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Your Chairmanship ambition a wrong move – Asiedu Nketia told

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has berated the decision of General Secretary, Asiedu Nketia, to contest against him.Mr...

How traditional rulers from Kyebi stormed parliament to support Ken Ofori-Atta [Watch]

Some traditional rulers thronged Parliament House to offer their full support to the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, when he appeared before a committee...

Former Finance Minister Kwesi Botchwey passes on

Ghana’s former Minister of Finance, Professor Kwesi Botchwey is dead.According to sources, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwart passed on Saturday, November 19, 2021,...

Censure motion: Advise yourselves; you’ve been uninspiring – Minority told [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Censure motion: Advise yourselves; you've been uninspiring - Prof Gyampo tells MinorityPolitical Scientist, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has expressed dissatisfaction with the Minority...

E-levy: Minority frustrated efforts to raise revenue – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has partly blamed the late passage of the electronic transaction levy (E-levy) for the prevailing economic challenges.According to him,...

Agumenu writes: Rawlings had a great deal of respect for Aseidu Nketia for his leadership qualities

General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, from the lenses of my former boss, the late Chairman Rawlings, I see nothing less than a resolute figure...

I’ve rather protected public purse, not mismanaged economy – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has dismissed assertions that he’s been reckless in the fiscal management of the economy.According to him, he has complied with...

Censure motion hearing: Check out Ofori-Atta’s new legal team

Under fire Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has for the second time appeared before the parliamentary committee probing allegations against him but instead with a...

Censure motion hearing: Rise above witch-hunting and entrapment – Ken Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has advised against supposed attempts to blame him for situations that he believes were not caused by him.The Minister insists...

Allegations for censure do not have weight – Ofori-Atta

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said he does not believe that the allegations made by the proponents of the motion of censure for...

Full text: Ken Ofori-Atta’s responses to grounds from proponents on Parliamentary motion on censure

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was in Parliament on Friday to answer questions from the Minority Caucus calling for his head as the keeper of...

I’ve not invited NPP MPs over Ken Ofori-Atta – Former President Kufuor

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has responded to some media publications suggesting that he has extended an invitation for a meeting with some New...

Economic hardship: I am truly sorry – Ken Ofori-Atta says as he appears before ad-hoc committee

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has apologised to Ghanaians for the hardship being suffered in recent times.According to him, the brunt borne by the populace...

Livestream: Ken Ofori-Atta takes the ‘witness box’ at censure motion hearing

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has appeared before Parliament’s ad-hoc committee probing the Minority’s censure motion against him.The Minister will have to prove to the...

Censure motion: KT Hammond peeved by ‘atrocious’ reportage from Day 1 of probe

Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, is unhappy with the reportage that has circulated since the opening day of the parliamentary...

MPs buy fuel, we don’t have any coupons – KT Hammond

A Co-Chair of the Parliamentary Ad-hoc Committee probing the censure motion against Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta on Thursday backtracked on his initial assertion...

Censure motion: Ofori-Atta hasn’t been reckless – Adomako Kissi

The Member of Parliament for Anyaa Sowutuom has mounted a strong defense for the embattled Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.Dr. Dickson Adomako Kissi in an...

I guarantee NDC will get 2024 poll results first night after voting ends – Fifi Kwetey vows

Mr Fifi Kwetey has promised to put in place measures that would ensure the National Democratic Congress can know the results of the 2024...

NDC clears former Law School SRC president to contest national elections

Former President of the Ghana Law School, Wonder Victor Kutor, has been cleared to contest the upcoming National Democratic Congress (NDC) executives’ election despite...

We are prolonging the inevitable – Prof Agyeman-Duah on censure hearing

Former United Nations Senior Governance Advisor, Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah, says he is hoping that in the coming days, the Finance Minister would quietly resign...

I am disappointed in the Minority – NPP Man on Ofori-Atta’s censure hearing [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kwadwo Agyemang Boateng on censure hearing against Ofori-AttaA former New Patriotic Party (NPP) New Juaben Chairman has said he is disappointed in...

EC considers reviewing closing time for 2024 elections

The Electoral Commission (EC) is considering a proposal to review the closing time for electoral activities during the national elections from 5:00 pm to...

Tension as aggrieved Atiwa West NDC members call for fresh elections

Some aggrieved aspirants and members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Atiwa West of the Eastern Region are asking the Functional Executive Committee...

You stand tall – NDC man consoles Ade Coker after defeat [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Anthony Nukpenu consoles Ade Coker after defeatThe Greater Accra Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Nukpenu, has sent a...

Censure motion hearing: PIAC, GNPC face committee

The Parliamentary Ad-hoc Committee hearing the censure motion against embattled Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will resume sitting today.This comes after the suspension of proceedings...

Former MP installed chief

A former Member of Parliament for Upper West Akyem in the 5th and 6th Parliament of Ghana, Joseph Sam Amankwanor, has been enstooled  Mfantsehene...

Gabby meets Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu after public outburst [Photos]

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a staunch member of the New Patriotic Party, has visited the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, at his office after the MP...

US midterms: Republicans narrowly win back the House

Republicans have secured the 218 seats needed for a majority in the lower chamber of Congress a week after the midterm elections, the BBC’s...

Ofori-Atta to respond to Minority’s grounds for censure on Friday

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is to appear on Friday, November 18, before Parliament’s Ad-Hoc Committee in Accra to respond to a motion of Vote...

People around Akufo-Addo afraid to tell him the truth – Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe

Ghanaian statesman, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, is disappointed in the way President Akufo-Addo has managed the country’s affairs.According to the politician, the personalities surrounding...

New twist to Parliament’s decision to ban mobile phones in Chamber

Parliament has temporarily suspended a decision to ban mobile phones in the chamber after parliamentary reporters threatened to boycott proceedings over the directive.The directive...

Stop the media gimmick; join Minority to sack Ofori-Atta – Anti-graft crusaders to Majority

Crusaders against Corruption are calling on Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Majority group to stop the media gimmick and join the Minority MP...

MPs urged to pass through new scanning machine as Parliament tightens security

To make Security paramount for Members of Parliament, staff and members of the public, Parliament has installed security gadgets to scan everyone.The new and huge...

Censure motion: Why Gabby Otchere-Darko is trending

Gabby Otchere-Darko, counsel for embattled Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, after the censure motion hearing, has been trending on social media.The Founder of Danquah Institute...

Akufo-Addo meets King Charles [Photo]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, November 15, met with King Charles III of England.The meeting, which took place at the Windsor Castle,...

Get off my case – Retired Honyenuga rejects Opuni’s application, directs him to CJ

Justice Clemence Honyenuga has dismissed an application filed against his authority to continue sitting on the Cocobod trial after attaining the constitutionally compulsory retirement...

98 NPP MPs to boycott budget presentation, Finance Ministry business if…

Ninety-eight New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament have resolved to boycott the budget presentation and all Finance Ministry business should the President refuse...

Gabby Otchere-Darko replies Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

New Patriotic Party Stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has denied accusing the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, of masterminding the NPP MPs calls for the resignation...

Censure motion: Okudzeto Ablakwa clashes with Otchere-Darko [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Okudzeto Ablakwa Clashes With Otchere DarkoSamuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a Member of the eight-Member Adhoc Committee, has engaged in a heated argument with...

Stay away from the NDC – Yamoah Ponkoh warns Wontumi after defeat

A former Municipal Chief Executive for Ejisu, Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh, has sternly warned the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Chairman in Ashanti Region, Bernard Antwi...