The Ghana Police Service has arrested one suspect and is on a manhunt for others in Yendi for electoral-related offenses. The persons are suspected of damaging electoral materials during the sorting of ballots in the internal parliamentary elections of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Tables and chairs were damaged during …
Read More »Asokwa: Fire rips through slum, renders scores homeless
Scores of slum dwellers have been rendered homeless after fire swept through wooden structures used as accommodation at Asokwa Old Town in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The fire, believed to have started from one of the structures at about 3:30 pm on Saturday, spread through other …
Read More »Awutu Senya East: Hawa Koomson threatens legal action against GJA President
The Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson, is challenging the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) to present evidence proving her involvement in the assault on Cape FM journalist, David Kobbina during her vetting in Cape Coast. The MP described the announcement of a total media blackout on …
Read More »NPP Primaries: ‘I’m the undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion of Adansi Asokwa’ – KT Hammond
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa, K.T Hammond says he remains the “undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion of Adansi Asokwa.” The Trade and Industry Minister beat Samuel Binfoh Darkwa in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Primary held in the Adansi Asokwa on Saturday, January 27. He won the …
Read More »Full list of NPP MPs who lost or retained their parliamentary bids
Disappointment and surprise marked the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primaries on Saturday, January 27, as several prominent incumbents saw their bids for re-election dashed. In a major upset, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Freda Prempeh, was ousted in the Tano North constituency. Challenger Dr. Gideon Boako, Spokesperson for …
Read More »NPP primaries: Consider supreme interest of NPP and support elected candidates – Bawumia
The Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged the defeated parliamentary aspirants to consider the supreme interest of the NPP and work closely with the elected candidates to secure victory on December 7. “To those who lost out, I, together with the rank and file of …
Read More »Yendi MP Farouk Mahama assaults Citi News journalist during parliamentary primary
Mohammed Aminu M. Alabira, was assaulted by the Member of Parliament for Yendi in the Northern Region, Farouk Aliu Mahama, during the New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary primary on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Violence erupted during the counting process at the Yendi Senior High School. It is alleged that one of …
Read More »NPP primaries: We can break the 8 if we unite, rally behind our excellent flagbearer – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on members and supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to unite after the party’s Saturday, January 27 parliamentary primaries. The president, in a statement, said it is possible to win the December 7 general elections if the losers and victors of the …
Read More »NPP primaries: GII cautions delegates against votes buying GII
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) is cautioning delegates and candidates to refrain from vote-buying during the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primaries on Saturday, January 27. The CEO of the National Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programme (NEIP), Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, is under investigation over allegations of vote-buying during the vetting of …
Read More »GRA/SML deal: KPMG’s audit will largely impact our investigations – OSP
The Office of the Special Prosecutor says the outcome of KPMG’s audit on the transaction between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML) will play a major role in its investigation. The OSP has disclosed that it has commenced a preliminary investigation into the contractual arrangements …
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