HomePoliticsElections

Elections

Fake Ghana Card numbers used in registering 17 persons in Pusiga – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has reported that some individuals were registered using fake Ghana Card numbers during the ongoing voter registration process at the...

2024 election: Presidential candidates must undergo psychological evaluation – Prof. Kpessa-Whyte

An astute political scientist and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Professor Michael Kpessa-Whyte, has suggested that those...

My next administration will defeat corruption – Mahama

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has pledged that his government will win the fight against corruption in Ghana. Interacting...

Archbishop Duncan-Williams warns politicians

The Founder and Presiding Archbishop of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has voiced concerns about what could befall Ghanaians should the country become...

Speak out on 2024 electoral concerns – Mahama to church leaders

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the church to speak out on issues surrounding the 2024 electoral process, emphasizing the need for...

Voter registration: Two Togolese arrested in Buem Constituency

Two Togolese have been arrested in Buem in the Jasikan District of the Oti region for allegedly attempting to partake in the ongoing voter...

Limited Voters Registration: EC corrects error on infographics

The Electoral Commission (EC) has corrected errors in the infographics shared on the ongoing limited voter registration exercise. This follows concerns raised by the Director...

We don’t work in the interest of any party – EC replies NDC

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has refuted allegations by the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Fifi Kwetey that they are working...

Constituency Watch: NPP, NDC battle over developments [Video]

https://youtu.be/6PhFKTrXW_o It was a charged atmosphere at the Baidoo Bonsoe SHTS Assembly Hall in the Ahanta West Constituency of the Western Region as parliamentary candidates...

Bawumia vows to prioritise Pwalugu Dam project

Flagbearer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has described the Pwalugu Multi-purpose Dam in the Upper East Region as a priority project and...

Election 2024: NPP has no choice but to vacate Jubilee House, hand over power – NDC

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says that any machinations of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to hold on to power will not...

Don’t attempt to rig 2024 elections – NDC warns EC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has issued a warning to the Electoral Commission (EC) against any attempts to manipulate the December general elections. The NDC...

NDC causing chaos just to drive first-time registrants away – Odarlai Parker [Listen]

The Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Parker Odarlai France, has alleged that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC)...

Voter registration exercise: Police, EC urged to ensure safety of PWDs

The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Ghana Police Service to take immediate action to...

We will restore ‘galamsey’ lands, forests — Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama says he will establish a national joint action team on mining and forestry to restore degraded lands, rehabilitate impacted...

Have confidence, trust in EC – Peace Council entreats political parties

The National Peace Council (NPC) has called on political parties and stakeholders in Ghana’s democracy to have confidence and build trust in the Electoral...

Limited Voter Registration: Campaign on to register over two million FSHS graduates

The Coalition of Free Senior High School Graduates in the Ashanti Region has encouraged first-time voters to participate in the ongoing limited voter registration...

2024 election: NPP will hand over, walk away peacefully when defeated – Henry Quartey

The Minister of Interior, Henry Quartey, has affirmed the commitment of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to ensure a peaceful transition of power if...

Voter registration: Oti Regional Police Commander cautions party agents

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Alex Acquah, the Oti Regional Police Commander, has advised party agents assigned to the voter registration centres to desist...

Voters Registration: Over 800 applicants challenged in Volta Region

The Volta Regional Directorate of Electoral Commission (EC) has recorded a total of 808 applicants, whose registration has been challenged, seven days into the...

‘There’s no fear’ – EC insists missing BVRs can’t be used to tamper with its system

The Electoral Commission (EC) has reassured the public that the missing Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) Kits cannot be utilised to access its system or...

NDC will probe gold-for-oil deal if we win 2024 polls – Mahama

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has said he will probe the gold-for-oil deal if he is elected President...

Voter registration: Nana B visits victim of Kukuom disturbance

The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has visited the young man who sustained injuries in the violence that marred the voter...

Blame Parliament for SALL disenfranchisement, not EC – Bossman Asare

The Electoral Commission (EC) has dismissed allegations by IMANI President, Franklin Cudjoe, claiming that the Commission intentionally disenfranchised the people of Santrokofi, Apkafu, Lolobi,...

Ashanti Regional Peace Council calls for violence free election on Dec 7

The Ashanti Regional Peace Council has called for a violence-free election as witnessed in Ejisu on December 7, 2024. In a statement, the Council said,...

Election 2024: IC Quaye pledges support for Henry Quartey

New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Sheikh I.C Quaye has pledged his full support for Ayawaso Central Parliamentary Candidate and MP, Henry Quartey in the...

Your statement on SALL disenfranchisement damning – Barker-Vormawor to EC 

Convener of the Fix The Country Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has criticised the Electoral Commission’s (EC) statement on the disenfranchisement of residents of Santrokofi, Apkafu,...

Was it my great grandfathers who disenfranchised SALL residents? – Angry Franklin Cudjoe asks EC

President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has hit hard at the Electoral Commission (EC) for denying any role in the disenfranchisement of the people of...

Don’t rush to publish figures – African Electoral Institute to EC

The African Electoral Institute (AEI) has advised Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) to be  meticulous to prevent errors and inaccuracies in the ongoing voter registration...

Limited registration chaos poses a risk for December polls – Peace Council worried

The National Peace Council is urging authorities to swiftly address the recent instances of violence reported at certain registration centres in the ongoing limited...

Don’t re-register if you don’t get your Voter’s ID card immediately – EC warns

The Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission, Dr Serebour Quaicoe, has warned the citizenry against re-registering when they do not immediately receive...

Ghana would struggle without the church – Bawumia

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reiterated his promise to incentivise churches and faith-based Organizations (FBOs). Dr Bawumia made...

Initial challenges with voter registration effectively addressed – Dr Serebour

The Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Serebour Quaicoe, has said the ongoing limited voter registration process is proceeding smoothly...

Arrest and prosecute persons registering minors and foreigners – EC to police

The Electoral Commission (EC) has urged the Ghana Police Service to arrest individuals registering minors and foreigners in the ongoing limited voter registration exercise. Deputy...

2024 polls: I need your prayers – Bawumia urges religious bodies

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged religious organizations to support him with prayers for a successful outcome in the...

EC apologises to 18-year-old boy arrested over double registration [Audio]

The New Juaben South Municipal Electoral Commission (EC) in the Eastern Region has apologised to an 18-year-old boy who was arrested on Saturday over...

NPP has completed over 300 projects in North East region – Bawumia

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has touted the party's developmental infrastructure in the North East region as unprecedented. According...

‘I was joking,’ – Bawumia clarifies stance on taxing churches

The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has set the records straight on his statement about incentives for churches instead of taxes. Amidst...

Kukuom disturbances: Latest on security operative who was brutally attacked [Photos]

A 37-year-old man believed to be a national security operative in the Asunafo South District of the Ahafo Region was brutally attacked during the...

Kukuom voter registration disturbance a bad signal for election 2024 – Sheikh Armiyawo Shaibu

A member of the National Peace Council, Sheikh Armiyawo Shaibu says the violent incident recorded at Kukuom and elsewhere in the ongoing limited voter...