Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Africa has expressed delight with the scrapping of the Senior Minister’s office. The ministry, according to reports will not be a feature of the second term of President Akufo-Addo, as Yaw Osafo-Maafo has opted to resign from the government against serving in another ministerial portfolio. In …

  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has, through his lawyers, filed a response to the amended election petition of the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama. Henry Nana Boakye who is a spokesperson of the president’s legal team in an interview with Citi News monitored by …

  Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah will lead a panel of seven justices hearing the 2020 presidential election petition filed by former president John Dramani Mahama. The petition is challenging the successful reelection of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The president and Electoral Commission are the respondents in the case. The …

  The Supreme Court sat today, January 14, 2021, for the first time, on the election petition as filed by National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama. The case was presided over by a seven-member panel of judges headed by the Chief Justice, Kwesi Aning Yeboah. The other members …

  Leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2014 warned its members against the use of vulgar words in the media. This came after the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong described the party executives at the time as “corrupt and a bunch of failures.” The then …

  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo did not achieve the official vote threshold to be declared winner of the December 2020 polls, leader of the opposition National Democratic Congress in parliament has said. Speaking on Accra-based Joy FM on Tuesday evening, Haruna Iddrisu stressed that it was the reason that …

  The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East Region is challenging the election of Laadi Ayii Ayamba as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Pusiga Constituency The petition filed by Abdul-Karim Zanni Dubiure, the NPP candidate in the Pusiga Parliamentary Constituency election before the High Court, Bolgatanga, is …

  Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency and Leader of NPP caucus in the 8th Parliament, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, is brimming with rage at attempts to link him to the infamous ballot paper snatching incident that rocked the House nearly a week ago. To him, only “sick minds” …

  General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has revealed why the party has failed to mention the number of votes it obtained in the 2020 Presidential elections. The NDC has rejected the number of votes ascribed to its candidate John Dramani Mahama by the Electoral Commission, …

  Member of Parliament for Suame constituency and Leader of NPP caucus in the 8th Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is brimming with rage at attempts to link him to the infamous ballot paper snatching incident that rocked the House nearly a week ago. To him, only “sick minds” will blame him …

  The praises being showered on Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin by some members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been described by Dr. Clement Abas Apaak as hypocritical. The Member of Parliament for Builsa South is claiming that the former Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Gabby Otchere Darko, …

  A petition challenging the election results in the Savelugu Constituency in the Northern Region has been filed at a High Court in Tamale. The suit filed on January 8, 2021, by the NPP’s parliamentary candidate for Savelugu, Muhammed Abdul-Samed Gunu, had the Electoral Commission (EC) as the first respondent. …

Joseph Osei-Owusu has been elected by both sides of the house as First Deputy Speaker of the 8th parliament. He will be assisted by Andrew Asiamah Amoako as the Second Deputy Speaker in the newly instituted parliament. Joseph Osei-Owusu was nominated by Majority Leader in the 7th Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah …

  There was drama in Parliament Thursday morning as newly elected Members of Parliament fought their way through the selection process of a Speaker for the 8th Parliament. From the confusion caused by NDC MPs when they occupied the Majority side of Parliament, to arguments about the eligibility of the …

    Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, the Member of Parliament-elect for Tema West snatched some ballot papers during counting. After the counting of votes for Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye was done, the MP-elect snatched the ballot papers from the Clerks-at-table and bolted with it. Prior to the snatching of the ballot …

  From just after midnight on 7 January and for three hours, there was confusion in Parliament over the election of Speaker. Just when everything seemed calm and voting was about to begin, another chaos erupted in Parliament with Muntaka Mubarak, the Member of Parliament-elect for Asawase directing a punch …

  The Cape Coast High court has granted an injunction suit against the Member of Parliament-elect for the Assin North Constituency, James Gyakye Quayson. The court has ruled that the budding MP cannot hold himself out as the MP-elect for the constituency. This follows a petition filed by one Michael …

  The National Democratic Congress has nominated Alban SK Bagbin as the Speaker of the 8th parliament. Haruna Iddrissu and James Klutse Avedzi have also been nominated to serve as the Majority and Deputy Majority Leader respectively in Parliament. The nominations were conducted after the Functional Committee of the National …

  Ashanti Regional Deputy Communication Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alex Kwaku Asafo-Agyei, has suggested that the reason why a five-member panel of the Supreme Court ruled in favour of Deputy Attorney -General (A-G), Godfred Yeboah Dame, against Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, lawyer for five interested parties in a matter …

  Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale South Haruna Iddrisu has said that the fight for Techiman South is not about the NDC’s parochial interest but to ensure that the systems in Ghana must work. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is challenging the results of the just-ended Parliamentary …

  Lawyer and Law Lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Dr. Kweku Agyemang Budu has opined that it is likely that NDC MPs were charged with unlawful assembly because of the tensed atmosphere that characterized the post-election period. In an interview with Samuel Eshun, he …

The legitimacy of Kofi Adams as Member of Parliament-elect for the Buem Constituency is being challenged by thirteen persons from the constituency. The constituents, according to Citi News have filed a suit arguing that Kofi Adams cannot hold himself as MP for the constituency since they and thousands of voters …

  Some prominent Ghanaians have called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to establish an independent body to investigate all acts of violence and threats of violence associated with the December 7, 2020 elections leading to the death of eight Ghanaians. According to the renowned Ghanaians namely; Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, Kwesi Pratt …

  A five-member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Yaw Appau will today, Tuesday, January 5, 2021, deliver its ruling on the application challenging a High Court jurisdiction in granting an injunction against Peter Amewu’s gazette as Member of Parliament for Hohoe. The ruling is expected to …

  Outspoken Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong has established claims that the late Jerry John Rawlings was on his way to reclaiming his party before his untimely death. He alleged that the former military leader was in league with the then Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu to …

  Franklin Cudjoe, the President of IMANI Africa has described as ‘criminal’ and ‘inhumane’ the incident that voters in the Santrokofi Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi, (SALL) towns being disenfranchised in the December 7 elections. Franklin Cudjoe who claims to hail from one the towns has constantly lamented how the Electoral Commission deliberately deprived …

  Member of Parliament for Nadowli Kaleo constituency, Alban S.K Bagbin has been settled on as the NDC’s candidate for the Speaker of Parliament position, it has been reported. According to Citi News, the decision to nominate the current Second Deputy Speaker was made by the leadership of the NDC …

  Amid uncertainty over which party takes control of parliament as the Majority, the New Patriotic Party has named its members for leadership positions in the house. The National Council of the party met on Monday, December 4, 2021 to firm up proposals by the party’s Steering Committee. The Council …

  Outgoing Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu Constituency, Mr Ras Mubarak, insists that he and other colleagues on the minority side broke no law to warrant being dragged to court by the police. The Ghana Police Service has dragged 20 lawmakers including Haruna Iddrisu, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, Samuel George, …

  Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong is categorical that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) finds itself at the crossroads because of the kind of treatment meted out to the party’s grassroots. Though he observed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo worked tirelessly to give the party …