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We will abolish e-levy if we win in 2024 – Asiedu Nketia

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has promised that they will abolish the controversial e-levy should they win...

Why Bobie Ansah was arrested – Police reveal

The Police say the Accra FM presenter, who was picked up on Thursday, February 11, 2022, was arrested over an alleged publication of false...

Deputy Speaker replies Asiedu Nketia over ‘slap’ comment [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Joe Wise Replies Asiedu Nketia on slap comment First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has condemned Asiedu Nketia over his comments that the Minority...

Assin North MP challenges Supreme Court ruling

The National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, has filed a review application at the Supreme Court challenging...

NDC ‘Yentua’ demo: Aged woman refuses to move until Mahama saves her

A female elderly citizen on Thursday joined the Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to protest against the passage of the Electronic...

Minority demands apology from NPP MP over e-levy cake gift allegation

The Minority in Parliament is demanding an unqualified apology from the chairman of the Roads and Transport Committee over claims that the National Democratic...

E-Levy: There is more to it you don’t know – Haruna Iddrisu tells Ghanaians [Audio]

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has declared that the rate of the Electronic Transaction Levy, also known as E-Levy, is actually 3.75 and not...

Accra FM presenter reportedly arrested after his show

A presenter with Accra FM, Kwabena Bobie Ansah, has reportedly been arrested. According to a producer of his programme, the Citizen Show, Mr Ansah was...

With or without Adwoa Sarfo, e-levy will be approved – Majority Caucus [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · With or without Adjoa Sarfo, e-levy will be approved – Deputy Majority Whip The Majority in Parliament has said that the Electronic Transaction...

Gabby mocks ‘Yentua’ demo organisers; Sam George hits back

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, on Thursday, February 10 made fun of the organisers of the ‘Yentua’ demonstration...

Lecturer enskinned Saha Naa of Mamprugu

A lecturer in Economics Education at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Alhaji Prof. Mumuni. B. Yidana, has been enskinned Saha Naa of the...

Reboot Your Life: Lessons from Fatima Abubakar’s rise to political fame

Deputy Information Minister, Fatima Abubakar, has taken her turn on Reboot Your Life series, a segment on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem. Growing...

NDC will abolish E-levy within first 100 days in power – Asiedu Nketia

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has indicated that his party will abolish the Electronic Transaction Levy (e-levy)...

Senyo Hosi sets record straight on Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu’s E-Levy cake

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Hosi, has said he is not responsible for the E-LEVY cake presented to...

Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu breaks silence; describes person behind e-levy cake [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kyei Mensah Bonsu On E Levy Cake Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has broken his silence on an E-levy cake for his 65th birthday...

E-levy cake was not done to mock or spite Ghanaians – Kwadaso MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, Dr. Kingsley Nyarko has apologised to Ghanaians on the e-levy cake presented to the Majority leader, Osei Kyei...

Put Paa Grant’s image on our currency – Atta Akyea proposes [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Put Paa Grant's Image On Our Currency - Atta Akyea Proposes Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa South Constituency, Samuel Atta Akyea, has...

NDC Youth Wing protests against E-levy [Photos]

The Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has hit the streets of Accra to protest against the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy) being...

Minister of State at Housing Ministry, Freda Prempeh reassigned to Presidency

The Minister of State at the Water Resources, Works and Housing Ministry, Freda Prempeh, has been reassigned to the Presidency as Minister of State. A...

E-levy cake handiwork of Minority – NPP MP alleges

Member of Parliament (MP) for Akyem Swedru, Kennedy Nyarko Osei, has mounted a spirited defense for Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who marked his 65th...

Sam George challenges Majority Leader to name NDC MP who gave him E-Levy cake

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, has dared the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu to name the National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislator who allegedly...

Post criminal summons at residence of Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson – High Court

An Accra High Court has ordered that criminal summons be posted at the residence of Assin North Member of Parliament (MP), James Gyakye Quayson. This...

Demonstration against E-Levy to be held today

The Police have released details of the NDC Youth-led Yentua Demonstration which is to protest the introduction of the E-levy bill. According to the Accra...

PAC grills Foreign Affairs Ministry over $60K ‘ghost’ project

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday spent hours questioning officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over payments unaccounted for in the Auditor...

Majority Leader gets E-Levy cake to mark 65th birthday

Even before the controversial Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) is passed by Parliament, government officials including the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, seem to have...

Attempts to serve Assin North MP in Parliament unconstitutional – Minority

The Minority in Parliament has condemned the attempts by the Supreme Court registrar to serve criminal process on the Assin North Member of Parliament...

NPP focused on bringing the economy back to sound footing – Buaben Asamoa

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has taken a swipe at critics of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s handling of the economy. According to the Director of Communications...

Brothers don’t inherit brothers – Anyidoho replies Atta Mills’ brothers over Memorial Heritage

The battle for the control of the legacy of late John Evans Atta Mills, president of the Republic of Ghana from 2009 until his...

E-levy: NDC MPs are ready to die – Francis Sosu replies Afenyo-Markin

Madina Member of Parliament (MP), Francis Xavier-Sosu, has said the 137 Minority MPs will do everything within their power to resist the Electronic Transaction...

‘Yentua’ Demo: FixTheCountry Movement just seeking attention – NDC jabs

JoyNews/AdomNews · FixTheCountry Movement just seeking attention The National Youth Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, has refuted claims that...

Journalists now endangered species under Akufo-Addo – NDC Youth leader

JoyNews/AdomNews · Journalists now endangered spices under Akufo-Addo National Youth Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, has taken President Nana...

Adwoa Safo blackmailing govt – NPP MP alleges [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Adwoa Safo blackmailing government The Minister for Women, Gender and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo, is being accused of blackmailing the government. According to...

KT Hammond advises embattled Assin North MP [Listen]

Adansi Asokwa MP, K.T. Hammond, has advised the Assin North MP, Gyakye Quayson, not to be swayed by the support from members of his...

It’s a fact Ghanaians are suffering – Gabby Otchere-Darko

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has acknowledged Ghanaians are suffering. But he is quick to add it is a global phenomenon in...

Parliament approves agreement to construct bridge over Afram River

Parliament has approved an amount of €350M for the construction of a bridge over the Afram River and of 124Km of roads from Adawso-Bunso,...

Emile Short wades into controversial e-levy debate

A former Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Justice Emile Short, has called on the government to pay heed to the views of...

Gabby likens Mahama’s economic postmortem to a stammerer criticising Sarkodie’s rap

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has reacted to the recent comments of former President John Mahama on the...

Keep your advice to yourself – Majority Leader tells Ransford Gyampo

The Majority Leader in Parliament has chastised political analyst, Prof Ransford Gyampo, for suggesting that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) should reshuffle its...

PAC triggers Interpol arrest of two former staff of Pantang Nursing Training College

The Chairman of the Public Account Committee (PAC) of Parliament, James Avedzi Kluste, has ordered the arrest of two former workers of Pantang...

Roads Minister makes U-turn, rejects tollbooth-washroom comment [Audio]

Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta, has backtracked from his widely condemned announcement of converting tollbooths into urinal. Ranking member for Roads and...