Tag Archives: MEMBERS

President has too much power in selecting members of Council of State – Former Speaker of Parliament

A former Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, has said that no president should be allowed to appoint the people who form the Council of State. He explained that seeing that the primary role of the Council of State is to offer advice to the president, there the need …

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Drama as church members pay huge sum to pastor to fly them to Heaven

Head pastor of Christ High Commission Ministry, also known as Royal Christ Assembly in Nigerian is smiling all the way to the bank after convincing his church members to pay for the visa to Heaven. Pastor Ade Abraham is reported to have first convinced the congregation to relocate to a …

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Open galamsey pits swallow community members

Scores of uncovered pits left behind by illegal miners are posing a serious threat to residents of those mining communities. While many people have fallen into those pits, leading to their untimely death, others are living dangerously, as the abandoned pits serve as death traps, looking for prey. Additionally, the …

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Catholic Church losses 3% of membership to other churches – President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Most Reverend Philip Naameh, President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale, has bemoaned the drop in membership of the Catholic faith by 3 percent as recorded by the 2020 Population and Housing Census. According to him, the members have moved into the Pentecostal and …

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Minority members could face 10 years imprisonment if they breach Supreme Court ruling – Lawyer

Lawyer Bobby Banson has cautioned the Minority against any attempt to physically prevent the Deputy Speaker from partaking in voting for decision-making in parliament. According to him, anybody who attempts to do so will breach the Supreme Court ruling, which amounts to high crime, liable to 10 years imprisonment without …

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Unisa postpones graduations after Nehawu members disrupt ceremony

The University of South Africa (Unisa) has suspended further graduations following disruptions allegedly by protesting National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) members at a ceremony on Tuesday. “University management is currently in conversation with Nehawu about the issues in dispute that led to the disruption, as well as …

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NPP takes steps to expel members who painted Fomena office with NDC colours

The New Patriotic Party has said it is taking immediate steps to expel persons involved in the recent agitations in the Fomena Constituency and subsequent repainting of the NPP office there with NDC colours. Some party members there staged a protest on Monday accusing its leadership of sidestepping electoral laws …

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Four padlocks and a chain: Angry Subin NPP members lock-up party office

Some aggrieved members of the ruling New Patriotic Party in the Subin Constituency of the Ashanti Region have locked up the party’s office with padlocks and a chain. In a video of the incident sighted by GhanaWeb, the aggrieved party supporters attributed their action to what they say is a machination plot …

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Angry NPP members fix Mahama posters in party office

Some aggrieved members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Fomena constituency have demonstrated against the leadership of the party. They demonstrated against “A no polling station election” in that area. On Monday, March 7, the aggrieved members were seen changing the traditional colours of the NPP office which is, …

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Arrest cedi fall! Traders charge Bawumia, as they ask members to hike prices by 80%

The Traders Advocacy Group has directed its members to increase the prices of goods and services by 80 per cent in retaliation to the government’s reversal of the 30 per cent benchmark value discount at the ports. The General Secretary of the group, Nana Poku, told journalists on Wednesday, 2 …

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