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2020 election: Koku Anyidoho reacts to Akufo-Addo’s victory

Founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho has congratulated the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for winning the 2020 general elections. Taking to his...

FULL TEXT: EC declares 2020 presidential results

To God be all the glory, great things He has done, and greater things He will do. On behalf of the Electoral Commission of...

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: No Rasta man in Parliament as Kwaku Bonsam loses seat

Popular fetish priest, Kwaku Bonsam's dream of being the first Rasta man in Parliament has been dashed following his defeat in the December 7...

Election 2020: Ignore fake panic alert – Oppong Nkrumah tells Ghanaians

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said the National National Security Ministry has not issued any panic alert. Mr Oppong Nkrumah said this...

Election 2020: NPP heads to court over Savelugu results

General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has hinted on plans to challenge election results from Savelugu in the...

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...

Mutawakilu concedes defeat; prays for Abu Jinapor

The former Member of Parliament(MP) for Damongo Adam Mutawakilu has conceded defeat after losing the seat to New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Abu Jinapor. The...

EC releases more Presidential regional results; check results

The Electoral Commission (EC) has published Presidential results from four more regions even as counting continues at some collation centres in two regions. They include...

We will decide when to release Hohoe Constituency seat – Amewu

Hohoe MP-elect John Peter Amewu has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would decide when to give the parliamentary seat back to any political...

Koku Anyidoho’s advise to angry NDC members

Former deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC),Koku Anyidoho is urging members not to hit the streets should the party losethe election. Rather,...

Scenes from Akufo-Addo’s residence [Video]

The residence of the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been thrown into ecstasy. This celebratory mood follows Electoral Commission's announcement of Akufo-Addo as winner...

Election 2020: Mahama loses again!

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has failed in his quest to tussle power from the New Patriotic Party...

Akufo-Addo wins presidential election

Ghana's President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has won a second term in office in a tightly contested presidential election. He polled 6,730, 413 which is...

Akufo-Addo’s message to NPP supporters

President Akufo-Addo is appealing to NPP supporters to be moderate in their celebration when the Electoral Commission (EC) announces the winner of the December...

Watch: How Akufo-Addo, Bawumia are waiting for presidential results [Video]

As the country anxiously waits on the Electoral Commission to declare the final results of the December 7 polls, President Akufo-Addo and his vice,...

Regular funeral attendance boosted my victory over NPP’s Derek Oduro– NDC MP-elect

Member of Parliament elect for Nkoranza North Constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Kwasi Mensah has said he won...

NPP, NDC agents’ refusal to sign declaration forms in Savelugu delayed poll declaration – John Boadu

The Electoral Commission’s delay in declaring the winner of the December 7 presidential election has been attributed to the refusal by agents of the...

NDC supporters throng EC headquarters ahead of result declaration [photos]

Supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have thronged the headquarters of the Electoral Commission in Accra ahead of the EC’s Presidential...

Sam George raises alarm over police deployment to Mahama’s house

The Ningo Prampram MP-elect has faced-off with police personnel deployed to the office of former President Joh Mahama. He said the deployment could be a...

Election 2020: At least 111 current MPs are not returning to Parliament

The dust is still yet to settle on the results of the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. But one thing is clear; the next...

NPA boss Tampuli wins parliamentary seat

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Alhassan Tampuli Suleman, has won the Gushegu parliamentary seat in the Northern Region...

Election 2020: NPP wins Ashanti Region presidential votes

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential candidate, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has won the presidential election in the Ashanti Region with 1,795,824 votes. His...

Election 2020: Incumbent NDC MPs who failed to retain their seats

So far, at least 18 incumbent National Democrstic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) have lost their seats. That is aside from the 10 NDC...

Dumelo is a cry baby – Lydia Alhassan

The incumbent Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency has described her contender in the December 7 election, John Dumelo, as a crying...

2020 Polls: Premature congratulatory messages out of order – Political parties told

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has described the premature congratulatory messages sent by political parties to the Presidential Candidate of the governing New Patriotic...

Joy News projection: Akufo-Addo to win 2nd term in a tight race

Joy News’ has called the election for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in a tightly contested race. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate polled 6,640,809...

Ayawaso Central constituency re-elects Henry Quartey for a third term

The Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso Central constituency, Henry Quartey has secured a third term to serve as legislator. Mr Quartey won the Parliamentary...

Election 2020: Provisional results show slight rise in women elected to parliament

Over the years, female representation in parliament and in government has been quite low. Although the situation seems to be improving, the improvement has...

NPP, NDC supporters jubilate ahead of EC’s declaration of results [photos]

Although the Electoral Commission (EC) is yet to declare the results for the 2020 presidential election, some members of the governing NPP and the...

Election 2020: GJA condemns collation centre shooting, attacks on journalists

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has condemned a shooting incident and attacks on two journalists at the Ablekuma Central collation Centre by political party...

Checkout regional results released by the EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has said that it has received results from 14 regions and out of that, seven of them have been certified. The remaining...

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...

Election 2020: EC releases regional presidential results

The Electoral Commission (EC) has begun publishing Presidential results from each region even as counting continues at some collation centres in two regions. The Commission...

NDC can’t claim majority in parliament – Ben Ephson insists

Pollster and Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper Mr. Benjamin Emmanuel Ephson has said claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of winning...

EC apologises for delayed results, urges calm

The Electoral Commission late Tuesday night said it was waiting to receive collation of results from two remaining regions to enable it declare the...

Election 2020: Winners of parliamentary election

With counting underway, the Electoral Commission has begun releasing the list of the elected parliamentary candidates. Some NPP MPs retained their seats while others including...

Two persons sustain gunshot wounds in Techiman South [Video]

Two persons have sustained gunshot wounds in a shooting incident at the Techiman South constituency in the Bono East Region. The confusion is...

Majority leader retains seat

Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, retained his seat in the December 7 general election. Mr Mensah Bonsu, who is also the Majority...

Election 2020: Bawumia’s sister wins big at Walewale

The hope of a former Northern Regional Minister, Abdallah Abubakar, to enter Parliament has been dashed by the New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate for...