The Court of Appeal on Monday dismissed the applications of Assin North MP, Joe Gyaakye Quayson and the MP for Jomoro, Dorcas Affo Toffey. The two embattled MPs have been fighting their dual citizenship cases after they won their parliamentary elections in the 2020 elections. In each of the cases, the applicants are challenging their […]
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Samia Nkrumah announces come back, set to contest Jomoro seat in 2020
Former Convention People’s Party (CPP) Parliamentarian for Jomoro in the Western Region, Samia Nkrumah, has announced she is coming back for the seat she lost in 2012. Samia who refused to state which political party’s ticket she will be contesting on, says Parliament needs a third voice beyond the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and […]
Former Education Minister and NDC stalwart Lee Ocran reported dead
Former Minister for Education, Lee Ocran is reported dead. Family sources say the former High Commissioner to South Africa and ex-Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro passed on shortly before midnight Thursday February 21,2019 at his residence in Accra. A National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwart, Mr Ocran was said to have battled with ill health in the […]
W/R: Over 500 chieftaincy disputes pending, gov’t resolves 30
From Zambaga Rufai SAMINU, Takoradi Government has expressed concern about the growing spate of chieftaincy disputes in the country. Prior to assumption of office by President Nana Akufo–Addo’s administration, the country recorded 532 chieftaincy disputes across the country. Figures from the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs indicate that these were the documented cases identified […]