Home Search
election petition - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
Court rules being amended to set timelines for parliamentary election petitions – Chief Justice
Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo has announced that the Rules of Court are currently being amended to introduce specific timelines for parliamentary election petitions.This move...
CDD proposes shorter timelines for parliamentary election petition
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has recommended to the Judicial Service of Ghana to amend PNDCL 284 to provide a shorter timeline for...
Parliamentary election petitions: Judiciary proposes statutory amendment
The judiciary has recommended that the time limit for submitting parliamentary election petitions be reduced to seven days to allow for faster adjudication of...
SALL Election Petition: Court throws out Tsatsu Tsikata’s applications
The High Court in Ho has dismissed two applications by the petitioners in the SALL Election Petition.The applications aimed to retract an initially filed...
SALL petitioners seek early trial as Amewu files his answer to election petition
Member of Parliament (MP) for Hohoe, John Peter Amewu, has filed answers at the Ho High Court on the ongoing election petition regarding the...
NPP’s take on Afari-Gyan’s proposed sanctions for failed election petition
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has expressed disagreement with the proposal put forth by former Electoral Commission (EC) Chairman, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, regarding sanctions...
Failed election petitions must attract punitive sanctions – Afari-Gyan
A former chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, is proposing punitive sanctions against persons who are unsuccessful in election petitions they...
Retired judge slams Supreme Court over 2020 election petition
A former Appeals Court judge, Justice Saeed Kwaku Gyan has expressed his dismay at the Supreme Court's handling of the 2020 Election Petition.Justice Gyan...
Savelugu and Zabzugu MPs win election petition
The Tamale High Court has passed judgment on the two cases brought before it on the results of the 2020 parliamentary elections in Savelugu...
Tamale High Court to rule on Savelugu Parliamentary election petition today
The Tamale High Court will today, January 20, 2022, give its ruling on the 2020 parliamentary results for the Savelugu Constituency of the Northern...
Election Petition: NDC must apologise to Ghanaians – NPP
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to apologise to Ghanaians especially, the judiciary, for...
Election Petition: Why I didn’t present any figure in court – Asiedu Nketia finally...
JoyNews/AdomNews · Asiedu Nketia exposes Ofosu AmpofoGeneral Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has explained why he did not...
Court throws out Techiman South election petition; fines NDC GHc100k
The Wenchi High Court has thrown out the petition against the Techiman South parliamentary election filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC).The Court has...
Bossman Asare explains why NDC lost 2020 election petition case
Deputy Chairman in charge of Corporate Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Bossman Asare, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was not...
2020 election petition verdict was predetermined – Mahama
Former President John Mahama has said the 2020 election verdict had been determined even before the case was presented.Mr Mahama, who does not...
How John Mahama’s election petition featured in Assin North ruling
The presiding judge at the Cape Coast High Court, Justice Kwasi Boakye, in his ruling on the Assin North case made reference to the...
Techiman South election petition: Court slaps NDC with GH¢4,000 fine
The Wenchi High Court has slapped the National Democratic Congress (NDC) with a punitive cost of GH¢4,000.00 at the case management conference of the...
Court slaps NPP, NDC with fines in Techiman South election petition case
A Wenchi High Court, presided over by Justice Arnold Nawurah, has slapped both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP)...
Court adjourns Essikado-Ketan parliamentary election petition
A Sekondi High Court has adjourned an election petition filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Essikado-Ketan in the 2020 elections.The...
SoNA 2021: Akufo-Addo’s description of election petition verdict
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as well-reasoned the affirmation of his win of the 2020 presidential election race by the Supreme Court...
Election petition: Akufo-Addo, Bawumia meet legal team
President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, met his legal team in the 2020 presidential election...
Election petition: Mahama and I are on the same level now – Akpaloo mocks
Founder and Leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana is hailing the Supreme Court for dismissing the presidential election petition filed by former President...
Omane Boamah consoles NDC supporters after election petition ruling
Former Minister of Communications in the erstwhile Mahama administration is urging supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to lose hope after the...
Election Petition: Supreme Court judgment will shock law students – Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said academics and students of law in the future will be puzzled by the verdict delivered by the...
Election petition ruling: What Mahama said about Asiedu Nketia [Listen]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Many of Asiedu Nketia’s testimony was taken out of context -John MahamaThe flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama,...
Election Petition: Tsatsu Tsikata, nine others represented Mahama for free
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, has revealed that his legal team represented him in the Petition Case, free of charge.He...
Election petition: I disagree with Supreme Court ruling – Mahama
Former President John Mahama says he disagrees with the decision by the Supreme Court to dismiss his petition.“Much as I am aware that we...
Election petition: Akufo-Addo reacts to Supreme Court ruling
President Nana Akufo-Addo is elated his victory in the 2020 presidential election has been finally affirmed by the Supreme Court.This was after the court...
Election petition judgement predictable – Sammy Gyamfi
National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is not surprised about the Supreme Court ruling of the presidential election petition.Sammy Gyamfi...
Election petition: When Mahama met Tsatsu Tsikata, et al [Photos]
Former President John Mahama has won the hearts of many after the Supreme Court's ruling on the presidential election.Mr Mahama, following the unanimous decision...
Election Petition: How Akufo-Addo’s lawyers celebrated victory
The Supreme Court's ruling on the 2020 election petition on Thursday, March 4, 2021, brought joy to President Nana Akufo-Addo's legal team.The legal team,...
Man reportedly dies at Supreme Court after Election petition ruling
A yet-to-be-identified man has reportedly died at the premises of the Supreme Court shortly after the apex court delivered its judgement on the election...
Ghanaians react to election petition ruling
Some Ghanaians have taken to social media to express diverse reactions following the Supreme Court's ruling on the 2020 election petition.There have also...
Election petition: Rojo, Kpessa-Whyte recounted ‘fanciful tale’ – Supreme Court
The Supreme Court says the second and third witnesses for the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing did not help the cause of...
Election Petition: Mahama to address media at 5:pm
Former President John Dramani Mahama is expected to address Ghanaians at 5:pm on Thursday from his office about his acceptance or otherwise of the...
Election petition: Supreme Court finally delivers judgement
The Supreme Court has dismissed the election petition brought before it by John Dramani Mahama, the 2020 Presidential Candidate of the opposition National Democratic...
Judgement Day: All you need to know about the 2020 Election Petition
PetitionerThe case was filed by the National Democratic Congress' 2020 Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama. He is the former President of Ghana who lost...
Election petition: Lawyers tasked to explain court ruling
JoyNews/AdomNews · Lawyers will explain unclear matters on election petition verdict to media, general public - GBAPresident of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Anthony...
Election petition: GJA cautions journalists ahead of ruling
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has admonished its members to exhibit professionalism in their reportage on the final verdict of the Supreme Court in...
Election petition: Peace Council makes passionate appeal
The National Peace Council is stressing the need for peace ahead of the March 4 Supreme Court Judgement in the election petition filed by...