POLITICS

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress has amended his petition before the Supreme Court by further coaxing the Electoral Commission to admit to the errors its Chairperson made during her 9 December 2020 declaration of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as President-elect. On Thursday, January 14, 2021, when the …

The United States and several European governments have demanded the release of opposition politician Alexei Navalny from Russian detention. Mr Navalny, 44, was detained by police soon after his flight from Germany landed in Moscow on Sunday. The activist was returning to the country five months after he was almost …

The National Chairman of the NDC Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has dismissed claims by Gabby Otchere-Darko that he is lacing his boots to contest former President John Mahama for the flagbearership of the party in 2024. Mr. Otchere-Darko, who is nephew of President Akufo-Addo, in a post on social media claimed …

The controversial 2020 presidential candidate for Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Madam Akua Donkor has recounted how she was used and dumped by former President John Dramani Mahama. Madam Akua Donkor who has described the 2020 presidential candidate for the largest opposition party National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama as ungrateful claimed she sacrificed her …

A youth group associated with the NPP in the Daffiama/Bussie/Issa DBI Constituency of the Upper West Region says it will oppose the re-appointment of the immediate past Regional Minister Dr Hafiz Bin Salih as the Upper West Regional Minister by President Akufo-Addo. According to the group, the re-appointment of Dr …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has done away with eight of the new ministries he created in his first term. It is trite knowledge that the President has no space to create a large number of ministries and appoint 123 ministers because of Ghana’s hung parliament status. In the end, there were …

The President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has denied Kwame Boffoe known popularly as Abronye DC an appointment in his next governmnent. This was disclosed by the Bono Chairman of the New Patriotic Party in an interview with Accra-based Asempa FM which was monitored by MyNewsGh.com. According to him, …

Samuel Nartey George, the Member of Parliament, Ningo-Prampram, has shared a hilarious story of how he and Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak, tricked the New Patriotic Party’s caucus into reporting to Parliament at 4:am on Friday, January 15, 2021. Sam George recounts that on the night of Thursday, January 14, …

A common defence put up by the leadership of the New Patriotic Party’s caucus for their inability to retain Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye as Speaker of Parliament is that they had to reach a compromise with the NDC caucus just for peace to prevail and for the smooth swearing-in of …

There is no mention of”Majority Leader” and “Minority Leader” or majority or minority something in the 1992 Constitution. The “majority this” and minority that are the creations of Parliamentary Standing Orders.    When Parliamentary Standing Orders or Bye-laws are creating problems or failing to solve problems, we ought to seek …