POLITICS

A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) chairman of the Korle Klottey constituency Nii Noi Nortey is asking for clemency from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, having defied him to go independent during the 2016 elections. Nii Noi won the initial primaries to contest the parliamentary seat on the ticket of the then opposition NPP, but his main contender Philip Addison ...

Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has given the assurance that the Right to Information Bill (RTI) will be passed by July this year. According to him, the processes of parliament requires that the bill is relayed in the house, even though the previous parliament looked at it. The RTI has been before Parliament since 2013. It is one of the oldest ...

Lawyers of the accused person in the Marwako pepper attack, Jihad Chabaan, failed to open their defence Wednesday in the Marwako trial demanding that their client be given an Arabic interpreter. The lead lawyer, Julio de Medeiros told the court that his client is not fluent in English therefore would require the services of an interpreter before his evidence to ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama has emboldened Nigeria to take leadership role in the sub-region and to become the “driver of economic transformation and integration in West Africa.” According to him, West Africa’s most populous nation should not harbor any fears as far as Ghana and Ivory Coast are concerned. Besides Nigeria, he also threw a challenge to South Africa ...

A public outcry over an alleged environmental devastation, expressed in a tone more emotional than any heard in recent times in the Upper East Region, has taken over the Talensi District after some Chinese expatriates allegedly polluted the water consumed by inhabitants of the area through “illegal” mining activities. Speaking to newsmen at a news conference held Tuesday at Sheaga, ...

It appears former President John Dramani Mahama will not be given the chance to stand as the presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 election without any challenge. Ahead of the party’s primary, former majority leader and current 2nd deputy speaker of parliament, Alban Bagbin, is emerging as one of the former president’s contenders. Posters ...

Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Martin Amidu has waded into the Mps visa fraud controversy , describing the criticisms levelled against the UK High Commissioner to Ghana following the expose as shameful. The first Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu commenting on the development following a leaked letter to the Speaker of Parliament that indicted the MPs ...

Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has blasted President Akufo-Addo for failing to acknowledge former President John Mahama when he cut sod for the commencement of the construction of a 400MW Bridge Power project. According to the NDC, although the world’s largest LPG-fired power plant was one of the numerous projects John Mahama bequeathed President Akufo-Addo; the latter ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo will this month pay official working visits to some countries in the ECOWAS region. The visits will afford the President the opportunity to introduce himself, as the new Ghanaian leader, to the governments and peoples of neighbouring countries, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire and Togo. A statement from the Flagstaff House said the visit will also afford him ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo will this month pay official working visits to some countries in the ECOWAS region. The visits will afford the President the opportunity to introduce himself, as the new Ghanaian leader, to the governments and peoples of neighbouring countries, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire and Togo. A statement from the Flagstaff House said the visit will also afford him ...