Current Affairs

ELS: MBN360 NEWS Parliament’s Appointments Committee has recommended the approval of three nominees for appointment to the Supreme Court. This is in spite of the Minority Caucus boycotting Thursday’s vetting, citing concerns over the process and the compressed timetable. The nominees are Court of Appeal Justices Sophia Rosetta Bernasko Essah and Edward Amoako Asante, as well […]

ELS: MBN360 POLITICS Afenyo Markin, Minority Leader The Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Honourable Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has urged the majority on Parliament’s Appointments Committee to allow adequate scrutiny of three Supreme Court nominees before proceeding with their vetting. He argued that the committee’s timetable could undermine the constitutional and procedural requirements governing the […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWS The Minority Caucus The Minority in Parliament has boycotted the vetting of three Supreme Court nominees after its objection to the timetable for the exercise was rejected by the Appointments Committee. The walkout followed a tense exchange between the Minority Leader, Honourable Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, and the Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Honourable Bernard […]

ELS: MBN360 POLITICS Aspiring First National Vice-Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has rejected claims that there is an agenda to Islamise Ghana, arguing that the voting patterns of Muslims in the 2024 general election demonstrate the country’s strong tradition of religious tolerance. Mr Hamid said that if there were indeed an organised […]

ELS: MBN360 POLITICS Nana Akomea, a leading contender for the position of First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is set to begin his national campaign with an engagement with Minority Members of Parliament at 11:00 a.m. today. The meeting is expected to provide Nana Akomea with an opportunity to outline his vision for […]

ELS: MBN360 POLITICS President John Dramani Mahama has assented to 10 Bills passed by Parliament during the Second Meeting of the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament, giving legal effect to a series of legislative reforms covering taxation, revenue mobilisation, justice administration, national defence, maritime regulation and the cocoa sector. The 10 Bills were among […]

ELS: MBN360 President John Dramani Mahama has reassigned the Minister for Labour, Jobs and Employment, Dr Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, to the Office of the President as Minister of State in charge of Special Initiatives. A statement from the presidency issued on Wednesday and signed by Minister for Government Communications, Felix Ofosu Kwakye confirmed the changes. […]

ELS: MBN360 POLITICS Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin says Parliament will investigate the reported US$1.7 billion, equivalent to about GH¢22 billion, loss linked to the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme (DGPP). He said the investigation would help determine whether the amount represents an actual financial loss or a cost incurred by the government in operating the programme. The […]

ELS: MBN360 National Security Coordinator, COP Osman Abdul Razak, has warned that some political vigilante mobilisation is increasingly moving into less visible spaces, including social media platforms and encrypted communication channels. He said although the visibility of organised vigilante groups has declined since the passage of the Vigilantism and Related Offences Act, 2019 (Act 999), […]

ELS; MBN360 NEWS The Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy (IERPP) is demanding answers from the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) over reports that previously published quarterly trading reports are no longer readily accessible on its website The Institute says the reported removal goes beyond a website management issue and raises concerns about transparency, accountability […]