Four New Members of NMC Inducted
Four new members of the National Media Commission (NMC) have been inducted into office, with a call on them to join hands with their colleagues to push for the passage of the Broadcasting and the...
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Dissolve Public Accounts Committee Now – Abronye
A New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communicator, Kwame Baffoe, has called for the dissolution of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament. ‘Abronye DC’ as he is referred to speaking on Adom...
Dahah Breaks Silence On Allegation; Denies Accusation of Fraud
The Member of Parliament for Asutifi North, Joseph Benhazin Dahah has denied allegations of Visa Fraud leveled against him by the British High Commissioner, Jon Benjamin. He disputed the accusations...
Parliament Reconvenes May 30
The house in Parliament went on a brief recess for the Easter holidays Ghana’s Parliament is set to resume sitting on May 30, 2017. This was contained in a letter by the Speaker of Parliament, Prof...
France’s Macron Announces Gender Equal List of Political Outsiders
The president-elect had made several conditions for candidates to sign up to (AFP) The party of French President-elect Emmanuel Macron has selected a diverse list of 428 candidates for parliamentary...
No Show At Gitmo 2 Ruling
The Supreme Court of Ghana has failed for the second time to deliver its judgment in the Gitmo 2 case as the judges admit that after holding a judgment conference, they are still unable to reach a...
Supreme Court Fails Second Time To Deliver Judgment
A seven member Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice William Atuguba out of the abundance of caution have decided not to deliver its judgment in the Gitmo 2 case but instead the panel has...
Australian Politician Becomes First To Breastfeed In Parliament
Australian Senator Larissa Waters has become the first politician to breastfeed in the nation's parliament. Ms Waters, from the left-wing Greens party, fed two-month-old daughter Alia Joy during a...
MP Prescribes 3 Ways Parliamentarians Can Be Made Accountable
Member of Parliament for Oforikrom in the Ashanti Region, Emmanuel K. Marfo has suggested what he termed three “practical and realistic” ways that electorate can utilise to demand accountability...
RTI Law Will Benefit All Ghanaians – Oppong Nkrumah
A Deputy Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has reminded that Right to Information Bill, when passed, will benefit the general public and is not focused on press freedom. He noted that the...
RTI Law Will Benefit All Ghanaians
A Deputy Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has reminded that Right to Information Bill, when passed, will benefit the general public and is not focused on press freedom. He noted that...
Jon Benjamin Should Apologise To Ghana’s Parliament – Effah-Dartey
A former Member of Parliament, Nkrabea Effah-Dartey, has asked the Speaker of Ghana’s parliament to prevail on the British High Commission in Accra to apologise to the House over allegation of visa...
British High Commission Should Apologise To Ghana’s Parliament – Effah-Dartey
A former Member of Parliament, Nkrabea Effah-Dartey, has asked the Speaker of Ghana’s parliament to prevail on the British High Commission in Accra to apologise to the House over allegation of visa...
I Can’t Wait For Election of MMDCEs
The need for election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), by universal adult suffrage has never been so dire, following the rejections, objections, threats and actual...
Minority Blames ‘uncooperative and Obstructionist’ NPP For Inability To Pass RTI Bill In 2016
The Minority says its members made “strenuous efforts” to have the Right To Information (RTI) Bill passed into law in the Sixth Parliament. That Parliament with Edward Doe Adjaho as Speaker had...
Parliament Won’t Make Laws That Will Damage the Media
Minority leader in parliament, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu has stated that Ghana is in the process of passing the right to information and broadcasting bill. The former minister for communications further...
RTI Bill Will Be Passed In July – Mustapha Hamid
Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has given the assurance that the Right to Information Bill (RTI) will be passed by July this year. According to him, the processes of parliament requires that the...
Martin Amidu Chides Speaker, MPs For ‘insulting’ Jon Benjamin
Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Martin Amidu has rebuked some members of Ghana’s parliament for their “shameful insults” on the British High Commissioner in Accra for citing...
Insults On British High Commissioner Over Visa Fraud Shameful
By Martin A. B. K. Amidu I have read and followed the publications on the online media since 26th April 2017 in which some Members of Ghana’s 7th Parliament have made needless derogatory comments...
Insults On British High Commissioner Over Visa Fraud Shameful – Martin Amidu
I have read and followed the publications on the online media since 26th April 2017 in which some Members of Ghana’s 7th Parliament have made needless derogatory comments about H. E. Jon Benjamin,...