The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reminded the embattled Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo to stop holding himself as such since records available to his office indicate that he is on retirement. According to a letter signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo, documents made available by […]
Category: Politics
2020 Election Petition: Supreme Court delivers judgment today
After five days of pre-trial hearings and 12 sittings, 17 in all, the Supreme Court delivers its judgment in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition today. Today’s sitting will be the 18th in all and 63 days since the Petition was filed on December 30, 2020. This is the second of its kind in the annals […]
Midnight ballot on Ministerial nominees: Hawa Koomson polls 161 to sail through; Oppong Nkrumah, Akoto survive Minority scare
Despite being vilified for her weak command over the Queen’s language and not fit for purpose for the portfolio (Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture) designated to her by the President of the Republic of Ghana, Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson polled a surprise 161 votes, representing 60.75% in the secret ballot on Thursday dawn.
NDC writes to EC to demand refund of Presidential and Parliamentary filing fees
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has written to the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana, requesting for a refund of the fees it paid to file the nomination forms of its 2020 presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama, as well as that of 269 constituencies it filed a parliamentary candidate in.
Parliament won’t be a footnote under my leadership – Bagbin
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has assured that the legislature under his leadership, would no longer be an afterthought in the scheme of governance in the country.
There were no 500 excavators missing – Abu Jinapor
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister-designate, Samuel Jinapor has clarified that some 209 excavators were confiscated by the inter-ministerial task force against galamsey and not 500 that could not be accounted for.
Hawa Koomson right person to save our dying fishing industry – Gomoa East Fisher folks
Fisherfolks in the Gomoa East enclave have thrown support to the nomination of the Minister-designate for the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson, saying that she is the right person to revive the dying fishing industry.
GACL only rented its space to Frontiers -Transport Minister-designate
The controversy surrounding the award of contract to Frontiers Healthcare Services, a company undertaken COVID-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), has been put to rest by the Minister-designate for the Ministry of Transport, Hon. Kweku Ofori Asiamah.
Contempt: I crossed the line – Ayine apologises over scandalous comment
A former Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine has apologized unreservedly for his contemptuous comment against the Supreme Court judges.
Your fundamental errors caused miscarriage of justice – Mahama to Supreme Court
Former President John Dramani Mahama, the Petitioner in the ongoing Election Petition, is seeking a review of the Supreme Court’s ruling against his motion to re-open his case.
NDC summons Atubiga over Eugene Arhin comment
The opposition National Democratic Congress has summoned its member Stephen Atubiga over comments he made over the alleged properties owned by presidential spokesperson Eugene Arhin.
I fired the gun in the air; no one got injured – Hawa Koomson
The Minister-designate for the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has said that no one got injured in her infamous gun shooting incident at Kasoa during the voter’s registration exercise. The gun, she noted, was fired in the air, explaining that it wasn’t targeted at anyone but rather, to wade off troublemakers that […]