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Election 2020: NPP man reveals greatest fear

The Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency has revealed his greatest fear for the incumbent government ahead of the 2020 elections. Justin...

December polls will be peaceful – Akufo-Addo assures

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians that the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections will be peaceful. The President gave the assurance when addressing...

We’re not just building infrastructure, we’re building a nation – Bawumia

Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has said government is focused on the holistic development of the country, touting the Akufo-Addo administrations infrastructural projects around...

Edward Mahama bows out of PNC presidential race

Dr Edward Nasigre Mahama, the five-time presidential candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC), will not be contesting this year’s presidential election. “I am stepping...

NDC’s apology over cancellation of teacher trainee allowance [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NDC apologises for cancellation of teacher trainee allowance The Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has apologised for the cancellation of...

The Big Youth Debate: Nana B, Pablo clash over jobs creation

National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) George Opare Addo and New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Henry Nana Boakye have clashed over jobs created by their respective parties. The...

Rawlings’ judgment on timing of Ahwoi’s book

Former President Jerry Rawlings has disputed claims that Professor Kwamena Ahwoi's book which chronicles his experience with him is ill-timed. In the book titled...

Mahama begins 4-day tour in Volta Oti regions

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama is set to begin a four-day tour in the Oti and Volta regions....

Akufo-Addo charges police to deal with violence at registration centres

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Ghana Police Service to deal with perpetrators of violence in the just ended voters’ registration exercise. In...

Akufo-Addo commends EC for conducting ‘safe and orderly’ voters registration exercise

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended the Electoral Commission (EC) for the recently compiled new voters’ register in the midst of the COVID-19...

8 suspects remanded over Nkrankwanta violence

The Sunyani District Court has refused a bail application by eight persons over a clash at Nkrankwanta in the Bono region. They are persons suspected...

Police begin probe over EC office fire

The Accra Regional Police Command has begun an investigation into the cause of the fire that destroyed the Electoral Commission (EC) office at Sapeiman...

Agya Koo drops 2020 election campaign song [Watch]

With few months to Ghana’s 2020 general election, award-winning actor and comedian Kofi Adu, popularly known as Agya Koo, has released a campaign song...

NPP sends message to Ghanaians over Mahama

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has expressed reservations about former President John Mahama’s promises to Ghanaians ahead of the December polls. According to the party,...

What Prof Gyampo thinks about foreigners, minors in new register

Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana, and Head of the Youth Bridge Research Institute, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has reacted to the...

EC ready to deal with foreigners, minors in new register

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced over 16.9 million total voters have been registered in the just ended mass exercise. The total number, EC boss, Mrs...

NPP Chairman suspended!

The Central Regional Executive Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suspended the Awutu Senya West Constituency Chairman, Charles Amoansah. His suspension follows a...

Prof Gyampo shares Rawlings’ ‘relationship’ with Akufo-Addo govt [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Prof Gyampo shares Rawlings' 'relationship' with Akufo-Addo gov't Prof Yaw Gyampo is of the view that the Akufo-Addo-led government has been able to...

EC reveals the number of applicants who registered without fingerprints

A number of applicants who presented themselves for registration had no fingers. This was made known by the Chairperson of the Commission, Mrs Jean...

New voters register: Women lead

The Electoral Commission has revealed that women make up 51.73% of the total 16,963,307 registered voters. According to the body there are 8 million 775...

16.9m registered voters expected to drop – EC

The Electoral Commission's (EC) provisional figures for the just-ended voters' registration exercise has pegged the total number of registered voters at 16,963,306. The EC boss,...

Thank you for believing in us – EC chair tells Ghanaians

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Adukwei Mensa, has expressed the Commission's gratitude to Ghanaians for the huge participation in the registration...

Full Text: Nineth edition of EC’s ‘Let the Citizen Know’ series

LET THE CITIZEN KNOW PRESENTATION BY CHAIRPERSON OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION, MRS JEAN MENSA ON WEDNESDAY 12TH AUGUST, 2020 AT 10:00am AT THE IPAC...

Mahama reveals real reason for 2020 comeback

Former President John Dramani Mahama has revealed his desire to help the youth of Ghana has informed his keen comeback. To the flagbearer of...

EC reveals total number of registered voters

The Electoral Commission (EC) has disclosed the total number of Ghanaians registered in the newly compiled voters register. The disclosure was made by the...

Asiedu Nketia’s judgment on Ahwoi’s book ‘Working with Rawlings’

 General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has made his view on Prof Kwamena Ahwoi’s ‘Working with Rawlings’ book known. In...

Akufo-Addo was conceived by birth to become President – Rev Owusu Bempah

The Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Prophet Isaac Owusu Bempah says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was divinely anointed by God...

7 more arrested over NPP, NDC clash at Nkrankwanta

Police in the Bono Region have arrested seven more suspects over last Saturday's clash at Nkrankwanta during the voters' register mop-up exercise. The clash between...

Asiedu Nketia descends heavily on John Boadu

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jonson Asiedu Nketia, has descended heavily on his colleague General Secretary of the New Patriotic...

NPP announces date for manifesto launch

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced it will launch its election 2020 manifesto on August 22, 2020. General Secretary of the party, John Boadu,...

We must pray for Ghana against civil uprising, bloodshed in 2020 polls – Duncan-Williams

Ghanaians must pray for Ghana seriously as the country heads to another general election, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has said. Preaching to his congregation on Sunday,...

Voters Register: More than 30,000 challenged over eligibility – EC

A total of 30,462 applicants have been challenged over their eligibility to acquire the new Voters Identification Card, the Electoral Commission has said, on...

Anyone who says I’ll cancel Free SHS is a liar – Mahama [video]

Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, has told Ghanaians that any individual who comes to them to claim that he will...

Adom FM’s Ballot Box train underway at Ablekuma South

The Adom FM Ballot Box train is currently underway at the Mamprobi Neighbourhood Centre also known as ‘Christmas in Egypt’ in the Ablekuma South constituency. The...

Voters Register: EC inaugurates committee to expunge double names

The Electoral Commission (EC) has inaugurated an adjudication committee to help expunge the names of multiple registrants from the new voters' register. The 16-member multi-stakeholder...

Minister chides Asiedu Nketia over Banda clashes

The Deputy Bono Region Minister has attributed the skirmishes that erupted at some polling stations at Banda between some military officers and prospective voters...

EC announces date for Voters Register mop-up exercise

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced the date for its planned mop-up exercise for the ongoing voters' registration exercise. The Commission will officially end the...

EC replies NDC’s Dzifa Gomashie on voters’ registration claims about Ketu South

The Electoral Commission (EC) has said a claim by an aspiring Member of Parliament that the voters' registration exercise at Ketu South in the...

Prof Opoku-Agyemang registers as a voter

Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, the Running Mate of the Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the December 7 General Election, has successfully...

Old voters ID cards still valid for business transactions – EC

The old voters’ identity card is still valid for identification related to socio-economic transactions until the Electoral Commission finishes the compilation of the the...