Andrew Egyapa Mercer, a former Member of Parliament for Sekondi, is very hopeful about the chances of former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) upcoming presidential primaries. He says that he expects Dr. Bawumia to get more than 65 percent of the total votes. Mr. Egyapa Mercer said on Asempa…
Akosua Manu, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) candidate for parliament in Adentan in 2024, has said that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President, is the best person to lead the party forward. In an interview with Metro TV, Ms. Manu said that party members and delegates trust Dr. Bawumia because of his record as…
Samuel Atta Akyea, a former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South and a key member of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign team, has spoken out against what he calls politically motivated legal decisions made after the government changed. On JoyNews’ AM Show on Friday, January 9, Atta Akyea expressed deep concern about changes in the justice…
Since its December 18, 2024, launch by President-Elect John Dramani Mahama with Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as Chairman, the National Democratic Congress’ Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) has been promoted as a flagship anti-corruption drive meant to recover misappropriated state assets and bring accountability to governance. But over one year into its existence, ORAL remains…
The ‘Nkoko Nkitinkiti’(small-chicks) policy touted by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a cornerstone of their agricultural strategy remains an idea without impact, a slogan without execution, and an embarrassment to policy coherence in Ghana today. Plainly put: the ordinary Ghanaian does not understand this policy because reality shows it has not been actualized in…
Abdul Kabiru Tiah Mahama, the MP for Walewale, says that Ghana’s economy is getting more stable one year into President John Mahama’s term because the government is following the IMF program very closely. He said on Citi Eyewitness News on January 7 that the President, working closely with Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson and…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to look into claims that there is a plan to rig its presidential primary, which is set for January 31, 2026. The request comes after a petition that Alex Kwaku Tetteh, a member of Ken Ohene Agyapong’s campaign…
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), established under the Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140) to restore accountability and transform Ghana’s gold sector, is now at the centre of a scandal that threatens the very transparency and good governance the statute was designed to uphold. Section 42 of Act 1140 clearly mandates that GoldBod “shall…
As the New Patriotic Party (NPP) gets ready to pick its presidential candidate on January 31, 2026, some members are backing former Assin Central MP Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, saying he is the best choice among the five candidates. Kwesi Nyantakyi, the former president of the Ghana Football Association, spoke on behalf of Mr. Agyapong’s campaign…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has finished showing the voter register all over the country in time for the presidential primary. The exercise took place in all 276 constituencies across the country from Wednesday, December 31, 2025, to Monday, January 5, 2026. The Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) of the party put together the exercise to…
