Author: Krobea

The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has asked party faithfuls to avoid unnecessary friction in the conduct of their campaigns and the electoral process. He was at Koforidua to meet the rank and file of the party. Political parties are expected to return to active campaign, after the one-week national mourning of the death of former President Flight Lieutenant (rtd) Jerry John Rawlings. “To be confident and vigilant, yes, but not to be combative unnecessarily. We need peace in this country.” He, however, took a jab at the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for what…

Former Special Prosecutor Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu has accused the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and his government of leading efforts to discredit his integrity. But he insists that such venture will fail given the exigencies of time. “The concerted efforts led by the President of Ghana and his government to discredit my integrity for producing a professional report on the analysis of the risk of the prevention of corruption and anti-corruption assessment is bound to fail because the Ghanaian of 2020 is not the Ghanaian of 2016 who believed the mere rhetoric of fighting corruption,” he said in…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is accusing government of being responsible for numerous threats on the life of former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu. Mr Amidu revealed in his latest statement since resigning from his position, that he has been receiving death threats. NDC’s National Communications Officer Sammy Gyamfi has alleged that the presidency was behind death threats on the life of Mr Amidu. Speaking on Akoma FM’s morning show GhanAkoma on Friday, November 20, Sammy Gyamfi, citing the death of Ahmed Suale and the alleged death threats by Kennedy Agyapong that preceded his death, explained “the NPP government is intolerable…

US President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia has been confirmed by a recount, as legal efforts by Donald Trump’s allies to challenge his defeat were dismissed in three states. The Democrat beat his Republican rival in Georgia by 12,284 votes, according to the audit required by state law. Mr Biden said he was confident Mr Trump knew he was not going to win and had shown “incredible irresponsibility”. The Democrat is set to take office in January as the 46th US president. Mr Biden’s victory margin in the public vote overall stands at more than 5.9 million. His victory in…

Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection Cynthia Morrison has reiterated her ministry will continue to provide the needed support to alleged witches and other vulnerable individuals to improve their livelihood. She indicated government is very committed to ensuring that no one is left behind in national growth and development. The Minister made these remarks on Thursday, November 19 when she presented food items and other materials to alleged witches at the Gambaga Witches Camp in the East Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region. The Gender Minister first paid a courtesy call on the Nayiri, Mahami Bohagu Sheriga, at…

The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) intends to prioritise agriculture and solar energy to generate more revenue for the country and create jobs. Flagbearer Henry Herbert Lartey explains that the decision forms part of the domestication policy championed by GCPP to make Ghana self-sufficient. “The domestication philosophy is the best policy in Ghana and Africa. As a country, we have political independence but need economic independence as well to be self-reliant. This can be achieved when we major in production rather than importing almost everything including food. “We are speaking to a company that is prepared to partner Ghana to…

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has admonished members of the party to move away from the issues surrounding Martin Amidu and get back to the campaign trail. “You have a positive story to tell and to secure a second time,” he tweeted in the heat of the fallout from the resignation of Martin Alamisi Amidu as the Special Prosecutor. Mr Amidu’s resignation letter was responded to in a nine-page letter from the Office of the President on Tuesday, November 17 but he has since replied. In a recorded telephone interview on Thursday, November 19,…

Family of the suspect in the Ayeduase shooting incidence Francis Azabanga is calling for an independent probe into the shooting incidence to establish whether the suspect really shot himself. Speaking on Akoma FM’s morning show GhanAkoma on Thursday, November 19, sister to the suspect Lydia Azabanga told host Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin in Twi that the family “suspects the police shot and killed my brother contrary to what they came out to tell the media”. They said Francis Azabanga did not shoot himself after an altercation in traffic contrary to the preliminary report of the police. Scenes captured in a…

Former Special Prosecutor Martin Alamisi Amidu has warned his attackers to stop forthwith or else he will defend himself, which may be “unpalatable” for the government. In an interview with journalist Umaru Sanda on Thursday, November 19, Mr Amidu says he had resolved not to go to press with most of his grievances. “Please, I have said since I left office that I was not going to give any press interview about my resignation,” he confessed. “I was not going to talk to the press. I am being pushed by so-called responses to me, which contains reference…to speak. But I…

Personnel from the Asokwa Divisional Command of the Ghana Police Service on Thursday morning stormed Akoma FM studios during a live programme to pick up the former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ejisu, Afrifa Yamoah Ponkor, following a scuffle with the Member of Parliament for Bantama, Daniel Okyem Aboagye. The show, which is a battle of ideas stemming from issue-based, results-oriented, facts-and-figure discussion, ended with former Ejisu/Juaben MCE being almost bundled up by three police officers from Asokwa Divisional Command following a call by Mr Okyem Aboagye for his arrest. According to the police, they had distress call from their…