Tag Archives: PETITION

Son of Dancehall musician, Shatta Wale and actress Michelle Diamon (Michy) has petitioned President Akufo-Addo to reduce the prices of LPG gas. In a video shared on Instagram, the Majesty as he is known, said his mother recently has been complaining about the price of gas. The young boy said he has …

Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has become one of many popular Ghanaians who have waded into the conversations around justice delivery in the country, following a recent statement by the Minister for National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah. Addressing a meeting with some members of the judiciary last week, the national security minister …

Former President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi could save Ghana from playing the first leg of its World Cup play-off against Nigeria at a neutral venue. This is after government engaged Kwesi Nyantakyi to use his contacts at CAF and FIFA to make certain decisions in Ghana’s favor. The development comes after …

• A former NDC deputy scribe wants anti-party conduct defined • At least three prominent party members have been expelled with petitions alleging anti-party conduct • The latest anti-party allegation has been levelled against former Sports Minister E. T. Mensah  Koku Anyidoho, a former deputy general secretary of the opposition National Democratic …

The presiding judge at the Cape Coast High Court, Justice Kwasi Boakye in his ruling on the Assin North case made reference to the 2020 election petition filed at the Supreme Court of Ghana by the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in last year’s elections, John Dramani …

Gabby Otchere-Darko is opposed to to the anti-LGBTQ+ bill He wants Parliament to pass a law that criminalizes adultery He has warned the the bill could get Ghana blacklisted by international organizations Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party has hinted that he will petition …

  A justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has said that the courts in any election petition are interested in the results of the voters and whether it was a reflection of the rules of engagement of the process. The Supreme Court justice who was one of the …

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court has dismissed former President John Mahama’s suit challenging the 2020 election results. In reading the judgment on Thursday, March 4, 2020, Chief Justice, Anim Yeboah stated that the petitioner failed to prove his case beyond a reasonable doubt. He added that the errors …

Today, Thursday, March 4, 2021, will be momentous and historic en même temps as the Supreme Court gives its final judgment on the 2020 Election Petition brought to it by John Dramani Mahama and the NDC. Following the general polls of 2020, where the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa, declared Nana Addo Dankwa …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described the 2020 presidential election petition as frivolous, and has subsequently urged the Supreme Court to dismiss it.   In their closing address, his lawyers argued that the petition, filed by former President John Dramani Mahama, discloses no cause of action because it does not meet the criteria …