The bill of the Office of the Special Prosecutor is expected to be laid on the floor of Parliament later today. The Presentation of the bill by the Attorney General begins the process of legislative...
As part of activities to mark the year long celebration of Ghana 60 years on, the Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, has been penciled down to deliver a lecture on the political history of...
Indonesia's anti-corruption agency has named the country's speaker of parliament as a suspect in a major graft scandal which is estimated to have siphoned around $170 million out of government...
President Rodrigo Duterte has asked lawmakers to extend martial law in the southern Philippines as the initial two-month limit approaches with no end in sight to the battle for control of a major...
It seems anti-corruption campaigner and member of pressure group, Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely-Hayford, is not out of the woods yet despite his apology to outraged members of Ghana’s legislature,...
He argued in a Facebook post Friday that while contempt of parliament is for good reasons, those “certainly do not include using it to curtail the people’s right to free speech and expression”...
The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu has told Parliament, he is unsure when arrears of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) would be settled. According to him, the scheme owes health...
Outspoken anti-corruption campaigner and leading member of pressure group, Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely-Hayford is likely to be in hot waters as he has been cited for a possible contempt of...
Drama unfolded on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, when two Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Majority side in open defiance, challenged the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu on the...
Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Ocquaye, says Ghana will not decriminalise homosexuality. The Rt. Hon. Speaker stated categorically that Ghana will not consider changing laws...
Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, has warned that leaders in African countries like Ghana would not countenance the aggressive push by external forces for the recognition of gay rights. His...
What a demeaning way to talk about a country’s law making body! Ghanaian columnist and critic, Sydney Casely-Hayford has just said the ‘unsayable’ about the Parliament of Ghana. And although...
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye has tasked the leadership of the House to within one week come up with a cogent approach towards dealing with an alleged bribery claims against...
Latest: Using ‘imperfect scale to balance ‘imperfect system – The case of Ghana’s Constitution Pressure on IGP to arrest killers of Ardeyman chief Let’s not toy with the future of our...
About 100 government supporters have burst into Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly, where they beat up several lawmakers. Witnesses said the confrontation came after an assembly...
Latest: Govt set up committee to look into BOST operations AfDB focuses on fashion industry to create jobs for millions of women and youth in Africa Government has announced plans to increase the...
Alibaba is the latest technology giant to unveil a smart speaker. The voice-controlled Tmall Genie can be used to play music, run third-party apps and buy goods from the Chinese retail giant’s...
The Ghana National Association of Teachers is pushing for female teachers in the country to be given six months maternity leave, arguing that would give them enough time to wean their babies. GNAT...
A female Tanzanian MP has been arrested for allegedly insulting President John Magufuli, who is seen as increasingly authoritarian and unwilling to brook any dissent. The outspoken lawmaker, Halima...
Sheek Africa Media has organised the first edition of the ‘IWOMAN TALKS’ conference, an annual event that brings together accomplished and emerging women in career, business, ministry and...
