POLITICS

I regret accusing Mahama falsely – NAPO

Former Education Minister and now Minister-designate for Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has retracted and apologized to former President John Dramani Mahama for accusing him of busing people to the Independence Square in 2017, to come and fake a fainting scene during the placements for students into senior high schools. According to …

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Ras Mubarak loses Council of State polls with no vote

Former Kumbungu lawmaker Ras Mubarak has lost his run to represent the Northern  region on the Council of State. The outspoken politician garnered no vote in the Friday election. The winner, Chief Zung Mahamud Tahiru, obtained 23 votes with his closest contender Chief Pishegu Alhassan Andani securing 8 votes. The …

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COVID-19: Akosombo Int’l School begins shift system

Akosombo International School is set to begin a shift system to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection in the school. This comes on the back of about 80 positive cases recorded in the school after three weeks of reopening. The Volta River Authority (VRA) announced the development in a press statement …

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NDC is in crisis – Atubiga admits

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communications Stephen Atubiga team has acknowledged that the NDC is in crisis. According to him, at this time when the party is in court, it’s imperative that all members provide the needed support and not go against the political party to make utterances against …

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Supreme Court throws out Mahama’s request to cross-examine Jean Mensa

Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission will not undergo cross-examination, the Supreme Court has ruled. The court after listening and weighing the submissions of the counsels for the petitioner and first and second respondents has declared that Jean Mensa and McManu cannot be compelled to testify. Delivering the …

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KNUST Student arrested Over Threat To Burn Down Supreme Court

The Police have reportedly arrested An Emergency Nursing student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Simon Awini Ayamga. Simon Awini’s arrest comes after he reportedly threatened to burn down the Supreme Court of Ghana. According to a report by GhanaXtra, Simon while commenting on WhatsApp group warned …

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Let’s Not Forget We Have Judge -Made Laws 

Folks,   In 2019, The  Supreme Court(UK) unprecedentedly and a surprise to many legal and political commentators, declared Boris Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament at the peak the Brexit crisis as unconstitutional or ultra votes; and ordered the Prime Minister to recall Parliament immediately. This was because the Supreme Court among …

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New NPP MP lobbies NDC MPs to disqualify a particular Akufo-Addo minister-designate

A New Patriotic Party (NPP) first-time Member of Parliament(MP) has been revealed to be secretly lobbying National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament to ensure a particular Akufo-Addo ministerial nominee is not recommended for approval, MyNewsGh.com has learnt. The first time NPP MP beyond having a grudge with the minister-designate also believes Ghana will be better off …

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Sekyere Kumawu DCE under fire

Some aggrieved ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) members, sympathizers, and citizens of Sekyere Kumawu district in Ashanti Region of Ghana have called for the removal of their District Chief Executive (DCE), Samuel Addai Agyekum. This comes up after the aggrieved members described the DCE as having “woefully failed” as a …

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Koku’s reaction to his suspension will shock you

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has reacted to the news of his suspension from the party. The party, in a letter addressed to Mr Anyidoho and signed by the NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said the suspension is pending a final determination of a …

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Universities’ Senior Staff suspend strike

The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UOG) has suspended its industrial action. Members of the association have been on strike for close to three weeks in protest of delay by the government to pay outstanding Tier-2 contributions of their retired members. The suspension follows an interlocutory injunction secured …

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Jean Mensa Needs To Mount The Witness Box

When an expert or a person is vested with the constitutional responsibility to perform certain statutory duties, and the expert hires a lawyer about his/her official and statutory duties, the expert ought to be giving instructions to the lawyer and not the other way around.    Madam Jean Mensa is …

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Supreme Court Sets Date To Rule On Cross-Examination Of Jean Mensa

The Supreme Court will on Thursday, decide whether or not Madam Jean Mensa and Peter Mac Manu will mount the witness box. Lawyer Justine Amenuvor on Monday had told the Supreme court that “given the evidence of the petitioner’s witnesses under cross-examination so far, of those witnesses, speaking for the …

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Koku Anyidoho Suspended

The National Democratic Congress has suspended its former deputy general secretary Koku Anyidoho. It comes after some members of the party petitioned its leadership for his suspension following his recent attacks on the party and its 2020 flagbearer John Mahama. “The with immediate effect, your membership of the NDC is …

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NDC should deal with Rojo Mettle-Nunoo – Vim Lady

Radio and Television personality, Afia Pokuaa, has called on the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to punish its third witness, Robert Mettle Nonoo, for leaving the Strong Room of the EC during the 2020 elections. Robert Mettle Nonoo in court said he left the Electoral Commission’s Strong Room after identifying …

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Election Petition: Afari-Gyan’s name pops up in court

Third witness for the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing, Rojo Mettle-Nunoo, told the Supreme Court on Monday, February 8 that former Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, gave representatives of the various presidential candidates in an election in the strong room opportunities to correct some …

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2020 FRANCOPHONIE French Quiz Competition Held In Accra

The final results of the 2020 edition of the Francophonie French Quiz Competition have been released. The quiz is organized annually to enrich and revive the spirit of the study of the French language among Ghanaians.   Announcing the results during the last program for the Primary School category, which …

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SC to decide Jean Mensa’s cross-examination today

The Supreme Court will on Tuesday, February 9, hear legal arguments from parties involved in the 2020 Election Petition on whether the chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Jean Mensa will mount the witness box to testify or not. After the Petitioner John Dramani Mahama had closed his case after …

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NPP Chairman sacks pupils from classroom, locks up building

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. …

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COVID-19: Close schools now – GMA to gov’t

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says schools in the country must be shut down in order to control the rising spread of Coronavirus in the country. The call comes in the wake of increasing fatalities among COVID patients in the country. The death rate of the virus has reached 464 …

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Recruitment of doctors, dentists to begin 9 Feb

Recruitment of medical doctors and dentists who have completed their house jobs into the Ministry of Health, will commence on Tuesday, 9 February 2021. This was announced by the Ministry in a statement issued by its Acting Chief Director, Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari on behalf of the Minister. The statement informed …

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