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Differ but don’t undermine our democracy – Govt to politians

Government has called on political actors to feel free to differ on national policies but refrain from undermining the country’s democracy. The Information Minister, Kojo...

NPP MP down with stroke – Asiedu Nketia alleges [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · MP down with stroke - Asiedu Nketia alleges The General Secretary of National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has stated the Majority...

4 NPP members seek injunction on Sunyani East polling station election

Four members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Sunyani East Constituency have filed injunction application to halt the party’s upcoming Polling Station...

NPP polls: Police storms Abuakwa North as tensions rise

A reinforcement team from the Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Ghana Police Service has been deployed from the Eastern Regional Police Headquarters to the...

MPs Absenteeism: Dafeamekpor’s take on ‘vacant seat’ declaration

Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi Constituency, Dr Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has disagreed with the call to declare absentee Members of Parliament's seats vacant. Following...

Supreme Court throws out suit of alleged mishandling of Barker-Vormawor’s case

The Supreme Court has struck out a case filed by lawyers for #FixTheCountry Movement convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, challenging his arraignment at the district court. This...

I don’t want coup in Ghana; God forbid it – Effah-Dartey [Audio]

Private legal practitioner, Captain Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey (rtd), has said he never wishes for a coup to occur in Ghana again. The former Deputy Minister...

NPP Youth Organiser in critical condition after aspirant hits head with stick

Abirem Youth Organiser hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), identified only as Chief has reportedly hit the head of the incumbent Youth Organiser...

‘Is this the time for this intellectual exercise?’ – Supreme Court Judge to Barker-Vormawor’s lawyers

A Supreme Court panel led by Justice Jones Dotse on Wednesday questioned why lawyers for #FixTheCountry Movement campaigner, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, have failed to make...

Joe Wise will be resisted if he attempts to vote while presiding – Bawa

Member of parliament (MP) for Bongo Constituency, Edward Abambire Bawa, has said there will be resistance from the Minority group if the 1st Deputy...

Five killed after Russian forces blast main television tower in Ukraine

At least five people have been killed after Russian forces fired at the main television tower in Kyiv and the city’s main Holocaust memorial,...

Ghana warned against taking sides in Russia-Ukraine conflict [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Asiedu Nketia cautions Ghana against taking sides in Russia-Ukraine conflict The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned Ghana...

I’m Speaker because I have very ‘good friends’ in NPP – Bagbin

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has said he won the slot to become Speaker because he has 'very good friends” in the governing New...

NPP Eastern Regional chair chased out by mob of supporters at Akyem Oda [Audio)

The Eastern Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kingston Akomeng Kissi, has been chased out by a mob of party supporters...

Adom Otchere ‘attacks’ Raymond Atuguba over coup comment [Listen]

The Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Paul Adom Otchere, has launched a scathing attack on Professor Raymond Atuguba over his...

Minority calls on Special Prosecutor to probe Adwoa Safo’s E-levy vote money

The Minority in Parliament is calling on the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, to probe the over 900,000 Ghana cedis used to charter a private...

Finance Ministry sets records straight on salaries of govt workers [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Finance Ministry sets records straight on salaries for govt workers A Deputy Minister of Finance, John Kumah, has assured government will soon pay...

Continuously keeping Barker-Vormawor in custody needless and petty – H. Kwasi Prempeh

Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Prof. Henry Kwasi Prempeh, is unimpressed about how #FixTheCountry Movement convenor is being treated...

Council of State sends important message to Speaker

Members of the Council of State have charged Speaker, Alban Bagbin, to ensure that Parliament works. The Council, led by its Chairman, Nana Otuo Serebour,...

Attorney General reacts to NDC’s petition to Commonwealth Secretariat

The Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has launched a scathing attack on the decision by the opposition NDC to petition the Commonwealth Secretariat on...

We don’t count Adwoa Safo as part of us – Joe Wise

The First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has indicated that the Majority Caucus does not factor Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, into...

NDC’s Chief Azoka attacked [Video]

The vehicle of the Vice-Chairperson of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sofo Azoka, has allegedly been snatched at gunpoint at this house at Gbanymni...

E-levy: Checkout how much govt allegedly spent to get Adwoa Safo’s vote

It has emerged that the government, in its bid to to pass the controversial Electronic Transfer (E-Levy) Bill in December last year, spent a...

Boaben Asamoa rubbishes NDC’s Commonwealth petition

Communications Director of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Boaben Asamoa has pooh-poohed a petition by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to...

Nine people killed after Russian bombs hit residential buildings in Ukraine’s second city [Video]

Russian forces bombarded a residential area in Ukraine's second-largest city with rockets on Monday, killing at least nine people, and several large detonations were heard in...

I’m fit – Henry Quartey dismisses illness reports

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has urged Ghanaians to disregard media reports suggesting he has been sick. According to him, he is fit...

Foreign students fleeing Ukraine say they face racism, segregation at border

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, foreign students attempting to leave the country say they are experiencing racist treatment by Ukrainian security forces and border...

NPP reacts to NDC’s petition to Commonwealth [Audio]

Communications Director of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has described as unnecessary, a petition by the National Democratic Congress (NDC)...

Sunyani East NPP secures injunction against polling station election

Four members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Sunyani East Constituency have secured a court injunction to stop the party’s upcoming Polling...

NDC petitions Commonwealth Secretariat over persecution of its members

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has petitioned the Commonwealth Secretariat to investigate and subsequently sanction the current administration over what the party calls bad...

Parliament should have engaged public before introducing E-levy – Majority Leader concedes

Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has admitted that government should have engaged Ghanaians before the introduction of the controversial Electronic-(E) Levy. The...

Ukrainian soldier blew himself up on bridge to block advancement of Russian tanks

A Ukrainian soldier reportedly blew himself up on a bridge to prevent a line of Russian tanks from crossing. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced...

E-levy: MP calls on Ghanaians to fast and pray against Majority’s numbers [Video]

https://youtu.be/OQ3VaiTEpUY The Member of Parliament for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, had called on Ghanaians to fast and pray against the Majority in Parliament having all...

Court posts orders on Assin North MP’s house

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, was over the weekend served with court processes seeking an interlocutory injunction to...

Adwoa Safo told Majority Leader not to call her again – Joe Wise [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Adwoa Safo Told Majority Leader Not To Call Her Again - Joe Wise First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu (Joe Wise), has revealed...

Top NPP member buried in elephant-shaped coffin [Photos]

The final funeral rites of a staunch member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Shama constituency of the Western Region, Godwin Feabodu...

Russia demands Google restore access to its media YouTube channels in Ukraine

Russia's communications regulator has demanded that Google restores access to its state-sponsored media channels on YouTube in Ukraine, after accusing Facebook and other big tech companies of 'censorship'...

Govt reacts to claims salaries may not be paid within next 3 months

A Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah, has dismissed reports that the government may struggle to honour some financial obligations including salaries of employees in...

One injured as irate group disrupts NPP polling station election [Video]

https://youtu.be/EkbJkgNwxPg One person has been injured after suspected land guards disrupted the New Patriotic Party (NPP) polling station election at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central...

NDC MP charged for defaming MCE

The Cape Coast High Court has ordered the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, to retract...