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The state of human rights protection in Africa, 30 years after the creation of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, was the...

An Accra Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour Aboagye Tandoh has sentenced a 39-year old house help, Ebenezer Tawiah to 13 years imprisonment...

Parliament has summoned the Minister for Health, Mr. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu to answer questions on the loss of lives of pregnant women in the Nkwanta...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has been criticised for virtually giving the youth of the country a raw deal in its 2018 budget...

Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, Director of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peace-Keeping and Training Centre, has said manifestos of political...

Parliament has approved a 45.7 million US Dollar loan agreement between Ghana and the International Development Association (IDA) for water and sanitation project. Presenting the...

Shamsudeen Tackie, a banker at the Kaneshie branch of the Access Bank has been arraigned before court for stealing an amount of GH¢41,679.00 from...

Ghana’s Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Honourable Gloria Akuffo has tasked African leaders to transform the economy of their countries to serve the needs...

The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta on Wednesday, 15th November, 2017 presented the 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to...

The Minister for Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta says the Office of the Special Prosecutor is set to crack the whip of justice following the...

A 34- year old driver, Patrick Agbanyo, has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for unlawful possession of a fire arm. The Prosecutor, DSP...

The Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, 2017, has been passed into law by Ghana’s Parliament. This was after the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice,...

The Minority in Parliament has advised the government to involve the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in the management of the...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture have concluded an agreement by exchange of letters, for the...

The Minority in Parliament says the government’s intention to tax mobile money transactions must be aborted immediately. Addressing a roundtable breakfast discussion in Accra, a ranking...

Counsel for Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome has indicated that he will for the third time file a motion for stay of proceedings against his...

The Defence Counsel for Twenty Six Togolese nationals who, were arrested for holding a demonstration without police permit, has prayed the court to grant...

The Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice has paid tribute to the late Ms. Helena French at a funeral service in Accra. In...

Splendid Samsidin (1st Accused), a music producer and Godson Elorm (2nd Accused), self-employed, have been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court on the counts...

Accra, Nov. 10, GNA - Parliament on Friday passed the Zongo Development Fund Bill in  fulfilment of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’ s promise...

A Law Lecturer and Security Expert at the University of Cape Coast has challenged the relevance of the Office of the Special Prosecutor seen...

The Ministry of Finance has described the assertion by Minority National Democratic Congress, (NDC) members on Energy-sector Bond, issued by the ESLA PLC, as...

The Sekondi High Court has sentenced a private security man, Osei Owusu Baffour, who stole more than Gh¢1.5million from the Takoradi Market Circle branch...

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has ordered the management of Adonko Bitters to submit new labels and adverts of its alcoholic drink, Adonko...

Samia Nkrumah has called on Parliament to resist any attempt to pass the Plant Breeders Bill into law. In a Facebook post, Madam Nkrumah said...

The Major Mahama Trust Fund Bill, 2017, has been passed into law by Parliament to support his wife and children. The Bill seeks to cater...

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Oquaye, has charged the Committees on Finance, Water Resources, Works and House, to consider two loan agreements between...

The Minority in Parliament says the energy sector bond failed because investors lacked confidence in Ghana’s economy. Addressing a press conference in Accra, a ranking...

The Minister for Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says a fresh policy approval of the conversion of the University for Development Studies (UDS) into...

The African Union Import Levy Bill, 2017, has been laid before Ghana’s Parliament. The Bill seeks to impose an African Union Import Levy of 0.2%...

The Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan Kyeremanteng says two investors have expressed interest in establishing two factories in the Kumbungu District, under...

The Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan Kyeremanteng, says the government is putting in place measures to revive the Komenda Sugar factory with...

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, says conducting fire safety audit in high rise buildings in the country is not enough to...

The Zongo Development Fund Bill, 2017, has been read a second time on the floor of Parliament. The Bill seeks to establish a Zongo Development...

Mr. Danse Sam, the Director of Corporate Affairs for the Savannah Acceleration Development Association (SADA) has expressed worry about the omission of a dedicated...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, says it has initiated a process to review the Passport and Travel Certificates Law, NLCD 155...

The Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, 2017, has passed second reading on the floor of Parliament. This was after the Attorney-General and Minister for...

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Oquaye, has tasked the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House, to investigate alleged maltreatment meted out to Ghanaian...

The Major Mahama Trust Fund Bill, 2017, has been laid in Parliament by the Minister for Defence, Hon. Dominic Nitiwul. The Bill seeks to cater...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, says the Procurement Authority granted the request of the Ministry, to use Single Source Procurement Method, to procure...

The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, says plans are afoot to develop a GhanaSat-2 that could monitor illegal mining...

The Middle Belt Development Bill, 2017, comprising 32 clauses, is being considered by Parliament. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for the establishment...

Three Bills, which have been taken through second readings, are set to be passed by Parliament. They are the Northern Development Authority Bill, the Middle...

Parliament has summoned the Minister for National Security, Hon. Albert Kan-Dapaah, to respond to a question on plans of the government on procurement of...

The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Hon. Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, says her Ministry is making arrangements to resume supply of outboard motors to fishermen...

The Minister for Communications, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said Ghanaians must acknowledge and applaud the National Communications Authority (NCA) for sanctioning 131 radio stations,...

The Minority side of the House has accused the government of frustrating the work of Parliament, by not allowing its Ministers to appear before...

The State has opposed attempts by some aggrieved workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to obtain an interlocutory injunction from the High...

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, K.T Hammond, has moved that Parliament withdraws the AMERI agreement due to what he calls...

Parliament has summoned the Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, to answer a question on whether fire safety checks have been undertaken in...

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. John Peter Amewu, has hinted that a five-year project, estimated at a cost of US$200 million,...

The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea, says Cabinet is expected to approve a final Bill on Condominium properties, to regulate...

The Coastal Development Authority Bill, 2017, comprising 32 clauses, has been read a second time on the floor of Parliament. The Bill seeks to establish...

The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament has called on the government to publicly react to the alleged report of a special inquiry commissioned by the...

Dr. Raymond A. Atuguba, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana’s School of Law, has said that Parliament has focused on corruption as...

Parliament has summoned the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Mr. Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, to answer a question on the termination of appointments of some...

The Mental Health Authority has banned chaining of mentally ill patients at the various prayer and traditional healing camps across the country, effective October...

The Minister for Health, Mr. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has informed Parliament that his Ministry will launch the restoration of the Nurses and Midwives Trainees’ Allowances,...

The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea, has called on Members of Parliament to support the amendment of the Rent Act,...

The Northern Development Authority Bill, 2017, is being considered by Members of Parliament on the floor of the House. The Bill seeks to establish the...

  Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, has said that legislative functions are not trial and error experiments mainly...

Mrs. Clara Beeri Kasser-Tee, a lecturer at the GIMPA Law School has argued that Ministers appointed from Parliament by the President as mandated by...

The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea, says government is determined to address the housing deficit through partnerships with the private...

Parliament has summoned the Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, to answer a question on what his Ministry is doing to curb the...

Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, has entreated the Minister for Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, to ensure timely certification or approval of...

The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament has called on the Auditor-General and Parliament to investigate the Minister for Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, for violating the...

Ghana’s Parliament has ratified the Agreement between Ghana and the United States of American on the resettlement in Ghana of the two former detainees,...

Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, will be the main Speaker at the Ghana@60 anniversary lecture on the 4th of August, 2017,...