A staunch member of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP), now the Managing Director of State Transport Company (STC) Nana Akomea has hinted that the party would be compelled to trigger a by-election at Fomena Constituency should the Speaker of Parliament not declare NPP caucus majority. Both the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the ruling New …
Read More »NPP Not Majority, They Belong To ‘Majority Group’ – Bagbin clarifies
“I haven’t stated that the NPP has a majority in Parliament, I haven’t said that,” these are the words of the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin. He was responding to a request for clarity on his earlier declaration that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and an Independent Candidate constituted ‘the …
Read More »Adom TV Apologizes To Director of Urban Roads Over Alleged Akufo-Addo Bribery
The Management of Adom TV has rendered an unqualified apology to the director of Urban Roads, Alhaji Abass Mohammed Awolufor wrongly associating him with an alleged bribery scandal linked to the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Prior to the apology, lawyer for the Urban Roads Director, Ralph Poku-Adusei, …
Read More »GBC Journalist Abdul Hayi Moomen Robbed
A private car belonging to Abdul Hayi Moomen, a journalist working with the GBC, Ghana’s state broadcaster, has been broken into and some valuables made away with. Moomen, announcing the robbery in a post on his Facebook page shared pictures of the salon car which shows one of the back …
Read More »Afenyo-Markin Justifies NPP MPs’ 4am Arrival in Parliament
The Effutu Constituency MP, Afenyo-Markin, says his colleagues arrived in Parliament Friday dawn as a mark of punctuality. The member of parliament for Effutu Constituency, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, has said decision by New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs to storm Parliament as early as 4am Friday was to adhere to the …
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Senior Minister Resigns From Akufo-Addo’s Government
The senior minister in President Nana Akufo-Addo’s first term,Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has bowed out of government, sources close to him have told Asaase News. Asaase News can also confirm that Osafo-Maafo communicated his decision to President Akufo-Addo after the 9 December results declaration. Osafo-Maafo is considered to be …
Read More »Meet Ghana’s Youngest News Anchor Spotted Dynamically On Various Radio And Tv Stations.
In Ghana, the media has been one of the fastest platforms by which credible facts are passed down to listeners and viewers. The ability for a journalist to keep their audience tuned in to their channel is one key factor that can never be ignored not forgetting being eloquent …
Read More »NDC MPs Don’t Mind Sitting On Left Side Of Speaker, Says Haruna Iddrisu
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmakers say they do not have “any difficulty” sitting on the left side of the Speaker “Let me assure the Ghanaian people that the NDC 137 MPs have no difficulty sitting to the left of the Speaker so long as our numerical strength is respected …
Read More »Supreme Court Grants Motion By Mahama To Correct Errors In Petition
The motion by President John Dramani Mahama for amendment of the petition filed has been granted. The former president asked the apex court to allow him to correct an ‘error’ in one of his reliefs (relief f) in which he “inadvertently” referred to the EC (first respondent) instead of …
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