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2024 Elections: Play your roles diligently; protect ballot boxes – Sammy Gyamfi to members

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has called on polling agents, supporters, and party faithful to remain vigilant...

More police deployed after ballot boxes destroyed at Ayawaso Central

Some ballot boxes and papers from the just-ended general elections have been destroyed by unidentified men at the Ayawaso Central collation centre in Accra,...

2024 elections: Chaos erupts at Ayawaso West Wuogon over ballot box transportation

The Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency experienced chaotic scenes at the Okponglo ABC polling station and the UPSA Business School as Electoral Commission (EC) officials...

Election 2024: Volta NDC decries alleged intimidation by immigration officers

The Volta Regional National Democratic Congress (NDC) has raised alarm over alleged acts of voter intimidation by some immigration officers stationed at the Asikuma...

Chaos erupts at Ablekuma West collation centre as residents clash with security and EC

Tensions boiled over at the Ablekuma West collation centre in the Greater Accra region on Saturday, December 7, following the close of voting in...

CODEO reports pockets of election irregularities

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has reported several electoral irregularities across the country, including harassment, violence, violations of voting procedures, vote-buying, bribery,...

Heavy military presence at Ejura Sekyedumase in A/R collation centre amid counting

There is a heavy military presence at the Ejura Sekyedumase constituency collation centre in the Ashanti Region.As sorting began in the evening, a truckload...

2024 Elections: Police retrieve fake ballot papers in Kwadaso

The Police in the Ashanti Region have discovered and seized fake ballot papers from a private residence in the Kwadaso constituency of the Ashanti...

2024 election: Provisional results so far

Provisional results from Ghana's 2024 general elections are coming in quickly from all 276 constituencies, with early figures showing tight races in key battlegrounds.Both...

Police pursue suspects who attacked ‘NPP collation centre’ at Akweteyman

The Ghana Police Service has initiated a manhunt for individuals involved in an attack on a private collation center belonging to the New Patriotic...

National Peace Council condemns shooting incident at Nyankpala

The National Peace Council (NPC), in collaboration with the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) and other partners in the Election Situation Room, has...

EC discredits ballot paper videos circulating on social media

The Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, has dismissed videos and images circulating on social media about alleged...

Voter sustains head injury as violence erupts in Odododiodio [Video]

Tensions flared at the Mantse Palace No.1 polling station in the Odododiodio Constituency in the Greater Accra Region on election day, leading to a...

2024 General Election: I pray John Mahama wins to reset Ghana’s economy – Haruna Iddrisu

Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu has urged Ghanaians to support John Dramani Mahama, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, in the...

‘Military must not intrude into electoral process’ – Ibn Chambas on election day security

The African Union High Representative for Silencing the Guns, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has stressed the importance of keeping military deployment non-intrusive during Ghana’s...

We are winning this election; remain vigilant – NPP to party agents

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong, has expressed strong confidence in the party's prospects of victory in the...

2024 Polls: Voting closes Nationwide; sorting and counting begin

Voting has officially ended across the country, with sorting and counting of ballots now underway at various polling stations.At the City Engineers Polling Station,...

2024 polls: NPP smelling defeat – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) calls for the prosecution of an Electoral Commission (EC) officer arrested in...

Injuries recorded as soldiers storm Akweteyman to restore calm

Controversial scenes unfolded in Akweteyman as some individuals were seen engaged in a confrontation following a misunderstanding during the December 7, 2024 elections.According to...

Sammy Gyamfi accuses NPP of propaganda and election disruption

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of engaging in propaganda...

2024 election: Men in military uniform clash with civilians in Obuasi East [Video]

A clash erupted during the 2024 election in the Obuasi East constituency of the Ashanti region involving three men in military uniform and civilians.The...

Did Nelson Mandela make statement about Mahama?

Claim: A TikTok user shared a video attributing a statement made by South Africa’s former president, Nelson Mandela, to ex-President John Dramani Mahama, claiming: “Wait and...

Remain calm but vigilant: COKA urges as he casts vote in Afigya Kwabre South

On election day, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, a former chairman and leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), cast his vote at Hemang, a...

NPP demands prosecution of EC officer over defective ballots

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called for the immediate prosecution of Dery Joseph, an Electoral Commission (EC) officer arrested in the Kintampo South...

True, one person has died from Tolon shooting incidence

Claim: A WhatsApp video reports a shooting incident leading to the death of an individual in a branded NDC T-shirt in the Tolon Constituency. Source:...

NPP borrowed more than GHS1 trillion between 2017 and 2024 NOT GHC 622 billion

Claim: X user @scottbolshevik claims that from 2017 to now, Ghana has borrowed over GHC 622 billion, with the Bank of Ghana illegally printing GHC...

John Dumelo didn’t send SMS calling Maa Lydia a ‘Husband Killer’

Claim: X users @NanaKwame_off, @GrefDuah, and @AmoakoKwam claim NDC Parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, called Maa Lydia a husband killer in bulk SMS to constituents.Verdict: False Explanation:The...

Ballot paper shortage hits Yendi constituency

Yendi has been gripped by a shortage of ballot papers, causing tensions among political parties.Suhuyini Saharan, a Joy News reporter, disclosed that the National...

2024 polls: Police launch manhunt for suspect in Awutu Senya East shooting

The Ghana Police Service has launched a manhunt for Mujaheed Suraj, also known as Mims, who is wanted in connection with a shooting incident...

2024 Elections: EC confirms arrest of official who issued ballot papers without full photo of Bawumia

The Electoral Commission (EC) has confirmed the arrest of an official from its Bono East Regional Directorate, Joseph Derry, for allegedly committing an electoral...

2024 polls: Haruna Iddrisu accuses NPP of vote buying in Tamale South

Tamale South MP Haruna Iddrisu has strongly criticized the New Patriotic Party (NPP), accusing them of openly engaging in vote buying during election day,...

Voter allegedly caught with multiple thumbprinted ballot papers at Bolga Central

In a dramatic incident at the Animgazanga JHS polling station in the Bolga Central constituency, a man identified as Rufai was apprehended by police...

Heavy downpour interrupts voting at Abura Asebu Kwamankese Constituency

A heavy downpour has temporarily halted voting at the Community Centre polling station in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese Constituency.The rain disrupted the electoral process...

EC relocates collation center in Adansi Asokwa for security reasons

The Electoral Commission (EC) in Adansi Asokwa has relocated its collation center from the Asokwa D/A JHS to the District Court.During a visit to...

Voting delayed at Mempeasem CMB polling station 

Voting at the Mempeasem CMB polling station in the Sunyani West Constituency of the Bono region has been delayed in the ongoing 2024 election. As...

Nhyiaeso MP caught on camera ‘peeping’ at voter’s ballot [Video]

The Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Stephen Amoah has been caught on camera peeping at a voter’s ballot in...

2024 polls: EC warns voters against electoral law violations

The Electoral Commission (EC) has cautioned voters against any unlawful activities during the ongoing elections, warning that violators will face legal consequences.Director of Electoral...

2024 Election: No polling station has more than 500 voters in Bawku

Joy News has learned that across the various polling stations in the Bawku Central constituency in the Upper East region, no polling station has...

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful denies claims of rejected food for Ablekuma West agents

Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has strongly refuted reports that food distributed by her team to party agents on election day...

TUC Chairman casts ballot in Achiase Aprade

The Chairman of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Ghana, Bernard Owusu has successfully cast his vote in the 2024 election.Mr Owusu voted in...