POLITICS

Bawku Central lawmaker Mahama Ayariga says homosexuals must recognise they have no rights in Ghana. According to him, people who own up to being homosexuals in the country must be identified and face prosecutions. “They don’t have the right to practice gay or lesbianism so they can’t say their rights have been violated. You don’t have the right to be ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured that Ghana will not legalize LGBTQI under his presidency. Speaking on GHTODAY on Tuesday, the former deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide, stated that the president has confirmed that he will not oversee same-sex relationships gaining grounds in the country. “We are a people of culture governed by rules and regulations. Whatever decision ...

Dr Dominic Ayine has apologised over his contemptuous comment following contempt proceedings against him by the Supreme Court Monday. “I have looked at what I said that day and I have come to the conclusion that I went overboard. I crossed the lines with respect to the remarks that I made in terms of attributing impropriety to the Supreme Court ...

Radio personality, Captain Smart has indicated that Homosexuals in Ghana have an agenda of targeting 35 seats in Parliament in 2024. According to him, the homosexual community intends to get 35 seats in the house in order to push their agenda of legalizing their activities in the country. “I must tell you that homosexuals are targeting just thirty-five seats in ...

Counsel for the Electoral Commission, Justin Amenuvor has asked counsel for the petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition, Tsatsu Tsikata not to quote the Bible in support of his application of review to be granted. He said that even though God is a God of conscience, counsel should not bring God into the court. “God is a God of conscience, ...

Ernest Owusu Bempah, the Communications Director of Ghana Gas Company has rendered an unqualified apology to Ibrahim Mahama, businessman and brother to Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama. In a 2-paged statement copied to GhanaWeb, Owusu Bempah said that the comments he made on March 3, 2018, on UTV’s Adekye Nsoroma were “without basis and was made without due regard to the ...

The Supreme Court has dismissed former President John Mahama’s review application to reopen his case in the ongoing election petition trial. The unanimous decision of the nine-member panel chaired by Justice Kwasi Anin Yebaoh held that the application is without merit. This is the third review application from the Petitioner that ha been dismissed. Other members of the panel are ...

Lawyer for the petitioner in the ongoing Supreme Court trial over the 2020 presidential election Tsatsu Tsikata has appealed to the judges to rule on the matter according to their conscience. “May each of your lordships decide in accordance with your conscience and your judicial oath,” he told the court during his review application for leave to reopen their case. ...

The President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe believes that anyone who opposes Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata’s case for the petitioner, John Dramani Mahama, is part of the reason why the country is in a mess. The lead counsel for John Mahama has advanced several arguments as to why the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa, must mount the witness box to testify ...

In July 2016, GhanaWeb carried an exclusive story on a statement the former Minister for Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson, made in an interview, with regards the amount of monies that had been earmarked for the construction of dams in line with the government’s policy on 1 District 1 Dam. According to the former minister, Ghanaians should not expect ...