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2024 election: Special voting underway [Photos+Video]

The Special Voting exercise for the 2024 election has commenced smoothly at various centres in Ghana.Voting is currently underway at the Berekum East Constituency...

NDC, PNC call for probe into ballot paper ‘leakage’ incident

The main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called for further investigation into how a single defaced ballot paper, intended for the...

Election Security taskforce urges security personnel to participate in special voting

The National Election Security Taskforce has reminded all security agency personnel to actively participate in the special voting exercise scheduled for tomorrow, December 2,...

Special voting for Western and Eastern postponed to Thursday over ballot leakage incident

Western and Eastern Regions will not take part in Monday’s special voting on December 2 following an incident that has forced the Electoral Commission...

EC addresses concerns over ballot paper shortfalls in Volta, Bono regions

The Electoral Commission (EC) has addressed concerns surrounding discrepancies and shortfalls in ballot papers dispatched to the Bono and Volta regions ahead of the...

Mahama clueless on economic data – Bawumia claims

Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has criticized former President John Dramani Mahama, describing him as lacking understanding of...

Asante Akyem Central NPP holds final rally ahead of December 7 elections

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Asante Akyem Central, located in the Ashanti Region, held its final rally to mobilize support for the upcoming...

2024 elections: NDC urges IGP to beef up security in Kasoa

The National Democratic Congress in Awutu Senya East constituency wants the Inspector General of Police to deploy additional men to the constituency to prevent...

Volta Region unites for peace ahead of 2024 elections

The streets of Ho came alive on Saturday as the Volta Regional Peace Council, in collaboration with political parties, government institutions, and civil society...

Bawumia vows to transform Afram Plains into Ghana’s breadbasket with modernized agriculture

Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mahamudu Bawumia, has pledged to harness the potential of the Afram Plains’ vast lands and water...

NDC to end 2024 election campaign with mammoth rally on December 5

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced Thursday, 5th December, at noon, to hold its final campaign rally ahead of the 2024 general elections.The...

NHIS names 20 hospitals to roll out free dialysis treatment

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has announced 20 accredited hospitals across Ghana that will provide free dialysis treatment as part of its expanded...

NDC to conclude 2024 election campaign with major rally on December 5

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has scheduled its final rally for the 2024 elections on Thursday, December 5, at noon in Accra.The event will...

Kpessa-Whyte accuses EC of recruiting NPP members for election day jobs

Professor Michael Kpessa-Whyte, a political scientist at the Institute of African Studies and the University of Ghana, has expressed concerns about the Electoral Commission’s...

EC deploys 1,475 BVDs to 7 constituencies in Savannah Region

The Savannah Regional branch of the Electoral Commission (EC) has successfully deployed electoral materials, including Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs) and ballot papers, to all...

NDC in Awutu Senya East calls for increased security to prevent election violence

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Awutu Senya East has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, to deploy additional...

NPP is destined to lose December 7 elections – Oti NDC Regional Organiser

As part of campaign strategies and rallies in the Nkwanta South constituency, the Oti Regional Organiser for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sulemana Mumuni,...

Chiefs hail NPP for development in Oti through creation of new region

The Chiefs and people of the Biakoye Constituency have commended the significant impact of the creation of the Oti Region.The Oti Region, which was...

Your next visit here will be as President of Ghana – Buem Chief to Bawumia

The Twafohene of the Buem Traditional Area, Nana Osabarima Antwi Agyei V, has assured Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party...

EC must furnish names of presiding officers to presidential candidates – CPP

The General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Kwame Nkrumah Botsio, has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to provide the published names...

Election: Movement for Change’s Ohene Ntow warns against executive interference in election security

The Director of Elections Planning and Coordination of Movement for Change, Nana Ohene Ntow, has raised concerns about the persistent interference by executive branch...

John Mahama accuses NPP of mismanaging the economy he handed over

The Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of collapsing the...

Vote based on your current living conditions – Mahama to Ashanti Region electorates

National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Dramani Mahama has urged voters in the Ashanti Region to reflect on their current living conditions as they...

Don’t fall for misinformation at polling stations – IDEG to political party agents

The Development Consultant and Civil Society Elections Management Expert at the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Douglas Quartey, has cautioned political party agents to...

This election could be more violent than previous ones if… – Sulemana Braimah

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has stated that several incidents occurring across various parts of the...

Ashanti Region clergy prays for NAPO ahead of December polls

Christian leaders in the Ashanti Region gathered in Kumasi on Friday, November 29, 2024, to offer prayers for Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the running...

Election 2024: NPP to hold final ‘possibilities victory rally’ December 5

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced plans to conclude its nationwide campaign with a grand rally on December 5, 2024.The event, titled the...

Neither Mahama nor Bawumia has incited violence ahead of 2024 elections – Prof. Aning

Security consultant, Prof. Kwesi Aning, has dismissed concerns about potential violence in the 2024 elections, asserting that both major presidential candidates, John Mahama of...

Broken seals, ballot paper shortfalls issues over-exaggerated – Bossman Asare

The Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Bossman Asare, has said the trending issue of ballot paper shortfalls in the Volta Region...

Mahama defends proposal to restructure Free SHS administration

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has defended his proposal to abolish the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) Secretariat,...

Political parties pledge to prioritise Clean Air policies should they win power

Air pollution in Ghana, driven by ageing vehicles, industrial activities, and waste burning, is a growing concern with alarming implications for public health.Particulate matter...

Elections are won at the polling stations – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has firmly dismissed claims that the upcoming December 7 general elections can be rigged.According to the Commission, the robust systems...

Patriotic vigilance needed to protect 2024 elections from politicised policing – Martin Amidu

Former Attorney General Martin Amidu has expressed concern over what he describes as the deep politicization of Ghana’s security apparatus, particularly the Police, ahead...

Election 2024: GJA must be applauded for scepticism on provision of police liaison officers to selected media houses

“Beware of Greeks bearing gifts”The press conference convened by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), and addressed by its President, Albert Dwumfour, is a shining...

Upper East erupts for Alan Kyerematen ahead of 2024 election

The Upper East Region came alive with electrifying energy as Alan Kyerematen, leader of the Afrafranto Alliance and the Movement for Change presidential candidate,...

Bawumia urges the people of Guan to have faith in NPP gov’t to bring them development

Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is urging the people of Guan to have faith in the NPP government as...

Bawumia is your last chance to have one of your own as President, support him – Napo urges Imams

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has urged Muslim leaders in Ghana to pray and vote...

Akufo-Addo’s legacy unmatched in Ghana’s 4th Republic – Adom-Otchere

Prominent Ghanaian broadcaster Paul Adom-Otchere has praised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, hailing him as the most influential politician of Ghana’s 4th Republic.His comments...

Election 2024: The will of Ghanaians must not be thwarted by violence – U.S. government

The United States has commended Ghana’s presidential candidates for their commitment to peaceful elections, as evidenced by their signing of the 4th Presidential Elections...

Why I might become a parliamentarian – Mikki Osei-Berko

Ghanaian actor and broadcaster, Mikki Osei-Berko has said in an interview with Joy Prime that he might go back to politics.When Mikki, who was an...