The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it will consider banning vigilante groups in the party after doing extensive consultations and analysis despite the President’s call for immediate action during his State of Nation Address, MyNewsGh.com reports. According to the Ashanti Regional Organizer of the party, Mr. Francis Adomako the party has to do wider consultations before the President Akufo-Addo’s …
The general secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has taken the senior minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, to the cleaners for his recent comments on vigilantism. Mynewsgh.com reports that he said Maafo’s comments prove that his “mind has gone back.” In an interview with Nhyira FM, he further noted, “I have been in parliament with the senior …
Former President John Mahama has warned all militia groups affiliated to the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stay away from the party’s presidential primaries scheduled for Saturday, 23 January 2019. According to him, the police is capable of providing adequate security hence no militia group should make any attempt to take over the work of the police. A …
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 …
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 …
President Nana Akufo-Addo has disclosed that plans are far advanced for the construction of a theatre for the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. The president, who made this known while delivering the 2019 State of the Nation address to Parliament on Thursday also said, a theatre for Eastern region is almost completed. The construction of these theatres, he noted, is part …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says former President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress are trying to cause tensions ahead of the 2020 elections in light of recent pronouncements on security issues. The party at a press conference on Tuesday accused the former president of being too “power hungry.” “Why is the former president desperate for power? Can …
A policy think tank, Institute for Energy Security has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to call the Board Chairman and Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to order. In what has been described as a turf war, the Chief Executive, Dr. K.K Sarpong and Board Chair, Freddie Blay have butted heads over procurement functions. The civil society …
Former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ejisu-Juaben in the Ashanti Region, Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh has cautioned National Democratic Congress (NDC) delegates to forget coming into power in 2020 if they elect another presidential candidate aside from former President John Dramani Mahama at the polls next week. Delegates and executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) across the country will on …
The Minister of State in charge of National Security, Thursday, January 14, used coded security words to bamboozle the three Commissioners probing the gun violence and physical assault on innocent civilians during the recently held Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election by masked armed men. Bryan Acheampong used a security term such as “operative” to encompass both the regular police and bury …
