POLITICS

[VIDEO]: Reported fire outbreak on KNUST main campus in Kumasi

There has been a reported incident of fire outbreak on the Campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Sunday dawn. Though details of the fire outbreak are sketchy, initial reports on social media were that the fire outbreak happened at the Republic Hall, one of the halls …

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EC files response, says Mahama’s election Petition is ‘untenable’

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has filed its Response to the election petition filed by the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress, former President John Dramani Mahama, challenging the declaration of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Nana Akufo-Addo and the EC who are respondents to …

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GES to motivate teachers in remote schools

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it is committed to motivating teachers who accept to be posted at remote schools in the country. The Director-General of GES, Professor Opoku –Amankwa in an interview with Accra-based television UTV, indicated that it was no mistake the service decided to post trained teachers …

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Don’t Rest On Oars – Asokwa Vice Chairman Advises NPP

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been sternly cautioned against relaxing after winning the difficult 2020 national elections. Members of the party in all the 16 regions of the country have therefore been advised to sustain the hard work that helped the party to win the 2024 polls. Edmund …

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Mahama files motion to correct errors in election petition

Former President John Mahama has filed a motion seeking to amend mistakes the petition he presented to the Supreme Court over the 2020 elections. The motion signed by his lawyer Tony Lithur was filed at the Supreme Court today Friday January 8,2021. Mr. Mahama in the motion said, “in indorsing …

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Nana Addo is only a watchman at the presidency – NDC

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has slammed President Akufo-Addo blaming him for the invasion of the military in the Chamber of Parliament. Addressing the press on Friday, January 8, 2021 at the party’s headquarters, he said the chaotic scenes were a repeat of what happened …

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NPP will soon buy NDC MP’s one by one – Lord Hamah

A former member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Lord Hamah, has insisted that the current crop of Members of Parliament (MP) in the NDC are people not influenced by ideology but are rather careerist. According to him, these individuals, who have now become powerful in the political party since …

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NDC MPs boycott Akufo-Addo’s inauguration

Members of the NDC in Parliament have boycotted the investiture of President Akufo-Addo for his second term in office. It is unclear the exact basis for the boycott but the party’s Presidential candidate John Mahama is challenging the victory of Mr Akufo-Addo in court claiming electoral fraud. Mr. Akufo-Addo’s investiture …

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Avedzi challenges Kyei-Mensah over ‘hung parliament’ claims

MP for Ketu North and Deputy Minority leader of the 7th Parliament, James Klutse Avedzi has maintained that contrary to assertions by leadership of the opposing side that the NPP are the majority in the house of legislature, the phenomenon is a hung parliament. There is a raging debate on the state …

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NPP China Branch Congratulates Akufo-Addo 

The executives of China npp Branch has congratulated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on his victory in last presidential election conducted in this country.   The executives which was lead by their chairman in the name of Mr. Ben Owusu Achiaw and assisted by the campaign committee chairman Dr. Koranteng …

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Assin-North: Court grants injunction against NDC MP-elect

The NDC Member of Parliament-elect for Assin North James Gyakye Quayson has been injuncted from being sworn in as an MP. This means that the NDC will lose one MP as the country’s parliament prepares to transition to the 8th parliament. The court injunction makes the National Democratic Congress(NDC) able to swear …

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Ahead of reopening; Schools Disinfection Underway In Bono East

To ensure the various universities across the country are safe for reopening on the 9th of January, 2021, waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, has begun the fourth phase of disinfection and fumigation exercise for schools in the Bono East Region.   The …

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Akufo-Addo, EC file notice of appearance to Mahama petition

President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Electoral Commission, have separately filed their notice of appearance, through their respective lawyers at the Supreme Court in connection with former President John Mahama’s election petition. Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co. filed on behalf of the President while Amenuvor & Associates filed for the election management …

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Swearing in: Only GBC will be allowed access to main chamber

Government has announced that only the state broadcaster Ghana Broadcasting Corporation would be allowed access to the main chamber of parliament to cover the inauguration of President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa AKufo-Addo. It further announced that a media village has been erected at the precinct of parliament to host other media …

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NDC’s legal team to meet today over court case against Kofi Adams

The legal team of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), is expected to meet today, Tuesday, January 5, 2021, over a petition filed at the Hohoe High Court by thirteen inhabitants of the Buem constituency over the validity of the parliamentary results in that constituency. The thirteen persons in the …

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