Politics

Are soldiers the force behind Vietnam’s anti-corruption drive?

In the context of the ongoing democratic decline and rising military coup in Africa, TV show host Blessed Godsbrain Smart, better known as Captain Smart, has said that soldiers are the force behind Vietnam’s...

What recent studies say about corruption under Akufo-Addo’s Gov’t

At the Ghana Bar Association Conference in Cape Coast on September 11, 2023, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo addressed several issues, with the most topical being corruption. He stated that his “government has undertaken, arguably,...

False! Afari-Gyan never said he was NDC member

On Monday, September 4, 2023, claims suggesting that the Former Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, has said he’s a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) emerged on social media. https://twitter.com/Gen_Buhari_/status/1698667338629775770?s=20 The...

The Gabon coup: Here’s what we know so far

On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, Gabonese military officers appeared on the state-owned television channel and proclaimed they had taken power less than an hour after the electoral commission said President Ali Bongo had won...

Niger Coup: Here are the France-Niger military agreements the junta has cancelled

The Niger coup makers have revoked five security and defence agreements with France that were made under the leadership of the unseated President Mohamed Bazoum between 1977 and 2020. In addition, the new military government...

False! Video shared by Clement Apaak in allegation of cash-for-delegates old

On August 24, Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, Member of Parliament (MP) for Builsa South shared on X (previously Twitter) a video of some unidentified men carefully stacking what appeared to be newly printed bundles...

Tamale International Airport: A Mahama or Akufo-Addo project? Here are the facts

  On Tuesday, August 22, 2023, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia commissioned the second phase of the Tamale International Airport. This has revived the age-old political discourse on who initiated and built a particular government-funded...

Electricity supply: How has the Gov’t improved access to citizens in the last 12yrs?

Access to electricity is one of the key indicators of development worldwide. It is the focus of sustainable development goal 7 which is about ensuring access to clean and affordable energy. In April 2023, World...

Kennedy Agyapong’s claim of never inciting public violence against Ahmed Suale completely false

Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, has said in a recent interview that he never incited public violence against the slain journalist, Ahmed Suale. In what many consider a revisionist attempt by the MP to recount...