POLITICS

As the 2024 general elections draw closer and political activities heat up, it is so normal for our political landscape to be awash with campaign messages of all kinds from all political parties. However, it is not far-fetched for the Ghanaian voter to expect realistic and convincing policy alternatives from …

Parliament could not agree on the appropriate punishment for LGBTQ+ persons engaging in unnatural carnal knowledge with each other. The Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill criminalizes sex between persons of the same sex, between a man or woman and an animal or object, proposing a punishment …

The Speaker  of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has described the passing of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) Act 2017 (Act 959) as an action in futility. He contended that the powers given to the Special Prosecutor should have been left with a non-partisan Attorney General. According to him, he presented these views during deliberations on the …

The Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, is warning that television signals to homes and offices may be cut next year. The Minister insists that this action is a result of broadcasters refusing to pay for their use of the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) platform. Digital terrestrial television is a technology for …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that if he is voted for in the December 7, 2024, general elections to become president again, he will tackle corruption forcefully. He described corruption as a canker that eats away at society and, hence, must be dealt with drastically. In a statement to mark this …

Political science lecturer at the KNUST, Dr. Amakye Boateng, has said the ruling NPP has lost the grips of power within one year of the election. According to the renowned political scientist, “no magic can turn around the current economic woes. He blamed the problem on bad governance supervised by …

Confusion in the Convention People’s Party seems to have stepped up a notch since the abrupt resignation of some members of the National Executive on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Some national executive members of the CPP , including the general secretary, Nana Yaa Jantuah, Youth organizer, and others, have stepped …

Although Article 13 of the Constitution of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) requires that the running mate to the flag bearer for a major election where the candidate is not the sitting president be announced 12 months before the poll, that of 2024 has been postponed. This was after Dr. …

Samuel Nartey George, a Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, who is one of the sponsors of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, also known as the Anti-LGBTQ Bill, is alleging that some members of the Majority caucus have been influenced by the LGBTQ …

Proponents of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill also known as the Anti-LGBT Bill, are fuming over the inability of Parliament to take the bill at its consideration stage on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. The Bill, which proscribes the promotion, advocacy, campaigning for, and …