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New voter registration exercise postponed

The Electoral Commission (EC) has postponed the upcoming voter registration exercise slated for April 18, 2020. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ghana records third deathCoronavirus: Trump hopes US...

NDC sues EC over new voter register

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has filed a suit in the Supreme Court challenging the Electoral Commission (EC)’s intent to compile a new...

NDC sues EC over new Voters Register

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has filed a writ against the Electoral Commission (EC) at the Supreme Court over its decision to compile...

NDC reacts to EC’s latest press release on voter registration date

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, has described the Electoral Commission (EC)'s decision to push its intended voter registration exercise...

Mass Action Committee exposes IMANI

Civil Society group, Mass Action Committee (MAC) has exposed policy think tank, IMANI Ghana accusing it of seeking its personal interest in its smear...

Dr Ibrahim Anyars goes to the rescue of public hospitals in Tamale Central Constituency

Dr Ibrahim Imoro Anyars, Founder of Repairer Foundation and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2020 Parliamentary Candidate for the Tamale Central Constituency, has pledged to support Tamale West...

#Election Headquarters: Police not politically affiliated – DCOP Gariba

Director of Operations for the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Sayibu Pabi Gariba, has said the police service will not be...

Multimedia Group’s 2020 Election Headquarters launch [Photos]

The Multimedia Group Limited is currently launching its action plan towards the coverage of the 2020 general election. The initiative, dubbed the Election Headquarters...

Live streaming: Multimedia launches 2020 Election Headquarters

The Multimedia Group Limited will today, Thursday outdoor a vigorous action plan geared towards the coverage of the general election later this year. The launch...

As the Lord liveth, Mahama will regain power – Sammy Gyamfi

The National Democratic congress (NDC) seems to now have their eyes fixed on the Almighty Creator in their quest to wrestle power from the...

Osofo Kyiriabosom pays courtesy call on Otumfuo

Founder and leader of the Ghana Movement Union (GUM), Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, popularly called ‘Osofo Kyiriabosom’, over the weekend paid a courtesy call...

EC’s BVR, BVD equipment robust, not obsolete – Manufacturers confirm to NDC

The Inter-Party Resistance Against the New Voter Register(IPRAN) is accusing the Electoral Commission (EC) of public deceit for claiming the current biometric voting system...

John Mahama’s Speakout Tour: A novel political ‘weapon’ to look out for

Call it the bottom-up approach or a people-focused political strategy; whatever the case, there is something silently going on at the camp of the...

Revealed: Why First Deputy Speaker, Joe Osei Owusu can’t contest unopposed [Listen]

Nifahene of Dominase-Bekwai in the Ashanti region, Barimaba Nana Edusei Poku, has revealed why residents are resisting attempts for its Member of Parliament (MP),...

Bibiani NPP executive denies receiving Alfred Obeng-Boateng petition

The leadership of the New Patriotic Party in Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency in the Western North Region, says it has not received a petition alleging misconduct...

Four photos that prove John Dumelo could take Ayawaso W. W. seat from NPP [Photos]

Ayawaso West Wuogon (AWW) is arguably a safe seat for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), at least, history tells us so but John Dumelo...

Togo Electoral Commission revokes license of important elections observer just days to election

The National Independent Election Commission (CENI) of the Republic of Togo has revoked the elections observer license of the National Consultation of Civil Society...

New Voters Register: EC turns down mediation offer

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is too busy to attend a meeting over the impasse surrounding the compilation of the new Voters Register. The...

You can boycott election 2020 – Ursula to Minority MPs

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West constituency has urged the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to boycott the 2020...

New Voters Register: Independent body offers to resolve impasse between EC, parties

The Gamey & Co Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre has offered to mediate to resolve the ongoing impasses between the Electoral Commission (EC) and opposition...

Seek redress in court – Opuni-Frimpong to anti-new register group

Former General Secretary of the Ghana Christian Council, Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has urged the group opposing the compilation of a new Voters Register...

Allow the EC to work – Kufuor tells NDC

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has urged the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and other political parties campaigning against the decision of...

Voters Register brouhaha: EC faces first legal challenge

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman constituency, Ernest Henry Norgbey, has, through his lawyer, written to the Electoral Commission (EC) to demand for...

UG’s survey on new register means nothing – Ayariga [audio]

Founder and Presidential Candidate for the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has rejected findings from the recently conducted survey on Ghanaians' preference for...

Bawumia promises a stronger and more united Ghana after 2020 elections [Audio]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, addressing a delegation from the European Union at the Presidency, assured the European delegation of a more stronger and...

Listen: Blows at IPAC, the inside story

There was near pandemonium at the meeting between the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) on Thursday, January 30, 2020. ALSO READ: UCC,...

Federation of Muslim Councils appeals to EC to review voters’ registration exercise date

The Federation of Muslim Councils has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to review the date for the new voters’ registration exercise. Calls by the...

Coalition against new Voters Register petitions Rawlings

The Inter-Party Resistance Against New Voters Register, has petitioned former President Jerry John Rawlings to seek his counsel in its quest to stop...

EC Advisory Committee meets IPAC over register brouhaha

The Eminent Advisory Committee of the Electoral Commission (EC) will meet members of the Commission and representatives of political parties over the contentious...

EC appeals for public trust on compilation of new register

The Electoral Commission (EC) is urging Ghanaians to trust the entity on the compilation of the new Voters Register which it believes is in...

EC can only implement ROPAL if…

The Electoral Commission (EC) has said the implementation of the Representation of the Peoples' Amendment Law (ROPAL) in the December 2020 polls will be...

Revealed: 1 million ‘ghost names’ in Voters Register

The Electoral Commission (EC) has revealed there are over one million ghost names in the current Voters Register. The campaign for a new electoral...

Peace Council to ‘solve’ vigilantism menace with new documents

The National Peace Council has revealed plans to issue two documents to supplement the Vigilantism and Offences Act (Act 999) passed by Parliament in 2019. According to...

EC pleads with political parties ahead of 2020 elections

The Electoral Commission (EC), at a stakeholder forum on Wednesday, urged Civil Society Organisations, the media, security agencies and the various political parties to...

Chairman Wontumi questions Kwesi Pratt’s loyalty to CPP [Audio]

New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly called Chairman Wontumi, has questioned the loyalty of journalist Kwesi Pratt to his...

CODEO wades into new Voters Register confusion

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has called for an urgent meeting with the Electoral Commission (EC) and all key election stakeholders to...

Voters Register brouhaha: APC threatens to put injunction on 2020 elections

Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has threatened to put an injunction on the 2020 elections if the Electoral Commission (EC)...

Video: Thousands paint Kumasi red against EC’s new Voters Register

After its first demonstration held against the Electoral Commission’s (EC) quest for the compilation of a new Voters Register, the Inter-Party Resistance Against New...

Exclusive: 10 revelations about EC’s new register on Newsfile

Honorary Vice President of Imani Africa, Bright Simons, and a law lecturer at the Ghana Institution of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Clara Kassar-Tee, have...

EC ‘robbing’ Ghana with 60% inflated cost of new register – IMANI

Policy Think Tank, IMANI, has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of inflating its estimated cost of acquiring a new voters’ management system by 60...