The minority in Parliament has sent a caution to the Works and Housing Minister, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, that the STX housing deal was not about mere politics. “The STX housing project is not about NPP and NDC. It is about Ghanaians, thousands of security personnel, teachers, nurses, petty traders, and many ordinary Ghanaians, some of whom sleep in slums, and they are yearning for decent housing and truly affordable accommodation to rent or own

Ghanaians are very obsessed with the prospects of the new-found Jubilee Oilfields money. They believe the oil will bring smiles on their faces with a booming economy. And apparently, they are right, since the Middle East catches more attention as a more beautiful place than other parts of the world, because of their oil resources. The Region can dictate world political power shift by manipulating oil prices. Ghadafi in Libya can cause political sensation

Many Ghanaians are excited about the discovery of crude oil and its expected revenue. The general feeling is that, money is expected to flow to all pockets hence; politicians would be able to fulfill their election promises. However, many may be thrilled but not majority and those with thinking caps; who know that all African countries with resources especially only turn out worst than when such resources where not discovered. Their reasons for not being excited is not far fetched,

The Tema Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Augustine Gyening, has launched a blistering attack on the New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying it recruited a bunch of criminals into the Police Service when the party was in power.  According to him, the NPP, when in power, used its influence on the Police Service to recruit personnel who did not qualify to be in the service. He attributed the recent criminal activities of some personnel of the Service

THE NATIONAL Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, and his National Organiser, Alhaji Moctar Bamba, are accusing the ruling party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and its founder, Jerry John Rawlings, for the conflicts going on in the north.  Whilst Jake is accusing the NDC government of complicity in the recent crisis at Bawku, which has led to the murder of Amadu Danladi, the Misiga polling station chairman of the party at Bawku,

Drama unfolded at the Sekondi Magistrate Court last Friday, when two lawyers - Messrs. Nana Kodua and Seth Awuku - brought proceedings to an abrupt end, after they engaged in hot exchanges, amid the use of unprintable words against each other.  All efforts by the presiding judge, Justice Kwame Polly, to bring them to order, failed, compelling the latter to vacate the courtroom, and move into his chambers. It all started when Mr. Seth Awuku, who was acting

REPORTS REACHING the Chronicle indicate that the Ashanti region branch of the main opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is in turmoil, following the vitriolic attacks launched by the regional Youth Organizer of the party, Kennedy Kankam, against the 2008 presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.  According to the report, Kennedy Kankam’s decision to make unsubstantiated allegations against Nana Akufo-Addo has caused

“The NDC does not know Techimanhene to be a member of our party, we have no document to show that he is a strong member of our dear party, so he must stop bandying such rumours around.”  THE allegation by the Akyempimhene of Kumasi, Oheneba Adusei Poku, on Joy FM, an Accra-based radio station, and that of the Asanteman Council that Oseadeeyo Ameyaw Ekumfi IV, Paramount Chief of the Techiman traditional area, has been going round

Two chiefs in the Volta Region - Togbe Brentua Asafo IV of the Mafi traditional area and Togbe Dzegblade of Adaklu-Kodzobi - have called on President Mills to fulfill all the promises he made to them during his campaign tour of the area in 2008. The two chiefs claim the President promised to create separate districts for them, a promise he is yet to fulfill.Togbe Brentua, who was the first to fire the salvo, told the President

President John Evans Atta Mills has assured Ghanaians that the government will not abuse the trust and confidence reposed in him and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and would work hard to help improve on the living conditions of the people, who gave him and the party the mandate to govern. He assured the people that the government is still focused and would fulfill all promises made to the people during the electioneering campaign,