POLITICS

A former Minister of Power, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, says Ghana risks returning to the dreaded days of erratic power outages known as ‘dumsor’ in the next two years if the government fails to address the issue of power generation capacity. He contends that despite the fast-growing rate of power demand …

There was controversy in Parliament on Monday when it came to light that the Member of parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo has been marked as having been present in the House last Friday, April 1.   The Adentan Member of parliament, Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, detected the unusual occurrence and …

The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has stated emphatically that the Assin North Parliamentary seat held by the embattled NDC Member of Parliament, James Gyakye Quayson is vacant. In a yet-to-be-aired interview on JoyNews‘ PM Express tonight, he said the total number of Members of Parliament is now 274 …

Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin has attributed the woes of the Ghana Black Stars to the sacking of former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kwesi Nyantakyi. He intimated that Mr. Nyantakyi “was a dynamic addition” who contributed immensely to the success of the national team. However, his dismissal …

The former Finance Minister in John Atta Mills’s National Democratic Congress government,  Dr Kwabena Duffuor is set to launch a National Democratic Congress (NDC) grassroots empowerment and self-financing Project dubbed the ‘NDC Ahotɔ Project’ for the grassroots.   ‘Ahotɔ’ means relief in the Akan language.   In a statement, the …

The biggest opposition party in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress ( NDC) is yet to open nominations for the various positions in the party from Branch Executives, Constituency Executives, National Executives and to ultimately the Flagbearer position.   Article 43 of the NDC constitution states that; The date and venue …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has asked Ghanaians not to hold him accountable for decisions made by Members of Parliament in the House.   Speaking at the swearing-in of new executives of the Parliamentary Press Corps on Monday, Speaker Bagbin explained that he presides over the House and is …

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has elected Dennis Appiah Larbi-Ampofo as its new President. Dennis was the former Students’ Representative Council (SRC) President of the University of Cape Coast (UCC). He won by a landslide vote of 824, beating his colleague aspirants Kwesi Atuahene who had 201 votes …

A national communication team of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and a convener loyal citizen Ghana, Mr. Alfred Ahiatsi has dropped a strong hint that he will stand for his party’s Eastern regional organiser position in the forthcoming Internal elections. Mr. Alfred Ahiatsi has been a key personality in …

An entrepreneur has petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo demanding the removal of Justice Gifty Agyei Addo from office as a High Court judge. Marian O’Sullivan is accusing the Justice of abusing her office and privileges, procuring a High Court judgement based on a forged document and interference in a High Court …