Parliament approves Public Universities Bill

Parliament approves Public Universities Bill

Source: Ghanaweb Parliament of Ghana has approved the Public Universities Bill after its second reading stage. The Public Universities Bill which was withdrawn and re-laid in the House in November 2020, seeks to harmonise the structures for the administration of public universities. During the debate on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, 15 December 2020, the Minority expressed […]

Jean Mensa’s EC very incompetent – John Mahama

Jean Mensa’s EC very incompetent – John Mahama

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has described the conduct of the Electoral Commission (EC) in the just-ended election as worrying. He said the incompetence of Jean Mensa is why the EC is not getting the figures of the polls right although it has been more than a week since the […]

Change mode of appointing EC chair – Prof Albert Puni

Change mode of appointing EC chair – Prof Albert Puni

Governance Expert, Professor Albert Puni has called for a change in the way Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission (EC) and the other commissioners are appointed in Ghana. He said the current status quo where the president appoints the commissioners creates an impression that they become subject of control by the head of state, a situation he said, […]

Justice Srem Sai criticises CODEO, media for pretending they can validate EC’s figures

Justice Srem Sai criticises CODEO, media for pretending they can validate EC’s figures

Law lecturer, Justice Srem Sai, has criticised the media and election observers for not coming clean about their inability to properly validate some of the contested results declared by the Electoral Commission (EC) in the December 7 elections. He said while the validity of EC’s collated and published figures for the election results are being challenged, the […]

What Akufo-Addo, Napo said about Fomena MP vs What they say now

What Akufo-Addo, Napo said about Fomena MP vs What they say now

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo may have won the presidential elections but the success of his next government hangs in a balance, as he is on a brink of being supervised by a hung parliament. As it stands, there is no clear majority in parliament per the data released by the Electoral Commission. The NPP caucus which […]

Hearts of Oak deserves to be on the winning track- Kosta Papic

Hearts of Oak deserves to be on the winning track- Kosta Papic

Accra Hearts of Oak coach Kosta Papic says there is no magic in how his side played against Dreams FC on matchday five in the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League. The Phobians played one of their best games in the season so far at the Accra Sports Stadium, recording a 3-0 win over the Still Believe Club. […]

There’ll never be a run-off if Mahama had all Techiman South votes – UG lecturer debunks claims

There’ll never be a run-off if Mahama had all Techiman South votes – UG lecturer debunks claims

Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Department of Statistics, Louis Asiedu has explained that the change in the percentage of votes for candidates of the major political parties will be insignificant even if all of Techiman South votes were added to the votes of candidate John Dramani Mahama. In an interview with Samuel Eshun […]

Kotoko reverse decision to play CAF Champions League games in Tamale

Kotoko reverse decision to play CAF Champions League games in Tamale

Asante Kotoko has officially written to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to notify the Association of their decision to maintain Accra Sports Stadium as their home ground in the CAF Champions League. The move is a swift turnaround after the Porcupine wrote to the FA of their willingness to rather use the Tamale stadium as their adopted home […]

Mahama explains why he is not ready to concede to Akufo-Addo

Mahama explains why he is not ready to concede to Akufo-Addo

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has explained he is not ready to concede defeat in the just-ended December 7 elections because of the over six million Ghanaian voters who voted for him on election day. According to him, this will also help him uphold Ghana’s democracy as well as […]

Odike Attacked By Unknown Armed Men

Odike Attacked By Unknown Armed Men

Armed men numbering eight suspected to be supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) have attacked the disqualified 2020 presidential candidate for the just-ended polls, Mr. Akwasi Addia Odike, mynewsgh.com reports. According to the victim, the incident happened at the premises of Kumasi-based Otec FM on Monday, 15 December 2020 shortly after a radio program. Giving […]