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Full list of approved NPP parliamentary aspirants

The New Patriotic Party’s highest decision making body, the National Executive Council (NEC) has made public the names of all parliamentary aspirants cleared to...

Pastor threatens Jean Mensa

One Apostle Kwabena Owusu Adjei of the Hezekiah Apostolic Prayer Ministry has threatened the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa.Mr Agyei,...

Pastor takes on Akufo-Addo, EC boss over new Voters Register

A self-acclaimed pastor, identified as Kwabena Owusu Agyei of the Hezekiah Apostolic Prayer Ministry, has criticised President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo....

Gushiegu MP withdraws from NPP parliamentary race

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Gushiegu constituency in the Northern region, Dr Ziblim Iddi, has announced his withdrawal from the party's...

Majority leader to go unopposed as NPP’s NEC clears 106 aspirants in Ashanti region

National Executive Committee (NEC) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has cleared about 106 aspirants to contest the upcoming parliamentary primaries slated for June...

Over 3 million Ghana Cards to be issued from June 8

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it will issue 3,875,441 Ghana Cards to applicants in 5,635 registration centres in all the regions concurrently, from...

Gomoa Dominase NPP supporters invoke curses on party executives [Video]

A group of aggrieved supporters of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Gomoa Dominase in the Central region have invoked curses...

From ‘Strong Room’ to studio: Former EC boss Charlotte Osei turns TV host (Photo)

A former chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei, has taken up a new challenge as a business TV host on Accra-based GHOne TV.Addressing her audience immediately...

NPP supporters vandalise party office at Saboba [Photos + Video]

Some angry Saboba Constituency supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern region have locked up the party office and...

NPP’s Nasara Coordinator begins campaign to mobilise Zongos for new Voters Register

The National Nasara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Abdul-Aziz Haruna Futa, has embarked on a tour of the 16 Regions of the...

Oppong-Nkrumah reacts to Supreme Court questioning EC’s refusal to use old voter IDs

Ghana's Information Minister says there is no basis for anyone to jubilate over the Supreme Court’s questioning of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) basis for...

2 years after Anas aired ‘Number 12’, new court documents pop up

It’s been two years.Two years since Tiger Eye PI premiered videos that showed officials of Ghana Football Association (GFA) in compromising positions.Two years since...

We’ll resist any attempt to disrupt EC’s registration exercise – Mame Yaa Aboagye

The Deputy Communications Director of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mame Yaa Aboagye, says the NPP will resist any attempt by the opposition...

Juaben NPP supporters invoke curses on party executives [video]

About 300 New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters in the Juaben Constituency of the Ashanti Region defied Covid-19 safety protocols to demonstrate against the disqualification of their preferred...

‘Cursed’ MP reacts to angry youth demo [Video]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Offinso South, Ben Abdallah Bandah, has described as unnecessary curses invoked on New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives...

Parliament freezes approval of EC’s CI after ranking member is accused of doctoring report

Parliament has halted the approval of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) Constitutional Instrument (C.I. 126) laid before it to exclude the old voters identity card...

NDC’s unprecedented projects only exists in Green Book – Akufo-Addo mocks

The President says the claim by the Mahama administration that it embarked on unprecedented infrastructure projects during its tenure is fictional and only exists...

Marry two wives or more – Ras Mubarak urges men

Kumbungu Member of Parliament, Ras Mubarak, has encouraged African men to marry at least two wives since it is an exciting thing to do.According...

Claims of unprecedented infrastructure was fantasy and only exists in NDC’s Green Book – Akufo-Addo

The President says the claim by the Mahama administration that it embarked on an unprecedented infrastructure projects during its tenure is fictional and only...

The moment J.J. Rawlings coughed while delivering his June 4 speech [Watch]

Founder of the National Democratic Congress and former President, Jerry John Rawlings, while delivering his speech to mark the 41st anniversary of...

NPP primaries: NEC clears disqualified aspirants

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has given the green light to some disqualified aspirants to contest its parliamentary...

Dormaa Central NPP supporters go beserk; burn party property [video]

A group of irate youth of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region has...

Why we cursed party leadership – Angry NPP members explain [Video]

Some angry youth of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who resorted to cursing the leadership of their party over their decision to disqualify their...

Real story behind the June 4 uprising

On June 4, 1979, Ghana was ushered into its morning life with an announcement on radio by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings of a change...

Kevin Taylor attacks Sarkodie over Sammy Gyamfi [Watch]

Ghanaian journalist, Kevin Taylor, has attacked rapper Sarkodie for wading into tweets by National Democratic Congress’ Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi.According to him, if he has...

Angry NPP members at Offinso curse party leadership (Watch)

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has incurred the wrath of some youth of Offinso in the Ashanti region.This was after they claimed the party...

Mills’ handlers made me the enemy, instead of investigating Kufuor’s govt – Rawlings

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has revealed that he made several attempts, albeit unsuccessful, to get the Atta Mills-led administration to investigate certain “callous”...

Asiedu Nketia gives prophecy on Bawumia’s political future [Video]

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia can never become flagbearer of...

NDC officials face prosecution over Saglemi housing project

Some former government officials of the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) are to be arraigned before court in the coming days for allegedly misappropriating...

Supreme Court orders EC to provide legal basis for refusing old voter identity card

The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC ) to provide the legal basis why it decided to refuse to accept the existing...

Check out former President Rawlings’ new look [Photos]

Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Thursday spotted a new look when he addressed the virtual celebration of the 41st anniversary of the June...

New voters register: Rawlings breaks silence

Former President Jerry Rawlings has called for more consultations as the Electoral Commission (EC) prepares to compile a new voters register for the December...

Covid-19 Lockdown Expenditure: NADMO official sends message to NDC [Video]

Communications Director for the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), George Ayisi, has asked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stop the propaganda about the...

Provide legal basis for excluding voter ID – Supreme Court tells EC

The Supreme Court (SC) has demanded that the Electoral Commission (EC) provide for its consideration, a legal basis for the Commission’s exclusion of the...

Listen: Govt’s response to Minority’s petition to Auditor-General

JoyNews/AdomNews · Govt response to Minority’s petition to Auditor GeneralGovernment has described as premature the Minority’s petition to the Auditor-General to conduct a special...

Mahama wades into cartoon saga with interesting posts

Former President John Dramani Mahama has waded into the cartoon brouhaha which saw the National Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy...

NPP sets new date for parliamentary primaries

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has scheduled June 20, 2020, to hold its parliamentary primaries in the 168 constituencies where the party has sitting...

Kweku Baako reveals how weed sustained him in prison

Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, has recounted how weed (marijuana) sustained and kept him busy while undergoing cruel...

Asiedu Nketia courts support for stance against voters’ registration requirements

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), the largest opposition party in the country, has called on all citizens to join the crusade to get the...

Parliament’s Subsidiary Legislation Committee okays controversial EC C.I.

Parliament’s Subsidiary Legislation Committee has voted on Wednesday to greenlight the controversial Constitutional Instrument (C.I. 126) that will give legal backing to the Electoral...