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Revealed: What killed Hon. Kyerematen Agyarko

It has emerged that, the late Member of...

Minority fumes over plans to increase presidential staffers to 1,614

The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns over...

Speaker to name, shame MPs who are always late

Members of Parliament who are perennial latecomers to...

Parliament suspends RTI Bill for the second time

Parliament has for the second time in five...

Parliament to intervene in KNUST riot

Parliament will be intervening to find an amicable...

Ken Agyapong, Sam George trade insults over StarTimes deal

A meeting between the Parliamentary Select Committee on...

Ameri deal, RTI bill lead on MPs’ agenda for recall – Majority leader [Audio]

Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has explained why...

AUDIO: Odekro disappointed in Parliament for deferring sanctions against Ken Agyapong

Parliamentary Research group, Odekro has expressed disappointments in...

Parliament defers sanctions against Ken Agyapong

Parliament is yet to decide on the fate...

Privileges Committee recommends suspension/reprimand of Kennedy Agyapong

The Privileges Committee of Parliament has established contempt...

VIDEO: Parliament goes ‘wild’ over sexually suggestive community names

Parliament was on Thursday morning thrown into prolonged laughter when the Member of Parliament for Abirem constituency, John Frimpong Osei rose to ask the...

Parliament approves $90m loan for UESD Bunso campus project

A $90 million loan facility for the construction of a satellite campus of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) at Bunso in...

Stop pressuring developing nations into accepting homosexuality – Speaker

The Reverend Professor Aaron Michael Oqauye, Speaker of Parliament, has asked nations threatening to withhold development assistance to developing countries refusing to legalize homosexuality,...

Victor Smith petitions Amidu to investigate MPs

Ghana’s former High Commissioner to the UK, Victor Smith, has petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate recurring allegations of corruption against...

Auditor-General submits four audit reports to Parliament

The Auditor-General has submitted four audit reports to Parliament in accordance with the requirement of the Constitution.These are the performance audit report on management...

Ken Agyapong contempt hearing: Majority Leader flays 3 MPs for late recusal notice

Majority Leader in Parliament has taken a swipe at three New Patriotic Party legislators for failing to notify leadership of their decision to recuse...

Hearing on Kennedy Agyapong’s claims suspended

There was drama at Parliament’s Privileges Committee probing contemptuous allegations brought against MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong as chairman of the committee,  Joe Osei...

Video: ‘He died too young’ – MPs mourn Amissah-Arthur’s death

Parliament on Saturday paid glowing tribute to former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, who passed away on Friday.Mr. Amissah-Arthur reportedly collapsed at the Air...

Speaker ruling Parliament like a monarch

The Minority in Parliament has staged a walkout again over a seeming disagreement with the Speaker on the running of affairs in the House.They...

AUDIO: No investigation work in Parliament – Anas clarifies

Undercover journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas says he has not embarked on any work in Ghana’s Parliament.Denying the claims on Joy FM’s Morning Show Thursday, ...

VIDEO: I have not been dragged to Privileges Committee- Kennedy Agyapong

Contrary to reports that Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong will today be hauled before the Privileges Committee for insulting the House, the...

Privileges Committee to examine evidence against Ken Agyapong today

Parliament’s Privileges Committee will today , sit to examine evidence against the Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, after he was accused of insulting Parliament.The...

Privileges Committee to meet next week over Kennedy Agyapong ‘useless’ comment

Parliament’s Privileges Committee is expected to meet on Tuesday to hear a petition to investigate some alleged unsavoury comments made by Assin Central legislator,...

Ken Agyapong likes radio, TV studios than Parliament – Report

A report on the attendance of Parliamentarians has cited 54 Members of Parliament who exceeded the number of times a legislator can be without...

Absentee MPs cost taxpayer ¢1.4m in 2017 – Odekro

Civil Society Group Odekro has issued a damning report on how absenteeism by parliamentarians has cost the taxpayer ¢1.4 million in the last year.According...

Parliament sets up committee to investigate GFA over Anas video

Parliament has set up a special committee to probe bribery revelations within the Ghana Football Association contained in documentary by undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw...

Why lesbians and gays stormed Parliament

Members of Parliament (MPs), on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, had a shock of their lives when lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) groups in...

MPs fight gays in Parliament

Members of Parliament (MPs) have strongly condemned subtle attempts by some donor countries to impose homosexuality on Ghana, saying that they would resist any...

Parliament moves to operationalise Code of Conduct

Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament, Ms Sarah Adwoa Safo, on Tuesday, informed Parliament that a manual would soon be adopted by the House to...

MPs to get GHC75,000 each for education projects

Members of Parliament are expected to receive GHc75,000 each for the funding of education-related projects and monitoring of same in their constituencies. The amount was...

VIDEO: Watch all questions and answers when Amidu faced Haruna and Ablakwa

When Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin ABK Amidu was in parliament for his vetting, one thing was certain - he was destined to meet an...

Parliament vets Amidu today

Special Prosecutor nominee, Mr. Martin ABK Amidu, will today, Tuesday, 13 February 2018, be vetted by Parliament’s Appointment Committee. Mr Amidu was recommended for nomination...

PHOTOS: Mahama, Kufuor and Rawlings exchange pleasantries at SONA

Former Presidents, John Dramani Mahama, Jerry John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufour beamed with smiles as they exchanged pleasantries when they met at the...

Akufo-Addo delivers State of the Nation address today

President Nana Akufo-Addo will later this morning deliver his second State of the Nation address to Parliament. The address is an obligation which enjoins the...

Minority embarks on sit-down strike

The Minority Caucus in Parliament embarked on a sit-down strike to protest against what they describe as unprovoked insults from the Majority Leader, Osei...