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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...

Mustapha Gbande denies alleged role in Ablekuma North rerun violence

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has denied allegations made by Alexander Afenyo-Markin. According to him, the Member of Parliament...

Minority blasts gov’t appointees for ‘celebrating violence’ in Ablekuma North

The Minority in Parliament has criticised senior officials in President John Mahama’s administration for allegedly endorsing and celebrating violence during the Ablekuma North parliamentary...

Photos from the Ablekuma North re-run

The Electoral Commission (EC) conducted a rerun on Friday, July 11, across 19 polling stations in the Ablekuma North constituency. This followed disruptions during the...

NPP’s Amfo Sefa vows to ‘arm up’ for Akwatia

Dennis Amfo Sefa, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate for Tema West in the 2024 general election, has openly called for armed readiness in...

Minority condemns violence, police inaction in Ablekuma North rerun

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has expressed deep concern over what it describes as widespread violence and disorder during the parliamentary rerun elections held...

NDC’s Ewurabena Aubynn wins Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has reclaimed the Ablekuma North parliamentary seat after Ewurabena Aubynn secured a narrow victory in the closely contested rerun. According...

Ablekuma North rerun: A win was expected because we worked hard – Ewurabena Aubynn

The newly-elected Member of Parliament for Ablekuma North, Ewurabena Aubynn, says she feels proud and fulfilled after being declared the winner in the parliamentary...

Ablekuma North rerun: “We neither sleep nor slumber,” – NPP PC

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Ablekuma North rerun, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, has reaffirmed her commitment to vigilance and accountability...

Ablekuma North rerun: Provisional results so far

Provisional results from the Ablekuma North rerun are coming in quickly from all 19 polling stations, with early figures showing tight races in key...

Ablekuma North rerun: NPP Deputy National Organiser brutally assaulted

The Deputy National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Chris Lloyd Nii Kwei Asamoah, was brutally assaulted at the St. Peter’s Polling Station...

My phone was forcibly taken – Hawa Koomson breaks silence on assault

Former Awutu Senya East MP, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has broken her silence following the alleged assault during the parliamentary election rerun at the Ablekuma...

Ablekuma North rerun: Videos of some attacks could be AI-generated – Anthony Nukpenu 

The Greater Accra Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Nukpenu, has questioned the authenticity of some viral videos purportedly showing acts...

Exposed: Face of thug who attacked JOYNEWS journalist at Ablekuma North rerun

This is the face of the man who assaulted JOYNEWS digital journalist Sally Martey during violent scenes at the Ablekuma North constituency parliamentary rerun...

I don’t feel sorry one bit for Hawa Koomson – Hannah Bissiw [Audio]

National Women’s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Louisa Hannah Bissiw, says she feels no sympathy for former Awutu Senya East MP,...

Sam George tells Bawumia to ‘shut up’ over Ablekuma North violence

Ningo-Prampram MP and Minister for Communications, Samuel Nartey George, has lashed out at NPP flagbearer Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over his comments on the violence...

Gov’t condemns assault on journalists in Ablekuma North election rerun

The government has condemned the assault on two journalists who were covering the Ablekuma North election re-run, describing the incident as both regrettable and...

Bawumia condemns attacks amidst Ablekuma North rerun

Former Vice President and 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has condemned the violent attacks recorded in parts of the...

Providing transport support to voters does not constitute vote-buying – Minister

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Linda Ocloo, has dismissed allegations that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma North, Ewurabena Aubynn, is engaging...