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EC’s silence on District Level elections worrying – CLGA

The Centre for Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA) has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to update members of assemblies on matters relating to the...

NPP flagbearer race: Addai Nimoh files nomination [Photos]

Aspiring New Patriotic Party flagbearer, Francis Addai-Nimoh, on Friday, filed his nomination forms at the party headquarters at Asylum Down, Accra.The former Mampong...

Assin North bye-election: Afriyie Akoto defies rains to campaign for NPP candidate

The immediate-past Minister of Food and Agriculture and a flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, on Wednesday, defied...

Presiding Members appeal for extension of district level elections 

The National Dean of Presiding Members (PMs) of District Assemblies, Joseph Korto, has called for the extension of this year’s district level elections to...

Bawumia meets Adentan, Madina and Dome Kwabenya delegates

The delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) from four constituencies in Accra are meeting Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia today Wednesday, 21 June...

NDC will ensure Quayson doesn’t attend daily trial until… – Amaliba

The Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, says the party has resolved that its parliamentary candidate for the...

NPP flagbearer aspirant withdraws from race

One of the aspirants in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primaries, Eric Sekyi Nketia, has withdrawn from the race citing unfair treatment meted...

NPP will win Assin North bye-election – Nana B

National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, has said the party will secure a resounding victory...

NPP flagbearership: Bawumia’s aide reacts to Bugri Naabu’s ‘tribal’ comments [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Gideon Boako On Bugri NaabuDr Gideon Boako, aide to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has dismissed an assertion made by former Northern...

NPP presidential race: Konadu Apraku turned away in attempt to submit forms

Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku, one of the aspirants contesting the flagbearership race of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has been turned away in his...

Honour my wife with your votes – Widower of NDC woman who died during Assin North campaign

Widower of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporter who lost her life while on a campaign tour with ex-President John Mahama at Assin Dansame...

Criminal case against me smacks of intimidation – Gyakye Quayson

Deposed Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, has described the handling of the criminal case against him by the High Court...

If Bawumia is not voted to lead, it means NPP hates Northerners – Bugri Naabu

Former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu, has given a strong signal that a rejection of Vice President,...

Assin North: One dead, others injured in accident involving NDC supporters

A supporter of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who was on a campaign trail with former President John Mahama in the Assin North constituency...

Assin North: NPP’s dev’t not because of the bye-election – Chief

https://youtu.be/Abw5L2M6osQChief of Assin Bereku in the Assin North Constituency, Nana Oduro Asri Basayiadom l, has debunked claims that ongoing developments in the area are...

I worked as a cleaner in dormitories during my university days – Bawumia

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has recounted his university days in Canada during which he worked as a cleaner in...

Assin North bye-election: Check out positions on ballot paper

Processes are far advanced for the conduct of the Assin North bye-election in the Central Region set for June 27, 2023.Four parliamentary candidates have...

EC sets October 3 for District Level Election

The Electoral Commission (EC) has set October 3, 2023 for this year’s District Level Election (DLE) per its scheduled activities.It, however, said the date...

Alban Bagbin speaks on northern presidential candidates for 2024 election

The Speaker of Parliament, Kingsford Alban Sumana Bagbin, has suggested that the 2024 elections in Ghana may feature a showdown between former President John...

Assin North bye-election: Allotey Jacobs sends important message to NPP, NDC

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has advised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and NDC to stick...

Ken Kuranchie justifies suit against Mahama’s presidential ambition

The Editor-in-chief of the Daily Searchlight newspaper, Kenneth Kwabena Agyei Kuranchie, has justified his suit against former President John Dramani Mahama, saying that he...

Ken Kuranchie sues Mahama over 2024 election

Managing Editor of the Searchlight newspaper, Ken Kuranchie, has sued former President John Mahama over his validity to contest the 2024 elections.Mr Kuranchie among...

Nobody uses his own money for politics in Ghana – NPP flagbearer hopeful

Aspiring presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Odeneho Oppong, has addressed speculations that he is not financially fit to contest for...

NDC MPs on pilgrimage at Assin North

Some leading National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) at the weekend descended on towns and villages within the Assin North Constituency in...

It’s a matter of English not law – Dr Serebour Quaicoe on CI 127

Director of Electoral Services for the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Serebour Quaicoe, has reiterated the EC's interpretation of CI 127 as contained in the Commission’s...

We cannot be blamed for Gyakye Quayson’s woes – EC [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · We cannot be blamed for Gyakye Quayson's woes - ECThe Electoral Commission (EC) has laid the Assin North debacle is solely on...

Nobody can rig elections in Ghana not even Akufo-Addo – EC [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Nobody Can Rig Elections In Ghana Not Even Akufo - Addo - ECThe Electoral Commission (EC) has fought off claims elections can...

Stop attacking us when you have no grounds – EC cautions NDC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has cautioned the opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to desist from what it describes as unjustifiable attacks on...

Ashie Moore revokes suspension of NDC’s Ayawaso-West-Wuogon Chairman

The Greater Accra regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore, has revoked the suspension of the Ayawaso-West-Wuogon Constituency Chairman,...

Assin North bye-election: EC responds to NDC’s accusation of inserting candidate’s name in Voters Register

The Electoral Commission (EC) has reacted to claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the Commission is attempting to insert the name of...

Assin-North bye-elections: NPP shades NDC over ‘baseless claims’

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has debunked an allegation from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the party is in cahoots with the Electoral...

Gyakye Quayson can vie for Assin North seat; it’s a calculated risk – Amaliba

The Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has clarified that, the former Assin North Member of Parliament, James Gyakye Quayson,...

NPP MP confident of regaining Assin North seat in upcoming bye-election

Yves Hanson-Nortey, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Tema Central, expressed optimism about the party's chances of winning the upcoming by-election...

EC announces Tuesday, June 27 to hold Assin North by-election

The Electoral Commission (EC) will hold a by-election to elect a new member of Parliament for Assin North in the Central region on June...

Okudzeto Ablakwa condemns vote-buying at Kumawu

The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed his disappointment in agents of parliamentary candidates who he said...

Bye-election: Even with vote buying NPP added only 304, NDC added 1,284 votes – Sammy Gyamfi

National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has said that his party's performance in the just-ended Kumawu bye-election is a...

Kumawu by-election: Kwaku Duah slapped someone out of frustration – Chairman Wontumi alleges [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · WONTUMI ON KUMAWU IND SLAPAshanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, has alleged that independent candidate Kwaku...

Kumawu bye-election: Voters reject GHc10 from NPP candidate agents [Video]

Some voters in the Kumawu constituency have allegedly rejected GHc10 from agents of the New Patriotic Party's candidate Ernest Anim.A video shared by JoyNews...

Kumawu bye-election: NPP is engaged in vote buying – Mustapha Gbande alleges

The Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is engaged in vote buying at...

All set for Kumawu by-election today

Voters in the Kumawu constituency will be taking part in a by-election today, May 23, 2023, to find a replacement for their Member of...