Former President, John Dramani Mahama believes that despite being in power for over two years, the government does not have much to show for it, if yesterday’s State of The Nation Address was anything to go by. Speaking to Accra-based Radio Gold, Mr Mahama described President Nana Akufo-Addo’s speech as “too futuristic” and excessively focused on what the government plans …

Former President John Kufuor has applauded President Nana Akufo-Addo for the practical and fair manner in which he addressed the issue of party militias in his third state of the nation address. Mr Akufo-Addo, in the address, told parliament on Thursday, 21 February 2019 that if the two main political parties – the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the …

Erstwhile president John Dramani Mahama has stated that he has more on the table for Ghanaians and is ready to move the country forward when voted into power come 2020 elections. John Mahama, who has described the Akufo-Addo-led government as a failure, said in a tweet that the NPP’s ‘2016 change’ anthem has not yielded any positive outcome since they …

The remaining four persons on trial for their involvement in the violent raid on the Kwabenya Police Station to free inmates have been sentenced to a total of 114 months’ imprisonment. Prince Osei, aka Bebe, was facing a charge of possession of firearm; Prince Kofi Acheampong was facing abetment of possession of firearms; while Nancy Dentaa and Kofi Seshie were …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has dispelled rumours that his family kicked against the idea of him contesting to lead Ghana again. He said those reports are false and there has never been a meeting in his family that discussed his ambition to become president again. Speaking on Accra based Radio Gold, Mahama said that rumour was linked to his …

Opposition MPs who characterised a new entrant as a “bloody widow” cannot be identified for possible punishment after the description was deemed distasteful and insensitive. The Office of the Clerk of Parliament says despite viewing the footage in Parliament on that day, it could not identify the MPs who held the placards with the boldly written inscription “bloody widow” during …

Former President Mahama has challenged the current administration to investigate scandals involving its officials and prosecute any one found culpable. According to the former President, most of the allegations leveled against his (Mahama) administration were false and that the they did not have the leisure to debunk them since they were busy working. “I was said to have owned a …

Legislation to ban political vigilante groups will still be necessary regardless of the consensus the New Patriotic Party and National Democratic Congress may reach on the matter, Dr. Kojo Asante, the Director of Advocacy and Policy Engagement at CDD, has said. In his State of the Nation Address, President Nana Akufo-Addo urged the two major political parties to meet and …

A group of unemployed nurses who completed their training in 2016 are challenging claims by President Akufo-Addo that the government has granted financial clearance and recruited more than 14,000 graduate nurses who completed their training in 2016 last year. According to them, the president appears to have been misinformed as they are still at home waiting for the government’s intervention …

One Dawda Eric, has petitioned the Commission probing the Ayawaso violence to invite former President John Mahama to give testimony before the Commission. According to him, the former President has in his possession useful videos of the attacks at polling stations during the by-election. “Sir, Ex president mahama on the 13th day of February gathered some foreign diplomats and made …