POLITICS

• Stephen Opuni’s lawyers are saying the trial judge is biased towards their client • They want him to recuse himself from the case • But the judge said his will not Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, the Supreme Court Judge, has been accused of being biased in the ongoing trial …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has excluded the Minister for National Security, Kan Dapaah and the Minister for Communications and Digitization, Ursula Owusu-Ekulful from his 19-member Cabinet list. Also excluded from the Cabinet list are the Ministries for Transport and Gender, Women and Children Affairs. The Speaker of Parliament Alban …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has said the decision of Founders of the defunct banks, Unibank and UT, Dr Kwabena Duffuor and Prince Kofi Amoabeng respectively, to resort to parliament over the collapse of their banks was wrong. The Central Bank says Parliament is not one of the mechanisms available …

Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has said the acting Special Prosecutor, Jane Cynthia Naa Torshie Lamptey, continues running to the Chief of Staff at the presidency to take “instructions” concerning the running of the office in the absence of a substantive Special Prosecutor and a Board. In an article expressing …

• Akufo-Addo has named 19 cabinet ministers • The Cabinet is constituted in conformity with Article 76 (1) of the 1992 constitution • Akufo-Addo maintained 19 ministers of state just like his first term President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced nineteen members expected to form his cabinet to help him serve …

The majority in parliament has refuted allegations of overpricing against the government over the purchase of Sputnik V vaccines. The Chairman for the Health Committee of parliament, Dr. Ayew Afriye tells the press corps in parliament no funds have been committed to all agreements entered into for the supply of …

• The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the #FixTheCountry protesters • The police secured an injunction on the May 6, 2021, march by the group • The apex court has however overturned that An ex-parte motion filed by the police against the planned protest of the #FixTheCountry demonstration …

Parliament’s Appointments Committee has put on hold the approval of Andrew Egyapa Mercer as Deputy Minister for Energy. The Committee’s action follows Mr. Mercer’s strong disapproval with former Minister for Energy, Peter Amewu’s comment that the PDS-ECG deal was fraudulent. Speaking on Newsnight, JoyNews’ Parliamentary correspondent, Joseph Opoku Gakpo, said …

• Okudzeto Ablakwa accused President Akufo-Addo of engaging in luxury at the expense of Ghanaian • Kennedy Agyapong has justified the the used of the £15,000-per-hour aircraft by President Akufo-Addo • He wants Ablakwa to focus on the benefit the country derived from the president’s trip Kennedy Agyapong, the Member …

  A Presidential Staffer, Theresa Addison has apologized to the rank and file of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for declaring Bawumia the next President during the funeral of late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie also known as Sir John. According to her, in announcing the donations for President Akufo-Addo and his …