POLITICS

Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu raps Captain Smart over insurrection comments

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu cited insurrection comments by Captain Smart during a press conference in mid-week. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, taking his turn at the Ministerial Press Briefing at the Ministry of Information in Accra was addressing the role of the press in advancing Ghana’s democracy …

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Consideration of budget estimates for EC, Communications Ministry on hold

The Special Budget Committee of Parliament will not consider budget estimates for the Electoral Commission until the Chairperson of the commission appears before it. This is according to a member of the committee and Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Ahmed Ibrahim. The consideration of the budget estimates for the Ministry of …

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Air Force needs fighter jets and not executive jet – Ablakwa tells govt

GoG plans on buying a new executive jet Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa indicated that the purchase was needless He advised the govt to halt any consultations Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, MP, North Tongu, has insisted that the Ghana Air Force has not prioritised the purchase of a new aircraft. According to him, the …

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MPs ‘sack’ Bossman Asare, other EC officials for attending meeting without Jean Mensa

Special Budget Committee wants EC to answer questions on SALL EC officials fail to justify the absence of Jean Mensa from meeting with Special Budget Committee Committee requests presence of EC boss to consider budget estimates Parliament’s Special Budget Committee has reportedly ended a meeting with officials of the Electoral Commission over the absence …

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NPP Delegates Conference: Odeheno shows leadership, pulls down giant billboard after party’s directive

The camp of soon-to-be Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, aka Chairman Coka has pulled down giant billboards it mounted ahead of the party’s National Delegates Conference in Kumasi. In line with the directive of the Party, Friends of Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah …

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Reverse curses on Adwoa Safo or I’ll take you somewhere – Hajia Fati threatens Hannah Bissiw

Hajia Fati a National Security personnel and a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked the women’s organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Hannah Bissiw to reverse the curses she rained on Adwoa Safo. According to her, Hannah Bissiw has cursed her daughter who is the Dome Kwabenya …

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Kojo Tsikata saved 4th Republic from another Rawlings-engineered coup plot – Nyaho-Tamakloe

But for the late Captain Kojo Tsikata, President Jerry John Rawlings would have succeeded in engineering another coup in the dying embers of his civilian presidency, ex-military officer Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has revealed in an exclusive interview with Accra100.5FM’s morning show Ghana Yensom aired on Monday, 13 December 2021. Eulogizing the …

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NPP delegates conference: Only Akufo-Addo T-Shirts allowed — John Boadu

Ahead of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) national delegates conference on December 18, 2021, the party has issued a statement giving instructions on how it intends to organize the event. The has warned that branded T-shirts or any other paraphernalia with the portraits and names of individuals, shall be allowed …

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Haruna Iddrisu’s all-important message to First Deputy Speaker over the approval of 2022 budget

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has accused the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, of acting in contravention of article 296 of the 1992 Constitution. The accusation is in relation to Joseph Osei-Owusu’s refusal to admit a motion by the Minority in Parliament to reverse the approval of the 2022 Budget. In …

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I’ll uproot your billboards from Kumasi – NPP Chair chases Bawumia, Afriyie and co

Just a week to their much-anticipated 2021 Annual National Delegates Conference, giant billboards heralding the intentions of New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwarts for the 2024 flagbearership, national and regional executive positions, dot the major streets of the Ashanti Regional Capital, giving the Kumasi skyline a touch of some blue, white …

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