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2024 polls: Don’t surrender your Ghana Card to any security personnel – Mahama to Aflao residents

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has urged residents living near the Aflao border to resist any attempts by...

NRSA develops codes for political parties to reduce election-related crashes

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has unveiled a new ‘Road Safety Code of Practice for Political Activities’ designed to mitigate road-related fatalities during...

Parliament set to pass Boundary Commission Act

Lands and Forestry Committee Chairman of Parliament, Francis Manu-Adabor, has assured that the Boundary Commission Act will soon be passed by Parliament to enhance...

2024 polls: We’re hopeful NDC will sign peace pact – Peace Council

The National Peace Council remains optimistic that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will eventually agree to sign the peace pact ahead of the...

NDC is the only party with outstanding intellectual capacity – Otokunor

Chairman of the NDC 2024 Manifesto Planning Committee, Dr. Peter Boamah Otokunor, has underscored the National Democratic Congress (NDC)'s intellectual and policy strengths. Dr Otokunor...

Unworthy politicians engage in vote-buying – Collins Dauda

Collins Dauda, the Member of Parliament for Asutifi South in the Ahafo Region and a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has strongly...

2024 polls: NPP ready for presidential debate – Kodua Frimpong

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong has confirmed the party's readiness to participate in the upcoming presidential and...

Bimbilla: I won’t go independent – Disqualified NPP parliamentary aspirant

The disqualified NPP parliamentary aspirant for the Bimbilla constituency, Ahmed Zaruk Nuhu, has announced that he will not run as an independent candidate in...

2024 polls: We’re still engaging political parties on presidential debate – IEA

A member of the committee formed by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) to oversee the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential debates, Dr. Humphery...

Bawumia’s policies will benefit all Ghanaians – Napo assures

Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the running mate to the New Patriotic Party’s presidential candidate for election 2024, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured Ghanaians that...

German Ambassador to Ghana predicts possible runoff in Ghana’s election

German Ambassador to Ghana, Daniel Krull, has predicted that Ghana’s upcoming presidential election might require a second round of voting. He noted that while the...

NPP constructed all landmark projects in Tepa – Ahafo North NPP PC

The governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Parliamentary candidate for Ahafo Ano North Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Nana Agyeman Prempeh, has stated that all...

NPP to settle on Andrew Asiamah as 2024 candidate for Fomena

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will settle on Andrew Asiamah Amoako, the second deputy Speaker of Parliament and independent Member of Parliament (MP) for...

Agona Swedru market women go wild on Cynthia Morrison

Some market women at Agona Swedru in the Central region are enraged by the decision of Agona West Member of Parliament (MP) Cynthia Morrison to...

NPP Manifesto: Bawumia’s 10 bold solutions to 10 major sports problems

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched his manifesto for the 2024 Elections, titled "Bold Solutions." True to its...

I sympathise with NDC’s concern but don’t align with their conditions – Prof Agyeman-Duah

A former UN Senior Governance Advisor, Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah, has expressed concerns regarding the conditions outlined by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) before...

We’ve not predicted violence in Ghana’s 2024 elections – ECOWAS

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has refuted claims that it predicted violence during Ghana’s 2024 general elections. According to The Herald...

NPP to enforce mandatory school enrollment for children at age 4 – Dr. Prince Armah

The Education Manifesto Chair for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Prince Hamid Armah, has announced the party's intention to ensure mandatory enrolment of...

Election 2024: IEA inaugurates presidential debate committee

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has inaugurated a 9-member presidential debate committee in preparation for the 2024 general elections. The committee is set to...

Intermittent rains, low turn-out characterise voter register exhibition in Ashanti

Intermittent rains, coupled with cold weather and low turn-out, characterized the first day of the voter register exhibition exercise in the Ashanti region. The seven-day...

2024 polls: Address NDC concerns on peace pact – MFWA

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has underscored the importance of addressing concerns raised by political parties before signing any peace agreement. This statement...

If Atta Mills had a ghost, you would be in jail by now – Napo to Mahama [Audio]

The running mate of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has taken a swipe at the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress...

Our hands are so bloody – Rev Opuni-Frimpong on electoral deaths 

The Executive Director, of Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa, Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong has expressed worry over the inaction in dealing with electoral violence...

Bernard Mornah, Apasera lead PNC presidential race as vetting begins

The People's National Convention (PNC) has scheduled Thursday and Friday for the vetting of 17 aspirants, seeking to occupy various positions in the upcoming...

Church and Peace Council solely committed to nation’s peace, stability, and development – Bishop’s Conference

The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) has dismissed accusations by the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it has been indifferent...

2024 election: Opuni-Frimpong appeals to Asiedu Nketia to sign peace pact

The former General Secretary of the Christian Council, Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong has called on the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson...

2024 election: NPP’s Cynthia Morrison goes independent

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Agona West, Cynthia Morrison, has declared her intention to contest the 2024 parliamentary elections as an...

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lectures: African Parliaments blamed for democratic failings

Ambassador Arikana Chihombori-Quao, a former Permanent Representative of the African Union to the United Nations, has taken Parliaments in Africa to task for not...

NPP has penchant for cutting sod for projects without funds – NDC chairman

The Northern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of frequently initiating projects without securing the...

2024 election: 19 independent presidential candidates pick nomination forms

Director of Training at the Electoral Commission(EC), Dr Serebour Quaicoe has revealed that 19 individuals have picked nomination forms to run as independent presidential...

Trust EC to conduct free and fair election – CODEO tells political parties

The Coalition for Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has advised political parties to trust the Electoral Commission’s (EC) ability to conduct free and fair elections. According...

Prime lands allegedly sold to NPP appointees, politically exposed persons at La Wireless – Part I

Fresh interceptions as part of my ongoing special parliamentary oversight on State Capture reveal that the canker is deeper and more widespread than initially...

15 key highlights of EC’s press conference on Provisional Voters Register Exhibition

Date and Time of the Exhibition The Exhibition of the Provisional Voters Register begins on Tuesday, 20th August and ends on Tuesday,  27th August,...

NPP remains the best – Napo

Running mate of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has told Ghanaians that not all governments are the same. According to him, between...

Minority: COCOBOD’s self-financing decision a “face-saving” move to mask crisis

The Minority in Parliament has strongly criticized the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) for its recent decision to switch to self-financing for the 2024/2025 cocoa...

We must engage NDC on peace pact – WANEP

Executive Director of the West Africa Network for Peace-Building (WANEP), Levinia Addae-Mensah, is urging stakeholders to address concerns causing the National Democratic Congress (NDC)...

2024 polls: Vote for a ‘brand new, tear-rubber President’ – Bawumia

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged Ghanaians to vote for a "brand new, tear-rubber President" with fresh...

Public Accounts Committee refutes allegations of bribery

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Parliament, James Klutse Avedzi, has refuted claims that the Committee is culpable in bribery incidents. Over...

Former Power Minister takes on AG over $134m judgement debt to Trafigura

Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor has chastised the Attorney-General, Godfred Dame for failing to settle all legal liabilities accruing from a 134 million...

NPP has nothing new to offer Ghana’s youth – NDC

The youth wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has dismissed the policies proposed by the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr...