POLITICS

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Builsa South Dr. Clement Apaak has chastised his colleague lawmakers, Kennedy Agyapong and Muntaka Mubarak, for dragging the image of Parliament into disrepute. It comes after the two lawmakers representing Assin Central and Asawase respectively engaged in a near brawl Wednesday morning. Mr. Agyapong who has once again been referred to the privileges committee ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress has announced its withdrawal from the ongoing by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. The decision was announced in an interview on Accra-based Peace FM by the national chairman of the party Samuel Ofosu Ampofo. It comes after four people were allegedly been shot at the Baweleshie polling centre. According to GHone TV’s Evans Nkoom, ...

Ningo Prampram lawmaker, Samuel Nartey George, has said he was attacked at gunpoint by some vigilantes he believes are members of the governing New Patriotic Party’s Invincible Forces on Thursday, 31 January 2019 while monitoring the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election. The opposition MP wrote on his Facebook page that: “I have just been assaulted by several members of the ...

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs. Jean Mensa has described as “unfortunate” the skirmishes that occurred at the La-Bawaleshie Presby JHS polling station on Thursday during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. Some macho men in NSC-branded t-shirts who are suspected to be members of a vigilante group attacked some voters at the La-Bawaleshie Presby JHS polling station and ...

Four people have been allegedly been shot at the Baweleshie polling centre in the ongoing by-election in the Ayawaso constituency following an impasse over the polls. According to GHOne TV’s Evans Nkoom, blood stains could be seen at the polling center near the candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress. The injured have reportedly been taken out of the center. ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye has reportedly declined a request by the Police to arrest and interrogate Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong. According to Starr FM’s Parliamentary correspondent, Ibrahim Alhassan, the Police wrote to the Speaker to further interrogate the loudmouth lawmaker over the death of undercover Journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale. However, the Speaker declined the request ...

There was a near exchange of fisticuffs in Parliament on Wednesday, 30 January 2019 between Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak and embattled Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong. According to Class News’ parliamentary correspondent Ekow Annan, the two lawmakers met just before Parliamentary proceedings on Wednesday and used abusive and insulting words against each other. They had to be physically ...

The father of Nana Appiah Mensah has in a phone interview on Zylofon FM threatened to expose top officials who took money from his son. Nana Appiah’s father who is not really known to the media said, some top officials in the country took $51 million cedis from his son and shared it among themselves. “These top officials want to ...

Social influencer and anti-corruption activist, Kwame APlus born Kwame Asare Obeng has posed three questions to investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas to answer regarding the murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a protegé of Anas. Ahmed was murdered on 16th January 2019 in his vehicle by two unidentified men on a motorbike. He was shot twice in the chest and once in ...

President Akufo-Addo says contrary to the desires of some opposition elements in the country concerning peace in Yendi, God worked through him, to bring lasting peace to the Dagbon Traditional Area. Speaking at a campaign rally dubbed, “Prefect Replacement Rally” in support of the candidature of the New Patriotic Party’s Lydia Seyram Alhassan, for the upcoming Ayawaso West Wougon by ...