POLITICS

Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Este Kwami Dafeamekpor has asked information minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah to provide the legal grounds upon which the respondents in the ongoing election petition hearing will be summoning the petitioner, John Mahama to appear in the Supreme Court to testify. Mr Oppong Nkrumah who is also the …

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Bernard Allotey Jacobs has rushed to the defense of the embattled Communication Director at Jubilee House over allegations he has acquired innumerable properties in a span of four years. In a social media post,  Mr. Allotey Jacob’s said it is “absolute nonsense” …

The Minister-designate for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has backed government’s resolve to keep schools open despite the surge in coronavirus cases. He said the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) are on top of issues to ensure that students are protected from the virus. He …

John Dramani Mahama, the petitioner in the 2020 election petition has filed a motion at the Supreme Court to reopen his case to be able to subpoena Jean Mensa, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC). Lawyers for the petitioner on Thursday (11 February 2021) filed the motion after the Supreme …

Spokesperson for President Nana Akufo-Addo  ( 2nd respondent) in the ongoing election petition case says the respondents are equally at liberty to subpoena the petitioner, John Dramani Mahama to testify personally in court. Providing his representative’s summary of today’s sitting and what their side intends to do should the petitioner’s …

The Supreme Court has ordered lawyers for the parties in the Election Petition case to file their closing statements by close of day Wednesday 17, 2021. This directive was announced by the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah in court on Thursday, February 11, 2021. Anin-Yeboah in making the orders asked the …

Lawyer for the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing, Mr Tsikata has filed for a review of the Supreme Court ruling that the Chair of the electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, cannot be compelled to mount the witness box for cross examination. Mr Tsikata also served to subpoena Mrs …

The Supreme Court has said that the Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) Jean Mensa and Campaign Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in last year’s elections, Peter Mac Manu, cannot be compelled to mount the witness box to be cross-examined in the ongoing election petition hearing. More soon…

The National Security Minister-nominee, Albert Kan Dapaah, has justified the increased military protection for certain individuals in the country. Responding to a query from Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, Mr. Kan Dapaah said the decision to rely on soldiers instead of police is based on intelligence and expert assessments. “Anywhere you …

The President’s nominee for the Minister of National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah has revealed the identity of the individual who ordered the invasion of armed military men in parliament chamber of January 7, 2021.   According to Kan-Dapaah a commander whose name he did not mention instructed the armed men to invade parliament …