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LGBTQ+ Bill: MP reveals how voting will be done

Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Ahmed Ibrahim, has hinted voting on the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill will be done in the open. This comes after several calls by...

Commercial drivers must at least pass BECE mathematics – Akpaloo

A pass in mathematics at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) level should be part of the requirements for acquisition of driver’s license, Kofi...

Election 2020: EC saved country $90m

The Electoral Commission (EC) saved the country $90 million in the conduct of the 2020 Election, the Chairperson of the commission, Mrs Jean Mensa,...

NDC quashes beleaguered Central Regional Communications Officer’s suspension

The Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has quashed the decision by the Central Regional Executive Committee to suspend its...

SIGA boss sends important message to CEOs of state enterprises [Audio]

Director-General of State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), Stephen Asamoah Boateng, says the laws are always there to punish any Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...

I will protect some MPs if…- Asamoah Boateng

Stephen Asamoah Boateng has promised to ensure that some New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) are protected if he becomes Chairman of...

Asiedu Nketia sends strong message to chiefs involved in partisan politics

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, says Ghana’s democracy risks becoming destabilised if traditional leaders continue to take sides...

Election 2020: Why NPP performed poorly in Greater Accra [Audio]

The Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Divine Otoo Agorhom, has said the party lost massively in...

Why I won’t declare my presidential ambition now – Joe Ghartey

Member of Parliament for Essikado-Ketan, Joe Ghartey, says he will make his intention known when nominations are opened by the party for persons seeking...

MMDCEs confirmation: Ernest Kumi attributes ‘cash for vote’ craze to Ghana’s deteriorated politics

The confirmation of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) has been inundated with reports of money being offered to assembly members to seek...

Supreme Court sets date to deliver its ruling on removal of judge from Opuni’s case

The Supreme Court has set October 26, 2021, to rule on the application to have Justice Honyenuga removed from hearing the criminal trial of...

2020 electoral violence: Mahama’s appeal to E/R House of Chiefs

Former President John Dramani Mahama has passionately appealed to the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs to add their voices to calls for justice for...

NPP Chair clashes with Hopeson Adorye over Kpone Katamanso seat [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NPP Chair clashes with Hopeson Adorye over Kpone Katamanso seat The Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Branch of the New Patriotic Party...

Renominate Mordecai Quarshie as LEKMA MCE – Concerned youth of Teshie appeals to Akufo-Addo

Concerned Unit Committee Members of the Ledzekuku Municipal Assembly (LEKMA), in collaboration with Teshie Youth for Development, are appealing to the president to renominate...

Mahama evokes memories with rare photo

Former President John Mahama has taken Ghanaians down memory lane with a photo of his days as a Deputy Communications Minister. The image was...

KT Hammond sends harsh words to LGBTQI+ right activists [Audio]

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, has descended on persons fighting the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill currently before Parliament. Speaking on Asempa...

Kenyans disown CNN journalist over LGBTQ+ interview with Sam George

Some Kenyans on social media have advised CNN journalist, Larry Madowo, to stop introducing himself as a Kenyan following his interview with Ningo-Prampram Member...

NDC suspends Central Region Communications Officer

The Central Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has suspended Kwesi Dawood, the Regional Communications Officer for alleged misconduct. Mr Dawood has been...

Apostle Nyamekye sends strong message to LGBTQI+ campaigners [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Apostle Nyamekye sends strong message to LGBTQI+ campaigners Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, says when the fight against the...

Akufo-Addo receives Serbia’s highest national award

The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has been decorated with the Medal of the Republic of Serbia, the highest...

LGBTQI+ fight: Agyinasare anoints Sam George [Video]

The Leader and Founder of the World Miracle Church International, popularly known as Perez Chapel, has anointed the Ningo-Prampram Member of Parliament (MP), Sam...

Special Prosecutor drops case against Mahama Ayariga

Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng has dropped the case involving Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga. He said it will be a waste of the state’s time...

Otchere Darko proposes Sam George as NDC next presidential candidate

Founder of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Otchere Darko is advocating for the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Sam George to be the...

39 MMDCEs confirmed by assembly members in Ashanti Region sworn in [Photos]

The Ashanti Regional Security Council has sworn in 39 out of 43 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) into office. They were sworn into...

Guan District inaugurated [Photos]

The Guan District made up of the Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL) traditional areas in the Oti Region has been duly inaugurated. This...

I was very hurt NPP lost Akwatia seat, we must win it in 2024 – Nana Addo

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has disclosed that he was very hurt when he found out that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

Ellembelle District confirms DCE nominee after two voting processes

The incumbent District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ellembelle in the Western Region, Kwasi Bonzoh, has been endorsed after being denied in an initial attempt. In...

Concerned Assembly Members in Cape Coast return cash given them by President’s nominee

Concerned Assembly Members in Cape Coast have returned money given them by the President's nominee for the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, Ernest Arthur. The...

Wa: Two collapse after President’s DCE nominee was rejected

Two close relations of the President’s District Chief Executive (DCE) nominee for Wa West, Ali Bukari, collapsed after he was totally rejected by the...

Aggrieved Assembly members invoke curses on newly confirmed DCE [Video]

Some aggrieved Assembly Members of the Assin South District in the Central Region have invoked curses on the newly confirmed District Chief Executive (DCE)...

Minister goes on knees for Cape Coast mayor nominee but Assemblymen had other ideas

The Central Region Minister, Marigold Assan, on Wednesday night went on her knees to beg members of the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA) to confirm Municipal...

Shama: We took ¢2,500 each from DCE nominee but … – Assembly member

A member of the Shama District Assembly, Joseph Isaiah Mensah, has alleged that his colleagues took ¢2,500 each and still voted against the presidential...

Minority caucus to launch parliamentary probe into missing oil scandal at TOR [Read]

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has noted with disgust the unexplained disappearance of 105,927 litres of Gas Oil, a wrongful loading of 252,000 litres...

Fight breaks out at NPP Delegates Conference in Bono East Region [Video]

A brawl broke out at the New Patriotic Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Delegates Conference in the Bono East Region on Wednesday. The incident saw persons believed...

NPP supporters chase Assembly members for their money after failing to confirm nominee [Video]

Assembly members of the Sefwi Juaboso District in the Western North Region have voted against President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominee, Godfred Kwabena Adjei Asante, as...

NDC to deal with mass Law School exams failures – Chief Biney [Video]

Deputy National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Hamilton Biney, has waded into the ongoing debate on the failure of some 72%...

NPP govt supervising thievery at TOR – Chief Biney

The Deputy National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Hamilton Biney, has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party government of supervising thievery. Chief...

Sam Pyne must pay KMA’s ¢50m debt – Presiding Pember

 Presiding Member of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Stephen Ofori, says drastic action will be taken against the new City Mayor if he doesn't take...

Shama DCE nominee rejected by assembly

The Shama District Assembly in the Western Region has rejected the President’s District Chief Executive (DCE) nominee, Ebenezer Dadzie, after he failed to obtain...

Kennedy Kankam secures 100% votes as Asokore Mampong MCE

Former Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso, Kennedy Kankam, has been confirmed as the Municipal Chief Executive ( MCE) for Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti...