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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...

EC urged to honour invitation of National House of Chiefs

Paramount Chief of Kpenoe Traditional Area, Togbe Kotoku XI in the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region has appealed to the Electoral Commission (EC)...

NPP Primaries: Independent research puts Dr Sarfo-Kantanka ahead in Dormaa East contest

An independent research conducted by an Accounting Education student from the Kumasi campus of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has put Dr Kwabena...

Oko Vanderpuije ‘eyes’ NDC running mate position

Former Mayor of Accra, Alfred Oko Vandepuije, has expressed interest in accepting an offer to be running mate for the flagbearer of the National...

NPP Primaries: Vote for a candidate who can bring developmental projects to this constituency – Odotobri MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Odotobri, Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi, has appealed to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) polling station executives and delegates of...

EC, NPP, NDC and Democratic Entrenchment and Consolidation in Ghana

One of the issues many people, especially party communicators are failing to bring to the perspectives shaping the debates and the discussion on the...

EC hit with fresh suit at Supreme Court over Voters Register

A man, identified as Mark Takyi-Banson, has filed a suit against the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Attorney-General, Gloria Akuffo.The suit, among others, seeks...

NDC vs EC: Supreme Court sets date for judgement

Ghana’s apex court, the Supreme Court, has adjourned the case between the Electoral Commission (EC) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).The Supreme Court was...

Arrested Apostle Agyei has tramadol in his urine – Police drug test results claim

An alleged drug test conducted by the police on self-acclaimed pastor, Apostle Kwabena Owusu Agyei of the Hezekiah Apostolic Prayer Ministry reveals an abuse...

Heavy security at Supreme Court over NDC vs EC court case [Photos]

There was heavy security at the premises of the Supreme Court Thursday prior to the hearing of the case between the opposition National Democratic...

NPP chairman begs failed parliamentary aspirants

National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay, is appealing to failed parliamentary aspirants of his party not to work against the...

Coronavirus: Minority predicts 100,000 cases if …

Minority in Parliament says Ghana’s Covid-19 case count will hit 100,000 in the next few months if the Electoral Commission (EC) is allowed to...

NDC won’t accept results of a ‘flawed election’ – Mahama serves notice

Former President John Mahama has vowed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will not accept any electoral result they deemed flawed.The flagbearer of the NDC...

Over 500,000 fake voter ID cards in circulation, Says Let My Vote Count Alliance

Pressure group, Let My Vote Count Alliance, is claiming over 500,000 fake voter identification cards are in circulation in Ghana.This, according to Convener of...

Parliament approves EC’s CI

Parliament has approved the Constitutional Instrument (CI) that would empower the Electoral Commission (EC) to reject the existing voter identification card in the impending...

Check out date for new voters’ registration exercise

The Electoral Commission (EC) has set June 30, 2020 for the compilation of new voters' register.A statement signed by the Deputy Chairperson of the...

Televise NDC and EC’s court case on Voters Register – MP appeals to CJ

Member of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, Rockson-Nelson E.K. Dafeamekpor, has appealed to the Chief Justice, Annin Yeboah, to broadcast...

Existing Voter ID: Fruit of poisoned tree – EC argues

Ghana’s Electoral Commission has in a 31-page written legal argument, urged Ghana’s apex court to back its decision to exclude the current voters ID...

NDC, others drag EC to UN, AU over Voters Register

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and other opposition political parties against the compilation of a new Voters Register have petitioned the Economic Commission of...

NPP suspends primaries in 3 constituencies

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced the suspension of the upcoming primaries in the Dormaa Central, Kwadaso and the Krachi West constituencies.According...

Full list of approved NPP parliamentary aspirants

The New Patriotic Party’s highest decision making body, the National Executive Council (NEC) has made public the names of all parliamentary aspirants cleared to...

Gushiegu MP withdraws from NPP parliamentary race

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Gushiegu constituency in the Northern region, Dr Ziblim Iddi, has announced his withdrawal from the party's...

Over 3 million Ghana Cards to be issued from June 8

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it will issue 3,875,441 Ghana Cards to applicants in 5,635 registration centres in all the regions concurrently, from...

NPP’s Nasara Coordinator begins campaign to mobilise Zongos for new Voters Register

The National Nasara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Abdul-Aziz Haruna Futa, has embarked on a tour of the 16 Regions of the...

Oppong-Nkrumah reacts to Supreme Court questioning EC’s refusal to use old voter IDs

Ghana's Information Minister says there is no basis for anyone to jubilate over the Supreme Court’s questioning of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) basis for...

Parliament freezes approval of EC’s CI after ranking member is accused of doctoring report

Parliament has halted the approval of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) Constitutional Instrument (C.I. 126) laid before it to exclude the old voters identity card...

Supreme Court orders EC to provide legal basis for refusing old voter identity card

The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC ) to provide the legal basis why it decided to refuse to accept the existing...

Provide legal basis for excluding voter ID – Supreme Court tells EC

The Supreme Court (SC) has demanded that the Electoral Commission (EC) provide for its consideration, a legal basis for the Commission’s exclusion of the...

Parliament’s Subsidiary Legislation Committee okays controversial EC C.I.

Parliament’s Subsidiary Legislation Committee has voted on Wednesday to greenlight the controversial Constitutional Instrument (C.I. 126) that will give legal backing to the Electoral...