POLITICS

Six Members of Parliament have served notice to sponsor a bi-partisan Private Members Bill to proscribe and criminalise the advocacy and practice of homosexuality.         They said the Bill would seek to further strengthen Ghana’s legal jurisprudence and existing legislation on unnatural carnal knowledge to reflect the …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) 2020 flagbearer, John Mahama, to finally concede the election to President Akufo-Addo after the dismissal of his election petition. The party expressed its disappointment with Mr. Mahama’s contentions with the Supreme Court judgement in a statement. But it …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has tasked his newly-outdoored Ministers to make it a priority to add value to the country’s system of governance.     He said this is the only way the renewed four-year mandate given his New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration by Ghanaians can well be expressed. …

President Akufo-Addo has sworn into office 28 of his 30 nominees for the various ministerial portfolios. The swearing-in ceremony took place on Friday, March 5, 2021 at the Jubilee House in Accra. The two sectoral ministers who could not be sworn into office are the Minister-designate for Finance, Ken Ofori …

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, suspended sitting on Friday after Minority members absented themselves from the chamber. The Majority Leader who addressed the chamber at the start of business disclosed, that the NDC MPs did not state any official reason for their absence. Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu disclosed that efforts to …

Following the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the election petition filed by former President John Mahama, a former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho has stated that it is former President John Mahama should remove himself from the scene as Ofosu Ampofo assumes leadership of the party per …

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has reiterated the party’s position that they had the majority of seats in parliament. He accused some officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) of twisting the parliamentary election results to favour the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). He made this allegation in his address to the …

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has revealed how much cost he had incurred for legal representation in the 2020 Election Petition. According to him, his legal team represented him in the Petition Case, free of charge.     He made this revelation in a media encounter few …

The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay, has taken a swipe at the legal counsel of former president John Mahama, claiming that their election petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court because they failed to present a strong case in court. According to the National Chairman, Freddie …

Former NDC Kumbungu MP, Ras Mubarak has described as unfortunate and uncalled for, attacks on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin after Wednesday’s vote in Parliament to confirm some ministerial nominees. This comes on the back of the failure of the NDC Minority to carry through their move to reject …