Nana Akufo-Addo delivering his victory speech Delegates of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have once again elected Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the party’s flag bearer for the impending 2012 election. At the end of a grueling contest, Nana Akufo-Addo romped home with 83,517 of the total 106,590 valid votes cast representing 78.89 per cent whiles his closest rival and contender, Mr. John... 

Anthony Karbo, NPP National Youth Organiser Barely 48 hours to its national delegates congress, some members of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Tertiary Education Students Confederacy (TESON) of the University of Ghana, Legon, Today has discovered, are seething with anger. According to the students, they will resist attempts by the leadership of the NPP to bar their president and representative... 

Following their inability to reach the former Chairman of the Effiduase branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Afari Agyemang, on an alleged defilement case against him, the Effiduase Asokore Police have invoked a criminal summons on him to appear before court. The Juaben circuit court granted the Effiduase Divisional Police Command, the criminal summons for Nana Afari Agyemang, who is said... 

Dr Kwabena Adjei, NDC Chairman Following his refusal to succumb to the pressures of his party members, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ahafo Ano South in the Ashanti Region, Thomas Kwakwa, has incurred the wrath of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) youth in the area. NDC youth last Friday, July 30, 2010 reportedly locked up the main entrance to the office of the chief executive with... 

Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, 2008 CPP presidential candidate The presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) in the 2008 general election, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has lauded the leadership and members of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the People’s National Convention (PNC) for the decision taken at its meeting on Friday, July 30, 2010 to continue to “pursue a combination... 

A 42-year-old farmer in Bondiyili in the Nanumba North District of the Northern Region, Mr. Baladan Nsahi, has beaten his wife and mother of seven children to death. The deceased, Nbarbe Baladan, 35, met her untimely death on the 28th July, 2010 when without any provocation, a family source alleged that her husband pounced on her and beat her mercilessly, leaving her in a state of unconsciousness. Though,... 

About 40 irate National Democratic Congress (NDC) youth led by one Kofi Ogoe, last Sunday morning barricaded the Mankessim Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU) station and took over the operations of the station. The protest, according to the Central Regional Chairman of the Cape Coast branch of the GPRTU, Mr. Kwame Kuma, aka Twer Nyame, started shortly after the union executives had rejected... 

Mr. Raphael Godlove Ahenu, the Journalist who was assaulted Mr. Raphael Godlove Ahenu, a human rights activist and a British award-winning journalist, working with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) in Sunyani, was allegedly assaulted by the Maabang Police in the Ahafo Ano District of the Ashanti Region after he tried to help a farmer who had been unlawfully arrested by the police. Mr. Ahenu,... 

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has constituted a 14 member shadow cabinet that involved some high ranking officials to speak on its behalf on matters of national importance. According to a release signed by William Dowokpor, Chairman for the Communication Committee of the CPP and issued in Accra last Monday, the team is chaired by Chairman and leader of the party; Mr. Ladi Nylander, to offer... 

Lt. Col. Larry Gbevlo Lartey, National Security Coordinator Ghanaians should brace themselves-up for real challenging days ahead. This follows the deviant posture of government through the National Security Council (NSC) to continue with its deliberately rehearsed strategy of reducing the country into a commando state. The latest destination of the state security apparatus to continue with the...