Politics

      The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has backed steps adopted by the Minority Caucus to protest the prosecution of its legislators.   Members of the Minority had boycotted Parliament on four occasions to solidarise with their colleague Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson who is facing prosecution for …

Nine out of the 10 presidential hopefuls seeking to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) into the 2024 election have petitioned the party leadership to centralise the August 26th special delegates congress. The nine say plans to hold the election on a regional basis will not sit well with the …

      The Minority Caucus in Parliament has expressed dissatisfaction with the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of James Gyakye Quayson’s stay of proceedings application.   The legal team of the Assin North Member of Parliament had appealed the High Court’s decision to try Mr. Quayson on a daily basis. …

The Court of Appeal has struck out Gyakye Quayson’s application for stay of proceedings of his trial at the High Court. Lawyers for the embattled Member of Parliament for the Assin North constituency last week moved an application for the High Court to stay proceedings to allow for the Court …

The Campaign Team of Vice President and flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mahamudu Bawumia has denied allegations of a Nigerian Islamic group funding his campaign. The allegations were first thrown by a Nigerian journalist, David Humdeyin who said the group by name, ACF was sending money to …

The national executive council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has directed all regional executives of the party to stop charging parliamentary aspirants unapproved fees. A statement signed by the party’s general secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong indicated that though the intentions of the regional executives may be positive, it is …

The trial of the Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson continued on Tuesday, July 18 with cross-examination of the first witness of the prosecution after weeks of attempts by lawyers of the accused to stay proceedings. Lawyers for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislator had filed proceedings …

      A flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, on Monday, 17th July 2023, assured the people of the Volta region that he was prepared to take up the mantle of late President Jerry John Rawlings as their godfather should they support him to …

The Ministers of Finance, Education and Food and Agriculture are expected to appear before Parliament on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, to brief the house on the challenges confronting the National Food Buffer Stock Company. This follows the Speaker’s directive to the Business Committee of the house to programme the Ministers …