Articles from the ‘Local’ category
Posted by Contributor on August 25, 2010 at 5:07 pm in Local, News From Other Newspapers, Politics
The Eastern Regional Minister, Hon. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has described members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) as being the ‘Suarez’ of Ghana’s politics. According to the Minister, as Suarez of Uruguay broke the heart of many Ghanaians during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by using his hands to stop a goal which [...]
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Posted by Contributor on August 21, 2010 at 6:48 pm in Local, Politics
The Executive Director of the Danquah Institute has said that the 2008 general elections of Ghana had so many flaws and that he fears the country is not showing any serious interest in putting measures in place to avoid that in 2012. “Even though every vote was seemingly counted not every vote counted in the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on August 18, 2010 at 3:15 pm in Local, Politics
The New Patriotic Party has described as “offensive and reprehensible” the government’s response to statements by the former Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Rt. Revd Dr Samuel Asante-Antwi, following his criticism of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. According to the NPP, it was wrong for appointees of the government to have said “many [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:13 pm in Local, Politics
Dr Sekou Nkrumah, sacked as the Acting Coordinator of the National Youth Council a couple of weeks ago, has warned Presidential Special Aide Nii Lantey Vanderpuije to stop peddling lies and that his days at the Castle are numbered. According to Sekou, Nii Lantey lies to the populace just because he wants to keep his [...]
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Posted by Contributor on August 10, 2010 at 3:34 pm in Local, Politics
First of all, let us give thanks to Almighty God for this day which has seen our event pass off in peace and solidarity. Praise and Glory be to his Name. Amen. I am particularly grateful to my beautiful wife, Rebecca, and our daughters for their patience, understanding and support throughout this arduous campaign. To [...]
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Posted by Contributor on August 6, 2010 at 1:11 pm in Local, Politics
The Leader and Founder of the United Renaissance Party (URP), Kofi Wayo, says considering his savoir faire in international oil transactions if he is given the mandate to be in charge of Ghana’s oil field, he can manage it better than anybody else. According to him, he possess enough expertise and technical knowledge in the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on August 5, 2010 at 12:09 pm in Local, Politics
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor on Thursday called on delegates of the New Patriotic Party to be “mindful of the good of the Party and our nation when voting” when electing the Party’s flag bearer on Saturday. “My prayer is that the elections will be conducted in a free and fair manner, to result in [...]
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Posted by Contributor on August 4, 2010 at 12:50 pm in Local, Politics
OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT Your Excellency, yours is the glorious opportunity to lay the foundation to guide our nation to a gilded age of unparalleled prosperity. Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah said, “…Seek ye the political kingdom and all else shall be added unto you…” Your Excellency, deliverance of the economic kingdom for a Better [...]
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