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EC to expand voter registration to selected electoral areas in 2024

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Jean Mensa has revealed that her outfit will expand voter registration to some hard-to-reach areas in 2024. The Commission,...

Limited voter registration has brought a burden to NPP – Evans Nimako

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Director of Election, Evans Nimako, has said the ongoing limited voter registration has brought a burden to the party. According to...

Parliament partly to blame for EC’s inability to decentralise registration process – Jean Mensa

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa says Parliament is partly to blame for the Commission’s struggle to decentralise its registration...

Okaikoi North attack: Attempt to throw mud at me has failed – Assemblyman

The Assemblyman for Woeyeman Electoral Area, Patrick Awuku, has refuted allegations by some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that he was involved...

NPP reacts to Alan-CPP partnership

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Director of Elections, Evans Nimako has described as hearsay claims that former Trade Minister, Alan Kyerematen, is seeking to...

Tamale: EC accuses political parties of registering minors

The office of the Electoral Commission (EC) in the Tamale Metropolis is expressing grave concern over what it says are attempts by political parties...

Limited voter registration: EC sends important message to officers

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has reminded its officers of their crucial role in ensuring the smooth running of the limited voter registration...

Limited registration: EC reacts to claims of disenfranchising eligible voters

The Electoral Commission (EC) has dismissed claims of disenfranchising eligible voters in the ongoing limited voter registration exercise. Addressing a press conference, EC Chairperson,...

It will be difficult for NPP to win 2024 elections – Frimpong-Boateng

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has predicted a tough contest for the party in the 2024...

EC registers 182,831 new voters in six days in ongoing limited registration exercise

Six days into the ongoing limited voter registration exercise, the Electoral Commission has registered 182,831 new voters. The 21-day exercise, which started on September 12,...

More than 3,000 eligible youth in riverine North Tongu face disenfranchisement  

More than 3,000 youth who have attained voting age in the North Tongu Constituency of the Volta Region risk missing out on the ongoing...

I’ll complete all unfinished NPP projects — Mahama

Former President and flag bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has vowed to complete any unfinished projects, including those...

Voter registration: Tension in Shai Osudoku as NDC demands release of Youth Organizer

There is a political tension at Shai Osudoku constituency in Greater Accra region following the arrest of Constituency Youth Organizer of the opposition National...

We’re trying to protect the sanctity of the voters’ register – EC

Director of Elections at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Serebuor Quaicoe, says the outfit as part of its mandate is concerned with protecting the...

Address network challenges, congestion in voter registration exercise – Mahama to EC

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to take steps to address network challenges and congestion in...

Limited voter registration: Aspiring Assembly members offer free transport

Some aspiring assembly members are taking advantage of the ongoing limited voters’ registration exercise to shore up their support for the upcoming district level...

Limited voter registration: Some applicants in Ashanti region spend the night in queue

Some applicants in the limited voter registration exercise in the Asokore Mampong Municipality in the Ashanti region have had to pass the night at...

Egyapa Mercer drags EC over limited voter registration

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Sekondi Constituency, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, has joined some colleagues who have bitterly complained about the ongoing limited voter...

I’m Ghana’s hope – Akoto Afriyie

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has expressed confidence in securing victory in the presidential primary scheduled for November 4,...

Limited Voter Registration Exercise: Misplaced cards will be attended to later – EC

The District Electoral Officer for the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly has appealed to residents who have misplaced their cards to abstain from partaking in...

NPP flagbearer balloting: Check out positions of aspirants

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has held balloting for its flagbearer hopefuls ahead of the presidential primary scheduled for November 4, 2023. The election...

Limited Voters registration: I’m not happy about EC’s posture – Titus Glover

“I’m not happy with the posture of the Electoral Commission (EC) because somebody sitting somewhere will say government is behind it". These are the...

EC revises target for Limited Voter Registration exercise

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) will register new voters onto the electoral roll ahead of the December 19 District Level Elections from Tuesday,...

EC starts limited voters’ registration exercise today

The Electoral Commission (EC) will commence the limited voter registration exercise today, September 12, 2023, despite an injunction application by some political parties against...

Limited voter registration: EC, NPP seeking to disenfranchise Ghanaians – Afaglo

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marrer Ghana Limited, Susatgad Boat Building and Fishing Industry, Novihoho Afaglo, has passionately appealed to Ghanaians to participate...

I’m focused on recapturing Kpandai seat for NPP – Richard Nyamah

A former Deputy Spokesperson for Alan Kyerematen’s campaign, Richard Nyamah, says he has refocused his attention on recapturing the Kpandai seat for the New...

NPP flagbearer race: Catherine Afeku joins Bawumia’s camp

A former spokesperson for Alan Kyerematen’s campaign, Catherine Afeku, has thrown her support behind Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the New Patriotic Party...

NPP begins election in orphan constituencies on Sunday

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will kick-start the election of its parliamentary candidates in 17 out of the 137 constituencies where the party...

NDC can never be afraid of Bawumia; I’ll even beat him in an election – Mustapha Gbande

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has downplayed assertions that the party is scared of an election between Vice...

Adopt Kwabena Agyepong’s six-point plan – NPP presidential aspirants told

Former Adentan Member of Parliament (MP) Kojo Adu-Asare has urged the presidential aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to consult Kwabena Agyapong for...

We don’t support coups – NDC declares

The largest opposition political party in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will not support any military adventurists to stage a coup...

Former Minister withdraws from NPP parliamentary race

Former Chieftaincy Minister, Dr Samuel Kofi Dzamesi, has withdrawn from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ketu North parliamentary race in the Volta region. The decision,...

APM’s petition against Tinubu incompetent – Tribunal

The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed as incompetent, the case the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, filed to nullify President...

It’ll be difficult for Alan to accept running mate offer from Bawumia – Gyampo

A senior political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has emphasized the difficulties of Alan Kyerematen accepting a running offer...

Ashanti region will reject Alan as an independent candidate – KNUST lecturer

A senior Political Science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has cautioned former presidential hopeful, Alan Kyerematen to abort...

Akoto Afriyie speaks on Alan’s withdrawal from NPP presidential race

The campaign team of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential hopeful, Dr Owusu Akoto Afriyie, has dismissed a purported statement condemning his contender, Alan Kyerematen,...

Alan’s withdrawal from presidential race good for NPP – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has said the withdrawal of Alan Kyerematen from the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) presidential race is a good thing. According...

NPP flagbearer race: Alan postpones address

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful, Alan Kyerematen, has postponed a media engagement that was scheduled for today, September 5, 2023. This was announced in...

Akufo-Addo, Bawumia must be held accountable for corruption in Ghana – Mahama

Former President John Mahama has said the incompetence of the Akufo-Addo led administration has completely eroded Ghana's democratic goodwill. In his view, political credibility is...

NPP will become totally lawless, party of confusion if … – Former General Secretary

Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Ohene Ntow, has urged the leadership of the party to tread cautiously in its...