POLITICS

  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 …

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia yet again, brought humor into the Supreme Court despite the gravity of the ongoing election petition hearing. Mr Asiedu Nketia, who took the stand as one of two witnesses presented by the Petitioner [John Dramani Mahama], in an attempt to …

The Second witness for the petitioner, Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte is expected to mount the witness box for his cross-examination on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. This comes after the cross-examination of the petitioner’s first witness, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia ended on Monday.   Videotapes of former President John Dramani Mahama, Mr …

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Jonhson Asiedu Nketia has categorically denied declaring former President John Dramani Mahama as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Mr Asiedu Nketia’s statement was in response to a barrage of questions thrown at him by the lead counsel of President Nana …

Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase has recounted how he tried running away from being chosen as the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s parliamentary candidate in 2005. Following the sudden demise of Dr Gibril Adamu Mohammed who spent just 39 days in parliament, there was the need for a replacement ahead …

The Member of Parliament for Asawase constituency who doubles as the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak has apologized to Ghanaians for the clash that ensued between legislators during the inauguration of the 8th Parliament. There was persistent confusion in Parliament during the election of a Speaker of Parliament, which Muntaka …

Samuel Atta-Kyea, the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South has in a tribute to late former President Jerry John Rawlings detailed how he became friends with the NDC founder. In his tribute which was captured in the brochure, Atta-Kyea retold the story of how a call from Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings to …