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Prez. Mahama orders fuel tax cuts, cheaper transport
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President John Dramani Mahama has ordered immediate interventions to shield Ghanaians from surging fuel prices, as global tensions in the Middle East continue to disrupt oil supplies and push up costs. The directive was issued following a Cabinet meeting in … Read more →
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Use me more – Ayikoi Otoo tells NPP
Posted on | CommentLawyer and former Attorney General, Ayikoi-Otoo says his expertise and experience are available for use by the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Mr Otoo indicated that beyond the constitutional and legal positions he held in the party, he was available and … Read more →
Ayikoi Otoo explains his jail-saving strategy
Posted on | CommentThe-man-of-the-moment, Nii Ayikoi Otoo has revealed on Joy FM, his strategies in court that snatched Sir John and Hopeson Adorye from the jaws of an ominous jail sentence after they were found guilty of intentional criminal contempt.
Sir John fined GHC5,000 and Hopeson, GHC2,000 for contempt
Posted on | CommentThe Supreme Court has imposed a fine of GHC5,000 on the General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party who has been found guilty of intentional criminal contempt. Mr. Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has to deposit the money with the court … Read more →
Sir John’s day in court
Posted on | CommentHe is perhaps the only “Sir” in Ghanaian politics and was celebrated widely by his supporters when he won the General Secretary position of Ghana’s largest opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), three years ago.This time, he is in … Read more →
Gov’t cautions NPP – Stop finding faults when there is none
Posted on | CommentGovernment has cautioned the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to desist from finding faults with the agriculture sector when it is doing well.This follows accusations from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the agric sector was in a deplorable situation and … Read more →
Promote the rights of all young migrants – Ban Ki-moon
Posted on | CommentIn a statement to mark this year’s International Youth Day, which is on the theme “Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward,” UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has called on “Member States, youth-led organizations and other stakeholders to act to promote the rights … Read more →
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.
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