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Stop the banter with Parliament – Kwaku Azar slams AG over rejection of Resolution

Private legal practitioner, Professor Kwaku Azar, has descended on the Attorney General (AG), Godfred Dame, over his position that Parliament cannot direct the General...

Why Madina MP will never go to the police – Former MP explains

JoyNews/AdomNews · Former MP backs Parliament on arrest of Madina MP Former Member of Parliament for Tema East constituency has explained why the Member of...

Parliament sends strong message to police over arrest of Madina MP

Parliament has stated its inability to release Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Francis Xavier-Sosu to assist in investigations as requested by the Criminal...

Minority demands status of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill before Constitutional and Legal Affairs committee

The Minority in Parliament is demanding clarification on the status of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values 2021. This, according...

Akim Swedru MP presents Bill to allow dual citizens to hold public office

Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Swedru in the Eastern Region, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has laid before Parliament a Bill, that if passed, will...

Parliament eulogises, observes a minute’s silence to honour late Kofi Adda

Parliament on Thursday paid glowing tribute to the memory of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Navrongo Central, Joseph Kofi Adda. Mr Adda died...

Give us more powers – National Media Commission to Parliament

The National Media Commission (NMC) has appealed to Parliament to review and amend Act 445 of 1993, so as to empower the commission to...

Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill: Parliament to conduct open ballot

Parliament will conduct an open ballot to determine the decision of each of the 275 members of the House on the bill on the...

Anti LGBTQI+ bill: Step back a bit – Former MP tells Speaker

Former Adentan Member of Parliament (MP), Yaw Buaben Asamoah, has urged Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to exercise restraint with his position on the...

Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill: Gabby takes on Bagbin over open ballot

Founder of Danquah Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has asked the Speaker of Parliament to take a look at how he attained his current position...

Group petitions Parliament over anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

As Parliament resumes sitting, the debate over the controversial Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill rages on. One of the...

Check out Bagbin’s new look as Parliament resumes sitting

Speaker of the eighth Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has debuted a new look as the House resumes sitting today, October 26, 2021. The former Nadowli-Kaleo...

Anti-LGBTQI+: Parliament will not allow any delay on bill passage- Speaker

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has served notice that the House will not allow anybody to delay the process of passing the promotion...

Parliament resumes tomorrow

The third meeting of the first session of the Eighth Parliament will commence tomorrow, October 26, 2021. The House adjourned sine die on August 10,...

Parliament’s Education Committee engages stakeholders on exam papers leakages

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, led by the Chairman, Kwabena Amankwa Asiamah, has engaged some stakeholders in the education sector on the perennial...

G/R: Stop the blame game; we caused our own downfall – Titus-Glover tells failed NPP MPs

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema-East constituency, Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has admonished his defeated colleague MPs to accept responsibility...

Majority Leader expresses concern threats against MPs to pass bill

Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has condemned the use of threats by some members of the general public to influence Members of Parliament...

Minority in Parliament initiates move for review of 1992 constitution

Minority in Parliament has put together a motion demanding immediate steps to review the 1992 constitution. The motion, expected to be moved when the...

Anti-LGBTQI+ bill: You’re not an MP…- Majority Leader tells Bagbin

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, says the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, cannot predetermine the fate of the Anti LGBTQI+ bill before the House...

Anti LGBTQ+ bill: Akufo-Addo must assent immediately after passage – Former Pentecost Secretary

A former General Secretary of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Dr Alfred Koduah has appealed to President Akufo-Addo to immediately assent to the Anti...

African Studies scholar, Dr Charles Prempeh petitions Parliament to pass Anti LGBTQI+ Bill

An African Studies scholar and Christian, Dr Charles Prempeh, has petitioned Parliament of Ghana’s Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs in support of...

Parliament receives over 124 memos on anti-LGBTQI+ Bill [Video]

The Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament has so far received over 124 memoranda from the public over the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill, which...

Anti-LGBTQI+ bill tightens

About 15,000 Ghanaians have signed a memorandum to Parliament for the passage of the Proper Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill (Anti-LGBTQI+ bill). Some...

Ignore pressure from pro-LGBTQI+ people – Opuni-Frimpong to Parliament

Former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has appealed to Parliament not to succumb to pressures over the...

WAEC, Education Minister to be hauled before Parliament

The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, has stated that he is expecting the Minister for Education and officials of the West...

Oko Vanderpuije directs traffic at Sakaman

Member of Parliament ( MP) for the Ablekuma South Constituency, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, has thrown Ghanaians into frenzy after he was spotted directing traffic. The...

Bagbin cannot declare Assin North seat vacant – Clerk tells court

The Clerk of Parliament, Cyril Nsiah, says Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, cannot declare the Assin North Parliamentary seat vacant. This is in response to...

My ‘Waakye’ joint exposed me to some realities facing Ghanaians – Deputy Majority Leader

The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, says his Saturday 'waakye' session with some of his constituents has exposed him to some realities facing...

MP gives horrifying details of accident

The Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi, Rockson Dafeamekpor, after surviving a ghastly accident, has broken his silence. The incident occurred on Saturday, August 14,...

All is set for ‘open our land borders demo’

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ketu South, Dzifa Abla Gomashie, is set to lead her constituents on a demonstration against Ghana's border closure. The...

MP supports hospital with donations received at father’s funeral [Photos]

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has given out all donations received at his father's funeral to the Battor Catholic...

Don’t use me as a scapegoat – MP warns after receiving MoMo alert

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ada, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe, has threatened a police report over money sent into her Mobile Money (MoMo) wallet. The...

Minister involved in ghastly accident [Photo+Video]

The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has been involved in a ghastly accident. The accident occurred on Saturday on the Fiapre-...

MP escapes death after vehicle somersaults twice [Photos]

The Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi, Rockson Dafeamekpor, has escaped death after being involved in a ghastly accident. The accident occurred after a...

One-week observation for policeman who died in Bagbin’s convoy accident [Photos]

The one-week observation for the dispatch rider of Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin's convoy, Chief Inspector Abednego Kaachire Kofie, has been held. The ceremony took...

Former Speaker of Parliament’s wife laid to rest [Photos]

Johanna Adjetey, spouse of a former Speaker of Parliament, late Peter Ala Adjetey, has been laid to rest. A memorial service was held in her...

Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu elected acting Vice-Chairman of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has been elected by the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) as the association’s acting...

Parliament breaks silence on Alban Bagbin’s accident

The Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, Kate Addo, has confirmed an accident involving Speaker Alban Bagbin's convoy at Juaso in the Ashanti Region. According...

How some MPs kicked against Saglemi Housing project in 2012

In the evening of October 31, 2012, Ghana’s Parliament witnessed a heated debate. It was over approval for a $200 million loan agreement. This was...

Vehicle undercarriage scanners to be installed in Parliament

Adequate measures are underway for the installation of vehicle undercarriage scanners in Parliament to check all vehicles that enter the precincts of the House. ...