President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged constituents of Assin North not to vote for a candidate who may potentially face imprisonment in the future. His statement came as part of his campaign efforts...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged constituents of Assin North not to vote for a candidate who may potentially face imprisonment in the future. His statement came as part of his campaign efforts to rally support for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate in the Assin North by-election...
The internal contest within the camp of the ruling New Patriotic Party took an unpatriotic and unacceptable direction with the verbal accusations and insinuations from the Vice President, HE Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia against his main contender Hon Alan Kyeremanten. The Vice President, as part of his usual ‘unprovoked attacks’, verbally ‘bruised the...
A deputy director of communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ernest Kofi Owusu Bempah Bonsu, has described as vandalistic and an irresponsible distortion of the ethos of politics a statement relating to the Assin North by-election issued by Sammy Gyamfi, the communications officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The...
Eleven candidates will run for the Zimbabwean presidency in August, the electoral commission has said, after several hopefuls were disqualified for failing to raise the $20,000 needed to appear on the ballot. The election is expected to pit incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ZANU-PF party against pastor and lawyer Nelson...
In just over a day, events escalated and then de-escalated quickly as Wagner mercenaries launched a rebellion and then swiftly halted it. Here’s a quick look at how events unfolded: Friday Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin launches a rant blaming Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu for the war in Ukraine,...
The Director of Communication of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah has refuted claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the NPP is abusing incumbency ahead of the 27th June by-election in the Assin North Constituency. “I don’t know how they came to that conclusion but to...
The Institute for Security, Disaster and Emergency Studies (ISDES) has said Thursday’s robbery attack on a bullion van at Ablekuma, a suburb of Accra, may have been orchestrated by insiders. The police escort was killed instantly by a gang of four robbers. The police said they are on a manhunt...
The High Court in Accra has dismissed James Gyakye Quayson’s motion seeking to halt the trial from continuing on daily basis until the Assin-North by-election has been conducted on Tuesday June 27, 2023. In a ruling Friday [June 23], the Court presided over by Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh...
The spokesperson of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Dr Gideon Boako has told Bolgatnaga Central lawmaker Isaac Adongo that Dr Bawumis is prepared to debate former President John Dramani Mahama. Dr Boako says Mr Adongo can go ahead and debate his colleague Members of Parliament, not Dr Bawumia. His...
The High Court in Accra has summoned three witnesses in the trial in which former Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, and two others have been accused of causing financial loss of €2.37 million to the state in a deal to purchase 200 ambulances. That followed an...