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Ben Ephson speaks on Alban Bagbin’s Speakership

Pollster Ben Ephson says John Dramani Mahama is even aware of the fact that Alban Sumana Bagbin is fair and will not work for...

Gabby Otchere-Darko reacts to Bagbin’s Speakership

Founder of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has congratulated Alban Bagbin on his election as the Speaker of the 8th Parliament.According to the...

Full text: Inaugural address by Akufo-Addo at his second term swearing in

Mr Speaker,I extend a hearty akwaaba, our word of welcome, to their Excellencies, the distinguished leaders of sister states from our region and continent,...

Who ordered the military to invade parliament? – Prof Gyampo quizzes

Professor Ransford Gyampo, a Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, is demanding to know who ordered the military to invade the Chamber...

Mahama reacts to Bagbin’s election as Speaker of Parliament

Former President John Dramani Mahama has congratulated Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin on his election as the Speaker of the 8th Parliament of the 4th...

Koku reacts to Speaker Bagbin’s election

The Founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has expressed satisfaction after the election of Alban Bagbin as the Speaker of the 8th...

Joe Wise, Fomena MP declared Deputy Speakers

Members of Parliament (MP) for Bekwai and Fomena, Joseph Owusu and Andrews Amoako Asiamah, have been declared First and Second Deputy Speakers respectively of...

Alban Bagbin’s powerful acceptance speech [Read]

Former Member of Parliament for Nadowli Kaleo, Alban Sumana Bagbin of the National Democratic Congress, has been elected Speaker of the 8th Parliament of...

Preparations for Akufo-Addo’s swearing-in

President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo will be sworn in as the next President of the Fourth Republic this afternoon.Thirteen heads of state have arrived in the...

Why Kennedy Agyapong is trending on Twitter

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, is trending on Twitter for being a peacemaker when confusion rocked the inauguration of the...

What you need to know about Ghana’s Speaker of 8th Parliament, Alban Bagbin

Born on September 24, 1957, at Sombo in the Upper West Region, Alban Sumana Bagbin, is a graduate of the University of Ghana (1977-1980)...

Unseen photos as confusion rocks Parliament ahead of Akufo-Addo’s swearing-in

What was expected to be a smooth inauguration of Members of Parliament (MPs)-elect on Thursday turned largely chaotic.The issue of the court injunction against...

Military and police storm Parliament amid chaotic Speaker vote stalemate

Security personnel have stormed Parliament following several commotions recorded in the Parliament since the inauguration processes for the 8th parliament commenced.The military and police...

MPs attempt to snatch ballot box in Parliament

Some National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament attempted to snatch box during voting to elect Speaker for the 8th Parliament.This was after they...

Brawl in Parliament over sitting arrangement [Photos]

Commotion has erupted over the sitting arrangement ahead of the dissolution of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic.The Members of Parliament elected from...

Assin-North MP-elect spotted in Parliament [Photo]

National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Member of Parliament-Elect for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson has been spotted in Parliament despite a Cape Coast High Court...

Drama as NDC MPs occupy majority side of Parliament [Watch]

The 7th Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana will be dissolved at midnight.This is in accordance with Article 113(1) of the 1992 Constitution...

Ras Mubarak’s daughter interrupts his live TV interview [Video]

It was an interesting family affair on live TV when outgoing MP for Kumbumgu Ras Mubarak had his interview interrupted by his daughter.The lawyer...

Court grants injunction against Assin North MP-elect

A Cape Coast High Court has granted an injunction against the Member of Parliament-elect for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson.The Court presided over by...

Profile of Prof Aaron Michael Oquaye

Professor Michael Aaron Oquaye was born on 4th April 1944 to E.G.N. Oquaye of Osu, Accra (a cocoa merchant) and Felicia Awusiki Oquaye, (nee...

Oquaye’s age favours him to be re-elected as Speaker – KNUST lecturer

The age of the current Speaker of Parliament Professor Mike Oquaye favours him to be re-elected as Speaker again, a senior lecturer at the...

Trump announces delegation to attend Akufo-Addo’s inauguration

President Donald Trump has announced a Presidential Delegation to attend the swearing-in of President Akufo-Addo on his second term in office.The ceremony has been...

Seventh Parliament to be dissolved today

The Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana will be dissolved today at midnight.This is in accordance with Article 113(1) of the 1992...

Minority condemns security invasion of Parliament

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament are demanding the withdrawal of security personnel in Parliament ahead of President Akufo-Addo's investiture.In their view,...

SONA 2021: There is no hung Parliament – Majority Leader

Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu says there is no hung Parliament as projected by some Ghanaians.Speaking after President Akufo-Addo delivered his last...

Full speech: Akufo-Addo’s last State of the Nation Address

MESSAGE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION ON THE DISSOLUTION OF THE 7TH PARLIAMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC,NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO,ON TUESDAY,...

Next Parliament must put Ghana’s interest first – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has said members 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic would have to work together and be more accommodating of each other so...

45 incidents, scandals that rocked 7th Parliament

The life of Ghana’s 7th Parliament which started on the dawn of January 7, 2017, with the swearing-in of Prof. Mike Ocquaye as Speaker,...

Check out set-up in Parliament for Akufo-Addo’s address [Photos]

All is set for President Akufo-Addo's last State of the Nation Address (SoNA) in Parliament on Tuesday January 5, 2021.There was a little misunderstanding...

NPP chooses Prof Mike Oquaye as Speaker of Parliament

JoyNews/AdomNews · Prof Mike Oquaye retained as Speaker of ParliamentThe Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has chosen Professor Aaron Mike...

What to expect from Akufo-Addo final State of the Nation Address

President Akufo-Addo is set to make his final appearance before the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic to present the State of the Nation...

Don’t change Oquaye as Speaker – Professor

There is “too much turbulence at this time for you to go and bring a new Speaker of Parliament,” Chairman of the National Development...

Why Amewu registered despite injunction – Parliament explains

Parliament has provided clarity on a viral photo that has injuncted Member of Parliament elect for the Hohoe constituency, John Peter Amewu, registering in...

Minority MPs ‘snub’ court!

Twenty Minority Members of Parliament including their leader Haruna Iddrisu charged over their march to the Electoral Commission head office on 22nd December 2020...

Amewu’s fate hangs as Supreme Court makes decision on him today

The Supreme Court will today January 4, 2021, hear a case challenging an injunction against the swearing-in of John Peter Amewu as the Member...

Akufo-Addo’s inauguration: Only ‘the invited’ will be granted entry – Police

The Ghana Police Service has detailed security arrangements ahead of President Akufo-Addo's inauguration on January 7, 2021.The service has served notice that a total...

We’ll not honour police summons to appear in court – Minority MP

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Kunbungu, Ras Mubarak, says his minority colleagues will not honour police summon served on them to...

Akufo-Addo to deliver final State of the Nation Address on this date

President Akufo-Addo will on Tuesday, January 5 2021, deliver his final State of the Nation Address as he prepares to make way for his...

Parliament set to be dissolved on January 6

Ahead of the dissolution of the 7th Parliament on midnight of January 6, the Parliamentary Service has outlined programmes to usher in the 8th...

Widow of Mfantseman MP gets appointment

Widow of late Nfantseman Member of Parliament, Ekow Quansah Hayford has been given a position in the Majority leadership in Parliament.Mrs. Ophelia Mensah Hayford...