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Allotey Jacobs takes on Speaker Bagbin over comment on SC verdict

Social commentator, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has lambasted the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin and the Minority members in Parliament over their remarks...

Barker-Vormawor to defer PhD programme at Cambridge University [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Barker-Vormawor to defer PhD programme at Cambridge University Spokesperson for the #FixTheCountry movement, Felicity Nelson, has revealed what will likely happen to Oliver...

Do we want IMF, E-Levy, both or none? – Otchere-Darko quizzes

Danquah Institute founder, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has called for a national debate on what he calls the “tough” economic decisions that “confront” Ghana currently. In...

‘NPP will win 2024 election’

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ablekuma West in the Greater Accra Region, George Cyril Bray, has said that the ruling New Patriotic Party...

Bullion van robberies: Minority files motion for probe into death of police suspects

https://youtu.be/PJdVoBtaWO4 The Minority in Parliament has filed a private members motion for a bi-partisan probe into the circumstances that led to the death of two...

Court orders annulment of Hemang Lower Denkyira NPP polling station election [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NPP Hemang Lower Denkyira Constituency A Cape Coast Circuit Court has ordered the annulment of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) polling station elections...

LGBTQ+ group to meet Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee in-camera

JoyNews/AdomNews · Next hearing on LGBTQ+ Bill to be held in-camera Rightify Ghana, a group affiliated to the LGBTQ+ community, will have a closed-door meeting...

Ejisu NPP supporters hit street [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ejisu NPP protest Scores of New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters in the Ejisu Constituency on Wednesday marched through the principal streets of the...

Assin North MP blocks injunction hearing with two applications

Lawyers for Assin North Member of Parliament (MP), James Gyakye Quayson, on Wednesday successfully blocked the hearing of a case to determine if he...

African students trapped in southern Ukraine’s Kherson are crying out for help

African students trapped in southern Ukraine's Kherson are crying out for help, as Russian forces try to consolidate their occupation of the port city. The students...

Why has the Syrian war lasted 11 years?

Even before the conflict began, many Syrians were complaining about high unemployment, corruption and a lack of political freedom under President Bashar al-Assad, who...

NPP Greater Accra Regional Secretary faces court today

The Greater Accra Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Secretary, Daniel Parker Odailai, will today, March 16, 2022, be put before court. This comes on...

Aide stabbed as thugs vandalise NPP MP’s office and bolt with cash

The office of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency, Alfred Obeng Boateng, has been vandalised by some unidentified...

Latest on Adwoa Safo’s leave [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Latest On Adwoa Safo's Leave It has been revealed that Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is yet to approve a leave extension Dome...

It’s only in ‘Umuofia’ that prosecutors fail to show up in court – Kwaku Azar

Prof Stephen Kwaku Asare, known popularly as Kwaku Azar, has chastised prosecutors trying Oliver Barker-Vormawor for making treasonable comments, for failing to show up...

#Fixthecountry convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor granted 2m cedi bail

Convenor for the #FixTheCountry movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has been granted a GHC2 million bail by a Tema High Court. The bail term is also supposed...

Ukraine announces curfew

A suspected Russian missile attack on an apartment building in the Ukrainian capital early Tuesday killed at least four people and sparked a frenzied...

‘Time Aso’ for NPP to ‘break the 8’ – Stephen Ntim

The Former National First Vice Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Stephen Ayesu Ntim, has rallied members of his party to work tirelessly...

Akufo-Addo’s latest comment on coup talks

President Nana Akufo-Addo has emphasised the need for unity and a strong resolve to send “a clear message to coup plotters that coups have...

I can’t reverse polling station election results – Tano North MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North, Freda Akosua Prempeh, has dismissed allegations by the youth wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

I’m a vandal; be careful – NPP MP warns Sam George [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kwaku Afriyie sends strong message to Sam George Sehwi Wiawso Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Kwaku Afriyie, has urged Ningo Prampram MP, Sam...

NPP supporters in Hemang Lower Denkyira angry over fraudulent polling station elections

Hundreds of aggrieved supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Hemang Lower Denkyira Constituency are up in arms over what they...

Bagbin sets records straight on appointment of ‘NDC man as acting Speaker’

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has urged the public to ignore reports suggesting the appointment of a National Democratic Congress (NDC) member as...

COCOBOD sets records straight on $1.3bn syndicated loan [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · COCOBOD ON AKANDOH The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has denied claims by Juabosso Member of Parliament, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, that the government cannot...

NPP Elections C’ttee reacts to ‘involvement’ in bloody Ablekuma West chaos

The Ablekuma West New Patriotic Party (NPP) chairman of the elections committee, Parker Odai, has denied his involvement in attacks on supporters of a...

We’ll resist attempts to reverse outcome of polling station executives elections – Tano North NPP youth

The youth wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Tano North Constituency in the Ahafo Region has said it will resist any...

Barker-Vormawor fell into the hands of people already looking for him – Martin Amidu

#FixTheCountry convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor, is “the cockroach”, who, according to former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, “made the mistake of making himself available in the...

Kojo Bonsu can never be NDC flagbearer – Former KMA boss [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Samuel Sarpong On Kojo Bonsu As NDC Flagbearer A former Ashanti Regional Minister, Samuel Sarpong, says his compatriot, Kojo Bonsu, lacks the necessary...

Local Government Service forced to withdraw obnoxious 6k-per-head workshop charge

The Office of The Head of Local Government Service (OHLGS) has been forced to reluctantly withdraw an obnoxious charge it intended to place on...

Ghosts invade Parliament

Parliamentarians present in the Chamber last week were left in shock, following names and votes of their colleagues who were absent that day but...

I don’t think Bagbin authored reaction statement to Supreme Court ruling – Majority Leader [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kyei Mensah On Bagbin's Reaction to Supreme Court ruling Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has cast doubt on a statement from Speaker of Parliament,...

Dr Nana Ayew Afriye writes: Political Speaker not above parliamentary practice

Mr. Speaker, it is shameful for you to attack the president & judiciary based on emotions and without recourse to extensive research on parliamentary...

Tano North NPP youth chase MP

The youth wing in the Tano North Constituency of the Ahafo Region say they will resist attempts by the Member of Parliament (MP), Freda...

Irate NPP youth vandalise party property at Yendi

Conflicts and violence have characterised the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s polling station election in the Yendi Constituency after some irate youth vandalised party’s office...

Russia asked China for weapons and economic aid, US officials say

Russia has asked China for weapons and financial aid following its invasion of Ukraine, according to reports. The White House is said to be concerned Beijing may undermine western efforts to...

Asiedu Nketia reacts to campaign posters

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has denied some posters having his pictures and that of the logo of...

I can’t rule out plans of running for presidency – Kwabena Agyapong

A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyapong, says he has plans to lead the party into the 2024 presidential...

India accidentally fires missile into Pakistan

India says it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan on Wednesday, blaming the incident on a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance. Delhi said it was...

Martin Amidu: Akufo-Addo’s E-levy Bill and E-levy birthday cakes – treason felony…

The Government’s 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy, particularly its determination to impose its draconian Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) on an already financially exhausted...

E-levy Bill will not be debated next week – Majority Leader

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has announced that the controversial E-levy Bill will not be discussed in Parliament, next week. Speaking on the floor of...