The Ghana National Household Registry has begun data collection across the country as part of the first countrywide reassessment of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme.

British actor Idris Elba has told the BBC that he will relocate to Africa within the next decade as part of his plans to support the continent’s movie industry.

Springfield Exploration and Production Limited has started appraising Afina-1x Well at the West Cape Three Points (WCTP) Block 2 offshore, barely three months after an International Tribunal directed the government to let Springfield do further work to complete the Afina-Sankofa unitisation.

Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the people of Adaklu and the wider Volta Region of continued development, pledging to deliver even more as President of Ghana.

Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has explained that the military was deployed to Parliament on Tuesday based on a request from the Speaker of Parliament.

The Ashanti Regional Public Relations Officer of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Patience Adams has announced that the Baba Yara Sports Stadium is ready to host football matches following the completion of renovations.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament is working to woo Cynthia Mamle Morrison, Member of Parliament (MP) for Agona West and Kwadjo Asante, MP for Suhum, who are disgruntled over different issues in relation to the party's parliamentary primaries in the two separate constituencies.

The two incumbent MPs failed to secure the NPP's bid to re-contest Election 2024 on the party's ticket.

They therefore opted to contest the 2024 parliamentary elections in their respective constituencies as independent candidates.

A Senior Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana (UG), Dr Kwame Asah-Asante has said the only way to solve the current impasse in Parliament over the vacancy of four members is for both sides of the House to argue their case at the Supreme Court.

“The Supreme Court's ruling, generally, is the law and everybody needs to obey it. You may not like the Supreme Court's ruling, but you can only use law to remedy the situation and say you are going to challenge it and all that. When the Supreme Court rules, it has ruled. It requires obedience. That will be the rules of the decision of the Court,” he said.

The University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) became the first school in Greater Accra to win the Graphic Business Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC) with a score of  86.8 points after topping the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) who scored second position with 73.5 points and defending champions University of Education Winneba (UEW) who came third with 72.5 points.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament is to trigger the Speaker of Parliament to recall the House, the leader of the side, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has told Graphic Online.

The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga East, Dominic Ayine has suggested a negotiated settlement to resolve the current standoff in Parliament. 

Parliament does not have the numbers to take decisions and following that the House has been adjourned indefinitely. 

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin informing the House Tuesday afternoon [Oct 21, 2024] said even though they have the numbers to transact business, the House did not have the numbers to take decisions.

This followed a walkout by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) side following a disagreement about sitting arrangements as to which side was to occupy the Majority and Minority sides of the House.

This is a playback of the Parliamentary proceeding on Tuesday and why the Speaker adjourned the House indefinitely for lack of quorum to take decisions even though, the House had the numbers to start business.

The members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament staged a walkout of the Chamber to avoid any commotion ahead of the commencement of proceedings in the House today.

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin has not held any meeting with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in relation to last week's ruling that declared four parliamentary seats vacant, a statement issued by the Media Relations Office of Parliament has said. 

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has called on African governments to consider Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as a central pillar of Africa's development strategy. 

Members of Parliament from both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) sides on Tuesday morning occupied the majority side of Parliament, when the House reconvened after last week's ruling by the Speaker that declared four seats vacant.

Legal experts have emphasised the need to obey the rulings of the Supreme Court and all courts, even if parties are of the opinion that they are wrong, unlawful or unconstitutional.

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released a harmonised prospectus for senior high and technical schools in the country.

The Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has expressed concern over the ongoing constitutional and political tension following the declaration of vacant parliamentary seats by the Speaker of Parliament and the subsequent intervention by the Supreme Court.

Parliament has announced changes in security arrangement for Tuesday's sitting as part of measures to protect the Speaker, Alban S.K.  Bagbin, Members of Parliament (MPs), and parliamentary staff, a statement issued by the Deputy Marshall of Parliament, WG CDR Frederick Bawa (Rtd) has said.

A former Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Freddie Blay has stressed the importance of following Supreme Court rulings, cautioning that any defiance could lead to instability in the country. 

Parliament is reconvening Tuesday, October 22, 2024, following last week's newsworthy developments that travelled throughout the weekend with various public comments and reactions.

If the matters in contention relate only to parliamentary proceedings, procedures, processes and practices, then the court would stay its hand and not interfere with them.

However, if it is alleged that Parliament has acted unconstitutionally, then since Parliament is neither sovereign nor supreme, but is subject to the supremacy of the Constitution, the court as the final arbiter and decider of what the law is, can make binding orders concerning Parliament.

The Salifu Amoako family, including the 16-year-old driver, who was involved in the crash that killed two 12-year-olds at East Legon in Accra should be made to face the full weight of the law to serve as a deterrent to others, the grand mother one of the deceased girls has said.