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EC warns ‘Guarantor Contractors’

Following its attention drawn to people guaranteeing for non-natives in the ongoing voters' registration exercise, the Electoral Commission (EC) has issued a warning. According to...

Voters Registration: EC admits to ‘over-computation’ in Ashanti Regional figures but denies “rigging plots”

The Electoral Commission has confirmed figures of registrants submitted to its headquarters from two districts in Ashanti Region were over-computed. Regional Director, Benjamin Bannor Bio, has...

Kanye West drops out of presidential race

Kanye West has reportedly withdrawn from the United States presidential race, less than two weeks after announcing that he would run. A member of West’s...

Deputy CEO of MASLOC must be probed – GII

The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has disclosed that it will petition the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to further...

I never used State money to campaign or buy votes – Says Deputy MASLOC CEO

The Deputy MASLOC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) says reports that she admitted to using state funds for political campaigns and vote-buying are completely false. Abibata...

Check out how much govt has invested in COVID-19 testing

Government has spent over 35 million dollars on COVID-19 testing since the pandemic broke, Deputy Minister of Health, Bernard Okoe-Boye has revealed. He indicated that...

Student stabbed to death over confusion between NDC, NPP at registration centre [photo+audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Student killed after clashes at registration centre in Bono Region A 28-year-old man has died after he was stabbed in the back at...

Voters’ Register brutalities: John Dumelo in ‘tears’

Aspiring Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, is disappointed in the violence meted out to some National Democratic Congress (NDC)...

Peace Council condemns violence at registration centres

The National Peace Council has condemned the act of violence recorded in some parts of the country amidst the ongoing mass registration exercise. Chairman of...

Photos of Akufo-Addo chairing virtual Cabinet meeting from the Presidential Villa

President Nana Akufo-Addo chaired a virtual Cabinet meeting today, July 14, 2020. Today’s meeting was the 80th of its kind, the Information Ministry indicated. Due to...

Ofosu-Ampofo’s case at Supreme Court adjourned indefinitely

The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo’s attempt to exclude a witness statement in his ongoing trial has been...

EC identifies 63 duplicate identity numbers

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it has identified a total of 63 duplicate identity numbers in the ongoing voters' registration exercise. In a statement, the...

Over 40,000 names added to new register – NDC claims

The Ashanti Regional branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is claiming the yet-to-be compiled voters Register is already bloated. The party claimed over...

Voters’ Register: We are fighting the ‘Father, Son and Holy Spirit’- Asiedu Nketia

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, says the party is ready to fight authorities in the quest to ensure...

How my three girls have changed my personality – Rawlings reveals [audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · My three daughters have changed me – Rawlings Former President Jerry John Rawlings says it is not an accident that he has given...

I’ll be proud to have Jane Opoku-Agyemang as a family member, but… NPP’s Nana B

The National Youth Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, known in the political circles as ‘Nana-B’, has kicked against...

A look inside Ghana’s presidential villa [Video]

Ghana’s presidential villa is located at the country’s presidential palace, Golden Jubilee House. The Jubilee House serves as the seat of government for the...

Chairman Wontumi sued!

Business mogul, Ibrahim Mahama, has hit Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, (Chairman Wontumi) with a defamation suit. The suit follows...

EC responds to NDC’s suit

The Electoral Commission (EC) has responded to a suit brought against it by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) over its registration of voters...

Parliament approves GH¢1.6m tax waiver for purchase of devices to monitor weather, earthquakes

Parliament has approved an amount of GH¢1.6 million tax waiver to procure equipment to monitor weather, earthquake movements in the country. The approval of the...

GIS beefs up security at Bunkpurugu over voters’ registration

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has beefed up security at the various borders and unapproved routes in the Bunkpurugu district of the North East...

Stop busing applicants – EC warns political parties

The Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday warned parliamentary candidates and operatives of political parties to desist from transporting applicants to registration centres. This is because...

Otiko Djaba ‘spits’ fire over fake story

Former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba, has invoked curses on persons she claimed are denigrating her. "God will punish you...

Covid-19: Akufo-Addo endangering lives of students and teachers – NDC

The Covid-19 technical team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has added its voice to calls for the closure of schools by the government...

Full Speech: Seventh edition of NDC’s weekly press briefing

SPEECH DELIVERED BY COMRADE SAMMY GYAMFI, NATIONAL COMMUNICATION OFFICER OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (NDC), AT THE 7TH EDITION OF THE NDC’S WEEKLY PRESS...

10 reasons why Akufo-Addo has lost fight against Covid-19 – NDC tells Ghanaians

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has outlined 10 reasons why it believes the Akufo-Addo-led administration has lost the fight against Covid-19. According to the...

EC withdraws NDC PC’s voter ID card over fake information

The voter's identity card of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Cape Coast North has been withdrawn by the Electoral Commission (EC)....

Akufo-Addo sends message to NPP communications team [Video]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is urging his Communications Advisory Team to ensure that their messages for this year's campaign do not...

NDC party agents demand withdrawal of EC officer

Some National Democratic Congress (NDC) party agents in the Ablekuma West Constituency are demanding the withdrawal of a registration officer as they accuse him...

NDC calls for immediate closure of SHSs across the country

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is calling for the immediate closure of all Senior High Schools (SHS) in the country. The demand, the party says,...

Police commander denies disrespecting Yaa-Naa

The Divisional Police Commander for Yendi, Superintendent Peter Kofi Ayerizeng, has denied reports of showing gross disrespect to the Overlord of the Dagbon State,...

Police arrests nine for disrupting registration exercise

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested two persons who disrupted the registration exercise. Seven of their accomplices who tried freeing them while police was...

Rawlings’ prediction on daughter, Zanetor’s political career [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Rawlings’ prediction on daughter, Zanetor’s political career Former President Jerry John Rawlings is of the firm conviction that his daughter, Dr Zanetor Rawlings,...

Nana B clears air on SHS registration tour

National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party, Henry Boakye, has dismissed reports of flouting Covid-19 protocols with his Senior High Schools tour. Pictures on...

Rawlings reveals who he voted for in 2016 polls [listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Rawlings reveals who he voted for in 2016 polls Former President Jerry John Rawlings says he voted for his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman...

How candidates bought votes in NPP Primaries

A Corruption Watch investigation has found that the deputy MASLOC CEO, Hajia Abibata Shani Mahama Zakaria facilitated the use of MASLOC money to allegedly...

Health Students blast Nana B, call for sanction against SHS heads…

The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Boakye (Nana B), is in deeper waters as the National Health Students Association...

Women at Walewale march in support of Jane Opoku-Agyemang

Market women and some women groups at Walewale in the North East region have welcomed the decision and praised former President John Mahama for...

New video reveals state of President Akufo-Addo in self-isolation [Watch]

President Nana Akufo-Addo was on Sunday, July 12, 2020, seen in a live Facebook stream interacting with some members of the New Patriotic Party...

EC to extend registration period at delayed centres [Read]

The Electoral Commission (EC) has made plans to make amends for the lost time at some registration centres where the process delayed today, July...