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‘First minister to bring scandal to my gov’t will be hanged on a cross and will not resurrect’ – Mahama
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President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his administration’s determination to deal firmly with corruption, warning ministers that any official who brings a scandal to his government will face uncompromising consequences. Addressing the Christian Council of Ghana when they paid a … Read more →
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I can’t read my speech – Communication Minister, Victoria Hammah
Posted on | 1 CommentIt is certain whether some persons are trying to sabotage the Deputy Communication Minister, Victoria Hammah; but she recently faced a near-embarrassing situation when a speech she was to read at an official function was secretly replaced with the wrong … Read more →
I have no option but to accept Supreme Court verdict – Prez Mahama
Posted on | 1 CommentPresident John Dramani Mahama says as the President of Ghana, he would have no option but to accept the verdict of the Supreme Court in the on-going Election 2012 Petition hearing. He said the 1992 constitution prescribed adherence and obedience … Read more →
Election Petition: Judgment Day September 4?
Posted on | CommentThe verdict of the Supreme Court on the Presidential Election Petition challenging the declaration of John Mahama as winner of Ghana’s 2012 presidential elections may come on September 4, 2013.
Look at the documents: Written addresses by Election Petitioners and Respondents
Posted on | CommentPetitioners’ written address FIRST RESPONDENT – John Mahama SECOND RESPONDENT – Electoral Commission THIRD RESPONDENT – National Democratic Congress Nana Kwesi Coomson and www.233times.net News Desk
“Mahama did not win, declare Nana Addo President” Gloria Akuffo
Posted on | CommentSpokesperson for the petitioners in the election petition case, Madam Gloria Akuffo has told us “we [petitioners] are asking the court to determine in our [petitioners] favour, in that John Mahama did not win and that the declaration should be reversed and … Read more →
Election Petition: Counsel to deliver addresses today
Posted on | CommentGhanaians will, this morning, be treated to a “battle of legal wits” at the Supreme Court when four lead counsel in the presidential election petition meet to lock horns to justify why President John Dramani Mahama should or should not … Read more →
Video: Prez Mahama visits Theodosia Okoh + Vanderduye ‘dragged’ to say sorry
Posted on | CommentPresident Mahama visited aggrieved Theodosia Okoh after her name vanished from the National Hockey stadium as part of an apparently arbitrary renaming spree by Accra Mayor Alfred Oko Vanderpuijie.
Russian lawmaker proposes days off for menstruating women
Posted on | CommentA Russian lawmaker has asked parliament to give women two days paid leave a month when they menstruate, a move that has irked rights activists worried over creeping conservatism since Vladimir Putin resumed the presidency.
Election Petition: NDC fails to meet address deadline
Posted on | CommentThe third respondent in the election petition case, the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), has failed to meet the Tuesday July 30 deadline given by the Supreme Court for the parties in the election petition to file their addresses.
Election Petition: Parties to file addresses today
Posted on | CommentPetitioners and Respondents in the election petition case are expected to file their written addresses to the nine justices presiding over the case today.The parties are expected to argue for and against reasons why over 4 million votes cast in … Read more →
Ken Agyapong needs deliverance.. Ghanaians will always choose Mills over him – Anita De Sousa
Posted on | CommentNational Women’s Organizer of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Madam Anita De Soso has taken NPP Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency, Hon Kennedy Agyapong to the cleaners describing him as one noted for spewing garbage. The NDC … Read more →
Ministers go wild over months of unpaid salaries
Posted on | CommentReliable information available to The Independent indicates that President John Mahama has not remunerated his ministers and their deputies for some months now. Unlike civil servants, the state officials are just counting the anomaly as a sacrifice for the nation.
I’ll ‘export’ gay marriage around the world – British Prime Minister vows
Posted on | CommentDavid Cameron vowed last night to ‘export’ gay marriage around the world including Ghana as he held a party to celebrate the passage of legislation in Britain. The Prime Minister told a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender reception in Downing … Read more →
I only remember late Prez Mills for corruption, hypocrisy, ‘dumsor’ – Ken Agyapong
Posted on | CommentThe New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has said, he can only remember late President John Evans Atta Mills for overseeing corruption, load shedding and hypocrisy.
Mahama will beat Nana Addo in any election – JJ
Posted on | CommentThe Deputy Minister for Energy and Petroleum, John Abdulai Jinapor is convinced that twice defeated presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) can never beat President John Dramini Mahama in any election.
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