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Adwoa Safo again

Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, is in the news again and trending on social media. During Parliamentary proceedings on Tuesday,...

Minority accuses Lands Ministry of blowing over ¢10m on national dialogues on ‘galamsey’ [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Minority accuses Lands Ministry of using over ₵10m on national dialogues on 'Galamsey' The Minority in Parliament has alleged that the Lands and...

Adwoa Safo’s children could be seized by America’s Social Welfare Dept. – Muntaka Mubarak defends MP’s absence

While political speculations have been rife concerning the reasons why the Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament, Adwoa Safo, has been absent from Parliament for an...

Adwoa Safo’s issue should not be handled harshly – Frederick Opare-Ansah

Former Deputy Minister for Communications, Frederick Opare-Ansah, who is a New Patriotic Party General Secretary hopeful, has shared his opinion on the conduct of...

Muntaka to challenge Bagbin’s decision to refer three MPs to Privileges Committee

JoyNews/AdomNews · Muntaka Serves Notice To Challenge Bagbin’s Decision To Refer Three MP’s To Privileges Committee Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has vehemently disagreed with...

Your Lordships can decide anyway you want -Tsatsu Tsikata tells Supreme Court judges

Lead Counsel for Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson, Tsatsu Tsikata, on Tuesday told the Supreme Court Judges they can decide anyway they wanted,...

Confusion rocks CPP over interdiction of officers

There appears to be turmoil in the camp of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) following the alleged interdiction of three key officers of the...

Why Anas is trending on Twitter

Ace Ghanaian investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, who has been on the low for months, is currently trending on Twitter. This comes a few hours...

Adwoa Safo, two other MPs dragged to Privileges Committee

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has referred three Members of Parliament (MPs), Sarah Adwoa Safo, Henry Quartey, and Kennedy Agyepong to the Privileges...

Fate of Assin North MP to be determined on this date…

The Supreme Court has set April 13, 2022, to deliver its ruling on whether Assin North Member of Parliament (MP), James Gyakye Quayson, should...

Bagbin sends strong message to parliamentary staff

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has cautioned parliamentary staff against leaking sensitive documents to the press. Such misconduct, he bemoans, reduces the institution's reputation...

Parliament goes on recess

Parliament is expected to adjourn Sine Die on Tuesday 5th April 2022 to end the First Meeting of the Second Session of the Eighth...

Adwoa Safo to be referred to Privileges Committee

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has revealed that Sarah Adwoa Safo may be referred to Parliament’s Privileges Committee by next week. The Member of Parliament for...

Ghana’s economy is terrible – BBC’s Peter Okwoche tells Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he does not know of any economy around the world that is doing well in the midst...

Assin North seat is automatically vacant, NDC has 136 MPs – Majority Leader asserts

The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has stated emphatically that the Assin North Parliamentary seat held by the embattled NDC Member of Parliament,...

Adwoa Safo marked present in Parliament’s attendance register while absent for proceedings last Friday

There was controversy in Parliament on Monday when it came to light that the MP for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has been marked as...

2022 FIFA World Cup Prize fund & participation importance

FIFA World Cup 2022 will be taking place in Qatar with the tournament starting on 21st November with the final to be played on...

Bagbin vows to crack whip on Akufo-Addo appointing MPs to boards [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Bagbin vows to crack whip on Akufo-Addo appointing MPs to boards Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, says he will not sit aloof for...

Why MD for Ghana Airports Company was dismissed – Transport Minister discloses

The Transport Minister, Kweku Ofori-Asiamah, has justified government’s decision in dismissing the former MD for Ghana Airports Company limited Mr. Yaw Kwakwa. According to...

More panic withdrawals soon, E-Levy set to defeat cashless economy – Dumelo

Actor cum Politician, John Dumelo, has bemoaned the passag of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy). Taking to Facebook to lament over the policy, he...

Kojo Bonsu gets Yaa Naa, Northern Chiefs’ blessings over ambition to contest NDC flagbearership

Former Kumasi Mayor under the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) regime, Kojo Bonsu, has received the blessings of the king of Dagbon, Yaa Naa...

Duffuor to launch ‘NDC ahoto) project’

A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, will on Thursday, April 7, 2022, launch a micro-business initiative. The project, dubbed NDC ahoto), will be...

Bagbin announces plans to establish dialysis centre in Wa

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has announced plans to establish a dialysis centre in Wa in the Upper West Region. The former Nadowli Kaleo...

Akufo-Addo was misled; it won’t be the first time – Sam George on 10,875km new roads claim

The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Narety George, says President Nana Akufo-Addo was misled into believing his government has constructed 10,875km of new...

Stephen Amoah apologises for ‘economy is like a child with sickle cell’ comment

The Member of Parliament for the Nhyiaeso Constituency, Dr Stephen Amoah, has apologised for comparing the current state of the Ghanaian economy to a...

Tamale Metropolitan Assembly fails to elect presiding member, at risk of being dissolved

Members of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly have been unable to elect a presiding member because the two contestants could not secure the required two-thirds...

CPP Central Committee interdicts Nana Yaa Jantuah, Osei Kofi Acquah and Onzy Nkrumah

The highest decision making body of the Convention People’s Party, the Central Committee (CC), has interdicted Nana Yaa Akyempim Jantuah, the General Secretary of...

E-levy: Minority told embattled Assin North MP not to enter the chamber – Afenyo-Markin

Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, says the Minority’s grievances over the passage of the Electronic Transaction levy (E-levy) are flawed particularly when they raise...

Why Okudzeto Ablakwa agrees with Akufo-Addo [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · The only thing Okudzeto Ablakwa agrees with Akufo-Addo on North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has joined calls by the...

Prosecute Tarkwa small-scale mining assailants to ensure citizen protection – Dr Solomon Owusu to govt

I write to draw the attention of the Ghana government and some heads of the law enforcement institutions, including the Attorney-General, the Chief Justice,...

Ablakwa clashes with Afenyo-Markin in Parliament [Video]

https://youtu.be/dGVFBLqDafY Chaos broke out on the Floor of Parliament on Friday between North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Effutu MP, Alexander Afenyo-Markin. The duo exchanged...

E-levy passage: What Assin North MP’s lawyers told Minority [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · ABLAKWA ON ASSIN NORTH Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has shot down claims that embattled Assin North MP,...

When you hold yourself up like a leaf, any goat will eat you – Bagbin tells MPs [Audio]

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has revealed that, the leadership has not been happy about the way he shouts at the MPs. Explaining the matter...

Wheeling Ahanta West MP into Parliament was inhumane – Ablakwa [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Wheeling Ahanta West MP into Parliament was inhumane – Ablakwa Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has described as...

Akufo-Addo assents to E-levy bill

President Akufo-Addo has assented to the Electronic Transfer Levy Bill (E-levy) which was approved by parliament on Tuesday, March 29, 2002. Mr Akufo-Addo signed...

Minority’s E-levy walkout: Sammy Gyamfi sends strong message to critics [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sammy Gyamfi sends strong message to critics National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has asked critics to stop...

E-levy: Speaker Bagbin makes revelation about sick MP [Listen]

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has revealed that the Chieftaincy Minister, Ebenezer Kojo Kum, was within the precincts of parliament during last Tuesdays proceedings. This...

Don’t tag Clerk as partisan; Speaker orders rectification of errors in attendance register

JoyNews/AdomNews · Don't tag Clerk as partisan; Speaker orders rectification of absenteeism errors Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Bagbin, has asked the Minority in Parliament...

E-levy: Speak truth to power – GRA, technical partners told over implementation

JoyNews/AdomNews · GRA must speak truth to authority over implementation of E-levy – Telecoms Chamber The Ghana Telecoms Chamber has urged the Ghana Revenue Authority...

Hot exchanges in Parliament over ‘errors’ in register on e-levy day

There were hot exchanges in parliament at the beginning of sitting on Thursday over errors detected with records of members present on Tuesday, March...