POLITICS

A former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Obed Asamoah, has suggested that the security should not be arresting people for allegedly making comments about a coup or threatening coup d’etat merely by word of mouth. In his view, a person should be arrested over threats of a coup if …

Th member of parliament for Adansi Asokwa in the Ashanti region, K.T. Hammond, expects the Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law, Prof. Raymond Atuguba, to be invited by police for suggesting that a coup d’etat may be rife in Ghana. Speaking to journalists in Parliament, Mr. Hammond …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has said political parties do not have the power to remove any Member of Parliament no matter the reasons they may have against the lawmaker. According to him, it is only the Speaker who can take that decision. Mr Bagbin specifically told the New …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said just as it took a while for Ghana to achieve independence from the British colonial masters, Ghanaians must be patient as his administration works to ensure economic prosperity for all.   Mr. Akufo-Addo said achieving economic prosperity will not come overnight.   He …

The speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has expressed concerns about commentaries on coups among some Ghanaians in the country lately. He noted that if coup happens, it is Parliament that will suffer not the judiciary or the executive. Speaking during a meeting with Council of State members on Tuesday March …

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, popularly known as Joe Wise has insisted his actions on December 21, 2021 to change over with the Second Deputy Speaker to cast his vote was not illegal. On December 21, 2021, Parliament was set to decide whether the E-levy bill was …

The Finance Ministry has admitted that it may struggle to pay salaries of public sector workers in the long run if the country’s revenue base, is not increased. Last week, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin noted that government may not be able to pay salaries in the next three …

The Government of Ghana has described as untrue claims that it may not be able to pay salaries of public workers in the coming months if something urgent is not done. Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, had said last week on the floor of Parliament that information available to him …

The attention of the New Patriotic Party election committee has been drawn to some baseless and unfounded allegations that the just ended polling station elections conducted in the constituency was fraught with irregularities. This is false, the election was free and fair and conducted in broad daylight.     The …

The Cape Coast High Court has ordered the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for Cape Coast South, George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan ,  to retract defamatory statements he made against the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) for Cape Coast, Ernest Arthur within three weeks. The court also asked George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan to retract …