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  A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Michael Kpessa-Whyte, has publicly admitted that the main opposition party misled Ghanaians when it claimed poor collation system at the Electoral Commission (EC) headquarters, ‘the Strongroom’, was largely to be blamed for its defeat in the 2020 general election. …

The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has taunted his major Contender for the flagbearership of the New Patriotic Party(NPP)Kennedy Agyapong using “Showdown”. The Vice President said he would give the National Democratic Congress (NDC) a “showdown” in its strongholds in the 2024 general elections. During the heat of the party’s …

  Reports making the rounds in the Ghana Police Service is that 12 persons with Nigerian names, including a heavily pregnant woman have gone missing from custody. The Herald’s information is that, the Nigerian High Commission is making frantic efforts to get some details on the matter, including getting access to …

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, September 8, 2023 commissioned First Oil from the Jubilee South East (JSE) Project, a project undertaken by Tullow, in collaboration with the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC), Kosmos Energy, Jubilee Oil Holdings Limited and Petro SA. According to President Akufo-Addo, the success …

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has descended heavily on the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, for a new regulation in filing injunction applications at the Supreme Court. The NDC national officer described as reprehensible the new regulation, which is said to clothe only the …

Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has denied allegations of being party to a scheme to forcibly make Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia the flagbearer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). Mr Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu noted that the voice aired on Kumasi-based Sompa FM …

On October 25, 2022, some 80-plus NPP MPs led by Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi, MP for Asante-Akim North, held a press conference to demand the sacking of Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance. They threatened to boycott the then impending Budget if it was to be presented by Ken. Seeing red, President …

I have read the statement of the former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential hopeful, Mr Alan Kyerematen, on leaving the NPP presidential race.  I am referring to the statement he issued on September 5.  I really like how he concluded it, but was his decision not rushed through?  Could he not …

The Daily Graphic walks down memory lane to list the various appointments to the Supreme Court since the inception of the Fourth Republic in 1993. Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo Below is the table of appointments to the Supreme Court in the Fourth Republic as of September 2023.   Paul Baffoe-Bonney …

On most Saturday mornings, the shed of Yakubu Akteniba, an onion seller at Adjen Kotoku market, a 33km drive from Accra, is swamped by customers haggling over fresh produce. But since early August, things have quietened as business has taken a nosedive due to disruption in the food supply chain …