With hours to the dissolution of the 7th parliament, the question of who is going to sit on the right or left of the Speaker of Parliament still hangs. Who forms the majority and who forms the minority, with both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) with 137 seats? This is what brought up a ...

Members of Parliament are demanding an increase in their emoluments and are also pushing for salaries to be pegged with that of an Appeals Court Judge. The move follows controversy surrounding the end of service benefits for MPs. Parliament rejected a report on the executive from the committee on emoluments demanding changes to their own packages which is approved by ...

The NDC Member of Parliament-elect for Assin North James Gyakye Quayson has been injuncted from being sworn in as an MP. This means that the NDC will lose one MP as the country’s parliament prepares to transition to the 8th parliament. The court injunction makes the National Democratic Congress(NDC) able to swear in 136 MPs-elect as against New Patriotic Party(NPP)’s ...

Japanese car manufacturer Honda has halted production at its Swindon factory. The firm said the temporary shutdowns through Tuesday and Wednesday were due to “global supply delays”. Production is expected to restart on Thursday, a spokesman said. It is the second time production has been affected in two months. Work was also halted in December because of congestion at ports ...

The Minority in Parliament has called out President Akufo-Addo accusing him of all talk without commensurate action in attempts to build consensus in Parliament. The President in his final State of the Nation address reiterated that the results of the December 7 elections shows Ghanaians want the two main political parties – NDC and NPP – to work together in ...

Rapper and producer Dr Dre, one of hip-hop’s most successful and influential stars, is being treated in hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm. The 55-year-old was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday, TMZ reported. In a post on Instagram, he said: “I’m doing great and getting excellent care from my medical team.” He is “resting comfortably” ...

A Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana Dr. Ebo Turkson has appealed to President Akufo-Addo to review the Free SHS policy so that well-to-do parents can pay for their children. This, he said, will save the policy from the high cost which threatens to collapse it in future. “ In the second term of ...

John Peter Amewu, the Member of Parliament-elect for the Hohoe Constituency can now be sworn-in as a lawmaker after being cleared by the Supreme Court. The Apex court on Tuesday, January 5 quashed an earlier ruling by the Ho High Court which barred Amewu from partaking in the swearing-in of MP’s on January 6. It was a unanimous decision by ...

Members of the National Democratic Congress in Parliament have nominated experienced lawmaker and current Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin as Speaker in the 8th Parliament which begins Thursday. The Nadowli Kaleo lawmaker will come against his current boss Speaker Mike Oquaye as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has settled on him. Both parties have equal numbers in the ...

A 35-year-old man Samuel Gyekye has allegedly shot his wife to death at Nkronso -Abessim in the Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased, 42-year-old Abena Owusua, has been retrieved and deposited at the Suhum government Hospital morgue. The incident occurred January 4, 2021 at about 2021. According to the acting Public Relations Officer of ...