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Mahama to address nation over Supreme Court’s ruling on new Voters Register tonight

Former President John Dramani Mahama, who is the torchbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the December 7, 2020 elections, will this...

Full Supreme Court ruling on voters’ register case [Read]

The Supreme Court has, in a unanimous decision, ruled that the Electoral Commission (EC) has the power to compile a new Voters Register.Private citizen...

NDC vs EC: Supreme Court gives judgment

Ghana’s Supreme Court has given its judgment on the brouhaha over the compilation of a new Voters Register by the Electoral Commission (EC) for...

Akufo-Addo cause of defeat of 40 incumbent MPs – ABA Fuseini [video]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Sagnarigu Constituency in the Northern region, Fuseini Bashir Alhassan, has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of being behind...

NPP Primaries: Another MP falls

Member of Parliament (MP) for Bantama Constituency, Dr Samui Kwadwo Nuamah, has joined a tall list of incumbent MPs who have been defeated in...

Voters’ Register case: ‘You are not neutral’- Supreme Court judge tells IMANI, other CSOs

Supreme Court judge, Justice Baffoe Bonnie, says policy think tank Imani Africa and other civil society organisations that had attempted to join the two...

Heavy security as NPP holds primaries at Kwadaso Constituency [Photos]

There is High security presence at the Kwadaso Constituency as the New Patriotic Party holds its primaries for the constituency.Primaries had to be held...

New Voters Register: EC slapped with another suit

The Electoral Commission has been hit with a third suit as it prepares to embark on a mass voter’s registration exercise for the December...

Defeated NPP MP recounts how he gave out over GHC 2,500 to each delegate [Video]

Defeated incumbent Member of Parliament for Akim Oda in the just ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries, William Agyapong Quaittoo, has confirmed...

Mahama pleads with chief to beat gong-gong for all to register next week

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the chiefs and elders of Fiaga and Tongor in the South Dayi District of the Volta...

Cleric who accurately predicted 2016 polls says Mahama is leading in the 2020 elections

Mallam Sham-una Uztaz Jibril has said that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is in a comfortable lead as far his assessment in the...

Check out the number of defeated NPP MPs who showed up in Parliament

Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has admonished members who lost their party’s primaries over the weekend to be diligent and perform their...

New voters register: EC sued again!

Ghana’s Electoral Commission has for the third time been sued for its decision to compile a new voters register.This third writ unlike the previous...

Only 5 out of 41 defeated NPP MPs show up in Parliament [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Don’t abandon your work- Speaker of Parliament tells defeated NPP MPsSpeaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, has appealed to fallen New Patriotic...

Defeated MPs in primaries weak links in NPP retaining power in 2020 – George Ayisi

Deputy Communications Director for the National Disaster Management Organisation, George Ayisi, has described as 'weak links' defeated incumbent Members of Parliament (MP) in the...

Defeated MP denies chasing delegates for GH¢3k money he ‘shared’

A defeated incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Atwima-Kwanwoma in the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary primaries, Dr Kojo Appiah-Kubi, has denied reports...

Stop intimidating EC bosses – Mass Action Group

Mass Action Committee (MAC), a Civil Society Group, has advised persons opposed to the compilation of a new Voters Register to stop intimidating officials...

READ: 40 promises Mahama will fulfill if elected

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has outlined some 40 promises it will undertake if its flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama win the December...

I gave each delegate GH¢550, my opponent gave tabletop fridges but I still lost – Defeated candidate cries

The losing aspirant in the governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Tema East parliamentary race, Benjamin Ashitey Armah, has said while he gave each of...

MP accused of using residence as voting centre

Incumbent Member for Asante-Akyem North, Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi, has been accused of using his residence as a voting centre despite an injunction on voting...

‘There was little we could do to save defeated MPs’ – Freddie Blay [video]

National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party, Freddie Blay, says there was little the party could do to save some Members of Parliament...

This is how much defeated parliamentary candidate for Assin North spent on his campaign

Eric Amankwah Blay, the parliamentary candidate for Assin North who lost in the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) primaries has revealed the amount he used...

Money showered on Adentan delegates after Buaben Asamoa win [Video]

Some ecstatic New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates took to the dancing floor amid showering of money after Yaw Buaben Asamoa was declared...

Interesting pictures: How candidates and supporters reacted to defeat and victory in NPP primaries

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary elections have ended on a generally successful note though there were some skirmishes.Some newcomers gave the incumbents a...

Obour speaks after encounter with delegates

Defeated New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant, Bice Osei Kuffour (Obour), has finally accepted defeat and congratulated the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Lawyer...

NPP Primaries: Check out some incumbents who lost their seats

The 2020 New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries are over and some big shots have lost their seats.About 15 incumbent Members of Parliament (MPs) have...

Okyem Aboagye speaks after his defeat

Daniel Okyem Aboagye, after losing the Bantama seat to Deputy Chief of Staff, Francis Asenso- Boakye, has congratulated his contender.Mr Asenso-Boakye beat the sitting...

NPP Primaries: Check out how delegates voted in this polling station amid Covid-19

The Nii Boiman polling station in the Okaikwei North Constituency is reported to be strictly adhering to the Covid-19 safety protocols as delegates vote.Quite...

NPP Primaries: Delegate goes wild over MP’s decision not to allow him to vote

A delegate, identified as Edmond Kodwo Renkyi, has bemoaned the decision of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Okaikwei South Constituency, Ahmed Arthur,...

NPP Primaries: Delegate caught trying to vote in wrong electoral area [Video]

A delegate identified has been caught allegedly attempting to engage in an illegal voting exercise in the Okaikwei South Constituency in the ongoing New...

NPP Primaries: Delegate arrested for taking photo of ballot sheet (Video)

There was confusion at the Effia constituency over the arrest of a delegate who took photos of the ballot sheet after he...

NPP Primaries: Confusion mars Awutu Senya West constituency [Video]

There is confusion in the Awutu Senya West Constituency over the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries as a delegate who was allegedly denied access...

NPP Primaries: The much anticipated contest underway

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries to determine the party’s parliamentary candidates for the 2020 general election is underway.The primaries are currently taking place...

Parts of Ashanti Region hit with disputes over delegates’ album

The New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary primaries currently underway in the Ashanti Region - the party’s stronghold - have been bedeviled with some challenges.The main...

NPP Primaries: Voting put on hold over fumigation exercise at Niiboiman Electoral Area [Video]

New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries are currently underway across the country but the voting exercise has been put on hold at Niiboiman Electoral...

NPP Primaries: Angry delegates at Ablekuma North refuse to vote

Some angry delegates at the Ablekuma North Constituency have refused to vote in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries currently underway.According to Adom TV’s...

Don’t kill us for power – Albinos beg politicians

Persons with Albinism in Ghana say they are living in fear as the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary elections draw nearer.According to the albinos,...

NPP Primaries: Tema Central contest reduced to ‘father and sons’ race

The ongoing contest among members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to determine who represents the party in various constituencies into the 2020 elections...

Over 30,000 cases of double registration detected in ongoing NIA exercise

The National Identification Authority (NIA) is cautioning registered persons who are yet to receive their cards to refrain from re-registering.It said such an act...

NIA issues over nine million Ghana cards to qualified Ghanaians

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has so far issued 9,050,346 Ghana cards to qualified Ghanaians out of 11,034,174 printed cards since the mass registration...