Author: Gifty Boateng

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…

The much-anticipated Private Newspapers and Online News Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG) national executive election, has been held with the lead contender winning with a landslide. David Tamakloe, publisher of The New Republic newspaper, WhatsApp News and others polled as much as 86 votes out of the 120 valid votes, promising to move the Association to a higher height. His only contender Awudu Mahama managed only 34 votes. In the other contests, the Public Affairs Officer, Opare Gyan who was alone in that YES or NO contest garnered 109 for YES and 10 for NO. Financial Secretary saw Naana Aklerh.…

President John Dramani Mahama has posthumously promoted three (3) Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) men, who tragically lost their lives alongside five others while on national assignment to Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. The president, in a speech during the final funeral and pre-burial ceremony for the eight (8), said the move is to hour the memories of the gallant men for what he called their “service and sacrifice to the nation.” Reflecting on life and it challenges especially in times like this, the President called on Ghanaians to embrace his government’s decision to honour the gallant men during this painful…

Emotional tributes have been read for all victims of the August 6 helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight (8) national officers, including two cabinet ministers and three (3) Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) men. The eight (8), were on national assignment to Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, to launch an initiative to tackle illegal mining known as galamesy, when the helicopter they were on board crashed in a forest. Two of the victims namely Minister for Environment, Science and Technology and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tamale Central, Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed and a Deputy National Security Coordinator…

Sad photographs have emerged from the Tamale Central constituency in the Northern Region, where workers are busily working despite the demise of the Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed. The MP, was expected to launch a hospital project on August 9, three clear days before his tragic death alongside 7 others including the Minister for Defense Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, on August 6 through a helicopter crash. The project was a collaborative effort between the MP who until his demise was the Minister for Environment, Science and Technology and the Qatar Charity. The sod-cutting ceremony for the…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has ‘smartly’ chickened out of the impending Tamale Central by-election as a show of solidarity to the memory of the Member of Parliament (MP). The incumbent parliamentarian, Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, met his untimely death on Wednesday, August 6 alongside seven 7 others, while in a Ghana Armed Force helicopter on national assignment to Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region. This is coming at a time the Electoral Commission (EC) is yet to formally announce plans and date for the by-election. It comes in the wake of another by-election in Akwatia in the Eastern Region. The…