Politics

Professor Ransford Gyampo, a Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana has done a scholarly critique of President Akufo-Addo’s final State of the Nation address of his first term. Professor Gyampo in the piece which he shared on social media handles identified some flaws in the statement read by …

Article 95 of the 1992 Constitution provides for the election of a Speaker from among MPs or persons qualified to be MPs. This has been the practice since 1993 when the late Justice Daniel Francis Annan on January 7, 1993, was chosen as the first Speaker of Parliament after Ghana …

John Peter Amewu, the Member of Parliament-elect for the Hohoe Constituency can now be sworn-in as a lawmaker after being cleared by the Supreme Court. The Apex court on Tuesday, January 5 quashed an earlier ruling by the Ho High Court which barred Amewu from partaking in the swearing-in of …

With controversies already surrounding the eighth Parliament and the fact that both NPP and NDC have 137 seats in the legislative house, Professor Ransford Gyampo, a Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana has advised Majority Leader of the 7th Parliament, Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu to be mindful with his choice …

Various youth associations in the Ashanti Region have courted the president-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to ensure massive infrastructural developments in the region in his second term. Ashanti Youth Association (AYA), Concerned Youth of Ashanti and Kumasi Youth Association (KUYA) are the various notable youth fronts in the Ashanti Region. …

President-elect of the United States of America (USA) Joe Biden has officially written to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who is also president-elect in Ghana, informing him that he looks forward to the two of them working together to deal with the challenges that the people of Ghana and the …

Former Minister of State at the Presidency Rockson Bukari says he is willing to forgive Edward Adeti if the journalist calls to apologize to him. According to him, he holds nothing against Edward Adeti even after his work caused him to resign from his positions at the Presidency. “If he …

The Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has said he and his colleague opposition lawmakers who have been sued by the Police have not been served any writ of summons. He said they are only aware of social media invitations however, they do not work with such invitations emanating from social media. The Tamale …

After the December 7 2020 election, the flagbearer of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, H. E. Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was declared by the electoral commission as the president-elect but a  civil society organization (CSO); Voice of the Nation (VON) has called on the president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to …

Interestingly, with about 10 minutes to end voting in Ghana, the parliamentary ballot box at Hwediem in the Asutifi South constituency catches fire. According to eyewitnesses, the bollot box was not set ablaze by anyone but surprisingly, gets flamed itself. Stay tuned for more info. By: Universal Multimedia