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Old Tafo MP threatens legal action over revocation of last-minute public sector appointments

Old Tafo Member of Parliament (MP) Vincent Ekow Assafuah has threatened to take legal action against the Mahama administration over the revocation of last-minute...

Mahama orders probe into National Service ghost names scandal

President John Dramani Mahama has directed the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) to probe the operations of the National Service Authority following the discovery of...

Stop mass dismissals of public servants – Mpraeso MP to Mahama

The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, has urged President John Dramani Mahama to reconsider a directive that revokes appointments and recruitments...

NDC member petitions leadership over Jasikan MCE vetting process

A concerned member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Buem-Jasikan Municipality of the Oti Region has petitioned the party's national executives to...

Performance of Council of State abysmal – Samson Anyenini

Legal practitioner and JoyNews' Newsfile host, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the performance of the Council of State, stating that it...

Stop the hypocrisy; you grabbed and shared more state lands – Nitiwul jabs NDC [Video]

Former Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is guilty of grabbing and sharing more state lands. The Bimbilla Member of...

Finance Minister to present 2025 budget on March 10

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, is expected to present the 2025 Budget to Parliament on March 10. This is the date proposed...

Council of State has become weak – Inusah Fuseini

Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, has stated that while the Council of State is an important institution designed to aid...

Sammi Awuku challenges government’s directive on post-election appointments

Sammi Awuku, a prominent political figure, has issued a strong call to President Akufo-Addo to reverse a recent directive that he argues could set...

Kwakye Ofosu justifies revocation of last-minute public service appointments

Minister of State for Government Communication, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has accused the former Akufo-Addo-Bawumia administration of bypassing due process in making last-minute public service...

They should know better – Ashanti Regional Council of State aspirant condemns chaos

Ashanti Regional Council of State aspirant, Frederick Adjei, has described the chaos that erupted during the election at the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council in...

Minority opposes suspension of Roads Authority Act implementation

The Minority in Parliament has opposed the suspension of the implementation of the National Roads Authority Act, describing it as illegal. The Act merged the...

Chief of Staff revokes all public sector appointments made after December 7

The Office of the President has directed the revocation of all appointments and recruitments made in Ghana’s public sector after December 7, 2024, citing...

Minority condemns discontinuation of several high-profile criminal cases

The Minority in Parliament has condemned as the decision by Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine to withdraw several high-profile criminal cases involving government officials. The...

When did you review these cases? – Manhyia South MP questions AG’s decision to drop high-profile cases

A private legal practitioner and Member of Parliament for Manhyia South Constituency, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, has expressed his concerns over Attorney General (AG)...

ORAL is fundamentally flawed – NPP MP [Listen]

Private legal practitioner and Member of Parliament(MP) for Manhyia South Constituency, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, has slammed Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL), calling it...

Re-elected Council of State member vows to drive Oti Region’s development

Re-elected member of the Council of State for the Oti Region, Kings Richard Atikpo, has reaffirmed his dedication to advocating for policies that enhance...

Parliament needs divine intervention to restore order among MPs – Speaker

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has announced plans to hold the next annual prayer meeting inside the parliamentary chamber to exorcise any spirit of...

Council of State has outlived its usefulness, abolish it – Prof. Akotey

Political Sociologist at Valley View University, Prof. Martin Akotey, has called for the abolition of Ghana’s Council of State. Speaking in an interview on LUV...

Mahama inaugurates 19-member ‘120-days social contract’ task force

President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated a 120-day social contract task force, tasked with monitoring and ensuring the delivery of these social contracts within...

Former NDC women’s organizer elected Eastern Region Council of State member

Former Eastern Regional Women's Organizer of the NDC, Evelyn Korang, emerged victorious in the Eastern Region Council of State election. She secured 17 votes out...

Confusion rocks Greater Accra Council of State election [Video]

The Greater Accra Council of State election on Tuesday, February 11, was temporarily marred by chaos at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) head office. The...

32-year-old businessman wins Western Regional Council of State election

Maxwell Boakye, a Tarkwa-based businessman, has emerged victorious in the Western Regional Council of State election, securing a decisive win with 17 out of...

NIB questions Annoh-Dompreh over ‘inciteful comment’ on Ablekuma North

The National Investigations Bureau (NIB) has questioned Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, over comments he allegedly made that incited New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters...

V/R: Allegations of vote buying, party interference emerge in Council of State election

The just-ended Council of State election in the Volta Region has sparked controversy following allegations of vote buying and political interference made by aspirant...

Anyone who orchestrated my dismissal will face karma – Former Customs boss

Jaman South Member of Parliament (MP), Colonel Kwadwo Damoah (Rtd.), has claimed that those responsible for his removal as Commissioner of the Customs Division...

ORAL is toothless, I won’t respond to their call – Former Deputy AG

The former Deputy Attorney General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has described President John Mahama's Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) initiative as a toothless agenda, stating that...

NPP will lose 2028 election if… – Dominic Nitiwul [Video]

Former Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul has warned that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) risks losing the 2028 election if it does not put its...

Legon Cities CEO re-elected as Council of State Member for Oti Region

In a significant political development, Richard Kings Atikpo, the incumbent Member of the Council of State for the Oti Region, has retained his position. The...

Janet Nabla slams ORAL committee, calls it a political revenge tool

The Chairperson of the People's National Party (PNP), Janet Asana Nabla, has criticized the establishment of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Committee. She described...

Oti Minister urges delegates to elect competent Council of State representative

The Oti Regional Minister, John Gyapong Kudjo, has urged delegates participating in the Council of State election to elect a competent representative. Speaking in an...

OSP should handle ORAL cases – Mussa Dankwa

The Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, Mussa Dankwa, stated that to ensure investigations and prosecutions remain depoliticized, the report from Operation Recover All Loots...

Investigation into Oral report must not target only NPP members – Manasseh

Investigative journalist Manasseh Awuni Azure has urged the Mahama-led administration not to target political opponents in the probe into the report by the Operation...

Martin Kpebu calls for urgent reforms to the OSP law, labels it ‘unfit for purpose’

A member of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) committee, Martin Kpebu, has strongly advocated for amendments to the Office of the Special Prosecutor...

Political fanfare won’t solve passport issues – Former Deputy Foreign Minister

Former Deputy Foreign Minister Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong has dismissed Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa’s proposal to introduce a 24-hour passport processing system, calling it unnecessary and misleading. According...

ORAL report: Bright Simons explains why recovering 12.5% of $21bn ‘loots’ will be difficult

It will be a difficult task for the Attorney-General, Dr Dominic Ayine to recover 12.5% of the $21 billion-plus that the Operation Recover All...

Kwakye Ofosu defends A-G’s dropped prosecutions

Minister of State for Government Communication, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has mounted a spirited defence of the Attorney General’s decision to discontinue certain high-profile cases. The...

Police deploy 120 personnel for Council of State election in Central Region

The Central Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service has deployed 120 security personnel to ensure law and order during the Council of State...

Akufo-Addo was a clearing agent; we must demand accountability – Shamima Muslim

A Deputy Presidential Spokesperson has accused the Akufo-Addo administration of shielding officials involved in major corruption scandals and failing to hold political actors accountable...

For 32 years, judiciary has consistently ruled against NDC – Kwakye Ofosu

Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has accused the judiciary of being unfair to the National Democratic Congress (NDC)...