Author: Political Desk

Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga has rejected accusations from the Minority that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) is orchestrating a scheme to secure an overwhelming parliamentary majority in order to amend the 1992 Constitution. Appearing on JoyNews’ AM Show on Wednesday December 10, 2025, Mr Ayariga described the Minority’s claims as baseless and urged them to “stop raising false alarms” over non-existent threats. “As we speak today, with or without Kpandai, the NDC already has the numbers required to amend the Constitution, yet nobody has tabled any such proposal,” he stated. He advised the Minority to accept the potential loss…

The National Vice President of the Poultry Farmers Association of Ghana, Dr. Boris Baidoo, has warned egg sellers and food vendors against exploiting consumers by maintaining high prices despite a sharp drop in poultry feed costs. Speaking on Accra 100.5 FM’s morning show, Dr. Baidoo stated that the recent reduction in production costs, driven by government interventions under President John Dramani Mahama and Minister for Food and Agriculture Eric Opoku, must be reflected in retail prices. “No vendor has any justification to sell one egg above GHS 3 or two eggs above GHS 5,” he declared. He specifically directed fried-egg…

The Government of Ghana government has threatened reciprocal action against Israel following what it described as the “inhumane and traumatic” treatment of Ghanaian travellers, including members of a parliamentary delegation, at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport. In a strongly worded press release issued Wednesday, December 10, 2025, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ghana expressed outrage over incidents that began on Sunday, 7 December 2025, saying Ghanaian nationals were “deliberately targeted” by Israeli authorities. According to the Ministry, seven Ghanaian travellers were detained without justifiable cause upon arrival. Among them were four members of an official Ghanaian parliamentary delegation…

Pandemonium broke out on the floor of Parliament, with members of the Minority and the Majority Caucuses engaged in pushing and shoving. The chaos erupted after the Minority Caucus insisted on the recall of a letter issued by the Clerk of Parliament to the Electoral Commission declaring the Kpandai seat as vacant. At the commencement of proceedings on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, demanded the letter’s recall, citing a judicial review filed by Matthew Nyindam and rulings previously issued by the Speaker. In their insistence, the Minority resorted to chanting and singing, which severely disrupted…

The Minority in Parliament has warned that government business will face challenges in the House as long as the declaration of the Kpandai seat as vacant remains unresolved. Speaking during proceedings on Tuesday, the Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, warned that his Caucus will not cooperate in the conduct of business until their demands on the matter are met. “I put it to you that until Kpandai is resolved, government business will suffer,” he told the House. “Until Kpandai is resolved, nobody on this side will cooperate; we are not going to cooperate,” he added. His statement followed a demand…

A 42-year-old trader, Madam Patience Pomaa, has been fined GH¢2,400 by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for refusing to participate in the statutory National Sanitation Day exercise. In default of payment, she will serve one month in prison. Madam Pomaa appeared before the court presided over by Her Worship Mrs Rosemond Vera Aryeetey on Thursday, December 4, 2025, where she pleaded guilty to the charges of failing to comply with a statutory notice and refusing to join the monthly cleanup. Prosecutor Nii Okine Aryee told the court that on April 10, 2025, the designated day for the National…

Proceedings in Parliament have temporarily halted following a demand by the Minority Caucus for the recall of a letter from the Clerk of Parliament to the Electoral Commission, which had declared the Kpandai seat as vacant. The disruption began at the commencement of sitting on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, when the Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, read a statement on the floor articulating the Caucus’s demands. Following his statement, the Minority side erupted into spontaneous chanting, which prompted the First Deputy Speaker, Bernard Ahiafor, to suspend the sitting. When the House resumed, Speaker Alban Bagbin took over the chair and…

Former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, and nine others were on Tuesday arraigned before Criminal Division Court 4 of the Accra High Court on a consolidated 54-count charge involving extortion, using public office for profit, money laundering and conspiracy to commit crime. The accused persons, who all pleaded not guilty, are alleged to have operated an extortion racket targeting oil marketing companies and fuel transporters between 2022 and 2024, amassing over GH¢291 million and US$332,000 in illicit payments. Prosecutors from the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) told the court, presided over by…

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), together with sister security agencies, will on Thursday, December 11, 2025, stage a joint Show of Force Exercise in parts of Accra as part of measures to heighten security ahead of the Christmas festivities. The exercise will involve personnel and assets from the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Prisons Service, Ghana National Fire Service, Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, and the Ghana Immigration Service. According to a statement signed by the Director of Public Relations of the Ghana Armed Forces, Naval Captain Michael Addo Larbi, the activity will commence at 9:00 a.m. from the…

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court has granted an application by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to allow its first prosecution witness to testify anonymously and in camera in the ongoing corruption trial involving former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Cromwell Nanabanyin Onuawonto Bissue, and two others. Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, presiding over the case, ruled that the undercover investigator, identified in court documents only as Benjamin Agyepong, will give evidence in private due to credible threats to his life linked to the sensitive nature of illegal mining investigations. The court cited Article…