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Minority MPs walkout after Muntaka accuses Speaker of lawlessness

Minority in Parliament has walked out of the House after it's Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak accused the Speaker of lawlessness.This was after Prof. Mike...

NPP Chairman suspended

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) constituency chairman for Krachi-Nchumuru in the Oti region, Joseph Kwame Danso Asiam, has been suspended.In a statement signed...

NDC experts will collaborate with govt in combating coronavirus – Mahama [Video]

Former President John Dramani Mahama says the National Democratic Congress (NDC), under his leadership, has assembled a technical team to collaborate with the government...

COVID- 19: Reality will force you to speak truth to your people – NDC man to Akufo-Addo

General Manager of Pluzz FM and National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Tarkwa Nsuaem Constituency in the Western Region, Seth Kwame Dzokoto,...

George Andah cautions against politics of insults and acrimony

Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya West Constituency, George Andah, has called on his supporters and delegates to avoid the politics of insults,...

Parliament legalises growing of cannabis (0.3% THC) for health use

Parliament has passed into law the Narcotics Control Commission Bill 2019, legalising the growing of some cannabis for health purposes.The Narcotics Control Commission Bill,...

Mahama clears air on running mate

Former President John Dramani Mahama, has reacted to news that he has settled on Asunafo South Member of Parliament as his running mate for...

Imposition of Restrictions Act passed despite NDC criticism and fears

Parliament has approved the Imposition of Restriction Bill 2020.Among others, the Bill allows for the president to impose restrictions on the movement of people...

Coronavirus: Check out why Okudzeto Ablakwa feels vindicated [audio]

Minority Ranking Member on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, feels vindicated as the government battles to control the spread of Covid-19, popularly known as...

Imposition and Restrictions Bill similar to Preventive Detention Act – Kwaku Azaar

Lawyer and Professor of Accounting, Stephen Kwaku Asare, popularly called Kwaku Azaar, has likened President Nana Akufo-Addo’s Imposition and Restrictions Bill currently before Parliament...

NPP gaining grounds in Muslim communities – Nat’l Nasara Coordinator

The National Nasara Coordinator believes the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) is gaining grounds in Muslim communities in Ghana due to the government’s all...

COVID-19: Bawumia leads Muslim leaders in breakfast prayer [Video]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Friday morning at the Jubilee House led a host of Muslim leaders in Ghana in prayers against the...

Coronavirus: What NDC thinks Ghana must do

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is urging President Nana Akufo-Addo, amidst the spread of the deadly coronavirus, to consider a national call to prayer....

Afriyie-Ankrah slams NIA for defying public gathering ban

National Democratic Congress' (NDC) Director of Elections, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, says the Ghana card registration has the potential to spread the deadly novel coronavirus in...

Coronavirus: Ursula Owusu’s husband in self-quarantine!

Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has disclosed that her husband is in self isolation after he arrived from United Kingdom two days ago....

Listen: Two MPs ordered to self-quarantine

Parliament has ordered two Members of Parliament (MPs) and some parliamentary staff to self-quarantine, Adomonline.com can report.ALSO READ:Former WHO Director to lead Ghana’s Coronavirus...

Covid-19: Minority has declined to support bill under certificate of emergency – Oppong Nkrumah laments

The Minority Caucus in Parliament is not in favour of the 'emergency status' ascribed to the Impositions and Restrictions Bill put before Parliament by...

NDC sues EC over new voter register

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has filed a suit in the Supreme Court challenging the Electoral Commission (EC)’s intent to compile a new...

NDC sues EC over new Voters Register

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has filed a writ against the Electoral Commission (EC) at the Supreme Court over its decision to compile...

NPP Man slams NDC over coronavirus

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman for New Juaben North, Kwadwo Boateng Agyemang, has slammed the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for what he...

Akufo-Addo’s prayer breakfast meeting in pictures [photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday morning March 19, 2020 invited a host of prominent Ghanaian clergymen to seek God’s face on the fast spreading...

Akufo-Addo nominates 4 justices to Supreme Court

President Nana Akufo-Addo, in consultation with the Council of State, has nominated four justices to the Supreme Court of Ghana.They are Justice Isifu Tanko...

Akufo-Addo holds prayer breakfast over coronavirus [watch]

President Akufo-Addo this morning at the Jubilee House led a host of prominent pastors in the country to pray against the spread of the novel COVID-19...

Coronavirus: Impositions and Restrictions Bill laid in Parliament

The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Gloria Akufo has laid before Parliament, the Impositions and Restrictions Bill, 2020.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: 381 contacts traced test negativeCoronavirus:...

NDC declares 3 days nationwide prayer and fasting

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has declared three days of nationwide prayer and fasting over reported cases of the deadly novel coronavirus in Ghana.In...

Sherry Ayitey breaks silence on Nana Konadu’s 31st Women’s exit [Listen]

An Executive Member of the 31st December Women’s Movement, Sherry Ayitey, believes the exit of its Former President, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, was borne...

Coronavirus: People in trouble for stealing hand sanitisers in Parliament [audio]

The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has expressed concern about some individuals siphoning sanitisers distributed in the House.He wants CCTV cameras...

NDC reacts to EC’s latest press release on voter registration date

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, has described the Electoral Commission (EC)'s decision to push its intended voter registration exercise...

New Register: EC to announce new date

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it will in due course announce a new date for the compilation of the new voters' register following the...

Coronavirus restrictions: Dr Anyars rescues stranded students

Following the directive by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, that all schools should be closed down including tertiary institutions to...

Families of Ghanaian victims file case against Yahya Jammeh at Gambia’s Truth Commission

Families of Ghanaians, who were murdered in The Gambia in 2005, have filed submissions to the Gambia Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) demanding that Yahya...

NDC MP demands ‘dumsor’ timetable

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP), Edward Bawa, has charged the government to cause the publication of a load shedding schedule “as...

Obour pledges diligent service to Asante Akyem South constituents

Former President of the Music Association of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffour, has pledged a diligent service in Asante Akyem constituency to bring the...

Coronavirus: Parliament to pass new legislation to back measures

Parliament and the Executive have agreed to pass new legislation to back measures on coronavirus spread within 24 hours.A meeting on Monday March...

MPs ‘run’ from coronavirus

Some Members of Parliament (MP) are calling for a suspension of sitting after health authorities announced six cases of coronavirus in Ghana.They say every...

Provide comprehensive fight plan against COVID-19 – Mahama to Gov’t

John Dramani Mahama, former president and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on government to make public its plan to deal...

Pres. Akufo-Addo holds emergency meeting with Speaker of Parliament over coronavirus

President Akufo-Addo has called for an emergency meeting between himself and the Speaker of Parliament Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye.The meeting is scheduled to take...

Coronavirus: Mandatory 14 days self-quarantine to be imposed on travelers to Ghana

Government has announced that people arriving in Ghana from countries with 200 or more reported cases of coronavirus will not be allowed into the...

UAE suspends issuance of all entry visas from March 17

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday temporarily suspended the issuance of all entry visas except for those holders of diplomatic passports.This will be effective...

Coronavirus: Some govt officials are carriers – MP claims [video]

A Ranking Member of the Health Committee in Parliament is alleging some government officials are carriers of deadly COVID-19 virus.ALSO READ:Video: Third suspected coronavirus...