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Bernard Bediako Baidoo wins NDC primaries ahead of Akwatia by-election 

Private legal practitioner Bernard Bediako Baidoo has been elected the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia by-election. Mr. Baidoo, who also serves...

Tight security at Akwatia as NDC holds primary ahead of by-election

There is a heavy police presence at the Akwatia GCD Walker Park today, Monday, August 4, as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) holds its...

Akwatia by-election: NDC holds primaries today 

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will today, August 4, 2025, hold its parliamentary primaries in the Akwatia Constituency of the Eastern Region to elect...

Akwatia by-election: NPP acclaims Solomon Asumadu as parliamentary candidate

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has acclaimed businessman and its constituency Treasurer, Solomon Asumadu, as the parliamentary candidate for the upcoming Akwatia by-election. Scheduled for...

EC sets September 2 for Akwatia by-election

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has announced that nominations for the upcoming Akwatia Constituency by-election will be open from Sunday, August 11, to...

Akwatia by-election: Ntim Fordjour refutes claims of threatening violence 

Assin South Member of Parliament, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has firmly denied allegations linking him to threats of violence in the lead-up to the...

Akwatia by-election: Afenyo-Markin, other NPP members will be arrested if… – Mustapha Gbande 

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has issued a strong warning ahead of the Akwatia by-election, cautioning members of...

I’m NPP’s best bet for 2028 – Kwabena Agyepong 

Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has officially declared his intention to contest the party’s 2026 presidential...

Akwatia by-election: NPP declares Solomon Asumadu as candidate

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has officially named Solomon Asumadu as its parliamentary candidate for the upcoming Akwatia by-election. The announcement was made by the...

Top NDC lawyer picks forms to contest Akwatia primaries

A Koforidua-based private legal practitioner, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, has officially declared his intention to contest the upcoming National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries in...

Akwatia by-election: NDC announces timelines for primaries

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced that nominations for its upcoming parliamentary primaries in the Akwatia Constituency, Eastern Region, will officially open on...

NPP flagbearer race: I know Kwasi Kwarteng will come back home if… – Adutwum 

Flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, says he harbours no resentment toward former Education Ministry spokesperson, Kwasi Kwarteng,...

81 candidates apply to run in Cameroon’s presidential elections

It's a record number: 81 candidate applications to run in the presidential elections set for October this year were made to Cameroon's national body...

NPP can only win Akwatia by-election with Ama Sey – Some constituents

A section of New Patriotic Party (NPP) members and sympathisers in the Akwatia Constituency of the Eastern Region are rallying behind former MP Mercy...

Mahama refers electoral violence report to AG for legal review

President John Dramani Mahama has referred a comprehensive report on electoral violence recorded during the 2020 and 2024 general elections to the Attorney-General, Dr...

Ablekuma North NDC supporters grace Ewurabena Aubynn’s swearing-in [Video]

Parliament witnessed a wave of celebration on Monday, July 21, as scores of National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters from Ablekuma North thronged the House...

NPP announces date to open nomination for flagbearer hopeful

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced its decision to open nominations for its presidential primaries no later than July 31, 2025. This was revealed...

Ablekuma North rerun: Peter Toobu scores police 98% over handling of violence

Member of Parliament for Wa West, Peter Lanchene Toobu, has commended the Ghana Police Service for its handling of the violence that erupted during...

NPP will not make 2024 election report public – Oppong Nkrumah

Member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Constitutional and Legal Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says the party will not release its full internal report...

NPP is looking for a presidential candidate, not just a flagbearer – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Former Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has cautioned the New Patriotic Party (NPP) against reducing its presidential primaries to a contest of mere popularity or...

Ablekuma North rerun: EC surprised us – NPP

General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Frimpong Kodua, has criticised the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to conduct a rerun of...

We must not allow 2024 election defeat destroy us – Afenyo-Markin charges NPP

Minority Leader and Effutu MP, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to be broken by its defeat in the 2024...

Ablekuma North: Policeman who slapped journalist formally charged

The Accra Regional Police Command has confirmed that the police officer who slapped journalist Kwabena Banahene Agyekum during the Ablekuma North rerun has formally...

Minority stages walkout over Ayariga’s remarks on Akwatia seat

The Minority in Parliament on Thursday, July 17, 2025, staged a walkout in protest over statements made by Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga regarding the...

We performed, but they didn’t vote – Freddie Blay blames NPP grassroots for 2024 setback

Former NPP National Chairman, Freddie Armah Blay, has blamed the party’s political setbacks not on the performance of the Akufo-Addo-led regime but on the...

Lawyer petitions Mahama to probe Ablekuma North rerun violence

Private legal practitioner, Lawrence Kwesi Botchway Jnr. has petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to establish an independent Commission of Enquiry into the violent incidents...

A sitting MP’s husband was part of my attackers – Hawa Koomson alleges [Audio]

Former Awutu Senya East MP, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has alleged that the husband of her successor, Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor, was among those who...

NDC approached me to contest Mfantseman, Ayawaso West Wuogon seats – Prof. Gyampo

The Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has revealed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) approached him...

Akwatia by-election: Brouhaha over posters of Ernest Kumi’s wife settled

Former District Chief Executive (DCE) for Denkyembour in the Eastern Region, Seth Birikorang, has dismissed reports suggesting that the wife of the late Akwatia...

Kufuor, Akufo-Addo to address NPP delegates conference virtually

Former Presidents John Agyekum Kufuor and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will address the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2025 National Delegates Conference virtually, party sources...

Akua Afriyie apologises to NPP over Ablekuma North rerun [Video]

The 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma North, Nana Akua Afriyie, has rendered an unqualified apology to the party’s leadership after...

Ablekuma North violence: Interior Minister calls Hawa Koomson after assault

The Minister for the Interior, Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka, has expressed sympathy to former Awutu Senya East MP, Mavis Hawa Koomson, following her assault during...

Shamima Muslim calls for end to political thuggery after Ablekuma North violence

Deputy Presidential Spokesperson, Shamima Muslim, has strongly condemned political vigilantism following the violence that marred the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun. The incident, which took place...

Is widowhood a campaign message? – Ewurabena Aubynn asks Akua Afriyie

Newly elected Member of Parliament for Ablekuma North, Ewurabena Aubynn, has taken a swipe at her main opponent, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, for using...

Akosua Manu defends Hawa Koomson over Ablekuma North incident

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 parliamentary candidate for Adentan, Akosua Manu, has voiced strong support for former Fisheries Minister Mavis Hawa Koomson following...

Former Western North Minister advocates for grassroots inclusion in NPP delegates system

Former Western North Regional Minister Richard Obeng, popularly known as Joojo Rocky Obeng, is advocating for the inclusion of grassroots in the New Patriotic...

Peace Council speaks on Ablekuma North election violence

The National Peace Council (NPC) has condemned the violence that marred the parliamentary rerun in the Ablekuma North constituency on Friday, July 11. In a...

Ablekuma North violence: Ghana’s democracy on a knife’s edge – Prof Kwesi Aning warns

Security Analyst Professor Kwesi Aning, has issued a warning in response to the violence that rocked the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun, stating that Ghana’s...

Police probe Ablekuma North rerun violence

The Accra Regional Police Command has commenced investigations into the isolated incidents of violence that occurred during the Ablekuma North parliamentary re-run on Friday,...

Ablekuma North rerun: Adutwum condemns violence, urges swift probe

Bosomtwe Member of Parliament (MP), Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has condemned the violent incidents that marred the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun on Friday, July...