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I planned to make slain Mfansteman MP a minister in my next gov’t – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Add has said he had a plan of making the murdered Member of Parliament for Mfansteman, Ekow Quansah Hayford a...

Gyampo sends message to ‘weak’ presidential aspirants

Political Scientist at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo has taken on the numerous presidential aspirants who have filed their nominations to contest...

Challenge election results in court if… Otumfuo to political parties

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has advised political parties to follow laid down procedures to if they are unsatisfied with the outcome of the...

Wife of murdered Mfantseman MP inconsolable as Akufo-Addo visits family [Video]

Wife of late Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman constituency, Ekow Quansah Hayford, is inconsolable following the brutal murder of her husband. Grief-stricken Ophelia Hayford,...

Accident claims NPP campaign manager’s life

A Campaign Manager of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Tolon constituency of the Northern Region has died in a ghastly motorbike accident. Reports...

Akufo-Addo charges IGP to apprehend killers of late Mfantseman MP [Video]

President Akufo-Addo has charged the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to ensure that the killers of late Mfantseman MP are apprehended. He said the murder...

NPP to replace murdered Mfantseman MP in 10 days

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Mfantseman Constituency in the Central Region is implementing processes to replace the party’s murdered aspirant, Ekow Quansah...

Tarkwa-Nsuem MP, family flee Dompim after attack

The family members of the Tarkwa Nsuem Member of Parliament (MP) have fled the town of Dompim after several of them sustained machete wounds...

Oppong-Nkrumah reacts to reports of arrest of govt official in UK [video]

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has dismissed reports that a government official been arrested with £26 million in the United Kingdom (UK). According to...

Ben Ephson’s prediction on Damongo seat [Read]

Pollster Ben Ephson has predicted a loss for incumbent Member of Parliament for Damongo Constituency Adam Mutawakilu in the December 7 parliamentary elections. The Ranking...

A/R: EC boss attacked in Highway robbery

The Ashanti Regional (A/R) head of the Electoral Commission (EC), Benjamin Bannor, has reportedly been robbed at gunpoint on the Anwiankwanta-Obuasi highway. Starr News sources...

John Dumelo sympathises with Ayawaso West flood victims [Video]

Actor-turned politician, John Dumelo, has sympathised with flood victims after many were displaced in his constituency due to the heavy downpour in Accra over...

Afari-Gyan speaks on crucial 2020 polls

Former Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Djan, has urged Ghanaian youth to be responsible in their actions before, during and after the...

We will all die if…Titus-Glover sends strong message to Speaker over MP’s murder [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Titus Glover sends strong message to Speaker of Parliament over murder of Mfantseman MP Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East, Daniel Kwartei...

US Election 2020: The other 1,214 candidates running for president

The United States (US) has had presidents for more than 230 years, but only the first – George Washington – has ever been elected...

Violence free peaceful election is what we’re portraying in Awutu Senya West – George Andah

Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya West Constituency Hon Neenyi George Andah has appealed to his Constituents particularly the Elephant faithful to desist...

I’m ready to die to free Ghana from Akufo-Addo’s terrible leadership – Akamba

National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joshua Akamba, has promised to do all he can to liberate Ghana from the bad leadership...

NDC will win presidential elections – Asiedu Nketia

Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has predicted that the party would win the presidential elections by...

Four ready to battle NDC’s Akatsi South MP for Parliamentary seat

Four persons have filed to battle the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the Akatsi South, Mr Bernard Ahiafor in...

Presidential aspirants to know their position on this date

The Electoral Commission (EC) may on Wednesday, October 14, organise a balloting session for cleared Presidential Aspirants, a source at the EC disclosed to...

Thousands pour out to support Hon Ntim Fordjour’s 2nd parliamentary bid

Coming events, they say, cast their shadows and if that saying is anything to go by then good fortune awaits Assin South Member of...

Mireku Duker, Charles Bissue smoke peace pipe

A five-member committee set up by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to broker peace between Tarkwa Nsuaem Member of Parliament, George Mireku Duker and...

Akufo-Addo reveals saddest day of his political life

President Akufo-Addo has recounted how December 8, 2012, became the saddest day of his political life. This, according to him, was not just because he...

Asantehemaa blesses Bawumia [Photos]

Queenmother of the Asante Kingdom, Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III, has blessed Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and the government of President Akufo-Addo with...

Don’t sell your authority to politicians – CEO advises chiefs

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marrer Ghana Limited and Sustgad Boat Building and Fishing Industry, Novihoho Afaglo, has cautioned the chiefs and traditional...

Why I did not go independent – Ama Sey reveals

Member of Parliament (MP) for Akwatia, Mercy Adu Gyamfi, known as Ama Sey has revealed that the Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin II prevailed...

Central Region NPP suspends campaign over MP’s killing

The Central Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suspended campaign activities in the Region for the next three days following the...

Election 2020: NDC will win 54% of total votes – Asiedu Nketia

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, thas predicted that the party would win the presidential elections by 57...

Paramount chief tells Mahama why he lost 2016 elections

The paramount chief of Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Area, Okatakyie Kwasi Bumanagama II has told former President John Mahama that his appointees caused his unprecedented...

Check out names of presidential candidates for 2020 elections

At the end of filing of nominations, 17 aspirants filed for the 2020 presidential race. The number was arrived at as of Friday, October 9,...

Professionals for Political Action to begin grassroots manifesto education for NPP

A body within the New Patriotic Party (NPP), known as Professionals for Political Action (PPA, has launched an agenda to disseminate the party’s manifesto...

Sad: Driver of murdered Mfantseman MP also dies

The driver of the murdered Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman Constituency, Ekow Kwansah Hayford, has also died while on admission at a hospital. He...

EC closes filing of nomination

The Electoral Commission (EC) on Friday, October 9, closed the window for the filing of nomination forms for the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. A...

I’m pained – Bawumia mourns murdered Mfantseman MP

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is in deep pain after learning about the death of Mfantseman Member of Parliament (MP), Ekow Quansah Hayford. The Mfantseman...

‘I believe in Akua Donokor’

Radio host Adakabre Frimpong Manso says he accepted to be the running mate of the Founder and Leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP),...

Start preparing your hand over notes – Sam George to Akufo-Addo

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has tasked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to start preparing his hand over notes...

2020 polls: Being an independent candidate is a waste of time – Stonebwoy

Popular Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy, has discussed politics relating to contesting a seat as an independent candidate. Stonebwoy is doubtful any independent candidate will survive in...

I just can’t accept this – Haruna Iddrisu mourns Mfantseman murdered MP

Tamale South MP Haruna Iddrisu says he is in shock after learning about the death of his Mfantseman colleague, Ekow Quansah Hayford. Speaking on the...

Interior Minister summoned over killing of Mfantseman MP

Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has been summoned to appear before Parliament to brief Members of Parliament (MPs) on the killing of Mfantseman...

MPs advised to restrict night movement after colleague’s murder

The Leadership of Parliament has directed Members of Parliament (MPs) to restrict their movements at night following the killing of their colleague MP, Ekow...