POLITICS

Below are the major news headlines captured on the frontpages of the various news papers in Ghana today, Friday, June 16, 2023     The Metro Lens          The Inquisitor              The Chronicle         Ghanaian Times       …

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 …

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 …

Minister for Fisheries & Aquaculture Development, Mavis Hawa Koomson says Vice President Dr, Mahamudu Bawumia is the only viable candidate for the ruling New Patriotic Party to field in the 2024 presidential election to make the dream of ‘breaking the 8’ a possibility. Hawa Koomson, also MP for Awutu Senya …

Majority leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has pitched camp with some 100 legislators who have threw their weight behind the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. According to him, his decision is borne out of his ability to listen to the voice of the people and go in their …

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Ashaiman, Albert Boakye Okyere, has been chased out by his residents at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region over poor road network within the constituency. The MCE visited the district to discuss concerns that had an impact on their economy. However, when they saw …

The Speaker of Parliament, Kingsford Alban Sumana Bagbin, has forecasted that the 2024 elections in Ghana will feature a showdown between former President John Dramani Mahama and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The Speaker said it will be the first time in the history of the Fourth Republic that both …

A member of the legal team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, has said that former President John Dramani Mahama has not received any lawsuit challenging his candidacy for the 2024 elections. Court documents leaked on social media indicated that the former president, who was recently elected by …