POLITICS

The Transport Minister-designate, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah indicated that he may not be considering the subject of legalising the okada business in his second term in office. He said this when he appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. “We will not be able to legalise …

Lawyers for the 2020 NDC Presidential Candidate John Dramani Mahama say they have successfully proved that no candidate obtained more than 50% of the votes cast in the 2020 presidential elections. They are therefore urging the Supreme Court to on March 4 direct the Electoral Commission to organize a run-off …

Lawyers of former President John Mahama have filed their closing addresses in the election petition as was ordered by the Supreme Court on Monday. This means the way is cleared for the Supreme Court to decide on the Petition on March 4, 2021. The closing addresses are the summary of …

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Koku Anyidoho has through a court’s Order for Substituted Service, served a GH¢10 million defamatory suit on Dzifa Gunu, an aide to former President John Dramani Mahama. Mr. Anyidoho on February 28, 2021, filed a suit against Dzifa Gunu at a Tema High Court. …

Minority legislators with Parliament’s Appointments Committee said they cannot be part of the vetting of Joseph Cudjoe, the Minister-designate for Public Enterprises. Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu said their objection is fundamental in the sense that Joseph Osei Owusu, the Chairman of the Committee gets in touch with the presidency to …

The main contender in the parliamentary primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Odododiodio Constituency ahead of the 2020 elections has painted a dire picture of the party after defecting to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Michael Nii Yarboi Annan said the attitude of some party members …

Contrary to assertions by the legal team of former President John Dramani Mahama in the ongoing election petition that neither their client nor President Akufo-Addo got the required votes to secure victory in the 7 December 2020 presidential polls, the National Democratic Congress’ own General Secretary, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, …

Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings is not the founder of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Mr. Owusu-Cobbiah Richard has said. Mr. Owusu-Cobbiah who claims to be the founder made the clarification in a statement after the Secretary-General of the NDP Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong kicked against the NDP’s joint demonstration …

A member of John Mahama’s legal team in the ongoing election petition, Sammy Gyamfi is calling on all supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to remain steadfast despite the dismissal of several applications filed by the petitioner at the Supreme Court.   “Those who are crestfallen, those who are …

“The earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs but not every man’s greed,” said Mahatma Gandhi and frankly speaking, this quote links to the current political unrest brewing in Ghana, after the Electoral Commission, alleged election rigging to declare a rejected Ghana president the winner. In African countries, politicians …