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Builsa South lawmaker Clement Apaak has disclosed that former President John Mahama played a major role in the decision by the NDC caucus in Parliament to nominate Alban Bagbin as Speaker. It comes on the back of claims by some members of the governing NPP that the new Speaker is independent-minded and will not allow the former President or the ...

For the most part of my several years of stay in Ghana, I have crisscrossed the country. From the north to the South, West to the East. Indeed, I have visited several villages, towns and cities across 13 of Ghana’s 16 regions. The three regions I have not visited are Oti, Upper East, and Upper West Regions. I must admit, ...

Haruna Iddrisu, the leader of the NDC caucus in Parliament has described as “unlawful” and “illegal” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s recent appointment of some ministers he administered the nation within his first term as ‘caretaker ministers’. Citing a Supreme Court judgement, the Tamale South MP explained that in J. H. Mensah versus The Attorney General in 1997, the Supreme Court ...

The reported arrested of Lawrence Asiamah Hanson popularly known as Bulldog has triggered reactions from some Ghanaians on social media. Bulldog, an artist manager and avowed critic of the Akufo-Addo administration was allegedly picked up by personnel of the National Security. His arrest, according to the report is in connection with some statements he made on UTV on January 9, ...

Information trickling in suggests that artiste manager, Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, known in showbiz circles as Bulldog has reportedly been picked up by National Security operatives. According to reports from close associates, Bulldog was picked up late afternoon. It is believed that his arrest is in direct connection to statements the outspoken artiste manager made with regards to President Nana Addo ...

The only independent Member of Parliament of the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic was on January 7, 2021, elected the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament. Andrew Asiamah Amoako who has stated publicly that he will be caucusing with the NPP side in Parliament was nominated by Mohammed-Muntaka Mubarak, the NDC’s Chief Whip and seconded by Alexander Afenyo Markin, the NPP’s Deputy Leader. Speaking to Joy News in ...

Some persons who held ministerial positions in the first term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s have been ordered to hold on to their respective appointments until the upcoming ministerial appointments are approved by Parliament according to some reports. The directive by the President is said to affect only substantive ministers and not their deputies or any other officeholders whose ...

The Leader and Chief Patron of Patriotic Volunteers and former aspirant of the national vice chairmanship position, Philomena Serwaa Akoto Sam has said, the party should quickly leave the past behind and forge on in unity. She continued that, the best thing about the past is that, it shows you what not to bring to the future and that the ...

Member of Parliament for Bongo Constituency, Edward Abambire Bawa, has given further details about the Supreme Court judge who allegedly attempted albeit unsuccessfully to unduly influence an NDC Member of Parliament to vote for Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye in the Speaker of Parliament elections. Muntaka Mohammed, the NDC Chief Whip made a startling revelation on Sunday, January 10, 2021, claiming that ...

President Akufo-Addo on Friday commissioned the newly constructed French Embassy building in Accra. The facility has been under construction since 2017 when security concerns were raised over the location of the old structure. Following negotiations with the Ghanaian govermment, a new site at Cantonment was allotted the French government for a new chancery to be constructed. Commissioning the facility, the ...