POLITICS

Municipal and District Chief Executives in the Volta Region are calling on disgruntled party folks within the ruling New Patriotic Party in the Region to rescind their plans to stage protests against the re-nomination of Dr Archibald Letsa as the Volta Regional Minister. In a press release issued signed by Edmund Kudjoe Attah, the outgoing DCE for North Dayi and ...

The Volta regional command of the Ghana Police Service has warned the public not to take part in a demonstration being organized by a pro-New Patriotic Party group in Ho against the reappointment of Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa as the regional minister. The demonstration which is slated for Monday, 25th January, 2021 is to show open disapproval and objection to ...

Members of the NDC on the Appointments Committee of Parliament say they have vowed not to take bribe to pass any of the nominees announced by President Akufo-Addo. It comes on the back of accusations by some members of the NDC against their lawmakers on the committee of scheming to take bribes to pass the nominees. The accusations have ruffled ...

Filing Past the remains of former President JJ Rawlings will begin this morning at the Accra International Conference Centre where his body will be laid in a state. Heads of Security agencies, leaders of political parties, dignatories and the general public will be allowed to view the body of the former leader beginning today. On Sunday catholic requiem mass was ...

Young Ghanaians who have been critical of lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata to the effect that he is ‘overhyped’ have been advised to concentrate on building their own careers rather than chastise an accomplished person like Mr Tsikata who has nothing more to prove. Taking on the young critics of Mr Tsikata on social media, Kwaku Agyemang Duah, Chairman of the Oil Marketing Companies ...

A private citizen, Elikem Kotoko has on Friday, 22 January 2020, petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the removal of the Electoral Commission (EC) boss, Jean Adukwei Mensa from office. According to the private citizen, the Petition is grounded on “stated misbehaviour of the Electoral Commission Chairperson.” The Petition said: “The current leadership under the Chairmanship of Mrs Jean Adukwei Mensa, knowingly created Constitutional crises ...

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has rejected a suggestion from Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu for vetting of newly nominated ministers to be suspended until the House adopts the revised standing orders. The move is expected to change the 13:13 membership of the appointments committee as currently constituted. Answering a question from North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on the ...

The Electoral Commissions has filed a 22-point legal objection as per the orders of the Supreme Court to former President John Mahama’s election petition. The legal objections filed by the EC on Friday, January 22, 2021, said among other things that, the petition has not “raised any reasonable cause of action.” As of the time of filing this report, the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo presented a full list of his ministerial nominees for his second term on Thursday, January 22, 2021. Many ministers retained their portfolios, some were reassigned, and a few others were elevated. Quite a number of Ministers, however, were dropped. In this list, some names which emerged have already sparked debates. Whereas some of the conversations are centered ...

Minister-designate for Lands and natural resources Samual Abu Jinapor has said he is not concerned about threats by the minority in parliament to disapprove some of President Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees. The constitution of the appointment committee of parliament currently stands at 13-13 meaning equal representation from both sides of parliament, giving the minority group an equal say in the approvals. ...