Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister for Communications and Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West Constituency and also Minister for Communications, has celebrated the content of an anti-LGBTQ+ Bill currently before Parliament stating that it captures the overall sentiment of all Ghanaians. Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs presented its report …
Read More »Ghana: Today’s Newspapers Headlines; Thursday July 6, 2023.
Below are the major news headlines captured on the frontpages of the various news papers in Ghana today,Thursday July 6, 2023 The Daily Searchlight Daily Guide Supreme Newspaper The Chronicle …
Read More »All 275 Ghana MPs Consent To Passage Of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill
There has been unanimous consent by all 275 Members of Parliament for the passage of the anti-LGBTQ Bill currently before the house. This follows months of public debate and ratification of the document by the legislators and other stakeholders since its introduction in 2021. Already, the controversial bill has been …
Read More »It’s Not True 120 MPs Support Dr. Bawumia, More Back Alan Kyerematen In Secret – NPP MP Discloses
The Member of Parliament for Lambussie Constituency, Bright Bakye Yelviel Baligi, has dismissed claims that Majority members (MPs) support Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in his bid to lead the New Patriotic Party into the 2024 presidential elections. He says more of the MPs secretly support former Minister of Trade …
Read More »Livestream: Parliament Debates Anti-LGBTQ Bill
Parliament is debating the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 today. This comes after Parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, recommended its passage. Heads of churches and Islamic clerics have gathered in significant numbers at the parliament in anticipation of the deliberations on the Promotion …
Read More »South Sudan To Hold First Election Since Independence
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has said the country’s long-delayed elections will be held next year as planned. President Kiir said he would run for re-election in the polls, the first since the country gained independence. No other candidate has declared their candidacy but First Vice-President Riek Machar is also …
Read More »Parliamentary Primaries: NPP Opens Nominations For ‘Orphan’ Constituencies
The executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have fixed Tuesday, July 11, 2023 , for the nominations of the party’s parliamentary primaries in the ‘orphan’ constituencies. The nominations will and end on Thursday, August 10, 2023 Orphan constituencies are those in which the party has no sitting Member of …
Read More »Dormaahene Is An NDC Member, He Dines With Them, Says Adansi Asokwa MP
The Member of parliament for Adansi-Asokwa constituency, Kobina Tahir Hammond says the Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The outspoken lawmaker said even though the Constitution frowns on chiefs engaging in partisan politics, the Dormaahene does engage in active politics. Speaking …
Read More »Assin North MP Will Go To Prison – KT Hammond Reveals
The Minister for Trade and Industry, Kobina Tahir (KT) Hammond, has said that the fate of the Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency , James Gyakye Quayson, has been determined. According to him, Gyakye Quayson would be going to prison just like the former MP for Bawku Central, Adamu …
Read More »2024 Polls: Any Flagbearer NPP Elects Will Defeat Mahama – Kwabena Frimpong
The Deputy Protocol Director for the New Patriotic Party ( NPP), Kwabena Frimpong has said that whoever his party will elect to represent the NPP as the flagbearer in their upcoming internal election will defeat the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ex-President John Dramani Mahama. According to …
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