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The Supreme Court has dismissed the review application of Member of Parliament for Assin North James Gyakye Quayson. The embattled lawmaker was seeking to have the apex court overturn restraining orders filed against him by private citizen Michael Ankomah Nimfah. Lead Counsel for the Assin North MP Tsatsu Tsikata prayed the court to “protect the judicial integrity of this court ...

An application by the embattled MP for Assin North, Mr James Gyakye Quayson, to have three of the five charges levelled against him dropped, has been dismissed by an Accra high court. The opposition legislator has Mr Tsatsu Tsikata as his lead counsel. The MP has been charged with “deceit of public officer” in contravention of section 251(b) of the ...

The British High Commissioner to Ghana Harriet Thompson says her tweet on the recent arrest of Oliver Barker-Vormawor over road traffic offense was not intended to incite Ghanaians as the Police response suggests. The Inspector General of Police in a strongly worded statement said the High Commissioner’s tweet amounted to interference in the internal security matters of Ghana. “We consider ...

Embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson has had his cases before the Supreme Court adjourned for the third time. Court President, Justice Jones Dotse before the case could be called announced that a sitting panel member was indisposed and as such hearing could not take place. Lands For Sale In Acres at Aburi Amanfrom, Watch the ...

A Governance Expert, Professor Baffuor Agyemang-Duah has observed that some foreign diplomats in Ghana interfere in the domestic affairs of Ghana too much. Lands For Sale In Acres at Aburi Amanfrom, Watch the video Below; He described some of these interferences as unduly and unnecessary. The Former United Nations Senior Advisor was commenting on the concerns raised by the Inspector General ...

The various metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies are the next target for the government’s digitalisation drive, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has announced. “What we want to do next is the assemblies”, he announced at the 6th CEO Summit in Accra. “The Assemblies are also a major bottleneck, especially when it comes to granting of permits and so on”, he told the ...

The campaign team of the Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has endorsed the candidature of the General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. John Boadu for the second term. The Campaign Manager of the Vice President Mr. Fred Oware was one of the prominent stalwarts of the party who graced the media campaign launch of the General ...

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has hinted at the government’s commitment to bridging the North-South disparity in education outcomes. He explained that although many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were operating in the northern sector of the country, the impact of their interventions has not translated into an optimum improvement in education outcomes. The Vice President attributed the inability of the ...

Former Member of Parliament for the Okaikwei North constituency, Issah Fuseini has said that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) needs between 24 to 32 years to turn Ghana into a developed country. He explained that the party is a party that has the capacity to address Ghana’s challenges. With patience on the part of Ghanaians, he said, the party ...

The Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party, Nana Obiri Boahen, has said he is the driver of the Mamprusi bus, in reference to his support for Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, one of the flag bearer hopefuls for the 2024 elections. “I’m driving the bus all the way to the North East Region, the hometown of the Vice-President, Dr ...