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Voter Registration: EC exceeds target

The Electoral Commission (EC) yesterday commenced a biweekly update engagement with the media and announced that the registration centres were exceeding their daily targets...

Wendy Shay gets voters’ ID, urges fans to register [Video]

Singer Wendy Shay has sent a message to Ghanaians and her fans to partake in the ongoing voters' registration exercise after acquiring her card.This...

EC appeals to political parties to educate followers on new register

The Electoral Commission (EC) has appealed to political parties to help in the education of the electorate on the processes of the new voters...

Ghanaians tear Kyei Mensah-Bonsu apart for denigrating Prof. Opoku-Agyemang

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has incurred the wrath of the citizenry over a comment he made following the nomination of Professor Jane...

A look at Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang’s CV

Former Education Minister and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang was on Monday, July 6, 2020, nominated running...

Dr Duffuor’s powerful words to Prof. Opoku- Agyemang (Read)

Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has blessed Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang following her appointment as the running mate for...

It’s laughable to compare Dr Bawumia to Prof. Opoku-Agyemang – Asiedu Nketia

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has disclosed that he wouldn’t have turned down an offer to partner John...

Don’t use your personal car for the next 72 hours – Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang warned

A Ghanaian Muslim cleric, Mallam Sham-una, has advised the running mate of John Dramani Mahama, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang to not use her personal...

Joe Osei-Owusu’s Bekwai contender goes independent

A disqualified New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant in the just-ended primary of the Bekwai constituency of the Ashanti region says he ready is...

Majority Leader criticises Mahama’s running mate

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, says the newly nominated National Democratic Congress (NDC) running mate, Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang, lacks what it...

Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang’s son speaks on mother’s appointment

Son of the newly elected running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang, has congratulated the NDC flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama for...

Check out Ghana’s female running mates since the beginning of the 4th Republic

Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has become the seventh woman to be Vice-Presidential candidate since the beginning of the 4th Republic.Prof Opoku-Agyemang was confirmed on...

A woman running mate is good but… – Sekou Nkrumah

Dr Sekou Nkrumah, the youngest son of Ghana’s first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has questioned what a woman running mate brings to the table...

Prof. Gyampo sends strong message to NPP foot soldiers over Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang’s appointment

JoyNews/AdomNews · Gyampo warns NPP against nasty comments about Opoku-AgyemangA political scientist with the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has sent a message to...

Over 2.2m voters registered

Over 2.2 million (2,216,141) voters have been registered and issued voter identification cards in the first six days of the ongoing mass registration exercise....

Women hail Mahama for nominating Prof Jane Opoku Agyemang

There was jubilation and funfair at Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region following the nomination of Professor Jane Naana Opoku...

NPP reacts to selection of Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang as Mahama’s running mate

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) says former President John Mahama’s choice of Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, shows that he is not serious.Prof Opoku-Agyemang...

EC sacks temporal electoral officials at Sagnarigu

The Electoral Commission (EC) has sacked three temporal electoral officials at Sagnarigu in the Northern region for gross misconduct.This follows theft of eight Form...

NDC communicators react to Prof Opoku-Agyemang’s selection as Mahama’s running mate

All 16 regional Communication Officers of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have congratulated Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on her nomination as the running mate...

‘Prof. Jane Opoku-Agyemang is God-fearing, a distinguished scholar’

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, has described the former Minister of Education, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as God-fearing,...

Covid-19: Check out ECs new queue management system at registration centres

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has instituted the queue management system at its registration centres to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 virus at...

Mahama’s running mate: The glass ceiling has been shattered – Joyce Mogtari

Special Aide to former President John Mahama, Mrs Joyce Bawa Mogtari, has lauded Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on her nomination as the running mate...

Mahama likely to unveil running mate today; Check out names of people in the race

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani Mahama, is expected to officially unveil his running mate for the 2020...

NDC agent arrested for stealing EC forms at Sagnarigu

Information gathered by DGN Online medicates that one Alhassan Abdullai Mohammed, 44, a teacher believed to be an agent for the National Democratic Congress(NDC)...

Voters’ ID card registration: Check out all centres for phase 1, batch 2

The Electoral Commission (EC) has published the movement plan for the second batch of phase one of the ongoing voter registration exercise.The nationwide registration...

EC reacts to ID card with 1702 date of birth [Photo]

The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured that all errors on voter identity cards would be corrected during the register exhibition process.The electoral management body...

Carlos Ahenkorah’s campaign team member passes on …2 others receiving COVID-19 treatment

A member of Carlos Ahenkorah’s campaign team in the Tema West Constituency passed on on Thursday after he was rushed to the LEKMA Hospital...

NDC polling agent recounts how he was beaten at registration centre

“Hawa Koomson is a man, not a woman, because she has no compassion,” that was the statement made by a polling agent of the...

Withdraw soldiers from Ketu South -Residents appeal to Prez as they suffer brutalities

Some residents of Ketu South in the Volta region are appealing to the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, to immediately withdraw or recall military men stationed...

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...