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District-level elections have proven to NPP money is nothing to an angry voter – Omane Boamah

The Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has asserted that the recent district Assembly elections is a...

Allotey Jacobs sends message to political parties over district-level elections

Former Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs has urged political parties not to underestimate the significance of...

Controller and Accountant General in breach of constitution; he must resign – Martin Kpebu

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has added his voice to the calls by the Minority in Parliament for the Controller and Accountant General to...

2024 Budget: Parliament approves GH¢63.2 million for NDPC

Parliament on Thursday approved GH¢63.2 million for the implementation of programmes and activities of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) for the fiscal year...

Assembly members in Asante Akyem North, others pick nomination forms for Kwadwo Baah Agyemang

Engineer, Kwabena Osei lead a team of Assembly members and young men who have in several ways benefited from Hon Kwadwo Baah Agyemang...

Parliament approves GHS2 billion for Office of Government Machinery

Parliament has approved GHS2 billion for the Office of Government Machinery for the year 2024. Though there was a downward revision in the 2023...

Sam Pyne clashes with Nana Yaa Jantuah over high cost of living

The Metropolitan Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Sam Pyne, engaged in a heated on-air debate with former General Secretary of the...

Office of the President engaged in reckless and irresponsible expenditure – Adongo

The Ranking Member of the Finance Committee in Parliament, Isaac Adongo has accused the Office of the President of engaging in reckless and irresponsible...

NPP Primaries: NDC MPs demand resignation of Controller and Accountant General

Some National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament are demanding the immediate resignation of the Controller and Accountant General. The demand follows a decision by...

NPP primaries: Controller and Accountant General picks forms to contest Akim Swedru seat

The Controller and Accountant General, Kwasi Kwaning Bosompem, has picked nomination forms to contest the New Patriotic Party's parliamentary primaries in the Akim Swedru...

E.T Mensah was ready to make peace with Sam George – Nii Lante Vanderpuye

Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo Constituency, Nii Lante Vanderpuye has revealed former Ningo Prampram MP, E.T Mensah was on the cusp of making peace...

Palgrave Boakye-Danquah picks form to contest Abuakwa North primaries

The government’s spokesperson for Governance and Security, Palgrave Boakye-Danquah has officially announced his bid to contest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Abuakwa North parliamentary...

Police investigates NDC’s Mustapha Gbande

The Ghana Police Service is investigating the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande. The Police in post on X said...

District level election: EC scores itself high despite challenges

The Electoral Commission (EC) commended itself for the successful completion of the District Level Elections despite the various challenges that occurred during the process. According...

The New Force apologises to Belgium

Political movement, The New Force, has extended apologies to the Kingdom of Belgium over what they say is an injustice metered out to their...

Trump’s legal defeat in Colorado may turn into political gold

One of the court challenges to Donald Trump's eligibility to run for president in 2024 has finally struck gold. The Colorado Supreme Court's ruling to...

EC to hold District Level Elections in postponed areas today

The Electoral Commission (EC) will today, Thursday, December 21, hold the district Assembly elections in areas which were postponed last Tuesday. Elections in about...

NPP primaries: David Asante picks form to contest Nkawkaw seat

The Managing Director (MD) of the Ghana Publishing Company, David Asante, has picked forms to contest for the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s parliamentary primaries...

EC breached the Constitution by canceling indelible ink – Minority

The  Minority in Parliament is asserting that the Electoral Commission (EC) is acting in breach of the 1992 Constitution with its decision to abandon...

Napo files nomination to seek re-election in Manhyia South

Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has picked and filed his nomination forms to seek re-election on the ticket of the...

NPP parliamentary primary in Sunyani East put on hold

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary in the Sunyani East constituency has been put on hold, the General Secretary has confirmed.  Delegates in...

Akufo-Addo to launch anti-corruption evaluation plan

President Akufo-Addo, will Thursday, December 21, launch the evaluation of Ghana’s maiden National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP) at the Jubilee House. NACAP constitutes Ghana’s...

Assemblyman who died while on campaign trail wins election

34-year-old Assemblyman, Manasseh Addison Sackey, who was seeking re-election in the Teberebie electoral area in Tarkwa but died while on campaign trail has emerged...

Obour still eyes Asante Akyem South parliamentary seat

Bice 'Obour' Osei Kuffour, a former President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), has not given up on the Asante Akyem South parliamentary...

NPP constituency chairman defeated in Assembly election at Sehwi Boinzan

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) constituency chairman for Sehwi Juaboso and the incumbent Assemblyman for the Boinzan electoral area, Stephen Affum Kroko, has been...

John Mahama congratulates newly elected Assembly members

Former President and flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDCM, John Mahama, has congratulated the newly-elected Assembly and Unit Committee Members in the...

CODEO disappointed with EC’s handling of District Level Elections

Coalition of District Election Observers expressed disappointment in the Electoral Commission (EC) for failing to ensure the smooth and efficient conduct of the District...

Some aspirants, voters angry as District Level Election hit ballot shortage

There was widespread anger in at least four regions as Tuesday's District Level Elections (DLE) were marred by a shortage of ballots. This shortage occurred...

Next NDC government will abolish quota system in nursing training institutions – Mahama

The next NDC-led government will abolish the quota system of enrolling student nurses into Nursing Training Colleges in the country, flagbearer of the National...

Identical twin unable to vote as biometric system had already captured her sister

Voting in the district-level elections at the Methodist Church polling station in the Ga-North constituency of the Greater Accra Region recorded an interesting incident...

Why NDC is interested in the district level election

The Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has revealed why the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is interested in the...

Former NPP youth activist to contest Gushegu seat on Alan’s Movement for Change ticket

A former active youth activist of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Region, Alhaji Mohammed Abdul Latif alias AMBA, has declared...

Four incumbent Assembly members lose membership in Wa

Four incumbent members of the 31 Wa Municipal Assembly have lost their seats in the district-level elections, including the only female elected member of...

NPP opens nominations for parliamentary primaries for constituencies with incumbent MPs

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has opened nominations for its parliamentary primaries, specifically for constituencies with incumbent Members of Parliament (MPs). The decision was reached...

Foh-Amoaning threatens NPP MP over anti-LGBTQI Bill

The Executive Secretary of the National Coalition of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values (NCPHSRFV), Lawyer Moses Foh-Amoaning has issued a stern warning...

Assembly election: Gunshots fired as NDC, NPP supporters clash at polling station

Several gunshots were fired after supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) clashed at a polling...

District-level Election: Pratt mocks EC

The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., has ridiculed the Electoral Commission (EC) for postponing district Assembly elections in certain areas. The...

District-level Election: Postponement and ballot shortage proves Jean Mensa’s incompetence – NDC

A Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has accused the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa of intentionally...

EC was ill-prepared and inefficient in this year’s District-level elections – Nii Lante Vanderpuye

A former Minister for Local Government, Decentralization & Rural Development, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has stated emphatically that the Electoral Commission simply failed to...

Cold weather affects BVD machine operation in Sissala East

Voting in the ongoing District Level Elections delayed in most centers in the Sissala East constituency, due to the cold weather conditions adversely affecting...