Deputy Minority Leader of Parliament James Klutse Avedzi has justified the decision of the minority  to label the new Ayawaso West-Wuogon Member of Parliament ‘bloody widow’. The Minority has come under intense public criticism after they showed placards with the inscription as they walked out during her swearing in by the first deputy Speaker of […] The post Lydia

May be,… I should lead this campaign… Yes! … Why not!… Girls have been abducted, no trace of them, their present state, whether dead or alive for five good months and still counting and I can’t do anything? I have to lead this campaign! But come to think of it, how can I demand answers […] The post Effia Tenge writes on Takoradi missing girls appeared first on

The Minority in Parliament on Tuesday blamed President Akufo-Addo for the chaos that characterized last Thursday’s by-election in Ayawaso-West-Wuogon in Accra. According to the Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak, President Akufo-Addo cannot absolve himself from the violence-laden by-election. The exercise to elect a new Member of Parliament for the area following the demise of the […] The post Akufo-Addo

The Ghana Bar Association has described as disturbing the use of masked security men at the Ayawaso by-election. In a statement, the Association called on government and the security agencies to investigate the violence that marred the polls and bring perpetrators to book. “The Ghana Bar Association views the use of firearms and acts of […] The post Victims of Ayawaso

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, and the former Operations Manager of MASLOC, Daniel Axim, have both pleaded not guilty to seventy eight (78) counts of Stealing, Causing Financial Loss to the State, Causing Loss to Public Property, Improper Payment of Public Funds, Unauthorised Commitment […] The post Former

The Coalition of aggrieved Menzgold customers have hinted ten of their members have died due to the shock of dealing with the crisis which has befallen them. According to the coalition, some members have also had to go into hiding in order to avoid arrest or embarrassment by their debtors. Thousands of Ghanaians who invested […] The post Ten Menzgold customers dead already

Former President Jerry John Rawlings says those who are bent on using violence to achieve their aims must be prepared to answer for their actions. The former President noted that very little attempt was being made to prevent violence by agents of the leading political forces in Ghana. Speaking after a visit to the 37 […] The post Troublemakers must face the law – Rawlings

Members of the Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold (CACM) are demanding answers from the government over the whereabouts of the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Nana Appiah Mensah. The customers who besieged the Press Centre Monday, February 4th, demanded to know exactly when Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM 1 will be extradited to Ghana […] The post ‘Where

A security consultant Mustapha Gbande has described the hooded men who stormed Ayawaso West Wuogon during the by-election last week as a bunch of criminals. According to him, the contradictory reports surrounding where the armed men in balaclavas were deployed from and their mission at the constituency lend credence to his assertion. Gun shots from […] The post AWW

Senior Research Officer at the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) Dr. Asante Pumpuni has slammed former President John Mahama for his outburst in the aftermath of the violence-ridden Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. According to him, the comments from the former President were incomprehensible. “Knowing John Mahama all these years, I am just shocked to have […] The post Ayawaso

The family of Ahmed Suale has slammed the decision by the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyepong, to place a GHc100, 000 bounty on the killers of Suale. According to the family, the MP – who they blame for Suale’s death – is attempting to thwart and undermine the ongoing investigations. We regret […] The post Ken Agyepong undermining Suale’s

The Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Joseph Whittal has described  calls for former President John Mahama to apologize for his explosive reaction in the aftermath of the mayhem that characterized the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election as unfair. Mahama reacting to the chaos in which six people, believed to be supporters of the […] The post Ayawaso

Former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church Professor Emmanuel Martey has criticised the violence that engulfed last week’s by-election at Ayawaso West-Wuogon. According to the cleric, who was an ardent critic of the erstwhile Mahama administration, the unleashing of masked men to police the by-election by the national security made a mockery of Ghana’s democracy. “The […] The post Ayawaso

The Minister of State in Charge of National Security Bryan Acheampong is embarrassing the Presidency with his actions and inactions following the violence at Ayawaso West-Wuogon, the Commissioner of Human Rights and Administrative Justice Joseph Whittal has said. According to him, the deployment of masked security men by the national security marred Ghana’s respected human […] The post Bryan

Families of the three females kidnapped in Sekondi Takoradi say they have resorted to fasting and prayers for God’s intervention. The Western Region Police Command together with other partners are still investigating the whereabouts of the three kidnapped girls. The first kidnapping happened in August, 2018 and even though the prime suspect has been kidnapped […] The post Families

Former President John Mahama has warned government not to consider deploying masked security men in any election in Ghana again. According to him, any attempt by the Akufo-Addo administration to use the men who were deployed in the Ayawaso by-election in future will be met with equal measure by the opposition National Democratic Congress. “And […] The post You

President Akufo-Addo has apologised to the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations  over a ‘political metaphor’ he used while campaigning for his party’s candidate in last Thursday’s by-election in the Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency. The federation had in a statement demanded an apology from the President for suggesting on the campaign platform that people who cannot see […] The post Akufo-Addo

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, has sworn into office Ghana’s permanent Ambassador to the European Union. The appointee, Mrs. Harriet Sena Siaw Boateng, will also serve as Ghana’s Ambassador to Belgium. Additionally at the same ceremony, the President also swore into office the country’s new Ambassador to Norway, Mrs. Jennifer Lartey. […] The post President

President Akufo-Addo has described as regrettable the violence that engulfed Thursday’s by-election at Ayawaso West-Wuogon in Accra. In a statement, the President said the police is committed to investigating the chaos  in order to bring the culprits to book. In an apparent response to former president John Mahama comments on the matter, Mr. Akufo-Addo said […] The post NPP

The Minority in Parliament has rejected the outcome of the violence-ridden by-election in Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. Six people were shot at the Baweleshie polling centre of the constituency during the election Thursday, compelling the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to withdraw from the exercise citing safety concerns. No deaths were recorded, the police said. […] The post We