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Election Petition: John Mahama applies for suspension of trial

John Dramani Mahama has filed an application to the court praying for a stay of proceedings in the ongoing election petition trial. The Petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition, John Dramani Mahama, is expected to file witness statements and the accompanying affidavits on his petition at the Supreme Court registry today, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Based on this order, the ...

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CONFIRMED: Akufo-Addo appoints new Minister-nominees for 2nd term

After weeks of speculations and projections, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has concluded on persons who will make up his government in the 2nd term. Many of the Ministers who served in the first term, according to a release from the presidency Thursday, have been retained and in their various capacities. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, Trade and Industry Minister, ...

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Election Petition: Dominic Ayine explains reason for his ‘misconduct’ in court

A member of the legal team for the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, Dominic Ayine, has explained that the reason for his misconduct earlier in court today was because he was shocked at the proceedings in court. The Chief Justice, Justice Anim Yeboah, chided the former Deputy Minister for Justice and Attorney General, Dominic Ayine, for continuously raising objections ...

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Election Petition: Supreme Court set down 5 issues for determination

The Supreme Court has outlined five key issues it will make a determination on in the ongoing Presidential Election Petition brought before it by the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 Presidential Election, John Dramani Mahama. This was announced afterparties to the case filed their memoranda of issues. The 2nd Respondent Akufo-Addo for instances filed ...

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NDC, NPP split seats on parliament’s Appointment, Business committees

Parliament has announced members of the Appointments Committee with both parties represented in the house having 13 slots each. The last appointment committee had 16 NPP MPs against 10 from the NDC side. The new committee has as chairperson, the first deputy speaker and MP for Bekwai, Joe Osei-Owusu. The vice-chair is Alexander Kwabena Afenyo-Markin. Ursula Owusu Ekuful, Mathew Opoku ...

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Nana Fredua blasts Ghanaians over coronavirus protocols

NPP Stalwart, Nana Fredua has admonished Ghanaians to heed the President’s call to comply with the COVID-19 safety protocols. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his 22nd nation address on COVID-19, cautioned Ghanaians against another lockdown if they don’t strictly adhere to the protocols to curb the transmission of the pandemic disease. He said; “We do not want to go ...

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Akufo-Addo scraps ministries; reduces ministerial appointments by a third – Report

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has done away with eight of the new ministries he created in his first term. It is trite knowledge that the President has no space to create a large number of ministries and appoint 123 ministers because of Ghana’s hung parliament status. In the end, there were 59 ministers with various designations; 16 regional ministers; ...

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Mahama files another motion demanding original collation forms, others

Lawyers of former President John Mahama in the ongoing election petition case have filed another motion at the Apex court demanding the Electoral Commission to provide them with original copies of the collated presidential results of the various constituencies among others. It comes after the Supreme Court dismissed their interrogatories today. Today in court In court on Tuesday, Lawyers of ...

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Twitter erupts with trolls as Mahama’s lawyers allegedly commit another mistake in election petition

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress is being trolled on social media following supposed errors committed by his lawyers in the amendments they made to their initial petition which was filed at the Supreme Court on December 30, 2020. A request by the team to rectify the errors was granted by the Supreme Court in its ...

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