The Leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has slammed the Chief Whip of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for stating that he (Mensah Bonsu) is not a consensus builder and has bad human relations. Muntka Mubarak had described Kyei Mensah who …
Read More »NDC Will Form A Proper Majority In Some Few Months-Averdzi
Deputy Minority Leader in Parliament James Klutse Averdzi has stated emphatically that their side will constitute the Majority side of the House in some few months to come. His comments follow the position of the NPP that they now form the Majority Caucus. The Speaker Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin …
Read More »Uganda Elections 2021: Museveni Takes Lead As Bobi Wine Cries Foul
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has a clear lead in the presidential race following Thursday’s vote, official preliminary results show. But his main challenger, pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, said that tally was the result of the worst rigging in Ugandan electoral history. Election monitors say confidence in the count has been …
Read More »NPP will trigger by-election if NPP caucus is not declared majority – Nana Akomea
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 …
Read More »Today’s Newspaper Headlines: Friday 15th January 2021
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 …
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