POLITICS

The Parliament of Ghana has by a voice vote rejected a motion filed by Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Hon. Mahama Ayariga, asking the government to absorb fees of students in public tertiary institutions and to extend support to private universities for the 2021 academic year. Mr Ayariga before moving the motion indicated that his request was due to ...

Dr Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has in plain language chastised the late Jerry John Rawlings (Rtd.) over some of his dealings as a head of state and President of Ghana. According to Sekou Nkrumah, Rawlings betrayed the idea of the June 4, 1979, coup after he staged the December 31, 1981, coup that ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho has hauled Dzifa Gunu, an aide to former President John Mahama before court for defamation. Anyidoho is accusing Gunu of casting serious insinuations on his integrity through defamatory comments he made in a Facebook article on January 16, 2021. Gunu in a post on his Facebook wall, among other ...

A nine-member review panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Anin Yeboah has dismissed the review application filed by former President John Dramani Mahama. Mr Mahama’s application for review was premised on the court earlier dismissal of a request to have the Electoral Commission served to respond to some 12 interrogatories. However, after hearing the review application, the ...

Riad Hosiefe, a very good friend of the late former President of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings has made some shocking revelations on how that the late former President became fond of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to him, Rawlings said the NPP leader rather made him feel like a former Head of State and therefore was willing to support his ...

The Eastern Media for Development, an association of media personnel in the Eastern region, has congratulated former Member of Parliament for Mpraeso Constituency Seth Kwame Acheampong on his nomination as the Regional Minister-designate. The group also appealed to President Akufo-Addo to reappoint someone from the Kwahu area as a cabinet Minister. Launching the Eastern Media for Development at Nkawkaw, a ...

The late Ghanaian leader JJ Rawlings will be buried today Wednesday, January 27, after a three-day long state funeral. Ghana President Akufo-Addo, Liberia President George Weah and Sierra Leone President, Julius Maada Bio are expected to attend the funeral which is currently ongoing. The Gambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamadou Tangara, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of ...

A seven-member review panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Yaw Appau has refused a request for live transmission of hearing of the review motion regarding the quashing of Ho High Court’s decision injuncting John Peter Amewu from being gazetted. Lawyers of interested parties of persons of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lololo (SALL) have filed a motion for ...

Hundreds of disgruntled party folks of the ruling New Patriotic Party in the Volta Region have called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to reconsider the re-appointment of Dr Archibald Yao Letsa as the Volta Regional Minister. Presenting a petition to the party’s regional leader after a street protest in Ho earlier this morning, the group noted that the appointment of Dr ...

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Comfort Asiamah has ordered the Global Evangelical Church, Teshie to vacate the premises and handover all assets belonging to Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Church, Teshie. After 27 years in court, it also granted a perpetual injunction restraining officers of the Global Evangelical Church from interfering with the properties of ...