Politics

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah to withdraw a petition filed with the General Legal Council against Dr Dominic Ayine for alleged derogatory comments he made on the 2020 presidential election petition. The comments followed a similar one made by Dr Ayine who was a …

The Minority in Parliament has said Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s is deliberately buying time to appear in Parliament to answer the cost of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s recent trip on a private jet to three nations. The question, an urgent one, filed by Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, was advertised on the …

Parliament, on Friday, deferred the approval of three of the  persons nominated to be Deputy Ministers by the President, and approved 12, their vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament. The three are: Mrs  Gifty Twum-Ampofo, Education; Mr Amidu Issahaku Chinnia – Food and Agriculture; and Ms Diana Asonaba Dapaah …

The Veteran Trade Unionist, Politician, and Author John Alex Hamah has passed on at the age of 84.  This sad incident occurred on Friday, June 11th at the Tema General Hospital, after a short illness. John Alex Hamah was born on January 12, 1937, at Agona Abodom in the Central …

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called on the Government of Ghana to rehabilitate defunct factories built by Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President. The call was made during the celebration of the Party’s 72nd Anniversary in a Kumasi. Madam Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankoma, Leader and Chairperson of CPP, addressing …

Stakeholders at a roundtable on the need for Ghana to consider non-custodial sentences in cases of misdemeanour, have called on Parliament to pass the Community Service Bill (non-custodial law) to help decongest the prisons and make them more effective. They also appealed to the Ministry of the Interior to exert …

Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, National Chairman, National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called for unity as the Party marked its 29th Anniversary Celebration. He said everyone in the NDC needed to work together to overcome challenges to enable the Party to win the 2024 general election. “The figure should be handsome; the …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has named a 19-member Cabinet for his second term in office, with Finance Minister Ken Ofori–Atta being the first on the list. This was made known in a letter to Parliament, read by Speaker Alban Bagbin, to the Plenary on Thursday in Accra. The members …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has issued a notice to the judiciary to respect the parliamentary privileges and immunities of Members of Parliament (MPs) in accordance with Articles 117 and 118 of the 1992 Constitution. According to him, officers of the Judicial Service had attempted to serve …

There was no show in court at the trial of the embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North, Mr James Gyekye Quayson over his citizenship suit. This was because Mr Quayson is yet to be served with the motion-filled by his Counsel, Mr Abraham Amaliba to withdraw his services. At …