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EC officials involved in ballot sheet tampering arrested!

Electoral Commission (EC) officials caught tampering with the ballot papers have been arrested. Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Serebour Quaicoe,...

Election 2020: Driver missing after accident in Volta Region

Residents of Davidkorpe in the Volta Region have been left dumbfounded after a taxi driver went missing in an accident. The Opel Astra caravan driver...

Election 2020: ‘Macho men’ arrested at Adansi Fomena [Video]

Some well-built men, locally known as 'Macho men', have been arrested in the Adansi Fomena constituency of the Ashanti Region. Reports indicate the men, who...

EC officials involved in ballot sheet tampering suspended!

The Electoral Commission (EC) has addressed alleged cases of presidential ballot papers tampering in some polling centres. The EC says it has identified and removed...

Akua Donkor casts vote, predicts one-touch victory

The leader of the Ghana Freedom Party, Madam Akua Donkor, is predicting a one-touch victory after casting her ballot at the D/A JHS at...

Heavy security as Otumfuo votes at Manhyia [Video+Photos]

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has cast his ballot at Manhyia in the Ashanti Region. There was heavy military and police presence at the Manhyia...

Election 2020: Akufo-Addo’s image missing on ballot paper at Awutu Senya East

Confusion rocked the Awutu Senya East constituency following the discovery that President Nana Akufo-Addo's name was nowhere to be found on the ballot paper. About...

Election 2020: When Lordina Mahama and her four sons voted [Photo]

Former First Lady, Lordina Mahama, has cast her vote in Monday’s polls. She voted with four of her sons at the La Dadekotopon constituency in...

What Nana Konadu said after casting her ballot [Listen+photos]

JoyNews/AdomNews · What Nana Konadu said about Jean Mensa after casting her ballot The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party, Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings, has...

Election 2020: I’m dying – Awutu Senya East gunshot victim cries out

Voting at the Awutu Senya East District turned bloody when two persons were shot by unidentified suspects. The perpetrators shot aimlessly at the crowd and...

Mahama’s security guard’s name bounces back in Voters Register

The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has announced that the issue with the identification of his security officer...

Man arrested for taking photos of ballot paper [Video]

Police at Shama in the Western Region have arrested a young man believed to have taken photos of their ballot paper after...

Some residents boycott election in North East Region

Some residents in the North East Region have boycotted the December 7, 2020, election over bad roads in the area. These are residents at the...

Muntaka casts ballot with daughter’s thumbprint

Member of Parliament for Asawase, Muntaka Mubarak, created controversy when he went into the ballot box with his daughter, and cast his ballot with...

NPP agents angry as EC officials reject their meals

New Patriotic Party (NPP) polling agents at the Tantua School Polling Station in the Ablekuma North Constituency were angry that officials of the Electoral...

Zanetor Rawlings alleges multiple voting at Klottey Korle [Video]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Klottey Korle constituency, Dr Zenator Rawlings, is alleging multiple voting in the polls. According to her, at a...

Election 2020: Samira Bawumia votes without ID card

Second Lady Samira Bawumia has gone out of the ordinary to cast her vote without a Voters Identification (ID) card. Mrs Bawumia, explaining to Adom...

Akufo-Addo casts vote at Kyebi [Video+Photos]

https://youtu.be/LlWsbr4pK84 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cast his ballot in the ongoing 2020 general election in his hometown, Kyebi. There was a mammoth crowd as...

2020 polls: NDC chases security operative for allegedly voting twice

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has complained that one security person has allegedly engaged in multiple voting in the Klottey Korle constituency. “There’s...

John Dumelo calls for halt in voting at GIMPA polling station

National Democratic Congress' (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, John Dumelo, has called for a halt in voting at the Ghana...

Election 2020: Man arrested for attempting to vote twice [Video]

One person, who is yet to be identified, has been arrested in the Trobu constituency of the Greater Accra Region for attempting...

Police investigate alleged ballot stuffing in Northern Region

The Ghana Police Service is investigating claims that some ballot boxes sent to the Northern Region had ballot papers in them. The news went viral...

Election 2020: Commercial ‘pragya’ tricycle riders give free transportation to Ho voters

Voters are enjoying free transportation to polling stations by tricycle riders better known as 'pragya' in the Ho Central Constituency in the Volta Region. The...

Election 2020: Ursula Owusu casts her vote in Ablekuma West [Video]

Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West constituency, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has cast her vote in the ongoing 2020 elections. She was accompanied by her...

Mahama makes shocking revelation after voting [Video]

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has cast his ballot at the Bole constituency. Speaking to journalists after the process, he...

Odododiodoo: Blows at City Engineers Polling Centre over queue [Video]

There was confusion at the City Engineers Polling Station in the Odododiodoo constituency of the Greater Accra Region over arrangements for the...

Charlotte Osei prays for peaceful elections

The former Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei, has called on the general public to pray for a peaceful election. Mrs Osei called...

Election 2020: Civilian driver arrested for driving police car to commit crime

A civilian driver has been arrested for driving a police car for unlawful electoral purpose. The suspect, Kwaku Boahen, was caught using a police car...

Election 2020: Two arrested for assaulting a voter at Fomena

Coordinator for Independent Candidate Andrew Amoako Asiamah has been assaulted by unidentified men in the Fomena constituency. Speaking to Adom News, spokesperson, Kwabena Anokye, disclosed...

How inmates of Nsawam Prisons are voting [Photos]

Some 2,400 inmates are expected to vote at three polling stations at the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons in the Eastern Region. Inmates at the special...

Engage in citizen journalism – Kofi Bentil to electorate

IMANI Africa Vice President, Kofi Bentil, has urged the citizenry to actively engage in citizen journalism as the 2020 elections are ongoing. Speaking on JoyNews’...

What Bawumia said after casting vote [Video]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has voted at the Kperiga DA primary school polling station in the North East Region. Dr Bawumia, who is the...

Prof. Gyampo raises concern about the positioning of ballot booths

A Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana Political Science Department, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to position the...

Pregnant woman in labour stops to cast ballot [Video]

A determined woman in labour is making headlines after she stormed the Kofidja polling station in the Suhum Constituency in the Eastern Region to...

Youth block road, burn tyres to prevent EC officials in Kwesimintsim Constituency [Video]

Some irate youth in the Kwesimintsim Constituency in the Western Region blocked the main road that leads to the town on election day over...

Church of Pentecost rallies Ghanaians for peaceful elections [Photos]

The Adwen-Bu District of The Church of Pentecost under the Kaneshie Area has climaxed its Agent of Peace Campaign with a float and a...

Ghana’s election: Six things you should know

Ghanaians are going to the polls to elect a new president and parliament in a country seen as one of the most democratic in...

Ghanaians go to the polls today

Today, December 7, 2020, a total of 17,027,655 registered voters are expected to cast their ballot at about 33,367 polling stations across the country. The...

No parliamentary election for voters in Guan District – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) says eligible voters in the Guan District of the Oti Region will not take part in the parliamentary election on...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s message to Ghanaians ahead of Dec. 7 polls

ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, ON SUNDAY, 6TH DECEMBER 2020, AT 8PM Fellow Ghanaians, good evening, and, once again,...