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Election 2020: 12-year-old shot dead, 3 others injured

A shooting incident has claimed one life of a 12-year-old girl leaving three others injured at Savelugu in the Northern Region. Reports indicate the incident...

Election 2020: Police confirms 5 deaths

The National Election Security Taskforce (NESTF) has announced that its Joint Operation Centre recorded a total of five deaths from electoral and post-electoral violence nationwide...

Presidential results will be declared today; with or without full… – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) is confident of declaring the results for the 2020 presidential election today, Wednesday, December 9, 2020. This follows the failure of...

Police records few Electoral malpractices

The Accra Regional Election Security Task Force recorded few cases of electoral malpractices during the December 7 polls. They included alleged shooting incidents and multiple...

Celebrate the electoral outcome alive – NRSA

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) wishes to congratulate Ghanaians on a successful voting exercise and caution against the reckless use of the roads...

Election 2020: EC extends timeline for declaration of results

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced plans to extend the intended timeline for the declaration of the 2020 presidential election results. The declaration was earlier...

Election 2020: NDC boycotts collation process

Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Zabzugu in the Northern Region have boycotted the collation process. This comes barely hours as the nation...

Thanks for voting and giving the NDC a working majority in Parliament – Mahama

Prior to the official announcement of the Presidential elections by the Electoral Commission (EC), former President John Dramani Mahama has thanked his supporters for...

Fire guts Ejisu NPP Constituency chairman’s apartment [Photos]

Fire has razed down the seven-bedroom apartment of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) chairman for Ejisu-Kobirim. The NPP chair suspects arson attacks in the fire incident. READ ALSO: Mfantseman honours...

Asiedu Nketia questions EC’s decision to announce winner at 5:pm today [Video]

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has queried the Electoral Commission (EC) on its decision to announce...

Election 2020: Musician Fantana’s mother wins Jomoro seat

Musician Fantana and her family were all excited after her mother crawled her way to parliament. Madam Dorcas Affo-Toffey, contesting on the ticket of the...

Akufo-Addo should be congratulating Mahama by now – Asiedu Nketia [Video]

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to concede defeat in...

Election 2020: John Jinapor silences late Abu Kamara’s brother

The elder brother of the late New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament (MP), Salia Kamara, has lost the Yapei-Kusawgu seat. Mr Kamara was selected by...

Election 2020: Check out MPs who lost miserably

The December 7, 2020, parliamentary and presidential election, has ended across the country with many big names shot down. Both the New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

Check out list of some 140 seats NDC says it has won [Video]

With the results trickling in from the various constituencies, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) claims it has won 140 seats. According to the party, they...

Leila Djansi writes emotional letter to Dumelo

Actress Leila Djansi has congratulated Ayawaso West Member of Parliament (MP) aspirant John Dumelo after he failed to win the contest against his biggest...

Mfantseman at a standstill as returning officer collapses

Collation and declaration of parliamentary candidate for the Mfantseman Constituency took a sour turn when the returning officer passed out. The tension of candidates for...

Kofi Adams wins big

Former National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has been given the mantle to represent the Buem constituency in Parliament. Mr...

Election 2020: Lydia Alhassan jubilates [Video+Photos]

Incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Alhassan, has started celebrating her win ahead of the official declaration of the results...

K.T. Hammond retains Adansi Asokwa seat

Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, will represent the constituency again after his victory in the December 7 polls. Mr Hammond, who...

Election 2020: Okoe Vanderpuije retains seat

Incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma South, Dr Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, is smiling to parliament come January 7 after retaining his seat. Contesting with...

Mfantseman honours murdered MP’s wife with their votes

The widow of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman, Mrs Ophelia Mensah Hayford, has sailed her way through the 2020 parliamentary election. The...

Sanja Nanja snatches Atebubu-Amanten seat from NPP

The Bono East Regional Minister, Kofi Amoakohene, will not be returning to Parliament after losing the Atebubu-Amanten seat to Sanja Nanja. The National Democratic Congress...

Breaking: EC office at Fomena in flames [Video]

Moment after an independent candidate, Amoako Andrew Asiamah, emerged winner in the parliamentary race in the Fomena constituency, the Electoral Commission (EC) office was...

Police react to shooting incident at Awutu Senya West

The Ghana Police Service has debunked claims that police personnel shot an alleged ballot box snatcher in the Awutu Senya West Constituency. In a Twitter...

Election 2020: Gunshots disperse voters at Diaso collation centre

Confusion has marred the Upper Denkyira West Collation Centre after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) challenged voting results. The NPP presented figures which went contrary...

What NDC makes of results trickling in [Video]

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says results trickling in shows an exciting outlook for the party in the 2020 election. According to the...

Election 2020: Ballot papers torn into pieces at Techiman South [Video]

Several ballot papers have been torn into pieces at the Techiman South Collation Centre in the Bono East Region. Reports indicate the incident occurred...

Presiding officer’s bizarre reason for arriving late with ballot box [Video]

A delay was recorded in the Madina collation centre after a presiding officer arrived late with the ballot box. Aside the delay, the ballot boxes...

Yaw Dabo storms polling station with kitchen stool to cast vote [Video]

Actor Yaw Dabo left no stone unturned after he stormed a polling station to cast his vote earlier today. What got many laughing and...

EC official arrested for issuing torn ballot papers

A ballot issuer in the Bawku Central constituency of the Upper East Region has been arrested for issuing torn ballot papers to the electorate...

NPP parliamentary candidate ‘concedes’ defeat

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Navrongo Central, Tangoba Abayage, has conceded defeat in the ongoing 2020 general election. Madam Abayage, who doubles...

EC reacts to Asawase ballot stuffing

The Electoral Commission (EC) has described as misleading statements on alleged stuffing of ballots in the Asawase Constituency constituency in the Ashanti Region. Voting...

Awutu Senya East shooting: Police on a manhunt for perpetrators

Police say they have begun investigating a shooting incident that occurred close to a polling station in the Awutu Senya East Constituency in the...

Voting continues in these two constituencies

Despite the close of polls at 5:pm, the exercise is still ongoing in the Bantama constituency in the Ashanti Region and Tamale North Constituency. According...

IGP tours some polling stations in Accra [Photos]

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanuh, has embarked on a tour in some polling stations in the Greater Accra Region. This was a...

Election 2020: Exclusive photos from various polling stations

Ghanaians exercised their franchise today, December 7, 2020, in the presidential and parliamentary elections across the country. Below are exclusive photos that were taken before...

Election 2020: One shot dead for attempting to snatch ballot box

A man has been shot dead after he attempted to snatch a ballot box while EC officials were counting votes at Awutu Senya East...

Man, 50, crushed to death after voting

A 50-year-old man was on Monday, December 7, 2020, crushed to death by a motorbike rider while returning from a polling station in the...