Author: g.arthur

President John Dramani Mahama has paid a brief working visit to the Ofankor-Nsawam road project, which was recently in the news after the contractor abandoned site leaving motorists in great discomfort. The deplorable state of the project a few times created gridlock with Ghana Private Road Transport Union and other allied groups threatening to demonstrate. The President’s visit on Wednesday September 3 was with concerns. He did not understand why the road was nowhere near completion despite record showing that a loan was contracted for its completion. According to him, a loan was acquired yet the money is finished but…

Pressure is mounting on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the New Juaben South constituency, in the Eastern Region, Michael Okyere Baafi to resign. The MP is being asked to make do his definitive promise to resign if the NPP’s parliamentary candidate, Solomon Kwame Asumadu, fails to retain the Akwatia constituency by-election. The agitating calls came moments after the NPP lost the Akwatia constituency seat which became vacant following the sudden demise of the MP Ernest Yaw Kumi. The seat has been snatched by private legal practitioner, Bernard Bediako Baidoo with 18, 199 representing 54.3 percent…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Bernard Bediako Baidoo has won the Akwatia by-election held today, Tuesday, September 2, 2025. Baidoo secured 18, 199, of the votes representing 54.3 % while Solomon Kwame Asumadu trailed him with 15, 235. The private legal practitioner performed better than his former client and former Member of Parliament (MP) Henry Boakye, who he unseated in the primary. His main contender, Solomon Asumadu, a miner and businessman, is performed lesser than the late MP Ernest Yaw Kumi, who he was attempting to succeed. The soft spoken aspirant was trashed even in his own hometown of Boadua.…

The First Vice-Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chief Sofo Azorka has issued a stern warning to the Minority Leader Alex Afenyo-Markin to his himself. The former Northern Regional chairman of the NDC who is in the Akwatia constituency to observe the on-going by-election, has been captured in a video swearing they would have unalive the MP but for a simple reason that they did not meet face to face. Azorka’s outburst, stems apparently from an earlier incident few hours after voting started. The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) reportedly stormed the environs of the NDC’s constituency…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has threatened to personally arrest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) hoodlums who physically attacked their parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia by-election Bernard Bediako Baidoo. The governing party says it will be in the interest of the police led by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Christian Tetteh Yehonu to arrest the individuals who they say number 20 or the Police would have them to contend with. “The NDC demands a speedy action from the police. Else, they may have incidents to deal with on or before the day of the election”, the party has said,…

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Abetifi constituency in the Eastern Region, Bryan Acheampong, continues to brag about how he has single handedly funded past presidential aspirants, the immediate past flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. According to Acheampong, who is now a presidential aspirant, in the last Super Delegates election, in 2023, he had to pay as much as $1, 500 each to all constituency executives. For him, he did this to ensure that the then Vice President and flagbearer aspirant Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, emerged tops during the Super Delegates election that saw Ken Agyapong come second and Alan Kyerematen third…

The embattled General Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA), David Tenkorang-Twum, has threatened to teach journalists a lesson for criticizing health professionals. The medical professional and lecturer has said that they have marked the faces of all journalists who criticized him and nurses in recent days over Ralph Saint William’s alleged attack on a nurse and will deal with them in due course. “We have marked those journalists who spoke against us, and we will teach them a lesson when they come to the hospital. We have marked them, they will come and meet us at…

Private legal practitioner and social commentator, has given a damning verdict on the front runners in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearership race, slated for January 31, 2026. According to Martin Kpebu, none of the aspirants especially the lead contenders is fit for purpose and will make any head way if the party brings them in the 2028 general election. Sharing his views on the recent survey by the Mussa Dankwa-led Global InfoAnalytic polls on the impending primary where some 2, 656 delegates were surveyed, he wrote off all the over 7 aspirants, including the former Vice President and former…

The General Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwifery Association, (GRNMA), has been chided for his recent comments against the Minister for Health Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, for his alleged lack of understanding of hospital dynamics due to his background as a farmer. According to the Ghana National Association of Farmers and Fishermen (GNAFF), the comments were “derogatory” and “unprintable” which amounts to “verbal attack on farmers”. The group, which is issuing the directive has given Dr. David Tenkorang-Twum, to retract and apologize or they take the next line of action. “GNAFF hereby serves notice to David Tenkorang-Twum to within…

Charles Nii Armah Mensah, the embattled artist, who was arrested and detained by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) appears to be acting evasive with questioned being asked of him. The artist popularly known as Shatta Wale, who has been in the grips of EOCO since yesterday, Wednesday, August 20, has failed to give credible information concerning a 2019 Lamborghini Urus the he acquired locally. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States (US) and it Justice Department have flagged the vehicle as proceed of a $4 million crime involving one Nana Kwabena Amuah, a Ghanaian, who…