Author: Gifty Baoateng

By Gifty Boateng The visit to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) by Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, the Ashanti Regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), did not end well for the politician. Even though his second day’s visit to the CID office was successful, he was grabbed just when he was exiting the headquarters of the Police CID in his car. He is said to have gone to the police with his lawyer, Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi after his first visit on Monday. Party faithful are unsure if he went to the EOCO office with him as some say they parted before…

By Gifty Boateng A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Manhyia North constituency, has posited that not even the great performance of the Cedi, will save the National Democratic Congress (NDC). For Collins Owusu Amankwah, who entered Parliament and was booted out after a term, the governing party will go back to opposition in 2028 regardless of the Cedi’s performance. He insists the government as far as the performance of the Cedi is concerned has not done anything special to warrant plaudit. His outburst follows the recent appreciation of the cedi against major currencies. The…

By Gifty Boateng Hopeson Adorye, a former staunch member and communication team member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has disclosed how and why he lost his job at the VIP section of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). Hopeson was removed from the airport in 2019, and he has not hidden the fact that some influential members in the previous government, very close to former president Akufo-Addo, masterminded everything. He was given the marching orders barely two days after he married his wife, Empress Gifty. Providing further and better particulars recently, the outspoken politician claimed, he was advised to…

By Gifty Boateng The beleaguered Ashanti Regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, is expected to return to the police headquarters, in Accra on Tuesday, May 27. It follows a marathon meeting between him and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), on Monday May 26, after an invitation was extended to him to appear before them. Known largely as Chairman Wontumi, the loudmouth politician, reported to the police headquarters with his team of lawyers, led by former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame. His counsel was initially the former Member of Parliament (MP) for the…

By Gifty Boateng Loudmouth politician and Ashanti Regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who said he is more powerful and fearful than President John Dramani Mahama, is now begging for mercy. According to the mining kingpin, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, the Mahama administration has rendered him penniless as his bank accounts have been frozen and his company’s mining license revoked, as a result of alleged illegal mining activities in forest reserves in the Western Region. The action by authorities, have put him in a tight corner as he is unable to pay for his children’s school fees and many others.…

By Gifty Boateng Businessman and media owner, Dr Kwaku Oteng, appears to be heaving a sigh of relief following the impressive appreciation of the national currency, the Cedi. The business mogul has disclosed that since he was born there was no year he struggled to stay well composed like the year 2024. “My most difficult year was last year, 2024. It was too difficult”. Adding “Since I started the journey of life, it was last year that was the most difficult; it was really a bad year”. The national currency for some weeks now has been appreciating against the dollar…

By Gifty Boateng The Ashanti Regional chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, is expected to meet the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today Monday May 26. It follows an invitation extended to him by the Department to assist investigations concerning his company, Akonta Mining, which previously under the erstwhile Akufo-Addo government, was accused of entering the Tano Nimiri Forest. in the Western Region, in 2022, when he had no license to do so. Citizens Against Illegal Mining, a civil society group led by private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu and Ing, Ken Ashigbi in the past petitioned the…

By Gifty Boateng The Mayor of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Michael Kpakpo Allotey, has issued a stern warning to broadcaster and lawyer Ernest ‘Adakabre’ Frimpong Manso. The veteran broadcaster, who is also the General Manager (GM) of the VIP Jeoun Transport Company, has been directed to ensure the environs of the company, near the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, is in proper sanitary condition. The Mayor, days ago stormed the premises of the company during his on-going decongestion exercise which commenced on Monday May 19 in the Accra metropolis. During the visit, it emerged that a part of the premises of…

By Gifty Boateng Operatives of the National Security have been busy today Friday May 23, after storming two residences of members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) for separate reasons. The first to be visited and arrested was one Alfred Ababio Kumi after he petitioned President John Mahama, to dissolve a committee he set up to investigate three petitions brought against the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Esaaba Torkornoo. Popularly known as Adenta Kumi, he had alleged that he had evidence that some of the judges on the committee had met with one of the lawyers of one of the…

A member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Alfred Ababio Kumi popularly known as Adenta Kumi, has been picked up by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), and operatives of the National Security. It is unclear what his crime is but the arrest The New Republic has gathered he was arrested on the morning of Friday May 23, 2025. General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong, made the arrest public on his social media handle, Facebook. The post which has attracted thousands of comments and reactions, called on the party member to throng the home of the alleged suspect…