POLITICS

President Akufo-Addo has assured Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyabeng that he and the entire executive branch of government will respect the independence of his office. The President gave the assurance during the swearing-in of Mr Agyaben as Special Prosecutor at the Jubillee House Thursday. His predecessor Martin Amidu, first to occupy …

The National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Freddie Blay, has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is moving Ghana forward despite the “ugly noises” from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Speaking at the party’s 29th-anniversary on Thursday, August 5 2021, at the party’s Accra headquarters, Mr Blay …

American-based Ghanaian/American broadcast journalist and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Loud Silence Media, Kevin Taylor has expressed his views on the decision by the Parliament of Ghana to install undercarriage scanners in parliament. He made this known during the Tuesday edition of his socio-political show, With All Due Respect. According to …

• EC to pay GH¢4,000 fine for refusing to grant application to file motion at Appeals court • NDC believes the NPP is devising tactics to delay the case • This is part of the ongoing hearing of a case brought before the court by the NDC’s 2020 Techiman South …

The presidency has described an action by the Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson, to publish a response on the petition to probe the Chief Justice, on social media as irresponsible and ill-advised. The presidency further said Mensah Thompson should not only …

Most government appointees are not having a goodnight sleep in recent days, following the President’s departure from Ghana on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, for an official visit to the United Kingdom (UK), as they fear he is out to plot who and who will be part of the rest of …

Some supporters of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM) have expressed worry over the silence of their flagbearer, the national executives and other party faithful after the 2020 general election. The party, which partook in its first major election last year, got a lot of attention from Ghanaians and became a …

• The government of Ghana has filed 52 charges against Collins Dauda and four others • Out of the 52 charges, 14 have been levelled against him for causing financial loss to the state • The accused persons are said to have intentionally misapplied $200 million of state funds  Former …

• A meeting between the Speaker of Parliamentand leadership of GUTA has been held •It was to clarify pronouncements made by some members of GUTA concerning the retail trade impasse between Ghana and Nigeria •Speaker Bagbin is said to have assured the trade body of his support in protecting the …

• James Quayson is challenging the High Court ruling annulling his election as MP • According to him, the Cape Coast High Court’s judgement was against the law • He is therefore seeking that the Court of Appeal declares the ruling as void The embattled Assin North MP, James Gyakye …