POLITICS

A group of New Patriotic Party supporters has stormed the Alisa Hotel meeting of the party in Accra demanding that the planned Super Delegates Congress to reduce the number of presidential aspirants should be held at a centralised venue. Members of the group say their action is to mount pressure …

Former Northern Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bugri Naabu says his personal aide and receptionist have been picked up by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) for questioning. He said they were picked up on Thursday morning while they were on their way to the office. Bugri …

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Joseph Osei Owusu (Joewise) has indicated that backbenchers in Parliament are now taking over the role of leaders in the House. He stated that at the moment, it is the backbenchers who usually raise issues on the floor of the House instead of the leaders. …

Parliament was forced to truncate sitting today due to the minority’s insistence on lack of quorum to conduct business The trial of James Qyayson did not cause a boycott of sitting today by the minority, but rather the truncation of parliamentary sitting after the minority insisted that the house did …

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has commissioned the headquarters building and other facilities for the newly created Ashanti North Regional Police Command at Mampong in the Ashanti Region. One of seven new Regional Police Commands created in 2023, the Ashanti North Command is made up of four combined Divisional …

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his Portuguese counterpart, His Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, have signed bilateral instruments of cooperation in the areas of defence, political consultation and trade between the two countries. This latest form of engagement, President Akufo-Addo said, would go a long …

The Minority in Parliament is demanding answers from the government regarding the $2 million investment with Africa Investor Holdings for the construction of a Sky Train in Accra. It is recalled that the report of the Auditor-General on the Public Accounts of Ghana- Public Boards, Corporations and other Statutory Institutions …

Lawyers for Former Deputy Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson have filed a motion for the presiding judge on the ambulance purchase trial to recuse herself. Dr Ato Forson also applied for the release of his passport which had been seized as part of his bail conditions. In court on …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has reacted to the leaked audio tape brought to his attention by the Deputy Minority Leader, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah. The tape captures some senior officials of the police and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) hatching plans to oust the Inspector General of …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament has boycotted sittings of Parliament today Thursday, July 6 to enable members to accompany and solidarize with two members of their Caucus, the Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, and lawmaker for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson. The two are due to …