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Cletus Avoka eulogise Ndebugre in powerful tribute

The Member of Parliament for Zebilla, Cletus Avoka has extolled private legal practitioner, John Ndebugre, following his demise on May 6, 2022. Mr Avoka...

Allotey Jacobs takes on Akufo-Addo’s appointees

Social commentator, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has advised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to begin reshuffling his government officials. Speaking on Peace FM, Allotey Jacobs wondered...

Mahama is luckiest person in Ghana politics – Owusu Bempah

The Director of Communications at Ghana Gas Company Limited, Ernest Owusu Bempah, has said former President John Mahama is the luckiest man as far...

I want Ghana to be on God’s side – Akufo-Addo declares

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is encouraging Christians to be strong in faith and let faith be integral part of their chosen profession in order...

Govt is free to spend E-levy revenue despite case challenging it’s constitutionality – Godfred Dame

JoyNews/AdomNews · Government is free to spend E-levy revenue despite case challenging it’s constitutionality – AG The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame,...

NPP reacts to World Press Freedom ranking

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has condemned portions of the 2022 World Press Freedom Index which tagged the Akufo-Addo administration as “intolerant of criticism from...

Mahama’s promise to scrap E-levy is a scam – NPP

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described as “a scam”, a promise by former President John Mahama to abolish the E-Levy if elected...

Haruna Iddrisu reacts to Supreme Court’s order for GRA to preserve e-levy records

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, one of the plaintiffs against the implementation of the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) has described the Supreme...

Akufo-Addo ‘should sit up and speak up’ – Manasseh Azure urges as Ghana is ranked 60th on Press Freedom Index

A media campaigner for Press Freedom, Manasseh Azure Awuni has urged President Akufo-Addo to sit up and speak up against threats against media freedom. The...

Meet the E-Levy panel

On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, the Supreme Court sat to hear a case for an injunction on the implementation of the Electronic Transfer Levy...

E-Levy: Supreme Court dismisses application for interlocutory injunction

An interlocutory injunction application being sought by the Minority in parliament on the operationalisation of e-levy pending the determination of a substantive case before...

Supreme Court to hear Minority’s suit against E-levy implementation today

The Supreme Court will today, May 4, 2022 hear the application brought before it by three Minority MPs against the implementation of the Electronic...

NPP election: Kumawu on fire as delegates picket to stop any one from holding polls

Some delegates of the New Patriotic Party in the Kumawu Constituency have vowed to stop any party official from conducting constituency election. This is to...

We’ll retire Ato Forson in 2024 – NPP Chairman

Newly elected Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam constituency in the Central region, Mohammad Iddrisu Garafi has vowed...

E-Levy: Use your brains – John Kumah clashes with Sam George over tithe

As Ghanaians struggle to come to terms with the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy), many have questioned whether there will ever be a consensus...

30-year-old elected NPP Chairman

Desmond Tombuor has made history by being the youngest person to head a political party at the constituency level in Ghana. The 30-year-old young man...

Full text: Ghana at a Crossroads – A presentation by John Mahama

Comrades, ladies, gentlemen, my brothers and sisters. Thank you for making time to join me, tonight, those here in person, and the millions from...

E-levy Act will be repealed if… Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has assured Ghanaians that if voted into power in 2025, a new NDC government will repeal the E-Levy Act. According...

Eid-ul-Fitr: NPP calls for prayers for govt to overcome economic challenges

The New Patriotic Party has wished all Muslims an Eid Mubarak as they mark the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr. The Party noted that although previous celebrations...

I will campaign against govt if … – Prince David Osei

Actor, Prince David Osei is threatening to make government unpopular following the implementation of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) that commenced today, May 1,2022. According...

May Day Celebration: Address challenges of Ghanaian workers – NDC to Akufo-Addo

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on President Akufo-Addo to address the pertinent challenges affecting workers in the country. According to the NDC,...

NPP election: Delegate dies after declaration of results

A delegate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has died following the declaration of results in the ongoing constituency elections in the Upper...

266 MPs participated in E-levy approval process – Attorney-General replies Haruna Iddrisu, 2 others

Attorney-General (AG) Godfred Yeboah Dame says 266 MPs participated in the processes leading up to the approval of the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy). The A-G...

‘When you rush, you would crush – Sam George tells GRA over new approach to E-levy implementation

The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram has advised the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to take into consideration the opinions of stakeholders over the implementation...

Mahama calls for probe into use of Covid-19 funds

Former President John Mahama has challenged government to initiate an independent forensic investigation into the use of what he estimates to be over $25...

Adwoa Safo to return to Parliament

The absentee Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo is likely to be seen in Parliament when Parliament resumes from recess. An aide to...

2 men who impersonated police at NPP elections remanded

The Police have remanded two persons who showed up at the ongoing NPP Constituency Executive Elections in the Okaikoi South Constituency wearing clothing that...

Dealing with politicians is just like sleeping with tigers’ – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah reads from George Andah’s book

JoyNews/AdomNews · 'Dealing with politicians is just like sleeping with tigers' - Oppong Nkrumah Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has brought to light...

NPP elections: 4 national security personnel arrested at Ayawaso

The Ghana Police Service has arrested four (4) national security personnel who were parading at the Ayawaso North Constituency voting center. Regional Police Command DCOP...

Ghana’s 2020 polls credible; reflected will of the people – US Report

A report released by the U.S. Department of State in its 2021 Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices has revealed that the 2020...

NPP Polls: Two arrested at Okaikoi South for impersonating police

The police have arrested two persons who showed up at the ongoing NPP Constituency Executive Elections wearing clothing that created the impression that they...

Democracy has been good for us – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo, says democracy, under the 4th Republic, has been good for Ghana, as it has banished the spectre of instability that disfigured much...

Allotey Jacobs fumes over US report on Ghana; warns Ghanaian sellouts

Social commentator, Bernard Allotey Jacobs has raised serious concerns about the 2021 US Department of State report on Ghana currently in circulation in the...

GAR NPP Regional Secretary reveals why some names were removed from register

The Greater-Accra Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Parker Odarlai France, has rubbished claims that names of some 430 delegates have...

NPP constituency election in Yendi suspended due to confusion over album to use

The New Patriotic Party’s constituency elections in Yendi in the Northern Region have been suspended due to confusion over which album to use in...

E-levy will affect your tithes – Sam George

Ningo-Prampram MP, Sam Nartey George has raised concerns over government’s decision to begin the implementation of the Electronic Transaction levy (e-levy) effective, May 1,...

We will either go independent or vote for NDC – Angry NPP delegates of Okaikwei South

Some angry delegates in the Okaikwei South Constituency have vowed to punish the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2024 elections. Scores of them...

NPP elections: 4 delegates arrested for disrupting Okaikwei South elections

Four delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been arrested for obstructing the party’s constituency elections in Okaikwei South. The governing party today Thursday...

NPP begins constituency executive elections today

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is all set to begin the election of new executives to fill up various positions at the constituency...

NPP Deputy Secretary resigns; joins NDC

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) branch in China has defected to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Until his resignation, he was...