POLITICS

The Police guard assigned to Member of Parliament for Madina constituency, Inspectors Daniel Agbavor has been interdicted for alleged misconduct the Police administration has announced. He is alleged to have recklessly driven into a crowd after a protest last Monday, 25, October 2021, in the Madina constituency, directly endangering the lives of two senior officers and other civilians. The two ...

President PAkufo-Addo left Ghana on Sunday, 31st October 2021, to lead Ghana’s delegation to the World Leaders’ Summit of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP 26), being held from 31st October to 3rd November, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. The COP26 Summit, which will be one of the largest gatherings of world leaders, will bring parties together to accelerate ...

A former Deputy Minister of Information, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has said the current Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) Jean Mensa and her Deputy Dr Bossman Asare have jeopardised the gains made the commission when their predecessors were at the helm of affairs. In his view, the two personalities have exhibited the worst form of leadership in the history of ...

A private legal practitioner, Justice Abdullai, has said the Greater Accra Regional Minister Henry Quartey did not have the power to take away the rights of operators of motor tricycles popularly known as “Aboboyaa” by banning them. He said the operators can sue the Minister or the government following the decision to truncate their activities. The Minister announced the ban ...

Former Fomena Constituency Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Akwasi Nti has taken a sharp swipe at the regional executives led by Chairman Benard Antwi Bosiako,popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. The NPP stalwart called out the regional chairman, claiming he is out of touch with reality as he warns Mr Boasiako’s actions could jeopardize the party’s electoral fortunes in ...

The Chairman of the National Media Commission Yaw Boadu Ayeboafo has accused the government of discrimination in the treatment of state agencies. According to Mr Ayeboafo, allowances for the commissioners are sometimes in arrears for seven months. Speaking at an engagement with the expanded leadership, the NMC chairman questioned why the Electoral Commission which is of the same status is ...

Parliament on Thursday, 28 October 2021, paid glowing tribute to the memory of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Navrongo Central Joseph Kofi Adda and described him as a selfless politician and democrat, gem, gentleman, statesman and a true patriot. The MPs bowed their heads in a minute’s silence to remember their former colleague and said thoughts of him ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as red herring a call by a Deputy Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) Dr Bossman Asare, asking the Police to investigate a claim by former President John Dramani Mahama that the commission allegedly, thumb printed one million ballot papers in favour of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the 2020 presidential election. ...

Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, has criticised the Police for harassing Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina Francis-Xavier Sosu. Citing the roles of a legislator, Alhaji Fuseini who is also a former MP for Tamale Central said Sosu was within his rights to join the protests by his constituents where he was harassed. In his view, ...

Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has observed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the “most lawless” president Ghana has ever had. In his view, the president does not believe in the rule of law. To him, the president’s undemocratic posturing, in recent times, “has found its way into our local government system.” Speaking at a press conference on the recent confirmation ...