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Busunu residents reject MP’s Sallah rice, chase out officials [Video]

Some residents of Busunu in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region are angry at the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area,...

NPP laments campaigning for NPP flagbearer hopefuls at funerals

The leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, has expressed concern about the trend where some supporters of the party turn funeral grounds...

Nine MPs table motion for CSR law enactment

Nine Members of Parliament (MPs) have laid a Private Member’s motion to have the House pass a law to streamline and mainstream Corporate Social...

A-Plus ‘mocks’ NPP’s flagship programmes

Musician and political activist Kwame Asare Obeng, known widely as Kwame A-Plus has argued that all flagship programmes of the governing New Patriotic Party...

First Lady returning allowances sign of high emotional intelligence – Kpebu

Private Legal Practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has lauded the decision by the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, to reject and refund emoluments paid to her. Her decision...

Minority warns Majority over Ken Agyapong

The Minority in Parliament has sent a strong signal that it will reject any attempt by the Majority to have an out of Privileges...

Allotey Jacobs questions Lordina Mahama over this…

Bernard Allotey Jacobs has subtly called on Lordina Mahama, wife of former President John Dramani Mahama to return her allowances just as First and...

Parliament approves $28million car loan for MPs [Audio]

Parliament has approved the $28 million car loan presented by the Finance Ministry to facilitate the purchase of 275 vehicles for members of the...

Kennedy Agyapong, members of Defence and Interior Committee meet IGP [Photos]

Members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and Interior, led by the Chairman, Kennedy Agyapong, have paid a visit to the Inspector-General of Police...

Kweku Baako sends strong message to Ken Agyapong over Erastus Asare Donkor threat

Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has said he was happy Multimedia Group Limited has filed a petition at...

Stephen Ntim writes ahead of release of MMDCEs list: Let’s accept the president’s appointees

As we all wait patiently for President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to name his Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives of all the MMDAs...

Hundreds campaign for removal of Kennedy Agyapong

Hundreds of Ghanaians are massing signatories for an online petition to Parliament for the removal of the Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP) as...

MPs car loan: NDC MP jabs Okudzeto Ablakwa [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ablakwa’s position on MPs’ car loan hypocritical, he has taken the loan two times - Murtala Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central,...

Francis-Xavier Sosu: CJ must resign or step aside to save Supreme Court’s image

In a recent article, I wrote on the theme “Judiciary is not above Criticism, CJ’s Petition to the General Legal Council has no legal...

MPs receive salary arrears, not ex gratia – Majority Chief Whip clarifies

The Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has described the amount of money paid to Members of Parliament (MPs) at the end of every Parliament...

Koku Anyidoho’s interesting take on Presidential spouses’ salaries

A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has asked the public to redirect their rage and frustration over...

Bagbin fumes as Kennedy Agyapong is referred to Privileges Committee

JoyNews/AdomNews · Be mindful of your utterances outside Parliament - Speaker to MPs Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has cautioned Members of Parliament (MPs) to...

Techiman South Election: Court dismisses 3 NDC applications; awards GHS12,000 cost

The Wenchi High Court has slapped the National Democratic Congress (NDC) with a cost of GHS 12,000.00 after throwing out three of its applications...

Parliament’s Finance Committee recommends rejection of future car loans for MPs, Council of State Members

Parliament’s Finance Committee has recommended the discontinuation of periodic car loan procurement for Members of Parliament (MP) and Council of State. In a document sighted...

NDC to commemorate death of late President Mills on Saturday

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will on Saturday, July 17, commemorate the ninth anniversary of the death of late former President, Professor John Evans...

Will you also reject vehicles, security? – Chief Biney asks Rebecca, Samira

Deputy National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Halmilton Biney, has contributed to the ongoing debate of the First and Second Lady’s rejection of...

Minority charges Auditor-General to probe accounts of spouses of President and Veep

JoyNews/AdomNews · Minority demands Auditor-General to probe accounts of spouses of President and Veep The Minority in Parliament has charged the Auditor-General to probe accounts...

Apologise to Rebecca, Samira – Eugene Arhin tells TUC Secretary

The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, has called on the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to immediately apologise to Rebecca Akufo-Addo and...

Ken Agyapong hauled before Privileges Committee over threat against Erastus Asare Donkor

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has referred the Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, to the Privileges Committee of Parliament for threatening...

Gabby Otchere-Darko ‘defends’ Lordina Mahama over this…

Founder of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Otchere-Darko, has defended the former First Lady and wife of John Mahama following allowances paid to her between...

Lawyer sends important message to NDC over Chief Justice [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Lawyer sends important message to NDC over Chief Justice A constitutional lawyer has described as unnecessary the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) demand for...

Hawa Koomson ‘shocks’ fisherfolk in Central Region

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has decided to distribute over 15,000 bags of rice, 7,500 cartons of oil and...

Why are you after Lordina and not Nana Konadu? – A Plus asks NPP members

Musician cum politician, Kwame A Plus, says New Patriotic Party (NPP) members who are asking former First Lady, Lordina Mahama, to return allowances paid...

NDC’s Chief Biney opens up on Ghana Auctioneers Association appointment [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Chief Biney opens up on Ghana Auctioneers Association appointment Deputy National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Hamilton Biney Nixon, has...

Why Akufo-Addo wants to make NPP a majority party in Upper West Region

President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that the gift he will want to give the New Patriotic Party (NPP) upon leaving office is to make...

Angry Bole NPP executives threaten to abandon party if DCE is retained!

Some youth groups and polling station executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Bole-Bamboi have warned that they will ditch the party if...

Assin North Dual Citizenship case: Supreme Court sets date for ruling

A Cape Coast High Court hearing the dual citizenship case of the Assin North Member of Parliament (MP) has deferred judgment of the matter...

Alleged bribe against CJ: NDC calls for Public Inquiry

The opposition National Democractic Congress (NDC) is demanding a full-blown Public Inquiry into the $5-million allegation against the Chief Justice, justice Kwesi Annin Yeboah. They...

MP threatens demo over border closure

The Jomoro Member of Parliament (MP), Dorcas Toffey, has threatened to embark on a demonstration with his constituents over Ghana's border closure. According to her,...

Calls on Lordina to refund allowance are bogus – Apaak

JoyNews/AdomNews · Calls on Lordina to refund her allowance is bogus – Apaak Member of Parliament (MP) for Builsa South constituency has mounted a...

Two MPs file Private Members Bill against car loan

Two Members of Parliament (MPs) have sponsored a bi-partisan Private Members Bill against the $28million loan requested by the Finance Ministry to procure 275...

There’s hardship in the country – John Boadu admits

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has made a rare confession of economic hardship in Ghana. He made the confession when...

John Boadu has this to say about salaries for presidential spouses [Video]

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has waded into the decisions of the spouses of the President and the...

We’ll resist attempts by NPP to use technicalities to remove Assin North MP – Ofosu Ampofo

The National Democratic Congress says it will resist all attempts by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to use technicalities to remove Assin North...

Rebecca Akufo-Addo to refund GHC899,097 allowances paid her, rejects salary payment

First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has declined the offer for her to be paid allowances. According to a July 12 statement, she has also “decided to...