Founder of the National Democratic Congress, Jerry John Rawlings, over the years has been said to have taken a step back from actively engaging in activities of his party. In many instances, the former president has explained why he is laid back on matters relating to the party he founded. In 2019, Mr Rawlings delivering a keynote address at a ...

Security analyst, Paul Boateng, has alleged that a European country’s Embassy in Ghana, three years ago gave support to the Homeland Study Group Foundation (Western Togoland) in their struggle for secession from Ghana. According to him, the said Embassy in 2017 coached and aided the secessionist group to write officially to the United Nations to recognize their ‘country’, ‘Western Togoland’ ...

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency in the Volta Region, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says he is reliably informed the secessionists who launched attacks on security installations over the weekend were largely from Togo and not Volta Region. According to him, his fact-finding after the incidence has pointed to the fact that the language of the large majority of ...

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has called on the Finance Ministry to hold on with its scheduled initial Public Offer (IPO) on the Agyapa royalties deal until he is done with his corruption risk assessment on the transaction. “This Office would have wished to complete its corruption risk assessment on the Agyapa Royalties Transaction soonest but for the non-submission of the ...

In the wake of some group of people in the Volta Region demanding independence for a Western Togoland state, Kosi Kedem, a former Member of Parliament for Hohoe South has argued that Ghana does not legally exist. “There’s no union document on the so-called union between Ghana (Gold Coast) and Togoland. De facto, they are one [unit], but legally, Ghana ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has explained that his decision to maintain the state residence he occupied while in office, contrary to recommendations made by a committee he set up to review emoluments of Article 71 office holders and his retirement package, was approved by the new government and Parliament. A statement from the office of John Mahama said, the ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has explained that his decision to maintain the state residence he occupied while in office, contrary to recommendations made by a committee he set up to review emoluments of Article 71 office holders and his retirement package, was approved by the new government and Parliament. A statement from the office of John Mahama said, the ...

Nkrumah, Acheampong encountered Volta secessionists, time for national strategy – Security expert Security expert, Col (rtd) Festus Aboagye, has called on the government to draw a robust national strategy that clearly articulates its approach to dealing with the security threat posed by the Western Togoland secessionists. Festus Aboagye told GhanaWeb on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, that because the agitation for ...

The Volta Caucus of the Minority in Parliament has toured parts of the Volta Region that came under attack from secessionist groups in the area. Led by North Tongu MP Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the caucus visited the areas that experienced the attacks including the STC yard. They also paid a visit to the family who lost their loved one ...

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed that some Western Togoland separatists who sought the support of the overlord of the Dagbon Kindom Yaa-Naa Abubakari Mahama II were sacked from the Gbewaa Palace. Speaking in an interview with Kwame Nkrumah Tikese of Okay Fm monitored by GhanaWeb, the MP said for the swift intervention of ...