POLITICS

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has promised to pay assembly members an allowance when he is elected president in the 2024 elections. The former president acknowledged the important role that people within the local governance structure play and indicated that they need financial support …

The residents of Ankaase in the Fanteakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region have boycotted the Assembly members’ election scheduled for today, December 19, 2023. The residents indicated that no development work had been done in the area for the past several years The chief of Ankaase Barimah Ansah Sasraku …

Former President John Dramani Mahama  has told the Electoral Commission (EC) to advertise the district-level elections as it does for presidential and parliamentary polls. This, in his view, will get more people aware of and interested in the district assembly elections. Asked what could be done to raise the interest of Ghanaians in the …

Former airport security director Hopeson Yaovi Adorye has slammed executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party in his latest outburst after being sacked from the party in November of this year. In an interview with Evans-Nkum on Akoma FM’s evening political show M’abato, the former NPP parliamentary candidate for the …

As the 2024 general elections draw closer and political activities heat up, it is so normal for our political landscape to be awash with campaign messages of all kinds from all political parties. However, it is not far-fetched for the Ghanaian voter to expect realistic and convincing policy alternatives from …

Parliament could not agree on the appropriate punishment for LGBTQ+ persons engaging in unnatural carnal knowledge with each other. The Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill criminalizes sex between persons of the same sex, between a man or woman and an animal or object, proposing a punishment …

The Speaker  of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has described the passing of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) Act 2017 (Act 959) as an action in futility. He contended that the powers given to the Special Prosecutor should have been left with a non-partisan Attorney General. According to him, he presented these views during deliberations on the …

The Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, is warning that television signals to homes and offices may be cut next year. The Minister insists that this action is a result of broadcasters refusing to pay for their use of the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) platform. Digital terrestrial television is a technology for …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that if he is voted for in the December 7, 2024, general elections to become president again, he will tackle corruption forcefully. He described corruption as a canker that eats away at society and, hence, must be dealt with drastically. In a statement to mark this …