Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, Head of the Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, has described as unimpressive the kind of questions asked by members of the Appointments Committee during Wednesday’s vetting. According to him, most of the questions were poorly framed and showed a lack of understanding of the issues by members ...

The seven-member panel of the Supreme Court has ruled that the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa is free not to testify in the ongoing election petition. The two respondents on Tuesday made the application to the apex court arguing among other reasons that the petitioner had not sufficiently discharged on his obligation to prove the issues raised for ...

Lawyer for the petitioner in the ongoing election petition, Tsatsu Tsikata, has announced that they will formally subpoena chairperson of the Electoral Commission in order to cross examine her. Tsikata made the disclosure after the Supreme Court this morning dismissed a motion seeking for the EC chairperson to mount the witness box after her lawyer moved to close their case ...

Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission will not undergo cross-examination, the Supreme Court has ruled. The court after listening and weighing the submissions of the counsels for the petitioner and first and second respondents has declared that Jean Mensa and McManu cannot be compelled to testify. Delivering the judgment, Chief Justice Anin Yeboah submitted that the court has ...

Data Bank, an investment firm which has Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta as co-owner has relinquished its role as financial advisors in the controversial Agyapa Deal. Data Bank and Imara Holding were the two advisors for the deal which is currently suspended and has been referred to Parliament. CitiNewsroom reports that Data Bank has written to Imara Holdings over their decision ...

The Supreme Court is expected to today decide on whether the witnesses for the First and Second Respondents would be cross-examined in the ongoing election petition hearing. The EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa, and the New Patriotic Party Campaign Manager, Peter Mac Manu had filed witness statements at the onset of the petition. The lawyers for the two respondents on Tuesday made the ...

The National Security Minister-designate, Mr Kan Dapaah, has revealed that military officers who besieged Parliament on January 7, 2021, did so on the orders of a commander. According to him, the said military commander deployed his men into the chamber because he felt things were getting out of order and wanted to restore sanity. He dismissed suggestions that the military ...

The National Security Minister-designate Albert Kan-Dapaah says all high-profile cases which happened under the first Akufo-Addo administration have been resolved. According to him, all other cases, but for the murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale have been comprehensively dealt with. “All high profile cases that have happened within the last four years have been resolved. Aside the Suale one, all ...

Health Minister-designate Kwaku Agyeman-Manu says he is yet to see a copy of the contract between government of Ghana and Frontier Health Services Limited – the company providing COVID-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. When asked about details of the contract of the company charging travellers $150 for a test during his vetting by the Appointments Committee ...

The absence of courts in most places in the Oti Region is affecting justice delivery especially the enforcement of the COVID-19 protocols in the area. According to police, this development coupled with the limited space at the various police stations is a huge challenge to the newly created region. One of the ways some regions in the country are dealing ...