Tag Archives: SPECIAL

 Mahama The African Union has appointed Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama as its High Representative to Somalia to help resolve the political crisis in that country. In a statement, the AU said Mahama will ensure there is “a mutually acceptable compromise towards an all-encompassing resolution for the holding of …

  Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu has described the appointment of Lawyer Kissi Agyebeng as his successor at the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) as “a surrogate” of persons implicated in the Agyapa Royalties Transaction Corruption Assessment report. According to him, Kissi Agyebeng’s appointment is to safeguard the interests of persons the corruption …

  A lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law, Kissi Agyabeng, has been nominated to replace Martin Amidu as the next Special Prosecutor. The President is, however, yet to make a formal declaration of his nomination to the Special prosecutor office. The Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Godfred Dame in a …

  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is said to appoint a new substantive Special Prosecutor (SP) in the coming days to replace Martin ABK Amidu who resigned as the first Special Prosecutor. A report by Asaase radio, sighted by GhanaWeb indicated that the appointment of the new SP is in line with the Office …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region has lauded the Electoral Commission for conducting a credible and peaceful special voting. “The voting was successful as we visited about 2/3 of the total polling stations. As a matter of fact, we didn’t witness any violence or anything odd, we …

A total of 109,557 security officers, media personnel and other groups who will be engaged on December 7th will today Tuesday, December 1, 2020 take part in the special voting exercise. Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, told the media on Monday that all is set for Tuesday’s election. …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana says it has published the Special Voters list on its website for persons registered to vote in the special voting exercise on December 1, 2020, to peruse. According to the Electoral Commission, the Special Voters List comprises names of Registered Voters from the security agencies, the media and …

Deputy Special Prosecutor Ms Jane Cynthia Naa Torshie Lamptey, has been asked to act as Special Prosecutor until a substantive one is appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo following the resignation of Mr Martin Amidu from the post. Ms Lamptey is a lawyer of over 30 years standing at the Ghana Bar and …

The Special Prosecutor position has become vacant following the resignation of Martin Amidu on Monday, November 16. This means that the President must, in accordance with the Office of Special Prosecutor Act 2017, Act 959, nominate a new person to be vetted by Parliament for the post. Mr Ampaw has …

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has scheduled Tuesday, December 1 as date on which to hold its early voting for voters who will work on election day. The Special Voting exercise is meant for voters who as a result of their duties on election day are unable to vote at …