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Jon Benjamin gets top appointment

Former United Kingdom High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, has been appointed to Mexico. He succeeds Ms Corin Robertson. Mr Benjamin is expected to officially assume...

PNC executive writes to Akufo-Addo on appointments

General Secretary of the People's National Convention (PNC), Janet Nabla, is calling on President Nana Akufo-Addo to largely include women in his appointments. As a...

Election Petition: Mahama’s lawyer breaks silence over his body language in court [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Mahama's legal team member Ayine breaks silence over his body language in court A member of the legal team for the flagbearer of...

Justice should not be traded for expedition – Tsatsu Tsikata

The Supreme Court has moved to ensure that it meets the 42-day timeline required for an election petition as stated in its election manual. The...

Gonjaland loses paramount chief

The Paramount Chief for the Kusawgu traditional area in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah region, his Royal Majesty Samuel Sulemana Kunkarga (I), has...

Franklin Cudjoe takes on Ursula Owusu over ministerial appointment

Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful should not be retained as Communications Minister in President Nana Akufo-Addo’s second administration, Franklin Cudjoe, President of Imani Africa has said. Mr...

Election Petition: Blow-by-blow account of what exactly transpired in court today

The Supreme Court has set ground rules for pre-trial in the ongoing election petition. Unlike proceedings yesterday which started around 10:00 am, hearing today commenced...

Coronavirus: MPs to undergo mandatory testing again

JoyNews/AdomNews · MPs to undergo mandatory Covid-19 test today Members of Parliament have been directed by Speaker Alban Bagbin to undergo a mandatory Covid-19 test. This...

I’m very alert – Kennedy Agyapong speaks on recent death threat

"Today I had a call to vacate my house because some people have threatened to assassinate me and my family by Thursday 4:am." These are...

Election petition: Chief Justice ‘scolds’ Ayine; this is why [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Election petition: Chief Justice 'scolds' Ayine; this is why The Chief Justice, Justice Anim Yeboah, has cautioned former Deputy Minister for Justice and...

They want me dead – Koku Anyidoho

Founder and Chief Executive Officer for the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, says some persons want him dead. According to him, if their bloody “borborliborbor...

NPP group proposes Trobu MP for ministerial appointment

The Trobu Patriotic Movement, a pressure group of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to consider...

President Akufo-Addo reduces ministries to 29

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has trimmed down the number of ministries in his second administration from 36 to 29. Consequently, the number of ministers,...

Mahama files fresh motion for lawyers to inspect documents in EC’s custody

Presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has put forward a request to have his lawyers inspect documents in the custody of the...

NDC Caucus demands Transition handing over notes be served parliament

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament on Tuesday has called on the government to make copies of the handing over notes of...

MPs to undergo mandatory Covid-19 test

Members of Parliament have been directed by Speaker Alban Bagbin to undergo a mandatory Covid-19 test. This comes as the country is experiencing a surge...

We’ll bury Rawlings in Anlo State – Family reconsiders date and location for rite

Family of former President Jerry John Rawlings has reconsidered its buy-in on the date and location for the burial of the late statesman initially...

Akufo-Addo drops list of presidential staffers

President Akufo-Addo has released the names of his first batch of appointments. He retained about 90 percent of his staff at the presidency including Chief...

Election Petition: Checkout how much GBC needs for live coverage

The State Broadcaster, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), needs about GH¢600,000.00 for the live coverage of the 2020 Election Petition.The amount-a sum of GH¢15,000.00 a...

NDC to decide next line of action after dismissal of interrogatories

The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Deputy Director of Legal Affairs, Baba Jamal, has said the party will decide its next line of action following...

Parliament forms Appointments Committee to vet Ministerial nominees

Parliament has constituted a 26-member Appointments Committee also known as Vetting Committee. The Committee will vet the nominees for various ministerial portfolios by President Nana...

Tsatsu Tsikata trades ‘legal blows’ with judge over Jean Mensa [Video]

The lead counsel for former President John Mahama in the election petition case, Tsatsu Tsikata, says the quest to challenge the 2020...

Election petition: Mahama’s lawyers engaging in fishing expedition – Oppong Nkrumah

JoyNews/AdomNews · Mahama's lawyers want to delay court process - Oppong Nkrumah Spokesperson for President Nana Akufo-Addo in the ongoing presidential election petition has bemoaned...

Kwaku Azare writes: Supreme Court denies petitioners’ request to question EC

The Court has unanimously denied the petitioner’s prayer for leave to serve interrogatories to the 1st Respondent and adjourned the case to 9:30 AM...

Election petition: Tsatsu Tsikata trends on Twitter over this…

Veteran lawyer, Tsatsu Tsikata, the lead counsel for John Mahama in the 2020 election petition is trending on Twitter following his posture at the...

Use new media to promote participatory and accountable governance – Mpraeso MP urges local Assemblies

The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso Constituency, Davis Opoku, has advised local assemblies to use new media to promote participatory democracy to ensure transparent...

Sefwi NPP appeals to Prez to appoint MP as Cabinet minister

New Patriotic Party (NPP) loyalists in the Sefwi Wiaso Constituency are calling on President Nana Akufo-Addo to appoint their Member of Parliament (MP) as...

Supreme Court dismisses Mahama’s 12 interrogatories presented to EC

The Supreme Court has dismissed a motion by former President John Mahama seeking permission to elicit answers to some 12 questions from the Electoral...

Kwakye Ofosu ‘slaps’ Otchere-Darko with ‘big English’

A former Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has said that Ghanaians do not hold the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to higher standards. Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko...

Bawumia releases list of his staffers

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has recognised key personalities in his office who have helped him deliver his mandate as the Vice President...

Second hearing of Mahama’s election petition today

The Supreme Court will resume hearing of the election petition filed by the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, today...

Parliament resumes sitting to approve membership of some committees

Parliament is set to approve its first set of committees Tuesday as the members settle for the real business at 2:pm. The House is expected...

Election petition: Mahama files motion against EC to admit errors

The National Democratic Congress flagbearer in the 2020 election, John Mahama, has filed a motion at the Supreme Court asking that Electoral Commission (EC)...

Ben Ephson reveals why Mahama lost 2020 elections

The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, lost the 2020 elections because of the lack of clarity on his...

Parliament to nominate members of 11 standing committees

Parliamentary has constituted a 20-member Committee of Selection, to oversee the nomination of members to the 11 Standing Committees of the House.  The Committee, pursuant...

Chairman Wontumi throws big challenge to Amaliba [Video]

Chairman of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) in the Ashanti Region, Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi), has thrown a big challenge to lawyer Abraham Amaliba. The NPP...

The joy of my victory not ‘complete’ – Kofi Adams

Member of Parliament for the Buem constituency, Kofi Adams, has revealed the joy of his victory was not entirely complete. According to him, this is...

Akufo-Addo to collapse 7 ministries

President Nana Akufo-Addo is said to be collapsing seven of the ministries he created in 2017 when he took over from John Mahama. The seven,...

Ofosu-Ampofo clears air on presidential ambition

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu- Ampofo, says he has no intention to contest for presidency on the party's...

Why NDC’s Peter Otokunor is a laughing stock on social media [Photo]

Peter Otokunor, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), is being trolled on social media after posting a picture of himself...