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Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam runs for President in Lybia

The son of Libya’s late leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, has registered as a candidate in the country’s first direct presidential election next month. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi...

Yendi MP eulogises late Aliu Mahama

Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi Constituency, Farouk Aliu Mahama, has lauded the prestige, success, and achievement chalked by former Vice President Alhaji Aliu...

CPC boss honoured [Photos]

Managing Director of Cocoa Processing Company (CPC), Nana Agyenim Boateng I, who also doubles as Chief of Amoaman in the Atwimah Nwabiagya North District, has been...

Ndebugre wades into Anti-LGBTQI+ bill; reveals why he is not in support

A former Member of Parliament for Zebilla constituency, John Ndebugre, has described the anti-LGBTQI+ bill before Parliament for consideration as unnecessary and a waste...
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Public hearings on anti-LGBTQ+ bill suspended

The Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament has temporarily suspended public hearings in relation to the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill. On Thursday, during the first...

499 law students admission: Minority wants AG removed from office

The Minority in Parliament has filed a motion to remove the Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, from office. According to the National Democratic Congress (NDC)...
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Asantehene must speak on LGBTQ+ matter – Foh-Amoaning

Executive Secretary of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values, Moses Foh-Amoaning, has appealed to the Asantehene to declare...

Court adjourns Madina MP’s case to November 16

The case involving the Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Francis Xavier-Sosu, has been adjourned to November 16, 2021. This is because the legislator is...

Sosu out of Ghana on Parliamentary business – Bagbin tells Police

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is said to have written to the Police administration to inform them that Madina Member of Parliament (MP), Francis...

Madina MP to appear in court today

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Francis Xavier-Sosu, is expected to appear in court today over a demonstration he led in his constituency...

Joy News’ Kwetey Nartey nominated for ‘Journalist of the Year’ category in the Ghana...

Joy News' Kwetey Nartey has been nominated for the second consecutive time for the prestigious Cocoa Awards. His entry “Robbing the Poor” was...

Parliamentary immunity is not license to commit crime – Former Clerk

A former Clerk of Parliament, Samuel Ntim Darkwa, says Parliamentary immunity cannot be interpreted as a license for legislators to commit crime. He was...

Anti-LGBTQI+ bill: Parliamentary committee to commence sitting on this date…

The Parliamentary committee handling Ghana's anti LGBTQI+ Bill will commence sitting next week. A total of 150 memoranda have been received on the Promotion of Proper...
Speaker of the 8th Parliament , Alban Sumana Bagbin

Brakopowers: Parliamentary privileges and immunities, limitations and arrest of MPs

The Members of Parliament (MPs) in Ghana enjoy some privileges and immunities, and these are contained in the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. However, these...

Sosu’s response to AG [Read]

The Second Deputy Ranking Member on the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Francis Xavier-Sosu, has hit back at the Attorney General (AG) saying that the State...

Akatsi Police throw 16-year-old JHS pupil in uniform behind bars… [Video+Audio]

The Executive Director of Child Rights International, Bright Appiah, has chided the Akatsi District Police for arresting a 16-year-old Junior High School (JHS) pupil. The...

Minority replies Majority over Madina MP’s attempted arrest

The Minority side of Ghana’s Parliament is accusing the Majority side of playing mischief in their reaction to the Speaker’s decision to deny a...

Woman with dwarfism shares how surgery made her 1ft taller

A woman with dwarfism has revealed how limb lengthening surgery changed her life in "a world built for a person of average height". Kristen DeAndrade,...

Re: Bagbin becoming too much of an activist

The emergence of the Rt Hon. Alban Bagbin as Speaker of Parliament of Ghana has been one of the much-talked-about rare political developments in...

Mpraeso MP reacts to charges against Francis Xavier-Sosu

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, has criticised the Police for the charges they have filed against fellow lawmaker, Francis...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta presents 2019 Budget

Minority to summon Ken Ofori-Atta to Parliament over ‘missing’ oil money

The Minority in Parliament is pushing for the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to be hauled before the House to answer questions over the government’s...

Police formally file charges against Sosu in court [Listen]

Police have formally filed charges, including causing damage to public property, against Francis Xavier Sosu in court over a demonstration he led in his...
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Tension in Parliament over controversies surrounding MMDCEs’ election

Tensions reached a boiling point in Parliament on Tuesday over the controversy surrounding the election of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in...

Could this be why Police want to arrest Madina MP?

A video showing Madina Member of Parliament (MP), Francis Xavier-Sosu, serving notice of plans to block a road during a protest has surfaced. The video,...

Why I resisted arrest – Madina MP explains

Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Francis Xavier-Sosu, has revealed that he resisted arrest by Police during a demonstration in his constituency last Tuesday...

MPs are not above the law – Ambrose Dery speaks on arrest [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · MPs are not above the law - Ambrose Dery on arrest Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has waded into the legal argument concerning the arrest...
Attorney General Godfred Dame

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...
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I found out I was pregnant in prison, gave birth chained to my bed

A woman has revealed how she was forced to give birth to her daughter while chained to her bed in prison. Mum Jessica Kent ended...
Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, MP for Tema East constituency

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...

Xavier-Sosu’s attempted arrest: Bagbin’s summon to police hollow – Lawyer

JoyNews/AdomNews · Lawyer attacks Bagbin over summons to Police A private legal practitioner is urging the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), George Akuffo-Dampare, not to be...

Policeman who died in Bagbin’s convoy accident laid to rest [Photos]

The final funeral rites for the dispatch rider of Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin's convoy, Chief Inspector Abednego Kaachire Kofie, has been held. The solemn...

Attorney-General rejects Parliament’s Resolution over ‘499 law students’

The Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, says Parliament cannot direct the General Legal Council (GLC) on its admission processes by Resolution. Parliament last week unanimously voted,...

We shall use legal means to compel Sosu to come for interrogation – Police

The Ghana Police Service says it will deploy every legal means to interrogate the Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu. Parliament was unable...

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...

Police allegedly storms church to arrest Madina MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina Constituency, Francis Xavier-Sosu, escaped another arrest on Sunday, October 31, 2021, at the Believers House of Prayer...

Anti-LGBTQ+ debate: Muslim women to withdraw wards from boarding houses

Members of the Federation of Muslim Women Association, Ghana (FOMWAG) have given indications that they would be withdrawing their wards from boarding houses. Speaking to...

Ace Ankomah cautions religious leaders [Video]

Renowned lawyer, Ace Ankomah, says religious leaders who are engaged in the prophetic business must be wary of how they communicate prophecies that are...
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Ace Ankomah sends important message to Police Service

Renowned Legal Expert, Ace Ankomah, has charged the Ghana Police Service to go to the Supreme Court to seek an interpretation of Articles 117...

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...
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Inside Mike Tyson’s cannabis empire that makes £500k a month

Mike Tyson earned a mint as a boxer, film star and most recently a public speaker, but it's his latest transformation as a drug...