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Asamoah Gyan’s run, Bagbin’s dance as fans celebrate S. Korea win in style
It was the much-needed win for Ghanaians who were largely sitting on tenterhooks for the final quarter of the game.
And from the reactions, after...
The death that birthed a saving drive
‘We did our best but we lost her’, though a phrase that crushed the heart of a loving husband, it has birthed a saving...
Ofori-Atta has learnt a bitter lesson – Bagbin on calls for Minister’s head
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, believes that Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will take a cue from the ordeal suffered over the past few weeks.
Between...
TUC opposes employment freeze in Public Sector
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is unhappy about the government’s decision to freeze employment in the Civil and Public services in 2023.
The TUC believes...
Portugal v Ghana: What you probably missed in a thrilling encounter
When the substitute board went up, displaying player number 10 out, and number 9 in, the disappointment on the face of Ghana’s number 10...
Cedi loses 53.8% of its value as govt adds GH¢93bn debt in 2022
Ghana’s Cedi has declined by 53.8% in value against major currencies, since the beginning of 2022, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said.
Presenting the 2023...
2023 Budget: Check out implementation of Cabinet directives on expenditure measures
Mr Speaker, as a first step towards expenditure rationalisation, Government has approved the following directives which takes effect from January, 2023:
• All MDAs, MMDAs...
CHRAJ lobbies for the removal of death penalty
The Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is working on removing the death penalty sentence from the 1992 constitution of Ghana.
CHRAJ intends...
Full text: Govt’s 2023 Budget statement delivered by Finance Minister
Right Honourable Speaker, Honourable Members of Parliament, on the authority of the President of the Republic of Ghana, and in accordance with the requirement...
2023 Budget: VAT rate up by 2.5%
Government has reviewed upwards the Value Added Tax (VAT) by 2.5 percent.
This means Ghanaians will from 2023 pay more for goods and services.
This was...
Opinion: A very skilled lawyer, but a cunning General Secretary
He has spent barely one hundred days in office as the General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) but his political astuteness...
Foreign Affairs hasn’t received notification from EC to register Ghanaians abroad – Parliament told
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has not received any official notification from the Electoral Commission (EC) pertaining to a planned registration...
Ghana’s Parliament ranked 1st among 13 others in OPI Report
The Africa Open Parliament Index (OPI), a joint effort of the Africa Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations Working Group, has ranked Ghana’s Parliament the 1st among...
ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development President receives top Crans Montana Award in Geneva
The President and Chairman of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Dr George Agyekum Donkor, was on Friday awarded the prestigious Prix...
You’ve made us proud – Malta Gaming Authority to Ghana’s NLA
The Malta Gaming Authority has hailed Ghana’s National Lottery Authority (NLA) for the successes it has chalked in 60 years after it mentored and...
Kwesi Yankah: My time with Anas
Monday, 14th November, I was all set going to see the latest operation by this mystery man, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, who for two decades had...
Ofori-Atta happy with Committee probing Censure Motion over this…
The Finance Minister says he is pleased with the decision by the Parliamentary Ad-hoc Committee on Censure to strike out grounds One and Three...
Censure motion hearing: Check out Ofori-Atta’s new legal team
Under fire Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has for the second time appeared before the parliamentary committee probing allegations against him but instead with a...
Censure motion: KT Hammond peeved by ‘atrocious’ reportage from Day 1 of probe
Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, is unhappy with the reportage that has circulated since the opening day of the parliamentary...
MPs buy fuel, we don’t have any coupons – KT Hammond
A Co-Chair of the Parliamentary Ad-hoc Committee probing the censure motion against Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta on Thursday backtracked on his initial assertion...
We are prolonging the inevitable – Prof Agyeman-Duah on censure hearing
Former United Nations Senior Governance Advisor, Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah, says he is hoping that in the coming days, the Finance Minister would quietly resign...
I am disappointed in the Minority – NPP Man on Ofori-Atta’s censure hearing [Audio]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Kwadwo Agyemang Boateng on censure hearing against Ofori-Atta
A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) New Juaben Chairman has said he is disappointed in...
US midterms: Republicans narrowly win back the House
Republicans have secured the 218 seats needed for a majority in the lower chamber of Congress a week after the midterm elections, the BBC’s...
Ofori-Atta to respond to Minority’s grounds for censure on Friday
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is to appear on Friday, November 18, before Parliament’s Ad-Hoc Committee in Accra to respond to a motion of Vote...
New twist to Parliament’s decision to ban mobile phones in Chamber
Parliament has temporarily suspended a decision to ban mobile phones in the chamber after parliamentary reporters threatened to boycott proceedings over the directive.
The directive...
MPs urged to pass through new scanning machine as Parliament tightens security
To make Security paramount for Members of Parliament, staff and members of the public, Parliament has installed security gadgets to scan everyone.
The new and huge...
Censure motion: Why Gabby Otchere-Darko is trending
Gabby Otchere-Darko, counsel for embattled Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, after the censure motion hearing, has been trending on social media.
The Founder of Danquah Institute...
Censure motion hearing: If I were Finance Minister, I won’t borrow money to collapse...
Ranking Member on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, has criticised the manner in which the banking sector clean-up exercise was conducted and its subsequent ramifications...
K.T. Hammond trends on Twitter amid Ken Ofori-Atta’s censure motion hearing
Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, is the talk of the town on social media.
The legislator is co-chairing the ongoing probe...
Censure motion: Otchere-Darko’s strong message to Minority over Ofori-Atta
The Finance Minster’s lawyers are demanding evidence to back the Minority’s allegations against Ken Ofori-Atta.
This follows the Speaker’s referral of a motion of censure...
Ofori-Atta’s censure motion: Sittings of Ad hoc Committee televised live
The Ad-hoc Committee constituted to probe the Minority in Parliament's motion of censure, against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta commenced its sittings on Tuesday,...
Live streaming: Ken Ofori-Atta faces ad hoc committee probing censure motion
The 8- member Ad-hoc Committee has commenced the public hearing into the Minority in Parliament’s motion of censure, against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.
The committee is co-chaired...
Sad news hits Gospel singer Uncle Ato
Rev. Alexander Bruce-Ghartey, popularly known as Uncle Ato, has announced the death of his wife, Mrs Amen Ama Bruce-Ghartey, on social media.
In a Facebook...
Finance Minister highly unlikely to present the 2023 Budget – Alfred Ogbamey
A member of the National Democratic Congress, Alfred Ogbamey, says the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta may be out of office by next week.
According to...
Why I don’t think Ofori-Atta must be sacked now – Minister [Audio]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Fatima Abubakr On Ofori - Atta's Dismissal
"I do not think Ken Ofori-Atta must go, especially within the times we find ourselves," Deputy...
Adwoa Safo finally appears in Parliament [Video+Photos]
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The Embattled Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Adwoa Safo, has finally appeared in Parliament.
Wearing a beautiful red dress, the MP was seen seated right...
Martin Amidu: Parliament and the politics of survival as MPs – Ultimatums and motions...
“Everyday things are getting worse
Everyday things are getting worse
Time so hard, why oh why oh Lord
Time so hard, look upon Maud and Gerard.”
INTRODUCTION AND...
We won’t call you ‘honourable’ again if… – Sam George to NPP MPs
The Ningo-Prampram MP says the Minority Caucus will not accord the honourable title to colleagues on the Majority side should they fail to vote...
Censure motion against Ken Ofori-Atta underway
The Minority Caucus’ censure motion against the embattled Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is currently underway.
The motion, which was filed on October 25, per the...
How Francis Sosu got an innocent remand prisoner freed
Abena Nyamekyne’s story is one that will shock many. She was simply remanded for two weeks into prison custody without any court hearing.
The...