The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the unanimous decision taken by the Supreme Court, in its ruling of Wednesday, 9th March 2022, on the voting rights of Deputy Speakers, should put the matter to rest. According ...
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Parliament is not beyond the scrutiny of the Supreme Court – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo says the decision of the Supreme Court on the voting rights of Deputy Speakers cannot amount to judicial inference in the work of Parliament. According to the President, the suggestion that Parliament is beyond the scrutiny of ...
Read More »Fuel price hikes: Remove taxes on petroleum products – Minority tells Gov’t
The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate removal of three taxes on petroleum products to mitigate the impact of rising prices of crude oil on the international market. The demand by the minority comes as consumers are currently buying ...
Read More »Establish commission of inquiry to probe criminal gangs within Police – Security expert
The President of the Institute of Security Disaster and Emergency Studies, Dr. Ishmael Norman, has called for an independent Commission of Inquiry into the killing of two key suspects in the ongoing police investigation into the bullion van heists. The ...
Read More »Deputy Speaker’s Vote: SC ruling shocking but not surprising – Mahama
Former President John Mahama has describing as dangerous the Supreme Court ruling that Deputy Speaker can vote and be part of the quorum for decision making when he presides over affairs in Parliament. “A unanimous 7-0? Shocking but not surprising. ...
Read More »Minister for Chieftaincy alive – NPP
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has dispelled reports that its MP for Ahanta West, Ebenezer Kojo Kum is dead. Mr Kum who is also the Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs was reported dead Wednesday morning by some news portals. ...
Read More »SC ruling on Dep. Speaker vote a judicial support for E-levy – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has described the Supreme Court judgment that the Deputy Speaker can vote and be part of the quorum for decision making when he presides as judicial support for the controversial E-Levy. The apex court on Wednesday ...
Read More »Dep. Speaker can vote while presiding in parliament – Supreme Court rules
A seven-Member panel of the Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision ruled that a Deputy Speaker of Parliament can vote and be part of quorum for decision making in the House. The contentious issue was whether a Deputy Speaker ...
Read More »Opuni’s review against Supreme Court ruling on Honyenuga refused
A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court has refused a review application from Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni, seeking to reverse its earlier decision for Justice Honyenuga the continue presiding over his trial at the High Court. The ordinary panel of ...
Read More »2 policemen linked to bullion van robberies shot dead; 4 others arrested
The Ghana Police Service has confirmed that two police officers who were arrested in relation to a series of bullion van robberies in the Greater Accra Region have been shot dead. The suspects’ Lance Corporal Stephen Kwaku Nyame and Constable Reindolph Gyimah ...
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