The National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucus in Parliament has agreed to put the Akatsi South Member of Parliament-elect, Bernard Ahiafor up for consideration as First Deputy Speaker in the 9th Parliament.

Graphic Online understands that the caucus met on Monday morning and agreed on Mr Ahiafor as their choice for the position of First Deputy Speaker. 

I am not quite sure whether I prefer the quick, British style of post-election transition to the lingering, lame-duck inducing American version that we have incorporated into our constitution, albeit with slight variations.

Under the British system, the results are quite clear by dawn following the closure of polls at 10pm the previous day. 

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday welcomed President-elect John Dramani Mahama and Vice President-elect Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang to the Jubilee House, the seat of the Presidency.

He took them on a tour of the residency and the offices in preparation for the swearing in on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

The Office of the President has dismissed claims that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has granted presidential pardons to certain individuals.  

The Electoral Commission (EC) has invited presiding officers to the Greater Accra Regional office as part of efforts to resolve disagreements over 20 outstanding polling station results in the Ablekuma North parliamentary election.

This follows a disagreement over the results in the 20 polling stations, which caused the EC to suspend the collation process on Sunday.

The Returning Officer had asked for a 24-hour break to enable him to authenticate the scanned copies of the results (pink sheets), submitted by the parties.

The EC is expected to announce the winner of the parliamentary election today.

Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, the Member of Parliament-elect for Gomoa Central says he genuinely wish to align with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 9th Parliament.

The Bank of Ghana has released the list of authorised foreign exchange (FX) brokers permitted to operate on the Ghana Interbank FX Market for the calendar year 2025. 

Choosing the Speaker of Parliament, head of the second branch of the State, is a constitutional duty and prerogative of the Members of an incoming Parliament voting individually by sacret ballot.

It is to be expected that the President, being head of Government, would have a strong interest and influence in the choice of Speaker, as the occupant of the Speaker's chair must work closely with the President and his Ministers to ensure the smooth running of government.

Ghana’s President-elect, John Dramani Mahama, is set to be sworn in as the country’s leader on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at the iconic Black Star Square in Accra. 

This feature allows users to add a virtual home button on their device's screen, ensuring seamless navigation and functionality.

Apple ditched the home button on the iPhone with iPhone X in 2018. On the iPad also it is on the wane. Yet, there are old iPhones and iPads which have the home button and many times it may become unresponsive or malfunctions.

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison has reiterated that the licenses of banks revoked during the 2017-2019 financial sector reforms will not be reinstated as long as he remains in office.

In a television interview with JoyNews aired on January 2, 2025, Dr Addison responded to appeals for the reinstatement of revoked licenses, saying, “as long as I remain Governor, none of those licenses will be reinstated.”

Sheikh Abdul Rahman Zakaria has been inaugurated as the new Ashanti Regional Chief Imam at a ceremony supervised by the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu in Kumasi.  

The Wenchi West District of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) of the Mid-West Ghana Conference in the Bono Region at the weekend honoured 20 girls for keeping and preserving their virginity.

The government was yet to meet its full financial obligations to Euroget De-Invest, the Egyptian investment company awarded the contract to build nine hospitals across the country, including the Ashanti Regional Hospital situated at Sewua in the Bosomtwe District of Ashanti, which was commissioned on Saturday by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The President at a ceremony commissioned the 250-Bed Ashanti Regional Hospital and a 50-Bed Infectious Disease Centre in Sewua in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti.

The Methodist Church Ghana has launched the 190th anniversary of its existence in Ghana. 

The launching ceremony coincided with what in Methodist circles is known as, Covenant Sunday, where Methodists make a Covenant with God on the first Sunday of the beginning of a new year.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidates Ebi Bright and Baba Sadiq have lost their bids after the Electoral Commission announced the results of the outstanding polling stations in the Tema Central and Okaikwei Central constituencies. 

With the disputes on outstanding parliamentary election results almost cleared by the Electoral Commission (EC) with the completion of the collation for those constituencies, and the results declared, with the exception of the Ablekuma North seat which is still outstanding, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) now has the overwhelming majority in Parliament with 183 seats.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has 88 seats. There are four independent members of Parliament-elect.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has suspended the collation process for parliamentary election results at the Ablekuma North Constituency in the Greater Accra Region due to authentication issues with 20 out of the 62 outstanding polling station results.

The results [pink sheets] presented by the political parties, according to Vincent Obeng, the Returning Officer for the constituency need to be verified before the winner can be declared.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced that it will not accept the collation and declaration of results for the four outstanding constituencies, labeling the process as "illegal and unlawful." 

According to Rashid Tanko Computer, the NDC Deputy Director of Elections and IT, the party has filed an appeal and stay of execution against the Accra High Court ruling that ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to complete the collation of the results.

The current Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin has been re-nominated for consideration as Speaker in the 9th Parliament. The life of 9th Parliament will start on January 7, 2025, and end on January 6, 2029.

The President-elect, John Dramani Mahama in consultation with the national executive of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and their Parliamentary leadership has mandated the caucus to nominate Mr Bagbin for consideration as Speaker in the next Parliament.

NPP's Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah declared winner of Techiman South parliamentary election after addition of outstanding polling stations

Patrick Yaw Boamah, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central constituency has been declared winner of the December 7, 2O24 parliamentary election.

A former city councillor in Brazil has returned a toilet and two sinks she had removed from her office after losing a bid for re-election.

Footage of one of Janaína Lima's employees hauling away the facilities was posted online as her tenure as Sao Paulo councilwoman ended.

The Electoral Commission has declared Charles Forson of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the Member of Parliament-elect for the Tema Central Constituency. 

Francis Twum, the Deputy EC Return Officer for Tema Central, made the declaration on Sunday, January 5, 2025.

This was after the Electoral Commission had added two outstanding polling station results to the collation.

The President of Zambia has sacked the country's High Commissioner to South Africa for misconduct.

President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia took the decision after the High Commissioner, Ms. Mazuba Monze reportedly asked a male staff to shave her.