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Your comments are unwise and selfish – Gabby to Prof Ken Attafuah

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has urged the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof Ken Attafuah to apologise for comments he made regarding...

Your immunity is not absolute – Speaker tells MPs

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has cautioned Members of Parliament that their immunity as contained in Articles 117 and 118 of the Constitution...

Attacks against Dr Nduom a politically motivated – PPP

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) says the attack against its founder Dr Paa Kwasi Nduom is a face-saving exercise by government spearheaded by Central...

Appointments Committee unblocks Egyapa Mercer’s approval

JoyNews/AdomNews · Appointments Committee backtracks decision to defer Egyapa Mercer’s role as Deputy Energy Minister Parliament’s Appointment Committee has recommended the approval of Deputy Minister-designate...

COVID-19: Most MPs yet to get second vaccine jab

JoyNews/AdomNews · COVID-19: Most MP yet to get second vaccine jab It has emerged that most Members of Parliament (MPs) have not taken their second...

Afriyie-Ankrah’s take on Kissi Agyebeng as Special Prosecutor

The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Director of Elections, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, has expressed reservations about the nomination of Kissi Agyebeng as the next Special Prosecutor. According...

NDC top executive installed chief [Photos]

The Volta Regional National Democratic Congress (NDC) Youth Organiser, Godwin Edzor Fenuku, has been installed chief at Bakpa. Mr Fenuku will now serve under the...

Man slaps French President Emmanuel Macron during crowd walkabout [Video]

Two people were arrested after French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped by a man during a walkabout session with a crowd in the Drome...

Egyapa Mercer’s approval as Deputy Energy Minister in limbo

Parliament’s Appointments Committee has put on hold the approval of Andrew Egyapa Mercer as Deputy Minister for Energy. The Committee’s action follows Mr. Mercer’s strong...

Minority accuses govt of frustrating MPs

The Minority in Parliament has accused President Akufo-Addo and his Cabinet of deliberately frustrating the work of Members of Parliament and the development of...

GH¢100 billion ‘Obaatanpa’ package: Govt places youth at centre – Finance Minister

The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has commenced a series of engagement with the youth across the country aimed at igniting an entrepreneurial...

NDC top executive reacts to TB Joshua’s death [Listen]

Deputy Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is still in shock following the death of popular prophet T.B. Joshua. Kwaku Boahen said...

Stop the needles self-glorification and focus on your jobs – Razak Opoku to appointees

A New Patriotic Party (NPP) member has said no appointee under President Nana Akufo-Addo government deserves credit for any policy implementations. Razak Opoku argues that...

NDC Youth Organiser found dead in his room

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Youth Organiser for Mempeasem Polling Station, at Essikado-Ketan Constituency in Sekondi-Takoradi, has been found dead in his room. Abass Seidu...

NDC to hold special National Delegates Congress

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will hold a special National Delegates Congress at the end of 2021, to deliberate on important issues affecting the...

Meet late Sir John’s wife and adorable children [Photos]

Photos of the late former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sir John's children and wife have popped up on social media. This...

June 4: Zanetor Rawlings sends strong message to political leaders [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghanaians have to be careful to avoid mistakes that might lead to an uprising - Zanetor Rawlings First daughter of architect of the...

Parliament summons 4 ministers

Parliament has summoned four Ministers of State to appear before the House to answer urgent questions on various developmental issues posed by Members of...

NDC marks 42nd June 4 anniversary [Photos]

 The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commemorated the 42nd June 4 uprising with a call on members to defend the revolution in the country. The...

June 4: How Zanetor described the absence of J.J. Rawlings

Daughter of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings and Member of Parliament for Korley Klottey, Dr Zanetor Agyemang Rawlings, has compared the similarities...

June 4: Koku Anyidoho reveals what Rawlings did on Mills’ grave before his demise

Before his demise last year former President Jerry John Rawlings visited the Asomdwee Park where the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills was buried...

You can show ‘The Returned Bribe’ documentary — Court tells Manasseh, JoyNews as it throws out dismissed FDA lawyer’s injunction

An Accra High Court has given Manasseh Azure Awuni and JoyNews the greenlight to show 'The Returned Bribe' investigative documentary. The ruling by Justice...

Chaos in court as police ‘clash’ with #FixTheCountry protesters [Video]

Some personnel of the Ghana Police Service have clashed with the #FixTheCountry protestors at the premises of the Accra High Court, hearing their case. The protestors alleged that...

Mahama’s message on 42nd June 4 anniversary [Read]

For the first time, the people of Ghana, comrades, supporters and sympathizers of the National Democratic Congress will commemorate the June 4 Uprising without...

Sefwi NPP threatens to collapse party if…

There is tension brewing among members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Sehwi Akontombra over the appointment of District Chief Executive (DCE). Party hierarchy,...

Denmark envoy calls on Speaker of Parliament

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban S. K. Bagbin, will address a ceremony to mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between Ghana and...

Akua Donkor ‘lashes’ Mahama for not attending Sir John’s funeral

JoyNews/AdomNews · Akua Donkor lashes Mahama for not attending Sir John’s funeral Former President John Mahama is still not in the good books of failed...

Sir John: Check out unseen photos from funeral grounds

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, was laid in state ahead of his official burial. The funeral rites of the...

NDC did not give Atta Mills dignified resting place – Koku reacts to Sir John’s tomb

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Atta-Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has said the tomb constructed for the burial of late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie...

Akufo-Addo reveals what Sir John did for him to become President [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Akufo-Addo reveals what Sir John did for him in bid to become President President of the Republic, Nana Akufo-Addo, says the support of...

Women in mining bare teeth at Akufo-Addo over burning of mining equipment [Video]

Artisanal Small Scale Women in Mining have criticised President Nana Akufo-Addo's endorsement of the burning of mining equipment belonging to small-scale miners. According to the...

MP kicked out of parliament for wearing tight trousers

A Tanzanian female Member of Parliament (MP), Condester Sichwale, was on Tuesday, June 1, thrown out of the parliament by the Speaker of the...

Assin North MP petitions Chief Justice

The Assin North Member of Parliament (MP), Joe Gyaakye Quayson, has written to the Chief Justice to prevail on the judge sitting on his...

A Plus makes bold statement after meeting Kufuor [Photos]

Musician cum politician, Kwame A Plus, has shared lovely photos hanging out with former President John Agyekum Kufuor. A Plus is believed to have paid...

Population and Housing Census: Get counted – Suhum MP urges constituents

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Suhum Constituency, Oboafo Kwadjo Asante, has admonished his constituents to participate fully in this year's nationwide population and...

Suhum: Constituents applaud MP for his show of gratitude and update on stewardship

Residents of Suhum have applauded their Member of Parliament (MP) for showing gratitude by paying them a visit just three months of his stewardship...

EC has been incompetent in handling opposition parties – Gyampo

A senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, says the Electoral Commission (EC) has been rationally incompetent in dealing with opposition...

I’ll kill you – MP threatens colleague as fight breaks out in Pan-African Parliament

Tempers flared again at the Pan-African Parliament sitting in Midrand on Monday with members halting the scheduled elections, complaining that they felt unsafe in...

Police probe alleged attack on NPP Women’s Organiser

The Ghana Police Service has begun investigations into an alleged attack on the life of the Greater Accra Regional Women’s Organiser of the New...

Culture of silence not here – President Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he will not do anything to gag the press nor preside over a culture of silence. He noted...