GENERAL NEWS

A Senior Research Fellow in History and Politics at the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ghana, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte, has linked the ruling of the Supreme Court in the matter of the constitutionality of a sit-in Speaker of Parliament to vote or not, to military takeovers. In a …

The Ghana Railways Company Limited has assured the public that its trains are safe. The assurance follows the Thursday incident where over 60 passengers onboard a Sekondi Takoradi bound passenger train sustained injuries in a stampede after the engine caught fire. “Immediately the incident happened, as responsible as we are …

When the Afife Rice Farming Project among other similar projects begun in Ghana under Kwame Nkrumah, he envisioned a long-term plan. With this, he went scouting almost immediately for support to build a dam that would ensure that this project, plus the other ones around the same locality, would not easily …

A 35-year-old man, Mahama Adillah, has passed on after colliding with a tipper truck at Kojo Nkwanta in the Adansi Asokwa district of the Ashanti Region. Mahama, a mechanic, is said to have rammed into the stationary truck at around 9:00pm, Thursday evening. He was badly injured and succumbed to …

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has directly replied a comment by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to the effect that Parliament was not above the law. Akufo-Addo in responding to a ruling by the Justice Jones Dotse-led bench that affirmed that Deputy Speakers can vote while presiding dismissed opposition opinion …

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has directed the Clerk of Parliament to delete names of Members of Parliament who have smuggled their names onto the attendance sheets. Some MPs have been accused of smuggling their names into the attendance sheets even when they do not show up for work. On Thursday, March …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has described as unfortunate, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s reaction to the recent ruling by the Supreme Court on the voting rights of Deputy Speakers when presiding over the House. The Apex Court on Wednesday, March 10, 2022, in a landmark ruling affirmed that a Deputy Speaker …

It was a heartbreaking moment as seven persons including a 15-month-old baby, Ella Baidoo, who perished in the Apiate explosion, were laid to rest. The incident claimed 13 lives leaving 59 others severely injured, with the town declared a dead community as humans could no longer live there. The seven …

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin has urged the applicant of the petition to the Supreme Court for a ruling on the voting rights of a Deputy Speaker, Justice Abdulai to go for a review. In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, a seven-member panel of the Supreme …

The King of Dagbon Ndan Ya-Naa Abukari II has chided the Northern Regional Minister Alhaji Sayibu Saani for failing to act on his directive to stop the Tamale Dakpema from performing chiefly roles. He said the Regional Security Committee’s (REGSEC) reluctance in ensuring the two talking drums are seized and …