Category: POLITICS

President Akufo-Addo has dismissed claims the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is recruiting “party thugs for the 2020 general elections.” “No such directive has been given, nor will any such directive be given, and no such recruitment is taking place,” Akufo-Addo said in a response to a letter from the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo… Read More

National Security operative, Ernest Bright Akomea, popularly known as ‘Double’ has told the Emile Short-led Commission of Inquiry that he and another person shielded Ningo Prampram MP Samuel Nartey George in the gun violence that erupted at La-Bawalashie during the Thursday, 31 January 2019 Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. According to him, he and the lawmaker were trapped in the middle… Read More

Alhaji Abdullah Ahmed Abdulla affectionately called Alhaji PMC has described the administration under former President John Dramani Mahama as the most terrible era under the fourth republic, MyNewsGh.com reports. He disclosed that since the inception of the fourth republican constitution, there is nowhere greed and hatred has taken centre stage as the last four years of the Mahama administration which… Read More

The chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has reiterated that he is a man of peace and he will under no circumstance undermine the peace and stability of the country. “The NDC chairman is a man of peace. I have been in politics for the past 30-years, there is no record that any insult has… Read More

The chairman of Ghana’s main opposition National Democratic Congress Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has honoured an invitation by the police amidst heavy security. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service last week invited Ofosu-Ampofo over a leaked tape in which he allegedly made some wild statements. Ofosu-Ampofo, in the leaked tape could be heard saying his approach to elections… Read More

The National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Joshua Akamba is alleging that police officers handling the party’s Chairman’s alleged audio case took instructions from their political opponents. “We are not the owners of this country, the NPP and Nana Addo are the owners of this country, something funny happened inside, commands were being taken from politicians to demand… Read More

The National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Joshua Akamba has expressed dissatisfaction at how the Ghana Police Service treated the leadership of the party when they escorted its chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo to the premises. According to him, the police service made the leadership of the party and members wait for hours before attending to them. “It looks… Read More

A Security Analyst with the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Center (KAIPTC), Dr. Kwesi Aning has said Ghana could seek international support to help address the issue of political party vigilantism properly. He said dealing with the problem requires an “honest broker” such as regular organizations that could mediate talks for the disbandment of such groups. Testifying before the… Read More

The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has once again pledged his commitment to supporting Mr. John Dramani Mahama, through thick and thin, to win the 2020 general elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In a statement released, Monday, publicly announcing the disbandment of his campaign team, Team Bagbin, Hon. Bagbin who is also the… Read More

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Greater Accra Regional Organiser, Anthony Nukpenu says party supporters massed up at the police headquarters might become agitated if the interrogation of the party’s National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, takes too long. The party has expressed worry at what it refers to as the undue delay in interrogating Mr. Ofosu Ampofo. Speaking to Citi News,… Read More