POLITICS

Jaman South Constituency First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Henry Yaw Afful has allegedly locked up the Ampenkro/Asatroa primary school. According to the Chronicles newspaper, the chairman who sacked the pupils from the classroom before the closure, claims the government has not paid him for a work done. …

A total of seven candidates have filed their nominations to contest the election of the Member of Council of State position to represent the Upper West Region. The candidates are Kuoro Barecheh Nlowie Baninye II, the Divisional Chief of Niator, Bayon Godfrey Tongu, a former Member of Parliament for Wa …

A member of John Mahama’s legal team, Dr Dominic Ayine, says the election petition at the Supreme Court remains unharmed despite the apex court’s ruling to strike out some five paragraphs in the third witness statement filed. Dr Ayine, who spoke to the media after Friday’s hearing, said: “For us, …

The Member of Parliament for Asawase, Mubarak Muntaka, has issued a formal written retraction and apology to the Supreme Court for alleged bribery comments made against an unnamed member of the bench. The legislator and Chief Whip of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament had earlier accused a Supreme Court judge of …

Josephine Baiden Agyarko, a widow of former Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West constituency, Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko has died from COVID-19 complications, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. She was receiving treatment and appeared to be doing well until a relapse, leading to her death hours ago. Family members who spoke to MyNewsGh.com confirming her death requested …

Youth Groups in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Regional capital of Tamale has expressed worry at the fact that the government’s interventions to reduce the rate of unemployment in the country fell in the wrong hands. According to the youth groups, slots for NABCO, planting for food …

A video of the New Patriotic Party’s Campaign Chairman for the 2020 general elections, Peter MacManu, which has resurfaced, seems to suggest some iota of truth in claims made by witnesses for the petitioner, in the ongoing election petition hearing at the Supreme Court. One of the contentious portions of …

Robert Joseph (Rojo) Mettle-Nunoo, one of the witnesses of the Petitioner in the ongoing hearing at the Supreme Court of Ghana has, in his witness statement, explained the interactions he had with Jean Mensa, the Returning Officer at the Electoral Commission’s (EC) headquarters on December 8, 2020. “At the point …

Many people, continue to express dismay and disappointment in the Supreme Court for dismissing the application from the petitioner to have access to the original documents from the Electoral Commission (EC) which declared incumbent President, Nana Akufo-Addo, as the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election. One such individual, Marricke Kofi …

Lawyer for the 2nd Respondent in the ongoing election petition hearing, Mr. Akoto Ampaw has asked the Supreme Court to strike out over 20 parts of the witness statement of Rojo Mettle Nunoo, the third witness of the petitioner. Mr. Ampaw objected to the parts of the statement during proceedings …