POLITICS

The name of former campaign manager of President Akufo-Addo and former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has been proposed for strong consideration as Speaker of Parliament ahead of the crunch convening of parliament on January 7th as the NDC also claims majority and prepares shortlist. This is after various names were proposed though it remains unclear which party will make the ...

The Police Service has announced 6000 security officials will be deployed for the inauguration of President-elect  Akufo-Addo on Thursday. The security personnel will include officers of the Ghana Armed Forces, a statement by the Police service said. The statement added all VVIPs will be provided with close protection and COVID-19 protocols will be observed. “The Police Administration has put in ...

Samuel Nartey George, the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram has taken on Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko over a publication he made on Facebook. Gabby Otchere-Darko catalogued a number of things which he claims to be prophecies that will come to pass in 2021. Point eight of Gabby’s twelve-point prophecy states that “there will be by-elections this year”. Sam George who is ...

Kindergarten and Junior High School pupils who have been home since the peak of COVID-19 in the country are to return to school on January 15, 2021, President Akufo-Addo has announced. First-year Senior High School students will, however, start classes on March 10 while form 2 and 3 students are to resume on January 18. The President also announced the ...

NPP National Organizer, Sammi Awuku has assured the party members and supporters that the NPP will bounce back stronger in 2024. According to him, the NPP leadership is working assiduously to ensure they don’t lose Parliamentary seats in the next elections. The party lost 32 seats this year as compared to the 2016 elections where they gained more Parliamentary seats. In 2016, ...

On January 7th 2021, when His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and two hundred seventy-five members of parliament are sworn in for a constitutionally assured four year term, Ghana will be entering a new and somewhat uncertain epoch. Four years ago, after the New Patriotic Party’s commanding performance in the 2016 elections and with a comfortable majority of over sixty ...

Deputy Information Minister Pius Enam Hadzide says the Minority caucus in Parliament broke the Public Order Act with their protest march at the Electoral Commission headquarters on Tuesday. “I think that the request by the NDC minority, even though they don’t have any locus on the matter and they broke the public order act, their request doesn’t stand on any ...

Some  Civil Society organisations in the country have appealed to the Electoral Commission to rescind their decision to go on recess following agitations over the 2020 election results. The EC in a statement Wednesday noted it is breaking for Christmas and will return on January 19. The statement comes as the opposition NDC continues to challenge some of the results ...

Transparency International has urged the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to make detailed inquiries into the Government of Ghana’s application to list Agyapa Royalties Limited on the London Stock Exchange, and to reject the listing if corruption concerns are not satisfactorily addressed. The banks and lawyers involved in the deal have also been urged to withdraw their engagement. Agyapa Royalties ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has given an indication that it will challenge the legitimacy of the National Democratic Congress‘(NDC’s) Member of Parliament(MP)-elect for Assin North Constituency in the Central Region. According to the NPP, the Member of Parliament (MP)-elect was not qualified to partake in the just-ended election. This according to the NPP is because James Joe Quayson has dual citizenship. The party through its ...