An Accra Circuit Court on Monday adjourned the matter involving 20 minority Members of Parliament, who allegedly failed to notify the Police before holding a special event. They were charged with unlawful assembly contrary to section 202 of the Criminal Offences Act and sections 1, 2 and 9 of the Public Order Act. The MPs are: Haruna Iddrisu,...
President Akufo-Addo is set to deliver his last State of the Nation address for his first term in office. The presentation is in line with Article 67 of the 1992 constitution which states that “the President shall, at the beginning of each session of Parliament and before a dissolution of Parliament, deliver to Parliament a message on the...
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has revealed Junior High Schools will run on a semester basis after schools reopen on January 15. Speaking at a press conference, Director-General of the GES, Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa said that this is to enable the schools to catch up with contact hours lost in 2020 as a result of the closures. He...
The 2021/22 academic year is expected to commence in mid-January 2021, sources within government say. This was decided after President Akufo-Addo’s meeting with Parliaments Committee on Education Wednesday, December 30, 2020. According to Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, prior to the meeting to “examine the proposals for assuring the safety of our children” various stakeholders in the education...
An Afghan journalist has been shot dead in an attack by gunmen in the central province of Ghor. Bismillah Aimaq, the editor-in-chief of a local radio station, is at least the fifth journalist to be killed in Afghanistan in the past two months. According to Reporters without Borders, Aimaq survived at least one other attempt on his life...
Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide has stated that news about Kojo Oppong Nkrumah stepping down as Information Minister has been misconstrued. This comes after some news portals reported that Mr. Oppong Nkrumah is resigning from his post as Information Minister. According to the reports, the Member of Parliament-elect for Ofoase Ayirebi bade his staff farewell at a...
The Campaign Manager of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the part is ready to meet the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in court as it files its election 2020 petition on Wednesday. Peter Mac Manu said the NPP is ready to battle out all electoral differences with the opposition party in court with all their legitimate evidence...
December 31, 2020, marks the end of government’s directive to the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to serve Ghanaians with free water. This was part of measures to curb the rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a press statement by the PRO of the Company, Stanley Mantey said, “Customers of GWCL must please note, that from hence,...
Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) has rendered an apology to the Minority in Parliament for not being present receive their petition Tuesday. The Commission had earlier posited that the notice for the presentation was too short for the necessary arrangement to facilitate the reception since its top officials were not at the office. This comes after they...
Eyewitness accounts and videos reaching Joy News has unravelled an incident that occurred at the Techiman South constituency leading to the death of two persons in the December elections. In the video, supporters of both the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) were seen awake, observing the collation of the results on...