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I’ll direct that your hand be cut off one day – Speaker tells Afenyo-Markin

Thursday was a dramatic day in Parliament. The business of the day had grown intense with arguments, especially over the approval of the report...

Ministerial nominees: Ablakwa promises epic showdown in Parliament [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · There Will Be An Epic Showdown in Parliament - Okudzeto North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is promising a showdown...

Parliament to decide fate of Nana Addo’s new ministers today

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, last night directed that the House debates the report of the Appointments Committee on the new Ministers appointed...

NDC Primaries: Latest on Fred Nuamah’s nomination filing

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary aspirant for Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, Fred Nuamah, has successfully filed his nomination for the race. This comes after he...

Francis Sosu reacts to reports that his wife and kids have been granted asylum in US

Francis-Xavier Sosu, Member of Parliament for the Madina Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, has denied reports that his wife and children have been...

NPP Communicator reveals who selected new EC members

JoyNews/AdomNews · Akufo - Addo Did Not Select New EC Members A communications team member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Vera Wiredu, has defended...

Afenyo-Markin pleads for confirmation of ministerial nominees

Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has urged parliamentarians to support the approval of the recently vetted ministerial nominees. He said there is nothing in the...

Adwoa Safo ‘abandons’ Majority again

Numbers during voting can be very critical and in parliamentary practices and business it’s even more essential in getting public policies and businesses running. But...

US and China’s ‘fight’ over TikTok explained in 60 seconds [Video]

Nearly three years after the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok if its Chinese owner didn’t sell the company to American investors, the video app is once...

Mahama wasn’t hooted at enskinment of new Yagbonwura; ignore Koku Anyidoho’s fake video – NDC

The leadership of Savannah Regional National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected the allegation that former President John Dramani Mahama was booed at the enskinment...

NDC elections: Dr Kwabena Duffuor files nomination [Photos]

Former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has submitted his nomination form to enable him to run as flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). This...

NDC flagbearer hopeful complains about GH¢500k filing fee

Former Kumasi Mayor and National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer hopeful, Kojo Bonsu, has criticised the high nomination fee for flagbearer aspirants. The NDC has set...

LGBTQI+ bill to be laid in parliament

Ranking Member of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Bernard Ahiafor, has hinted that the Committee is done with all works on the Anti-LGBTQI...

NPP MPs turn up in numbers as parliament decides fate of ministerial nominees

It’s almost uncharacteristic to see the ruling government’s side in Parliament packed as seen on Thursday. The Majority succeeded in whipping its members for an...

Minority insists on rejection as parliament decides fate of ministerial nominees

Parliament is expected to approve Ministerial nominees today, but the exercise will not be as smooth as it has been. The Minority has not lowered...

NDC primaries: Former MP fails to file nomination forms over locked office

Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Upper Manya Krobo in Eastern Region, Jeff Tetteh Kavianu, has failed to file his nomination...

Why NDC lost Sehwi Wiawso seat in 2016, 2020 elections

A National Democratic Congress' (NDC) parliamentary aspirant in the Sehwi Wiawso Constituency of the Western North Region, Sam Jerome, has attributed the party's loss...

NDC reacts to Fred Nuamah’s online filing challenges [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NDC reacts to Fred Nuamah's online filing challenges The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it is not aware of the challenges parliamentary...

Nana Oye to contest Adentan seat again

A former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Addo Bampoe, has filed her nomination to contest the parliamentary primary of the...

Former NPP Secretary justifies Akufo-Addo’s new EC appointment

Former Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahene, has said that President Nana Akufo-Addo only fulfilled his constitutional obligation...

Safeguarding Ghana’s future against pandemics through public health emergency fund

Infectious diseases have had adverse effects on humans all around the globe through the years. Diseases such as yellow fever, meningitis, Cholera, Monkey Pox, Ebola,...

CPP to elected flagbearer on June 12

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has decided on the date to elect its flagbearer for the 2024 presidential election. The party said at a Central...

NPP elections: Alan Kyerematen pays for printing of album for over 200, 000 party delegates

Flagbearer hopeful for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, has redeemed his pledge to the national leadership of the party by...

Dr Appiahene has never been a TESCON patron – Says NPP

National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has debunked claims Dr Peter Appiahene is a TESCON patron at the University...

Full text: Mahama’s speech on political financing in Ghana

Mr Chairman, Members of Parliament, Members of the Diplomatic Community, Officials of the different Political Parties, including my own NDC Comrades, Representatives of Civil Society Organisations, Distinguished Invited Guests, Ladies...

Mahama proposes public funding of political parties

Former President John Dramani Mahama has proposed the Public Funding of Political Parties Bill be put before Parliament in future to deal with issues...

Minority calls for probe into Aker Energy’s oilfield dev’t

The Minority in Parliament is calling for an investigation into an oil concession Aker Energy says it has reversed to government. Sometime last year, the...

NDC not protecting any sitting MP in primaries – Sammy Gyamfi

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)  has rejected allegations that the party is seeking to protect some of its MPs ahead...

NDC Parliamentary aspirant inflicted with cutlass wounds in robbery attack

A parliamentary hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Abuakwa South Constituency of the Eastern Region, Solomon Nana Frimpong, has been injured...

You talk too much, you can never be a threat to Mahama – Bawumia told

JoyNews/AdomNews · You talk too much, you can never be a threat to Mahama Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has lost his credibility to lead...

Asunafo South MP recounts shocking encounter with Mahama [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · ERIC OPOKU ON MAHAMA PARLIAMENT CONFRONTATION Member of Parliament for the Asunafo South Constituency, Eric Opoku, has said his likeness for former President...

NDC MP uses Common Fund to build SHS in his hometown [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · How this NDC MP used his common fund to build SHS in his hometown Member of Parliament for the Asunafo South Constituency, Eric...

Your unacceptable behaviour can’t be condoned – Kwabena Agyapong to LGBTQI+ members

Flagbearer hopeful for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, has revealed that as a conservative man, he will not support lesbian, gay,...

3 NPP members jostle for Kyei Mensah’s seat

Three members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have openly declared their political intention to contest for the Suame Parliamentary Primary when the...

Meet the 3 new members of the Electoral Commission of Ghana

Three new members appointed to the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana to replace retired commissioners have been sworn into office by President Nana Addo...

We’ll retire you in 2024 – Sam George tells Patrick Boamah

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel George Nartey, says the NDC will retire MP for the Okaikoi Central Constituency, Patrick Boamah in the...

Former Accra Regional Hospital Medical Director files nomination for Garu

The former Medical Director for the Greater Accra Regional Hospital has filed nomination to contest the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primary in the...

Attacks on Mahama saddens me – NDC MP [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · ERIC OPOKU ON MAHAMA COMEBACK Member of Parliament for the Asunafo South Constituency, Eric Opoku, has extolled former President John Mahama. To him, Mr...

Old Tafo MP breaks down in parliament over death of predecessor [Video]

https://youtu.be/ZEFALAnzUyo Member of Parliament for Old Tafo in the Ashanti region, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, shed tears as he paid a tribute to his predecessor, Dr...

NDC gurus in attendance as Mahama files nomination for NDC flagbearer race [Photos]

Former President John Mahama has filed his nomination to contest the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer race come May 13, 2023. Mr Mahama’s 2020...