POLITICS

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has directed the Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the house to expedite work on the bill concerning the promotion of proper sexual human rights and Ghanaian family values, also known as the Anti-LGBTQ bill, to ensure its passage by next week. The …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has summoned the Ministers of Defense and National Security to appear before the Defense and Interior Committee of Parliament on Thursday morning to provide a briefing on actions being taken by the government to forestall a clash between the Mo and Wangara tribes in …

Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong says his performance at the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primary shows that he is a force to be reckoned with and that no major decision can be taken by the party without consulting him. Mr. Agyapong made the comments on Saturday, …

The Ministry of Finance has denied reports in the media that the government missed the deadline for the release of the second tranche of the $3 billion cash from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The reports indicated that Ghana missed out on the November 1 timeline. But a press statement, …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will hold an extraordinary constituency delegates conference on Saturday, December 2, 2023, to elect its parliamentary candidates in constituencies where the party has no parliamentary representation. A statement issued by the party and signed by its general secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, indicated the decision …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss a case filed by legal practitioner Ken Kuranchie, which seeks to challenge his eligibility to contest the 2024 polls. He contends the case fails to comply with basic legal processes and must therefore be thrown out. Mr. Kuranchie …

The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye has said that since the inception of the National Rental Assistance Scheme in January this year, 1,105 people have benefited from the scheme. The scheme, which is a key intervention by the government, is expected to provide low-to-middle-income earners with a mechanism …

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has expressed his reservations about the Electoral Commission’s (EC) proposal to use the Ghana Card as the sole document for voter registration in the 2024 elections. Citing the ongoing challenges in the issuance of Ghana Cards by the National Identification Authority (NIA), Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu argued …

Television host Paul Adom Otchere has expressed happiness that the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has exonerated him of any wrongdoing in the purchase of Christmas decorations at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in 2021, at least from a briefing he got from his lawyers. A report …

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has hinted that the 2024 manifesto of the party will soon be unveiled. He told Keminni Amanor on Hot Issues on TV3 on Sunday, November 5 that the NDC manifesto, like any party’s in Ghana, will ensure that the country secures a …