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Jubilee House petitioned to investigate cash-for-awards claims against Mahama appointees
The Chief of Staff at the Office of the President has received a petition calling for an investigation into allegations that government appointees paid money to secure awards at a recent ceremony, officials and a copy of the document seen said. The petition, dated 8 June and addressed to the Chief of Staff at Jubilee H...
Miracles in custody: Sammi Awuku slams Mahama government for targeting opposition voices
The MP for Akuapem North and former New Patriotic Party national organiser, Sammi Awuku, on Sunday accused the National Democratic Congress government of harassing opposition voices, following the reported detention of the leading NPP communications team member Dennis “Miracles” Aboagye by the Economic and Organised Cr...
Foreign funding concerns should not derail anti-LGBTQ legislation — Jantuah
Lawyer and Convention People’s Party (CPP) member Kwame Jantuah says Ghana should not allow concerns over foreign funding to influence decisions on the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, arguing that the country has sufficient natural resources to support its development. Speaking on The Forum on Asaase Radio...
Democracy without Dividends? Governance expert warns citizen apathy could endanger Ghana’s democratic future
Governance expert Kwaku Antwi-Boasiako has issued a stark warning that Ghana’s democracy faces a growing threat not from coups or violent uprisings, but from increasing citizen apathy fuelled by economic hardship, unemployment, corruption, and unmet expectations. Speaking at a public forum organised by the Ghana Academ...
Parliament shuts out media during BoG Governor’s briefing amid Minority protest
The parliamentary Minority on Wednesday walked out of a briefing by Bank of Ghana Governor Dr Johnson Asiama after the First Deputy Speaker ordered the session to be held behind closed doors, triggering accusations that the Majority was undermining transparency and accountability. First Deputy Speaker Bernard Ahiafor d...
The National Clean-Up: another photo op, or are we serious?
The announcement landed with the usual blast of trumpets. A National Sanitation Day. The Ghana Armed Forces deployed to crack the problem. Citizens called to action. Nobody quite seems to know what that action is. Let us call it what it is – yet another grand policy pronouncement that lands with a media splash, generat...
Stop payment of District Assemblies Common Fund cash to MPs – Citizen to Supreme Court
A Ghanaian citizen, Dr Yaw Twerefour has filed a Writ at the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the practice of paying District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) monies to the personal bank accounts of the current two hundred and seventy-six (276) Members who constitute the country’s Parliament. As part of...
Bagbin seeks consensus talks after ‘surprise’ passage of anti-LGBTQ bill
The Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has expressed surprise at the passage of the country’s controversial anti-LGBTQ legislation, saying he expected lawmakers to only begin detailed consideration of the bill before its approval. Bagbin said he has summoned parliamentary leadership for urgent discussi...
Ghana reaffirms commitment to sustainable ocean governance on World Oceans Day
Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting marine resources and advancing sustainable fisheries governance as the world marks World Oceans Day 2026.
Opinion: When insult was free speech and dissent became offence – The dangerous hypocrisy poisoning Ghana’s democracy
For nearly eight years, President Nana Akufo-Addo and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia endured one of the harshest waves of political abuse ever witnessed in Ghana’s Fourth Republic. The attacks did not merely target policy. They targeted personality, family, ethnicity, religion, intelligence, dignity, and humanity itse...
Mahama begins state visit to Belarus to deepen economic and diplomatic ties
President John Dramani Mahama began a state visit to Belarus on Friday aimed at strengthening diplomatic relations and expanding cooperation in agriculture, trade, education and technical development, the presidency said. The four-day visit is being undertaken at the invitation of Aleksandr Lukashenko and is expected t...
Abronye arrest: executive and judiciary in “an unholy alliance” – Afenyo-Markin
Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has described an “unholy alliance” between the Executive arm of government and some elements within the judiciary aimed at silencing members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). Addressing a press conference at the NPP headqua...