The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei-Wusu, has warned journalists to desist from publishing false reports. He stressed the need for journalists to always publish and broadcast real facts on their networks to help avert chaos in the country. Making reference to the recent Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, he said a lot of lies published by journalists. According to ...

The opposition Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, was ordered to leave the floor of parliament on Wednesday, 6 February 2019 by First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu. Accra100.5FM’s parliamentary correspondent, Richard Appiah Sarpong, who was in parliament when the incident happened, reported that Alhassan Suhuyini was disrupting proceedings of the house after the Majority side had moved a ...

Deputy Information Minister, Pius Hadzide says government is ready to pay the price of the visa sanctions slapped on Ghana by the United States of America, over claims it is not cooperating on the deportation of some Ghanaians from the US. “The attitude of this government is that if we have to pay a certain price as servants of the ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has apologised to Persons with Disabilities for what some have described as insensitive comments he made about visually and hearing impaired persons. At the NPP rally in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, President Akufo-Addo hailed his government’s performances saying only the blind and deaf could ignore its fulfilled promises. But in a statement on his Facebook page, ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has described “some” opinion leaders in the country as hypocrites. According to him, those “hypocritical” opinion leaders only find their voices of condemnation of certain events in the country when those things happen under an administration of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), but go silent when similar things happen under the administration of ...

Government says allegations of non-cooperation by the US government over the deportation of some Ghanaians leading to visa sanction on Ghana are unfounded. According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, it has always cooperated and engaged the US authorities in processing and removal of Ghanaians from the US. In a statement released on Friday, the Ministry said it has noted, “with ...

The Electoral Commission has described as baseless and unfortunate allegations by the National Democratic Congress that the voters register for the Ayawaso Wuogon by-election is bloated. The opposition party has also criticised the leadership of the EC Chairperson Jean Mensa, saying she may jeopardize the credibility of the election. The NDC claims the EC has not provided a credible register ...

Ghana has been hit with visa sanctions by the United States of America for its purported lack of cooperation in accepting Ghanaians deported from the US. The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, has ordered embassy officers in Ghana to implement the visa restrictions on certain categories of visa applicants, according to a US Department of Homeland Security statement. The ...

Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buabeng Asamoah, has justified the decision by some armed men to storm the house of the National Democratic Congress candidate for the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election leading to firing of gunshots. Some heavily armed masked men invaded Delali Kwasi Brempong’s house behind the La Bawaleshie Presbyterian Basic 1 School which was ...

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JUDICATURE IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE CRIMINAL DIVISION ACCRA – A.D. 2019 Case No. THE REPUBLIC VRS 1. SEDINA CHRISTINE TAMAKLOE ATTIONU 2. DANIEL AXIM Count One Statement of Offence Stealing contrary to section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). Particulars of Offence Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, on or about 28th ...