Politics

The Ashanti Regional branch of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has pursuant to Article 9(9) of the party’s Constitution, set up a five-member Disciplinary Committee to adjudicate issues concerning the party. The Committee is headed by the Chief of Agric Nzema, Nana Nkansah Boadu Ayeboafo. Other members are Prof. …

A leading member of the pressure group, Arise Ghana, Listowell Nana Poku says the Ghana Police Service is being manipulated by some “powerful” individuals within the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). He was emphatic on NEAT FM’s morning show, Ghana Montie that, press statements from the police department are been …

The minority in Parliament has raised concerns over an alleged government’s transfer of the Ameri Power plant to Kumasi for $35 million. At a press conference at Parliament House in Accra, on Wednesday, Mr John Abdulai Jinapor, the Ranking Member on the Mines and Energy Committee, raised objections to the …

Collins Owusu Amankwah, a former Manhyia North MP, has said the organizers of the Arise Ghana demonstration are notorious as such turning Nkrumah Circle into a chaotic scene on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The demonstrators and the Police clashed when the former pelted stones at the security personnel while the …

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has revealed that he has not used mobile money for any transaction for 9 weeks now. According to him, this move is a silent protest against the E-Levy introduction which he describes as a ‘ponzi scheme’. Speaking on Good Morning Ghana, he …

The Ghana Police Service has beefed up security at the Jubilee House, ahead of today’s demonstration by NDC group, Arise Ghana. Armed police and military men are currently at the entrance and the surrounding areas of the seat of government. The security presence at the seat of government is meant …

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has opined that the police were wrong to order Arise Ghana demonstrators on routes to use in Tuesday’s protest. This according to him is premised on the fact that Arise Ghana demo organisers filed a stay of execution against a June 27 court ruling in …

The violent attacks on the police by protesters of Arise Ghana on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, has confirmed an earlier security intelligence that there is an attempt to destabilise the country. The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, made the assertion in an interview on Metro TV, in reaction to the …

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a defeated parliamentary candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Subin Constituency of the Ashanti Region, Villey Acheampong. He has been charged with threat of death by police after he was said to have attacked a man wielding …

Violence ensued in the afternoon of Tuesday, June 28, 2022; when protesters clashed with Police on the first day of the Arise Ghana demonstration. The incident led to injuries to Police officers and some protesters with the Police announcing arrests and moves to prosecute a group of people including organizers …