POLITICS

The Financial and Economic Court 2 Division of the Accra High Court, presided over by Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe, has ordered the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mr Mahama Ayariga to make himself available throughout his trial concerning some criminal charges levelled against him by the Office of the Special Prosecutor. According to the court, it is aware ...

Daughter of a murdered Army General during the June 4 Revolution in 1979, is daring Jerry Rawlings to detach himself from the immunity he enjoys to face prosecution. Esther Wellington maintains that the callous manner in which her father, Major General Odartey Wellington, was killed at the Nima Police Station by soldiers loyal to Mr. Rawlings, was illegal and must ...

The government has been urged to call off its boycott of Joy FM and JoyNews TV, following disagreements between it and the media outlets. Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosi Sen, Wednesday, a Former Communications Minister under the John Mahama-Administration, Dr Omane Boamah, who made the call, believes such a decision although not formally communicated, is unproductive, thus, a useless venture. ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings is calling for an urgent review of the constitution which ushered in the Fourth Republic. Mr. Rawlings who supervised the promulgation of the document in 1992, to herald Ghana’s return to multiparty democracy, says “there is an unqualified need to reform or rewrite our current constitution,” after 25 years of its endorsement. Addressing cadres and ...

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Mr Haruna Iddrisu has indicated that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) would challenge the ruling of the Accra High Court on Tuesday that said the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, was obliged by law to stand trial in a criminal case filed against him by the Special Prosecutor. According to ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has emphasized his urge to demolish a 5million dollar hotel which belonged to Alhaji Yusif Ibrahim again if he could reverse the hand of time. He said, “If time were reversible, I will do it again and again and I will take along their new gargantuan structures in the waterways…The structures were reported by his ...

The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central in the Upper East region, Mahama Ayariga, has filed a motion seeking an order of the Court to Strike out the Charge Sheet of the Special Prosecutor accusing him of fraudulently evading customs duties and taxes as well as abusing his office as a Public Officer for his private benefit. The Court Presided ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called for an urgent review of the nation’s constitution to remove clauses that protect high-level political actors from prosecution and accountability. Delivering the keynote address at a parade to mark the 40th anniversary of the June 4 uprising at Nungua on Tuesday, Mr. Rawlings said there are too many indemnity clauses that do not ...

Even before the Speaker of Parliament could make a ruling on whether Bawku Central MP could go and face the court over the corruption claims against him by the special prosecutor, the former Sports minister is reported to have left the chamber to the court. The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye suspended parliamentary sitting temporarily for 30 minutes ...

The Genesis of the Revolution The June 4 Revolution, otherwise known as June 4th Uprising was incited by the arrest and trial of Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings and other junior military officers by the leadership of the Supreme Military Council II (SMC II). Jerry John Rawlings and the junior officers were arrested and charged with mutiny for a failed ...