downplayed reconstruction and unity talks in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) as “fanciful”. According to Mr Amofo-Sefa, popularly known as Chairman Nana Boakye, the whole process of putting together the Kwesi Botchwey committee and a report, which … Read more
Two Dutch journalists have been abducted in Colombia in an area near the Venezuelan border. Derk Bolt and Eugenio Follender went missing at the weekend in Catatumbo, a region where several armed groups operate, including the left-wing ELN. They were searching for the mother of a Colombian child adopted in the Netherlands a few years … Read more
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has stated that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been consistent in holding onto its values. He said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) – the party he founded and led for a long time does not appear to be consistent in the pursuit of its values. The former President … Read more
NDC’s Allotey Jacobs has sided with his General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia that the NPP is already heading towards defeat in the 2020 election although the administration is very young. Mr. Asiedu Nketia noted that – “today, every Ghanaian is denying voting for the NPP because they are overwhelmed with the bad governance.” He was … Read more
The National Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has described the mass transfer of workers of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) as a “punishment” and a way of creating unemployment for the youth of Ghana. “The transfers at the districts and zonal areas are punishment to the workers, knowing well that … Read more
The leader of the Minority in Parliament has assured supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), that all one hundred and six members of the opposition caucus will work hard to put the Akufo Addo government on its toes. Addressing a charged crowd of party supporters at Ashaiman during its Silver jubilee celebration over … Read more
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has asked his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stop ‘babbling’ and work towards winning the 2020 elections. “Let’s all put 2016 behind us and stop the babbling as to what accounted for the defeat of the NDC. Let’s focus on the future, let’s unite and resolve to take the … Read more