POLITICS

Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, has said he ended his political career to avoid selling or compromising his soul. The actor, who joined the Young Democratic Party when he began his political career in 2014, made this known during an interview with BBC Igbo on Friday. According to him, Nigerian politics …

Former President John Dramani Mahama was at the ninth wreath-laying ceremony held on Saturday, July 24 in memory of his predecessor, Professor John Evans Atta Mills. Among others, the former president and three-time presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said he had to live in the government of …

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, says the government will by 2022 complete the fixing of unique addresses on all properties as part of the National Digital Property Address System. Speaking at the 13th Congregation ceremony at the University of Professional Studies, Dr. Bawumia highlighted the essence of this initiative …

The deputy communications director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kofi Agyepong, has been appointed a deputy director of communications at Jubilee House, the seat of the Office of the President. At the same time, Jefferson Sackey, who is currently a member of the communications directorate at Jubilee House, has also been elevated to serve …

MyGhanaMedia.com has intercepted a provisional list of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMCEs) to be nominated by the president for various assemblies in the Eastern Region.   The list has both new entrants and old ones.   In Asuogyaman, for example, Samuel Kwame Agyekum has been ousted and replaced …

Member of Parliament for Madina Constituency Francis-Xavier Sosu is warning Parliament over the bill that seeks to criminalise persons with lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and intersex sexual orientation.             The human rights lawyer says passing the bill into law will definitely have international consequences for …

The Damongo Constituency office of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has poured scorn on a viral video that suggests that some youth in the constituency rejected bags of rice offered to them as gifts by Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area. There have been reports …

Some branch executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Techiman South Constituency led by Kwadwo Adjei are calling on the leadership of the party to withdraw the election petition currently at the Wenchi High Court and rather concetrate on resolving the internal differences for victory in 2024. Addressing …

President Nana Akufo-Addo says government will be announcing projects and programmes in the upcoming mid-year budget to help in creating some one million jobs.   The Minister of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta Atta, is expected to present the mid-year budget review for the 2021 Financial Year in Parliament on Thursday, …

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to brief Parliament on the cost of President Akufo-Addo’s recent trips to Europe and South Africa later today, Wednesday, July 21, 2021.   This comes after the North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, filed two urgent questions on the use of a private …