POLITICS

• Effective Tuesday, July 27, 2021, Koku Anyidoho will not be recognized as a member of the NDC • Koku Anyidoho is to return any party property in his custody  • He will also forfeit any money he paid to the party The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expelled Koku Anyidoho for indiscipline. The decision was taken …

• A number of lawmakers in Ghana’s Parliament are pushing to criminalise LGBTQ acts •A leaked 36-page bill proposal has garnered social media commentary with some LGBTQ advocacy groups suggesting it violates human rights •Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has already made his stance clear on being anti-LGBTQ rights While a …

• Parliament‘s Privileges Committee will hear a case involving two MPs today • Tamale South MP dragged Assin Central counterpart to the committee for threatening a journalist • Speaker Bagbin has warned MPs to conduct themselves in a dignified manner outside the house  Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, all things …

MyNewsGhana has intercepted a provisional list of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMCEs) to be nominated by the president for various assemblies in the Eastern Region. The list has both new entrants and old ones. In Asuogyaman, for example, Samuel Kwame Agyekum has been ousted and replaced with Owusu-Banahene …

The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 has proposed several extreme sanctions against activities of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Transexual, Ally, Pansexual+. The Bill which is yet to be passed will provide for proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values, proscribe …

Ad Former President John Dramani Mahama in his 2021 Eid-ul-Adha message said there is the need for Ghanaians to be reminded of the value of obedience and sacrifice as Muslims celebrate Eid-ul-Adha across the world. Mr Mahama in his Eid-ul-Adha message on 20th July, 2021, said Ghanaians should use Eid-ul-Adha …

• Parliament’s Appointment Committee vetted and passed Special Prosecutor nominee, Kissi Agyebeng, on July 22 • One issue he responded strongly to was his age and experience and its suitability for the top anti-graft post • Agyebeng’s response has won him plaudits especially on social media platform, Twitter  Special Prosecutor nominee Kissi …

• Captain Smart says Kennedy Agyapong owes his success to former president JA Kufuor • He says a contract handed Kennedy Agyapong by Kufuor made him rich • He has dared Kennedy Agyapong to make revelations about him Godsbrain Captain Smart, the host of Onua FM morning show has rubbished claims by the Member …

Kissi Agyebeng, the newly nominated Special Prosecutor, is before the Appointments Committee of Parliament. His appointment comes after Martin Amidu, the first ever Special Prosecutor, resigned in November 2020, citing interference by the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as one of his reasons. Kissi Agyebeng, a private legal practitioner, and a …

Minister of Finance Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta has finally answered Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on his urgent question regarding the cost of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s recent three-nation travel to France, Belgium, and South Africa. According to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP, who is the …