http://www.myjoyonline.com/pages/rss/site_politics.xml Visit Myjoyonline.com for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana en-us Joy FM Online 2009 2013-05-21T15:48:40+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106413.php Tsatsu Tsikata, counsel for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has finally brought his cross-examination to an end, albeit temporarily. It is the longest-running cross-examination in the hearing of the Presidential Election Petition so far. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106413.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106406.php The Supreme Court has upheld an objection against an oral application by Tsatsu Tsikata for tighter controls in the auditing of pink sheets, after respondents raised an alarm that a head count of the number of boxes of pink sheets at the registry shows an increase in number. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106406.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106402.php In a dramatic turn of events in court on Tuesday, counsel for the petitioners, Philip Addison has derided counsel for NDC, Tsatsu Tsikata and his co-respondent Tony Lithur, saying they are behaving like pampered children. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106402.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106399.php Counsel for National Democratic Congress(NDC), Tsatsu Tsikata has this morning complained to the Supreme Court of seven boxes which he claimed have been added to the “original” number of boxes counted by KPMG per orders of Justice Atuguba. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106399.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106396.php Lead counsel for the petitioners in the election case before the Supreme Court, Philip Addison has accused respondents' lawyer of cooking up stories ostensibly to halt the auditing of pink sheet exhibits by KPMG. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106396.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106387.php Counsel for the third respondent, Tsatsu Tsikata is expected to continue his cross-examination on a new list of 25 pink sheet exhibits. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106387.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106386.php Hearing was adjourned yesterday after Presiding Judge Atuguba gave the court's blessing to an agreement reached by the two parties – Counsel for petitioners,Addison and counsel for third respondent, Tsikata. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106386.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106360.php Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Ade Coker says Ghana's development has been slowed significantly by the ongoing Presidential Election Petition before the Supreme Court. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106360.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106359.php The Convention People's Party (CPP)is fighting off Adamus Resources from mining at Nkroful, the birth place of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's Founder and First President. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106359.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106355.php Counsel for the NPP, Gloria Akuffo has dismissed suspicions raised by the NDC relating to an “unexplained sudden increase” in the number of pink sheet boxes at the counting center of the Supreme Court. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106355.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106346.php The third respondent in the ongoing Presidential Election Petition is demanding an immediate suspension of the ongoing audit of the pink sheet exhibits by international accounting firm KPMG. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106346.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106331.php The Supreme Court has overruled an objection relating to exhibit NDC 32 raised last Thursday by counsel for petitioners. But the matter did not rest - Addison recycled his objection and Atuguba recycled his ruling. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106331.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106328.php The Panel of Judges are expected to give a ruling on an objection raised by Philip Addison, Counsel for the Petitioners to a document being tendered by Counsel for the third Respondent Tsatsu Tsikata. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106328.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106327.php The Panel of Judges are expected to give a ruling on an objection raised by Philip Addison, Counsel for the Petitioners to a document being tendered by Counsel for the third Respondent Tsatsu Tsikata. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106327.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106293.php Officials of the National Democratic Congress in Tamale have denied allegations they are circulating 2016 campaign posters of NPP presidential hopeful Alan Kyeramanteng in Tamale. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106293.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106291.php Kenyan Vice President Willam Samoei Ruto arrived in the country Sunday to court the support of President Mahama in making a strong case for a lasting solution to the Somali crisis in the upcoming AU summit in Ethiopia. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106291.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106276.php Kweku Baako, Managing editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper believes National Democratic Congress (NDC) were bad losers in elections. But Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini thinks otherwise. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106276.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106270.php Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Kweku Baako has described retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Francis Yaonasu Kpegah as “a Rambo on rampage fighting the whole world”. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106270.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106258.php Senior Presidential Adviser at the Presidency, Mr Paul Victor Obeng has called on the business community and civil society to do more to establish their proper roles in national discourse and progress. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106258.php http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106228.php President John Mahama has lauded the ongoing Presidential Election Petition which is challenging his legitimacy as president. http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/106228.php