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Audio: Sam George called for the slap – Deputy Minister justifies govt’s position

The Deputy Minister of Information has justified the government’s decision not to prosecute the National Security officer, Mohammed Sulemana, who assaulted the Member of...

UPP sacks founder Odike for milking coffers dry

The flagbearer of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addae Odike, has been dismissed from the party he founded. This was revealed by the Acting...

Audio: Sam George challenges Akufo- Addo over Short Commission report

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has rejected claims that he provoked his attacker, Mohammed Sulemana during the Ayawaso West...

Odoben Brakwa NPP condemns attack on executives

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications directorate in the Odoben Brakwa constituency in the Central region are accusing some youth of extortion which led...

Gov’t rejected at least 58.9% of Short Commission report

Government rejected at least 58.9% of the findings and recommendations of the Emile Short Commission which investigated political violence in the Ayawaso West Wuogon...

ROPAA lead campaigner to contest 2020 elections as independent candidate

A lead campaigner of the advocacy group campaigning for the passage of the Representation of the Peoples’ Amendment Act (ROPAA), has announced his decision...

Audio: Mahama has no message for 2020 – Gabby Otchere Darko

Founder of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has thrown a political jab at former President John Dramani Mahama, saying the latter has no...

NDC well prepared for election 2020 – Ofosu-Ampofo

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has hinted it is well prepared for the 2020 election and will leave no stone unturned to ensure it...

Photos+audio: NPP MP, party executives beaten at Breman Asikuma

A constituency Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is fighting for his life after he, together with the Member of Parliament (MP)...

Audio: Ken Agyapong wants CID boss fired

Outspoken Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has called for the resignation of the CID boss, Maame Tiwaa Addo-Danquah. Speaking on Accra-based Net...

MMDAs should be dissolved on October 7 – Gov’t directs

Government has directed that Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies across the country as well as their Unit Committees, should be dissolved by Monday, October...

NAPO insists ‘evil’ hands engineered CSSPS chaos in Accra

Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has maintained that mischievous hands instigated the horrific scenes that characterized the Senior High School placement process at...

Electoral Commission reacts to NDC allegations

The Electoral Commission has noted with concern a number of allegations the leadership of the National Democratic Congress has made in sections of the...

Full gov’t White Paper on Short Commission report

Joy News has obtained a complete copy of government’s White Paper on the Justice Emile Short Commission report following its inquiry into the Ayawaso...

Audio: NPP confirms NDC’s allegation against EC

Just a few hours after the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) had alleged that their opponents, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had been given...

Find out 10 anomalies identified by NDC about EC’s verification exercise

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it has identified 10 anomalies in the course of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana's verification exercise carried...

NDC accuses EC of deliberate attempts to suppress strongholds

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is alleging there are deliberate attempts by the Jean Mensah-led Electoral Commission (EC) to suppress the party’s strongholds in...

Psalm 109:8b is Sam George’s response to Govt White Paper on Short Commission report

The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has waxed biblical about the Justice Emile Short Commission report and the government white paper covering...

Printing Voters Register outside EC’s outfit can compromise electoral credibility – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the printing of Voters Register outside the outfit of the Electoral Commission (EC) could compromise the credibility of...

Just In: NDC sues EC over Voters Register [Video]

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has dragged Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) to court for failing to make available to the party the Voters...

Calls on Napo to resign misplaced – Deputy Minister

The Deputy Minister of Works and Housing has mounted a spirited defence for Education Minister, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh who is being pressured to resign. Barbara...

AWW violence: All you need to know about Emile-Short Commission Report

The Government of Ghana has issued a White Paper and published the report of the Emile Short Commission which was instituted to make a...

Suspended PPA boss wants public hearing

The suspended Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei, has asked the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative...

Officer who slapped Sam George to walk free as Gov’t rejects some findings of Short Commission

The Akufo-Addo government has rejected some of the recommendations of the Emile Short Commission of Inquiry which investigated the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence,...

Bloody by-election: Commission recommends SWAT commander’s removal

The Commission of Inquiry into the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence has recommended a SWAT Commander, DSP Samuel Kojo Azugu be removed. DSP Azugu with the National...

SHS placement: NDC descends on NAPO over ‘irresponsible claims against Mahama’

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as reckless comments by the Education Minister that Monday’s chaos at the Black Star Square during the...

Audio: Govt ‘fights’ Auditor-General over claims MoF paid $1m to Kroll Associates for no work done

Government is disputing claims by the Auditor-General that the Finance Ministry paid an amount of 1 million dollars to Kroll Associates, United Kingdom Limited...

Audio: Govt reacts to NDC and Otumfuo tiff

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has described as unhealthy what he called attempts to run down Asantehene Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II and the chieftaincy institution...

NDC MP blames Ghana Police for death of Taadi girls

Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Odododiodoo constituency in the Greater Accra Region, says the police leadership...

Audio: Education Minister’s comment on SHS placement irresponsible – NDC

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as irresponsible comments by the Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh that some parents and Junior High...

NPP did not sack CSSPS personnel – NAPO

The Minister for Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has dismissed allegations that the Akufo-Addo-led government suspended and replaced personnel at the Computerised School Selection Placement...

Be patient; Akufo-Addo can’t use 2 years to fix Ghana’s problems – Okyenhene

The Overload of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has called on his subjects to be patient with the ...

Audio: Akufo-Addo is the only person who can sack me as a Minister – NAPO

Education Minister, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, has been reacting to calls for him to resign following the challenges that have rocked the Senior High School...

SHS placement: Unscrupulous persons behind confusion-NAPO (Listen)

Education Minister, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh says some unscrupulous people were contracted to cause confusion at the Black Star Square following a process to secure...

NDC calls off event over police confirmation of T’di girls’ death

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced the cancellation of the 6th edition of "Moment of Truth", which was slated for today, September...

Audio: Make me constable to arrest Ofosu-Ampofo – Wontumi

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, wants the Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo to be punished...

Rawlings reacts to Otumfuo’s comment

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called for cool heads in the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II's tiff with former President John Dramani Mahama. A...

Audio: SHS placement saga: Some parents were bused – Sekondi MP

The pandemonium at the Black Star Square where frustrated parents seeking admission for their wards into various Senior High School (SHS) was politically orchestrated,...

Audio: There is nothing scary about EIU report – Asiedu Nketia

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, says there is nothing scary about the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) report which...

Akufo-Addo rejected Otumfuo’s advice to concede in 2012 – Asiedu Nketiah

General Secretary of the opposition NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has claimed Nana Akufo-Addo rejected the Asantehene’s counsel to concede defeat after the 2012 General...