Deputy Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for Ejisu, John Kumah, has been reported dead. Sources close to the family confirmed to Citi News that the 45-year-old MP reportedly died after a short illness. He left behind a wife and six children. John Ampontuah Kumah, popularly called Lawyer John Kumah, …

The National Executive Committee of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has officially endorsed Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as the running mate for the party’s flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, in the upcoming 2024 general elections. Last week, John Mahama submitted his selection for running mate, and the party has now …

On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, Dr. Bawumia outlined his vision for Ghana, should he become President, at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) and made a statement that he is not in charge of the governance: “As Vice President, I am a driver’s mate, but if you vote for …

Parliament has been reconnected to the national grid after the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) task force disconnected the Legislature. The development was over the House’s GH₵23 million debt owed to the distribution company. The chamber of Parliament was plunged into darkness, as were the MPs’ offices, resulting in staff …

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has charged contractors working on the Tema Motorway Roundabout Phase 2 work to work towards completing the project by October this year. The project, funded through a grant from the Japanese government, seeks to reduce the heavy vehicular traffic on the Tema …

Minority Members of Parliament have called on the leadership of the House to summon the Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempreh, to provide an update on steps the government has taken to resolve the recent power cuts. The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, bemoaned on Friday, …

The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Reverend Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, agrees with the position taken by Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin that custodial sentencing in the anti-gay bill will not solve any problems. Reverend Kwasi Gyamfi wondered what was going to prevent homosexuals thrown into jail from continuing the …

Ghana’s Parliament has passed the anti-LGBTQI bill after successfully taking it through all three reading stages. The third reading of the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill was done on Wednesday, February 28. “In the third reading of the anti-LGBTQ bill passed by parliament, the bill …

The Supreme Court has dismissed a motion by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas against a decision by an Accra High Court in the defamation suit against Assin Central Member of Parliament, Ken Agyepong. In June 2018, the investigative journalist dragged the Assin Central legislator to court for defaming him and …

Some residents of Suame, a suburb of Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, have expressed disappointment over President Akufo-Addo’s failure to touch on the stalled interchange in the constituency during Tuesday’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament. The constituents say they expected the President to update them on the …