POLITICS

National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has the party has been betrayed by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, and the leadership of the NDC caucus in the House. Sammy Gyamfi said Speaker Bagbin, Minority Leader Haruna Iddrissu and Member of Parliament for Asawase Muntaka Mubarak, brazenly defied the leadership of …

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court has dismissed former President John Mahama’s suit challenging the 2020 election results. In reading the judgment on Thursday, March 4, 2020, Chief Justice, Anim Yeboah stated that the petitioner failed to prove his case beyond a reasonable doubt. He added that the errors …

Controversial Mavis Hawa Koomson is now minister-designate for Fisheries and Aquaculture, meaning she could take her oath of office soon – unless the president himself sacks her. This follows the Parliament of Ghana’s approving of the minister-nominee by 161 secret ballots in her favour (60.67 per cent). Nominees Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has compulsorily retired embattled Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, despite the latter claiming he is not yet 60 years. A letter signed by Nana Bediatuo Asante, Executive Secretary to the President on Wednesday, March 3, and addressed to Daniel Yao Domelevo said: “The attention of the President of the Republic has …

Today, Thursday, March 4, 2021, will be momentous and historic en même temps as the Supreme Court gives its final judgment on the 2020 Election Petition brought to it by John Dramani Mahama and the NDC. Following the general polls of 2020, where the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa, declared Nana Addo Dankwa …

The three Ministers-designate who had been rejected by the minority on the Appointments Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Dr. Afriyie Akoto, and Hawa Koomson have been approved by a Majority decision. An earlier report by the Committee failed to reach a unanimous decision for the three, according to EIB Network’s Parliamentary …

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has asked the petitioner and respondents in the ongoing election petition to accept the Supreme Court’s verdict tomorrow, Thursday, 4 March 2021, for the sake of the country’s peace. The apex court will give its judgment on whether or not President Akufo-Addo was legitimately elected …

Tsatsu Tsikata, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC) says he was not surprised by the efforts of the Kufuor government to have him jailed. According to him, right from the onset, there was a plot to undo the gains made by the Rawlings administration …

Five ministerial nominees out of the 30 so far vetted have been deferred by the Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Appointments Committee to reappear for further questioning. They are Communications Minister nominee Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Railways Minister nominee, John Peter Amewu, Roads Minister nominee, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, Attorney General …

President Nana Akufo-Addo will on Tuesday, March 9, deliver the first State of the Nation Address after his inauguration as president for his second term. The President is set to reveal the state of various sectors of the economy following his second term in office. Speaker Alban Sumana Bagbin made …