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Akufo-Addo storms registration centres [photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday paid unannounced visits to five voter registration centres in the Greater Accra region.The tour took him to the Kanda...

Coronavirus: Check out update on Mac Manu’s health

Campaign Manager of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Peter Mac-Manu, who is receiving treatment after testing positive for COVID-19, is in stable condition.The veteran...

Gunshots at Kasoa, NDC man injured at registration centre [Photos]

A polling station agent of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Awutu Senya East Constituency in the Central region, Ebenezer Tetteh, has been...

Togolese attempting to acquire voters’ ID arrested

Officers of the Ghana Immigration Service at the Pulimakom Border Post in the Upper East Region have arrested a Togolese for attempting to acquire...

What I sacrificed for Sir John – Asiedu Nketia reveals [Audio]

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, says he is still shocked by the sudden demise of his best pal...

Ayikoi Otoo’s ‘love letter’ to Sir John [Read]

Former Attorney-General under the Kufuor administration says he is still in shock following the news of the death of former General Secretary of the New Patriotic...

Over 19,000 register in Volta on first day

Information from the Volta Regional Office of the Electoral Commission indicates that about 19,513 persons successfully registered on the first day of the new...

When Sir John appeared before Supreme Court panel [Video]

The late former General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, was a man who...

NDC must apologise over CI 126 criticisms – Kwaku Gyasi

The Public Relations Officer of Government’s One District One Factory Secretariat, Kwaku Gyasi, has asked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to eat humble pie...

Nursing mothers expose their children to danger at registration centres

Nursing mothers, who carry their babies to voter registration centres without any form of protection, are exposing their children to the COVID-19 pandemic.Odeneho Kwaku...

EC reacts to quality of new voter ID cards [Audio]

The Electoral Commission (EC) has justified the continuous use of plastic laminated card for voters identity cards.The EC's justification follows reactions on social media...

Photos/videos of overcrowding at registration centres doctored [Audio]

The Electoral Commission (EC) has said photos and videos of overcrowding purported to be coming from registration centres in the ongoing voter registration exercise...

Check out main differences between old and new voter IDs

There has been a lot of discourse around the compilation of a new voters’ identity card the upcoming general elections.It is estimated that...

Don’t wear blue to registration centres – EC pleads; this is why

The Electoral Commission (EC) has alerted the public on the appropriate colour of outfit to wear for the Voter Registration exercise.The Commission, in a...

Troops in V/R: NDC, chiefs ready to trigger ‘plan B’ if…

Members of Parliament and other officials of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will meet with chiefs in the Volta region on their next step...

New register: Ibn Chambas message to Ghanaians

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas...

Bullets fly as MP Appiah-Kubi and Kojo Baah Agyemang ‘boys’ clash [Video]

Supporters of incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante Akim, Andy Appiah-Kubi and Kojo Baah Agyemang, a former MP for the area, have reportedly...

John Mahama receives NDC 2020 manifesto [Photos]

The Manifesto Working Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has presented a copy of the NDC 2020 manifesto to the party's flagbearer, John...

Zanetor Rawlings ‘hot’ over Voters Register comment

A social media user has descended on Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, for criticising the National Voter Registration Exercise which is...

Voter Registration Exercise: MP pepper-sprayed at registration centre

Chaos ensued on Tuesday during the ongoing voters registration exercise at the Akyiansua in the Asutifi South Constituency in the Ahafo Region. The chaos, according...

Eighty-four-year-old gets her Voters ID card in record time

As the Electoral Commission Tuesday started the compilation of a new voters’ register for the 2020 General Election, applicants were determined to be early...

Voters register: Group speaks about arms and light weapons

The National Commission for Arms and Light Weapons has called for the controlled use of arms and light weapons during and after the voters’...

Voters’ registration exercise: EC impressed with day 1 turnout

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is happy about the turnout for the opening day of voter registration in the Ejisu Constituency.Municipal Electoral Officer,...

Voters’ registration exercise at Odododiodoo delayed for 5 hours, this is why

The voters' registration exercise being undertaken by the Electoral Commission (EC) in the Odododiodioo Constituency in the Greater Accra region was delayed for five...

Voters Register: EC official seizes cell phone of Multimedia reporter

Information reaching adomonline.com indicates that an official of the Electoral Commission (EC) at the Akotsi Polling Station at Gomoa in the Central region has...

Voters Register: 500 stones, sticks ‘queue’ at Kasoa (Watch)

Today marks the commencement of the voters' registration exercise to be used in the compilation of a new register by the Electoral Commission (EC).Public...

John Dumelo is first person to show up at his registration centre [Photo]

Aspiring Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, John Dumelo, has shared a photo of himself sitting at his registration centre.Mr Dumelo...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s speech on voters registration exercise

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening.Tomorrow, 30th June, 2020, the Electoral Commission will begin the process of compiling a new register of voters, which the Commission...

NDC unveils election 2020 campaign team

The leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has, at its Functional Executive Committee meeting, held on Monday, June 29, 2020, appointed members of...

Full text: EC Chair’s speech on voters registration exercise

Good evening distinguished citizens of our beloved country, Ghana, Members of the Press, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is a pleasure to speak to you...

Voter registration: Akufo-Addo speaks on soldiers deployed to Volta region

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has broken his silence on the military personnel deployed to the country’s borders.Addressing Ghanaians ahead of the voter registration...

Go out and register – Akufo- Addo to Ghanaians

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says it must be the collective responsibility of Ghanaians to ensure that the country has...

Voters Register: Check out where to register in your area

The Electoral Commission (EC) has released the movement plan for the upcoming voters' register compilation which starts on Tuesday.In a published roster of how...

Voters Register: EC’s message to pregnant women, others

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it has put in place measures to prioritise vulnerable persons in the registration exercise which begins tomorrow, June 30,...

Ghanaians living abroad petition EC

Ghanaians living abroad have petitioned the Electoral Commission (EC) over the compilation of the new voters' register.The group of Ghanaians under the name 'Article...

Govt treating Voltarians as aliens – Ablakwa fumes

The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of hounding the people of the Volta region.In...

Voter registration exercise: Govt sends message to Ghanaians stranded abroad

Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, says Ghanaians stranded abroad who would want to partake in the registration exercise for the upcoming elections must be registered...

Military in Volta Region: NDC gives govt one day ultimatum [Audio]

The Minority in Parliament has given a day’s ultimatum to government to withdraw military personnel from Ketu South in the Volta Region.Emmanuel Bedzrah, Chairman...

Kasoa residents threaten to burn EC equipment in tomorrow’s registration exercise [video]

Some residents of Kasoa Iron City in the Awutu Senya East Constituency in the Central region have threatened to burn equipment to...

CODEO deploys 100 observers for upcoming voter registration exercise

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has deployed a total of 100 observers for the up-coming 2020 Biometric Voter Registration Exercise. The exercise would...