Politics

The Criminal Department (CID) of the Police Service on Monday granted bail to Mr Sammy Gyamfi, Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) after spending over five hours at the CID headquarters. Mr Gyamfi’s arrest is alleged to be in relation to an on-going cybercrime investigations. A reliable source …

Ghana’s Parliament will commence its First Meeting of the Fourth Session of the 7th Parliament on Tuesday, January 28, 2020. A total of 20 bills are expected to be presented to the House. A release signed by Ms Kate Addo, the Director of Public Affairs of Parliament and copied to …

Mr  Kwasi Adjei Bohyen Asubonteng, Magistrate of Agbozume  District Court has advised Assembly members against adjudicating cases in their electoral areas. He said Assembly members could help their electorate settle disputes for peace to prevail but going ahead to make pronouncements on cases brought before them was totally out of …

Mr Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey, 2020 Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Keta has said the Party “will do everything legally possible to win power,” in the 2020 general elections. He said the “grassroots are yearning for the party to return to power” and needed everyone who …

Fishermen in four regions have stated that the April 2020 time period for the commencement of the voter registration exercise will not favour them, as that is the time for their fishing expeditions to Nigeria, Benin, Liberia, and Togo. This they indicated would deny many fishers the opportunity to get …

Mr Nartey Sam George, Member of Parliament for the Ningo-Prampram, says he would petition the Local Government Minister over the number of government appointees  to the Assembly. Mr Sam George, during the inaugural service of the Ningo-Prampram District Assembly, indicated that the government appointees were supposed to be seven instead …

Alhaji Ali Suraj, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called for the urgent enactment of legislation to protect the privacy of individuals. The call comes in the wake of the recent viral video of Mr Albert Kan Dapaah, the National Security Minister. He said the recent …

The National Treasurer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Mr. Samuel Gordon Etroo, is outraged at the discovery of a secret bank account being operated in the name of party at the GCB Bank, High Street Branch, in Accra. In a letter addressed to the Manager of the Bank and …

Some Ghanaian minority parties have rallied the citizenry to stand up against moves by the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voters’ register ahead of the 2020 general election. “In our view, any attempt to create a new register will be a recipe for disaster since it has the …

Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu has asked Government to revoke the appointment of Dr. Alexander Adusei Junior, as Director for Keta Port. He said the Keta Port was “non-existing” and that it was unacceptable to create a picture as if the Port was …