POLITICS

A ballot for the flagbearer candidates of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) was held in advance of the special delegates meeting on August 26. Kennedy Agyapong chose the top spot after the voting was completed in Accra today, July 26, 2023, while Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen chose the second spot. The …

Chairman of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee Dr. James Klutse Avedzi says the practice of writing to the Chief of staff at the office of the president to dispose of assets is wrong in law. It has become a practice where state institutions who want to auction cars and other assets …

The statements made by Sam Nartey George, the member of parliament for Ningo Prampram, that the real estate industry in Ghana is used as a means of money laundering have drawn harsh criticism from the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA). In reaction to these accusations, the group has said …

According to former president John Dramani Mahama, if he had been responsible for even a small portion of the chaos the current administration, in his opinion, has brought about, Ghanaians would have crucified him. In an interview with KSM on Pan-Africa TV on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, Mr. Mahama noted …

Osei Kofi Acquah the National Youth Organizer for the Conventions Peoples Party (CPP) has said that due to Madam Cecelia Dapaah house helpers’ theft, the resigned minister, is being called names and reprimanded. According to him not because her money was taken from the public coffers, but rather because she …

Presidential candidate Alan Mr. Kyerematen has urged party delegates to support him in his effort to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to a third straight victory in the upcoming general election in 2024. In an effort to “break the eight” the custom of changing governments every eight years Kyerematen …

A nine-member panel unanimously decided to reject James Gyakye Quayson’s request for review of the apex court’s order to remove his name from Parliamentary records. The court had declared all of the procedures leading to his election and oath of office invalid, which resulted in the directive to have his …

The docket of the Cecilia Dapaah theft case has been handed by the Police to the Ministry of Justice and Office of the Attorney General for evaluation and guidance. A theft case was reported to the police by Mr. Daniel Osei-Kuffuor and Cecilia Dapaah, the former Minister for Sanitation and …

The Criminal Offences (Amendment), Bill, 2022, which seeks to do away with the death penalty, was approved by Ghana’s Parliament on Tuesday. Ghana will now join the league of countries that have substituted the death sentence with life in prison once the President signs the Bill. The purpose of the …

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), is skeptical that the investigation of Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the disgraced former minister of sanitation and water resources, being conducted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor, will produce any findings. Following allegations that the office had received more …