GENERAL NEWS

  Majority Leader in Parliament The Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has justified the decision for lawmakers to commence sessions by reciting the National Pledge.  He says it has become necessary to inculcate into the people the sense of patriotism and nationalism and the best place to start is the legislature. …

Founder of the United Front Party (UFP), Akwasi Addai Odike, wants the law that empowers the President to nominate District Chief Executives to be amended to take away that mandate from the president. He wants a system where all persons who are interested in the DCE position can file to …

Interior Minister The Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery has by Executive Instrument renewed the Curfew hours imposed on Bunkpurugu Township and its environs in the Northeast Region. The new hours start from 8:00pm to 6:00am effective Tuesday, February 6, 2024. A statement issued by the Minister on Tuesday February …

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah- Bonsu has revealed a new dimension in the ongoing debate on monetization and vote-buying in Ghana’s politics. He has alleged that some persons in political party leadership demand cars and parcels of lands in exchange for votes and political favours from MPs. The …

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has expressed optimism about the conclusion of the clause-by-clause amendment of the bill on the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values, also known as the anti-gay bill, by the end of Friday, February 9. The House is expected to …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, says the new Standing Orders of the House provide for the possibility of Members of Parliament to belong to an independent caucus. The Speaker says the new standing orders, which took effect on Tuesday, February 6th, offer the opportunity for Members of Parliament to …

Parliament has directed Prof. Kenneth Attafuah, the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), to refund over GHc98,000 deducted from the Authority’s Account as penalty for the delayed transfer of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) contributions. The NIA, having failed to remit SSNIT contributions promptly, covered the …

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has criticized certain political party leaders for making extravagant demands, including requests for cars and land, as prerequisites for allowing party members to contest in Parliamentary primaries. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu condemned such instances of vote buying, emphasizing the need to address this issue in the …

The High Court in Ho has dismissed two applications by the petitioners in the SALL Election Petition. The applications aimed to retract an initially filed application for judgment on admissions and a substantive application for judgment on admissions made by the Electoral Commission. Five Ghanaians from Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and …

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has justified the closure of Agogo-based Salt FM and insisted that the management of the station was given several reminders but failed to renew its authorization. Some residents of Agogo took to the streets on Tuesday in protest following the closure of Salt FM by …