Nana Konadu bids farewell to late husband former President Rawlings
Mrs Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, wife of late former President Jerry John Rawlings, Wednesday, bid farewell to her husband at the Black Star Square in Accra. “You were for Ghana and then for me,” Mrs Agyeman-Rawlings stated in a tribute read on her behalf by one of their daughters, Amina Agyeman-Rawlings at a state funeral of […]
Full Text: Tribute To Former President Rawlings By Akufo-Addo
Jerry John Rawlings Tribute By Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Farewell, “Comandante” He burst onto the scene like a meteor, but a meteor that did not burst into flames and disintegrate like all meteors do. On the contrary, it remained potent until the very end of its life, leaving strong footprints in the sands of time. […]
Late former President Rawlings goes home today
The body of Ghana’s longest-serving Head of State, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings will be interred today at the Military cemetery at Burma Camp. A funeral will be held at the Black Star Square this morning before the burial. Mr Rawlings passed on after a short illness at the Korle-Bu Teaching hospital. The body of […]
Supreme Court resumes hearing of 2020 election petition today
The Supreme Court will resume sitting today (January 26, 2021) for hearing of election petition filed by National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, challenging the results declared by the Electoral Commission (EC) in the December 7 elections. Mr Mahama yesterday (January 25) filed another application for a review on the Supreme Court’s ruling […]
Let’s uphold probity, accountability, transparency in Rawlings’s honour — Palmer-Buckle
The Vice-President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC), the Most Rev. Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle, has called on Ghanaians to conscientiously work towards imbibing the virtues of probity, accountability and transparency in whatever they do, as advocated by the late former President Jerry John Rawlings. According to him, upholding those virtues would be the worthiest […]
Greatest legacy to uphold of Rawlings is to forgive his excesses – Palmer-Buckle
The Most Reverend Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle, the Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast, has called on Ghanaians to forgive former President Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings of his excesses if they want to uphold his legacy. “If there is any legacy that we can uphold of Jerry John Rawlings, then let us first and foremost […]
Requiem Mass held in Accra as part of State funeral for Former President Rawlings
President Akufo-Addo and the First Lady Rebecca, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and his spouse, Speaker of Parliament, Members of Parliament (MP’s), Former President John Dramani Mahama, government officials, National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwart’s friends and sympathizers joined the wife, children and family of late former President Jerry John Rawlings at the Holy Spirit Cathedral for […]
Supreme Court dismisses Election Petition-related Interlocutory application
The Supreme Court has dismissed an interlocutory application filed by Tsatsu Tsikata, counsel for the petitioner in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition, seeking answers from the EC Boss on issues pertaining to the mode of transmission of election results. Dismissing the application, the Court noted that the interlocutory application was discretional and must also raise […]
Election 2020 petition hearing enters Day 2 on Tuesday
Supreme Court’s hearing of former President John Dramani Mahama’s Election Petition, challenging the validity of the winner of December 7, Presidential election enters day two, with the commencement of a pretrial. On January 14, 2021, (day one) the Court granted President Mahama’s motion for leave to amend his petition. The court presided over by Chief […]
Supreme Court adjourns election petition, grants motion to amend errors
The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing of the election petition filed by the 2020 flagbearer of the NDC John Dramani Mahama to Tuesday, January 19, 2021. The Supreme Court also granted Mr. Mahama leave to amend his Election Petition. Counsel for President Akufo-Addo, Akoto Ampaw and that of the Electoral Commission, Justine Amenuvor opposed […]
Inauguration Of Ghana’s Eighth Parliament And Election Of Its Speaker
INAUGURATION OF GHANA’S EIGHTH PARLIAMENT AND ELECTION OF ITS SPEAKER Drama, Confusion, Consensus While much has since been written, said and discussed events of the early hours and morning of Thursday, January 7, 2021, that day may not fail to go down as the most dramatic and momentous in the annals of the Parliament of […]
Supreme Court will decide validity of our election petition – NDC responds to Akufo-Addo
A member of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) legal team, Abraham Amaliba says the Supreme Court will decide the fate of the Presidential Election Petition pending before it. He has, therefore, downplayed President Akufo-Addo’s response that the petition should be dismissed because it is frivolous and vexatious. Mr. Amaliba said this on Monday in an […]
President announces spokespersons for Election Petition
The legal team defending President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the Presidential Election Petition filed by the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has announced a five-member team of spokespersons. The spokespersons which include the former Minister of Information and MP for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah have been designated by […]
EC prepares to file response at Supreme Court
The Electoral Commission (EC) is preparing to file its response as the First Respondent to the election petition filed by Former President John Dramani Mahama at the Supreme Court on December 30, 2020. A highly placed source at the Commission told the Ghana News Agency that the Commission received the writ of summons last week […]
