Vice Presidential candidate of the Progressive People’s Party, Kofi Asamoah Siaw has described the election of John Peter Amewu as illegal. Mr. Asamoah-Siaw argues that the Electoral Commission should have divided the Hohoe constituency into two following the creation of the Oti Region. He said the laws are clear on this hence the election of the Energy Minister as […]
Things turned confrontational at the Electoral Commission‘s Headquarters in Accra when some Minority members in parliament stormed the Electoral Commission‘s Headquarters to present a petition. A number of about 50 MPs who were clad in black attire were initially stopped at the Ridge roundabout but managed to cross the barricade while they were being pushed by the […]
Members of opposition parties, including the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have warned security personnel protecting demonstrators to desist from attacking them. According to them, the security personnel, mostly members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilantes group, should not try to mar their peaceful demonstration by firing tea gas, rubber or life bullets and […]
Some concerned citizens in the Hohoe constituency of the Volta Region, have petitioned the Electoral Commission (EC) to declare the results of the constituency’s parliamentary elections of the December 7 polls in which Energy Minister John Peter Amewu was declared winner, invalid. The petitioners, Paul Dzamboe and Godfred Osei, are also calling on the EC to conduct […]
Kwesi Pratt Jnr, the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, has alleged that a soldier from Defence Intelligence of the Ghana Armed Forces was arrested at the office of former President John Dramani Mahama with a loaded weapon. According to the veteran journalist, he got a hint of this news from social media and after initial checks, […]
US-based Ghanaian surgeon, Dr. Moses deGraft-Johnson who was indicted earlier this year for his alleged involvement in fraud has pleaded guilty to 56 counts of health-care fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, and aggravated identity theft. deGraft Johnson who is said to be a relative to former Vice President under Hilla Limann, Dr. Joseph William Swain […]
Lt. Col. Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, has shot down claims by Assin Central Member of Parliament of threatening the peace of Ghana. Kennedy Agyapong on his Net2 TV, told Colonel Gbevlo-Lartey to desist from any action that would undermine the peace of the country. He said he has a leaked audio recording of Gbevlo-Lartey, allegedly planning to disturb […]
Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the weird women promised, and I fear Thou played’st most foully for’t.”* *Banquo in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth One life too many Does it matter to Nana Akufo-Addo? Does it matter Jean Mensa? From the look of things, not at all! Why should they be bothered, when […]
The production of clam in Ghana, locally known as “adode,” yielding an annual income of four million dollars for the harvesters and processors, has been given a boost through a project for community empowerment and sustainable practices, sponsored by the European Union (EU). The “Far Dwuma Nkodo” project, implemented by Hen Mpoano, a not-for-profit organisation, […]
Rap sensation Enoch Nana Yaw Oduro- Agyei, widely recognized as Trigmatic has expressed concern about how radio stations are gradually causing the music scene in Ghana to look like only four artistes are in the country. Interviewed on eTV Ghana’s Late Nite Celebrity Show by Foster Romanus, he mentioned that Ghanaian radio stations make it look like […]