The newly sworn in MP for Ayawaso West-Wuogon has visited victims of the gunshots and chaos which heralded her election last week. Lydia Alhassan who visited the victims at the 37 military hospital is reported to have also paid some of the medical bills of those affected by the attacks unleashed by forces deployed by […] The post Lydia Alhassan visits victims of Ayawaso

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has set up a three-member presidential Commission of Enquiry to investigate the Ayawaso-West-Wuogon by-election violence. Starrfm.com.gh is, however, yet to know the members of the commission set up by the president. Violence erupted during last Thursday’s by-election at Ayawaso-West Wuogon constituency after some armed masked heavily built men in […] The post Akufo-Addo

The Speaker of Parliament on Wednesday sacked the MP for Tamale North Alhassan Suhuyini from the chamber for unruly behaviour. Suhuyini was shouting on top of his voice during a debate on the minority’s boycott of the swearing in of the MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon Lydia Alhassan Tuesday during which some members of the […] The post Suhuyini removed from parliament

The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Madam Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has described as regrettable and despicable, the treatment meted out to her by the minority MPs during her swearing-in. During the swearing-in on Tuesday, the Minority brandished placards with the inscription: “Bloody Widow” following a violent by-election leading to her victory. Madam Alhassan […] The post ‘Bloody

The Minority in Parliament has been condemned for its behavior during the swearing-in of the new MP for Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency. During the swearing-in of the New Patriotic Party lawmaker Lydia Seyram Alhassan on Tuesday, the Minority brandished placards with the inscription: “Bloody Widow” following a violent by-election leading to her victory. The NPP Loyal […] The post ‘Bloody

The United Nations has entreated the people of Dagbon to sustain the peace currently blowing in the traditional area after years of conflict. Dagbon has been plagued with pockets of conflicts in over a decade following the assassination of the overlord Yaa-Naa Yakubu Andani II in 2002. A committee of eminent chiefs led by the […] The post Sustain Dagbon peace – UN appeared first on

Deputy Minority Leader of Parliament James Klutse Avedzi has justified the decision of the minority  to label the new Ayawaso West-Wuogon Member of Parliament ‘bloody widow’. The Minority has come under intense public criticism after they showed placards with the inscription as they walked out during her swearing in by the first deputy Speaker of […] The post Lydia

May be,… I should lead this campaign… Yes! … Why not!… Girls have been abducted, no trace of them, their present state, whether dead or alive for five good months and still counting and I can’t do anything? I have to lead this campaign! But come to think of it, how can I demand answers […] The post Effia Tenge writes on Takoradi missing girls appeared first on

The Minority in Parliament on Tuesday blamed President Akufo-Addo for the chaos that characterized last Thursday’s by-election in Ayawaso-West-Wuogon in Accra. According to the Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak, President Akufo-Addo cannot absolve himself from the violence-laden by-election. The exercise to elect a new Member of Parliament for the area following the demise of the […] The post Akufo-Addo