POLITICS

With today’s dismissal of the petitioner’s application to inspect documents of the Electoral Commission, they must produce any further witnesses they have or bring down their case. This was revealed by spokesperson on the legal team for the 2nd respondent, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, told journalists that …

Former Minister of Works and Housing Samuel Atta Akyea has for the first time opened up since his drop as a minister in President Akufo-Addo’s second term. In an interview on Citi TV’s Face to Face, Atta Akyea faulted his relatives, Akufo-Addo and Ken Ofori-Atta for not making his ministry …

Lead counsel for the petitioner in the Election Petition case, Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata says a witness on their side, relevant to the proceedings in court is suffering from some health complications. This witness, according to Mr. Tsikata, if given the opportunity to file a witness statement, will help bring some pertinent evidence …

Founder of the Atta Mills Institute has given assurance of rescuing the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from dying. According to him, the political party is dying and there is, therefore, the need for breathe of new life into it. Koku Anyidoho who has for some time had issues with the party’s hierarchy over …

The Election Petition has reached its height of seeing Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, in the dock to be cross-examined by the counsel for Petitioner John Dramani Mahama. The lawyers for the petitioner had always wanted this opportunity to examine the actions of Jean Mensa, the Returning Officer for the 2020 …

A member of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Mahama Ayariga says the absence of handing over notes from ministers and their agencies threatens a thorough vetting process. As the day of vetting draws closer and without any handing over notes to show, Mr Ayariga cautioned that NDC members on the appointments committee …

  Spokesperson for the petitioner in election 2020 petition hearing, Dr Dominic Ayine, says they had a good day in court on Tuesday pointing to victory Dr Dominic Ayine, a spokesperson for former president John Mahama in the ongoing election petition hearing, believes they will be smiling on judgment day …

Ghana’s Speaker of  8th Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin, has chastised the Office of the President for failing to communicate three particular names on his recently-released list of Council of State nominees to his office first, as part of the constitutional requirement to consult Parliament on such, before publication in the …

A Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Yaw Apaw, has told the second witness of the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing, Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte that he did not take his training on the elections seriously. This comes after Dr Kpessa-Whyte had told the court that the chair of …

John Dramani, the petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition, has filed an application in court seeking to be granted permission to inspect documents of the Electoral Commission. His lawyers, led by Tsatsu Tsikata, filed the application on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. The documents they wish to inspect include the original …