POLITICS

The Ashanti Regional Security Council has sworn in 39 out of 43 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) into office.       They were sworn into office on Friday, October 8, 2021, following confirmation by assembly members in their respective assemblies.         Some 20 out …

The Electoral Commission, Ghana has denied social media reports that it is creating new constituencies ahead of the 2024 elections.   Dr Bossman Asare, deputy chairman of the EC in charge of corporate services told the Ghana News Agency there is no plan to create 25 more constituencies.     He …

Deputy General Secretary of the governing NPP Nana Obiri Boahene is worried over the silence of the majority of NPP MPs over the bill criminalizing activities of homosexuals. According to him, apart from NPP MP, John Ntim Fordjour, every other name mentioned when the issue comes up, is that of …

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has assured the Party would capture 270 parliamentary seats in Election 2024.   Mr. John Boadu, however, condemned the ‘skirt and blouse’ voting that characterised Election 2020 and contributed to the Party’s abysmal performance in the parliamentary elections.   Mr Boadu …

A 2012 and 2016 Independent Presidential Candidate, Mr. Jacob Osei Yeboah has urged the Select Committee on Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs to swiftly finalise its work on the anti-LGBT Bill 2021 and see to it that it is passed into law. The Bill being championed by Ningo Prampram MP …

Some aggrieved Assembly Members in the Assin South District in the Central Region have invoked curses on the newly confirmed DCE for Assin South, Felicia Amissah Ntrakwah, Police Service and the Electoral Commission (EC) officials for not allowing them to take part in the confirmation of the DCE.     …

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has disclosed that he was very hurt when he found out that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) had lost the Akwatia seat in the 2020 election. President Akufo-Addo said the Akwatia seat was not part of those he expected the NPP to lose …

The Head of Local Government Service, Dr. Nana Ato Arthur, has explained that all rejected MMDCEs can still go for the nomination contest until the President chooses to withdraw them.   He said he is so far pleased with the outcome of the confirmation of the MMDCEs nominees.     …

Former President John Dramani Mahama is mourning the death of Kenyan legal practitioner, Evans Monari. Mr Monari reportedly passed on on Monday night at the Nairobi Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU). He was said to be battling multiple complications of his internal organs. Reacting to the news of his demise in a …

Concerned Assembly Members in Cape Coast have returned money given them by the President’s nominee for the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, Ernest Arthur.   The more than 20 assembly members say they cannot keep the money given to them in the form of a gift by the nominee.     …