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The news of the open anger expressed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the refusal of the Chief of Mempeasem and his elders to stand during the National Anthem is still fresh on many minds. The moment, which happened during the launch of the 2023 Green Ghana Day, at …

The Parliamentary Service has refuted reports that Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. A.S.K Bagbin has predicted Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to be the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) for the 2024 Presidential election. An online portal reported that the Speaker has predicted that the 2024 presidential election will …

A political poll conducted by Global InfoAnalytics and Citi TV/Citi FM among New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates has revealed 70 percent of them believe that the country is headed in the right direction. Delegates were selected from a sample size of 3,570 randomly from constituencies in each of the sixteen …

The Electoral Commission (EC) has set October 3, 2023 for this year’s District Level Election (DLE) per its scheduled activities. It, however, said the date for the DLE was subject to change depending on the approval of the proposed new Constitutional Instrument (C.I) by Parliament. The Deputy Chairman of the …

Two policemen have died on the spot after they were involved in a head-on collision with a motorbike at Duayaw Nkwanta in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region. The deceased have been identified as Constable Edward Quansah, aged 33 years and Constable Richard Ansu, 31. They were detailed …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has asserted that it possesses the authority to arrest suspects of interest without a warrant. The OSP clarified its position on Twitter shortly after a Human Rights Court granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the Special Prosecutor or its assigns from arresting Charles Bissue. …

The Akufo-Addo government has reportedly used and dumped scores of Ghanaian youths who supposedly been employed under its Youth In Afforestation Program. Beneficiaries of the Youth in Afforestation program have reiterated the need for the government to pay them their one year allowances. According to the beneficiaries life has become …

The Office of Special Prosecutor has been barred from effecting any warrant allowing it to arrest the former Secretary of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue. The court presided over by Justice Nicholas Abodakpi has also asked the OSP not to apply for a further warrant …

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has assured the Chief of Gonjaland Yagbon Wura Bii-Kunuto Jewu Soale I that LGBTQ+ can never be passed under his tenure. He said once he remains the Speaker, Parliament will never sanction the LGBTQ+ practice in Ghana. Mr Bagbin said even though he does not …