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Full text: EC responds to NDC’s alleged discrepancies in voter’s register

We write to acknowledge receipt of your petition presented to the Electoral Commission(EC) on 17th September, 2024.The crux of your petition is that the...

Voter transfer: EC terminates appointment of Pusiga district officer 

The Electoral Commission (EC) has terminated the appointment of its Pusiga district officer who engaged in 38 unauthorized voter transfers.The action follows the EC's...

Democracy Hub demo: End persecution; release those in custody – Prof Opoku-Agyemang to gov’t

The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has expressed deep concern over the arrest and detention of...

Who the Lord has blessed, no one can destroy – Denkyira Traditional Council to Bawumia

The Denkyira Traditional Council has expressed its unwavering confidence in Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, in his...

No pregnant woman was arrested at Democracy Hub demo – NPP’s Jennifer Queen

Deputy Communications Director for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jennifer Queen, has refuted claims made by the Women's wing of the opposition National...

EC to exhibit corrected voter register online

The Electoral Commission (EC) is set to exhibit the corrected Provisional Voters Register (PVR) online before the final version is printed for the 2024...

We’re too obsessed with corruption fight; let’s focus on real development – Dan Lartey Jr.

The Presidential candidate of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) Daniel Augustus Lartey Jr., wants Ghanaians to channel more of their energies into fixing...

You presided over ‘dumsor’ for 4 years; you can’t run away from your record – Mahama told 

The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) manifesto committee on economy, Dr Mark Assibey-Yeboah has revisited the 'dumsor' crisis Ghanaians experienced under the...

Opposition: A position of action, not idleness

As Ghana heads into the 2024 elections, the political atmosphere is once again charged with promises of transformation, development, and better governance.But while all...

Remanding Democracy Hub demonstrators for 2 weeks is an abuse of their rights – Mahama

Former President, John Dramani Mahama has criticized the two-week remand of Democracy Hub demonstrators, calling it an abuse of their rights.In a post shared...

Politicians creating parallel civil service – Prof. Gyampo

Professor Ransford Gyampo, an Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Ghana, has expressed concern that the growing trend of Ministers hiring personal advisors...

Democracy Hub protesters must be prosecuted – NPP

The National Youth Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has expressed strong condemnation of the recent acts of vandalism and violence associated with...

PPP condemns Police handling of Democracy Hub protesters

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has expressed concern over the treatment of demonstrators from the Democracy Hub by the Ghana Police Service and Judiciary.The...

2024 polls: Gloria Owusu vows to transform Trobu Constituency

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary candidate for Trobu Constituency, Gloria Owusu, has pledged her commitment to improve the lives of her constituents ahead...

Election Diaries: Bawumia plays draught game with constituents [Video]

Vice President and NPP flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, took a break from his campaign tour to engage with constituents of the Upper Denkyira District...

2024 polls: Next NPP govt will ensure sustainable mining – NAPO

Running mate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has pledged that a government led by Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will put...

‘Is that how you demonstrate?’ – Nana Akomea rebukes Democracy Hub protesters

Vice Chairman of the Bawumia 2024 Campaign team, Nana Akomea, has criticized the organizers and participants of the Democracy Hub protests, which began on...

Democracy Hub protest not about galamsey, it’s about a political interest – Cheddar

Independent presidential candidate and leader of the New Force, Nana Kwame Bediako, also known as Cheddar, has claimed that the recent Democracy Hub protests...

I want my other two children to benefit from free SHS – Edubiasehene

A traditional ruler has stated that he cannot risk the future of his children by voting for a leader who does not believe in...

Yellow Ghana candidate to seek legal action against EC over disqualification

Yellow Ghana presidential candidate, Samuel Apeah-Danquah, has called for an amicable resolution with the Electoral Commission (EC) following his disqualification from the December 7...

FALSE! Mining lease of Akonta Mining Ltd was issued under NPP, not NDC

Claim: Dennis Miracle Aboagye, the Spokesperson of Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2024 Campaign, says Akonta Mining Ltd, a company owned by the party’s Ashanti regional...

Cheddar: Nana Kwame Bediako on why he doesn’t support protests

Leader of the New Force, Nana Kwame Bediako alias Cheddar, has distanced himself from the protest led by the group, Democracy Hub, which has...

Court invalidates over 1,000 voter transfers to Manhyia South constituency

A Kumasi magistrate court has invalidated over 1,000 voter transfers to the Manhyia South constituency, ordering the Electoral Commission (EC) to take immediate steps...

TUSAAG declares nationwide strike effective September 27

The Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) has declared a nationwide strike, effective September 27, 2024.This industrial action is in response to...

Mortuary workers to begin nationwide strike on September 27

The General Secretary of the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG), Richard Kofi Jordan, has announced that all mortuary workers across the country will...

Some top mining companies lease concessions to illegal miners – Small Scale Miners coordinator says [Video]

The Eastern Region Coordinator for Small Scale Miners, Mr Daniel Nyame, has made alarming revelations about the involvement of large-scale mining companies in illegal...

No Jobs were lost during banking sector clean-up – Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah [Video]

Chairman of the NPP Manifesto Sub-Committee on the Economy, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, says no jobs were lost during the government's 2017 banking sector clean-up.Speaking...

False. Viral video of man pumping water from borehole, not MP for Hohoe Peter Amewu

Claim: Social media users have attributed a video of a man struggling to pump water from a well with no water flowing, to Peter Amewu,...

FALSE! Prof Frimpong Boateng didn’t say John Mahama owns a galamsey site

Claim: An X user, Gen Buhari, claims Prof. Frimpong Boateng, a former Environment, Science and Technology Minister, accused ex-Ghanaian President John Mahama of owning an illegal mining site. Verdict:...

Assibey-Yeboah likens Economic Management Team to church harvest committee [Video]

Former New Juaben South Member of Parliament, Dr Mark Assibey-Yeboah has compared the role of an Economic Management Team(EMT) to a church harvest committee.There...

Political parties are being hypocritical in ‘galamsey’ fight – Prof Agyemang-Duah

A former UN Senior Governance Advisor, Prof Baffour Agyemang-Duah, has criticised political parties for being hypocritical in their stance on adopting a pact to...

Alan Kyerematen’s proposal to EC on audit of voters register

Independent Presidential Candidate Alan Kyerematen, has joined calls for the Electoral Commission to audit the voters register ahead of the December 7 election.In a statement,...

2024 polls: Both Mahama and Bawumia are experienced to lead but… – Assibey-Yeboah [Audio]

Former New Juaben South MP, Dr Mark Assibey-Yeboah has said both flagbearers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) are...

It’s a joke – Assibey-Yeboah on Mahama’s promise to reinstate collapsed banks [Audio]

The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) manifesto sub-committee on Economy, Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has criticised the promise of former President John Mahama to...

Bring $800m gas processing contract to Parliament – Minority to Ghana Gas

The Minority in Parliament is calling on the Ghana Gas Company to bring an $800 million gas processing contract before Parliament for scrutiny.Minority Spokesperson...

Arrest Democracy Hub protesters: You’ll be remembered for this on December 7 – Joyce Bawah to govt

A key figure in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joyce Bawah Mogtari, has warned the government that its handling of the Democracy Hub...

Stop arresting Ghanaians; you’ve failed miserably in every arena – Joyce Bawah to gov’t

A leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and former Deputy Transport Minister, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, has called out the government for...

Alan’s running mate, KOD storms Oti region with youth-centered campaign tour

The Vice-presidential candidate of the Afrafranto Alliance, Kwame Owusu Danso, popularly known as KOD, kicked off his highly anticipated campaign tour in the Oti...

Yagbonwura honours Abu Jinapor for tremendous development of Damongo

The King and Overlord of the Gonja Kingdom, Yagbonwura Bii-Kunuto Jewu Soale I, has presented a special citation in honour of the hardworking Member...

2024 polls: Akufo-Addo pledges free, fair, and transparent elections

President Akufo-Addo has assured the international community that the upcoming 2024 general elections in Ghana will be free, fair, and transparent.Speaking at the 78th...