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2020 elections to be determined by blood sacrifices if… Duncan-Williams

Founder and Leader of the Christian Action Faith Ministries has said the 2020 general election would be full of bloodshed if Christians don't pray...

EC ‘robbing’ Ghana with 60% inflated cost of new register – IMANI

Policy Think Tank, IMANI, has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of inflating its estimated cost of acquiring a new voters’ management system by 60...

NDC has promised to behave in my region – Wontumi brags

Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the leadership of the Inter-Party Resistance Against a New Voters Register has promised...

New Voters Register unstoppable – Akpaloo

The Founder and Leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Kofi Akpaloo, has insisted that Ghana urgently requires a fresh Voters...

Police ready for new Voters Register demo in Kumasi

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has cautioned Ghanaians to act in accordance with acceptable guidelines of the service with respect to the demonstration against...

Teacher trainees back Mahama’s licensure exam cancellation

The leadership of Ghana Trainee Teachers says it welcomes former President John Mahama’s decision to cancel licensure examination in 2021 if re-elected in the...

PAC chair orders arrest of two govt officials [Listen+Photos]

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), James Klutse Avedzi, has caused the arrest of the former and current officers of the Sefwi Akontombra...

REVEALED: How much Ghana will save with new voters’ register

The Electoral Commission (EC) has revealed that the country will save some $18 million or GHS 104, 677, 650.00 million cedis if the new Biometric Voter...

I don’t want to be President – Dangote [Listen]

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has rejected calls for him to be President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  Speaking in an interview with...

Volta NDC is formidable and poised for victory in 2020 – Ablakwa

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu and Chairman of Volta Regional Communication Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on Saturday said...

Trump impeachment: Legal team says charges ‘brazen and unlawful’

US President Donald Trump's legal team has issued its first formal response to the impeachment charges against him, describing them as a "dangerous attack"...

Registration of citizens in Central and Western sectors begins soon – NIA

The National Identification Authority (NIA) would commence the registration of citizens within Western and Western North regions as well as the Central Region from...

Electoral Commission’s ‘final take’ on new voters’ register

The Electoral Commission (EC) has said the plan to procure equipment to compile a new voters’ register is a done deal.Director of Electoral Services...

Photos: NDC supporters vandalise Yilo Krobo Constituency office

Some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have vandalised the Yilo Krobo constituency party office at Somanya in the Eastern region.The disgruntled...

NPP treasurer dies in Dompoase accident

It has emerged that the Essikado-Ketan Constituency treasurer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) was among those who died in the gory...

Kufuor charges youth to champion Africa’s transformation

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor is urging the youth to work passionately and selflessly towards the development of Ghana and Africa.He says the...

Kevin Taylor blasts Kennedy Agyapong

Outspoken social media commentator, Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor, has descended on maverick politician, Kennedy Agyapong.Mr Taylor in his 'With All Due Respect' show...

Photos: Rawlings court’s Yaa Naa’s support for peaceful elections

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has urged the Overlord of Dagbon, Yaa-Naa Abubakari Mahama II, to use his authority to urge members ...

PPP calls for immediate action on road accidents

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has called on the government to tackle the rampant road accidents in the country.Their plea follows the Dompoase accident...

Hassan Ayariga attacks Ghanaian pastors

Founder of the All Peoples’ Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has described the involvement of some Ghanaian pastors in national politics as religious and psychological...

Kevin Taylor jabs Justice Kyei-Baffuor over arrest warrant

Outspoken social media commentator, Kevin Ebo Taylor, has said an arrest warrant seeking to drag him to an Accra High Court for contempt, does...

I’ll stop appointees from buying state vehicles, others – Mahama

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says as part of fighting corruption, his second coming will see the abolishing...

NDC to change name of Jubilee House

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has announced the NDC, when voted into power this year, will change the Jubilee...

NPP opens nominations; presidential aspirants to pay GH¢200,000 as filing fee

Aspiring presidential candidates of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will be required to pay GH¢200,000.00 as filing fees, the party has announced.The...

AFAG backs EC on new Voters Register

The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) is backing the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to prepare a new Voters Register for the upcoming 2020 elections.In...

LPG to pay GHc200 monthly allowance to every Ghanaian child

The Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG)with Kofi Akpaloo as its Presidential candidate has promised to initiate a social intervention policy dubbed ...

Franklin Cudjoe criticises Results Fair for not being comprehensive

Founder and President of policy think tank, IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has said the “Ghana Results Fair” being organised by the government is not...

Mahama to scrap these ministries when re-elected president [Video]

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has listed a number of ministries he intends to scrap when re-elected as president.The...

Find out how you can contribute to NDC’s 2020 campaign

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has officially launched a number of fundraising platforms that will facilitate the mobilisation of resources towards the party's 2020...

CSOs kick against EC’s proposal for new register

Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) have kicked against the Electoral Commission (EC)’s call for a new Voters' Register...

Video: NDC launches digital platforms to raise funds for campaign

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has launched a digital campaign aimed at getting members to help finance the party ...

Listen: Akufo-Addo steering Ghana into a bottomless pit – Mahama

Former President John Mahama is begging Ghanaians to rescue the country from running into an abyss ahead of the December general election.In his view,...

‘Kan Dapaah might commit suicide’

Leader of the Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor, has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo not to heed to calls for the sack of National...

NDC welcomes EC’s advisory committee’s intervention

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it has welcomed a decision by the Advisory Committee of the Electoral Commission (EC) to meet the Inter-Party Advisory Committee...

Kweku Baako’s take on new register

The Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Kweku Baako Jnr has punched holes in an assertion made by Sam Pee Yaley, a...

EC appeals for calm amidst Voters Register tension

Eminent Advisory Committee (EAC) of Electoral Commission (EC) has urged political parties and other stakeholders to hold their calm amidst the ongoing new Voters...

EC’s Advisory Committee urges IPAC consultation on new Voters Register

The Eminent Advisory Committee of the Electoral Commission (EC) has called on the Commission to meet with members of the Inter-Party Advisory...

Photos: North East region NDC pickets EC offices

Members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the North East region are picketing all offices of the Electoral Commission (EC) in the...

Audio: No verification, no vote against human right – Asiedu Nketia

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will oppose anything introduced by the Electoral Commission (EC) that would disenfranchise the electorate in the December general...

Attacks on EC by NDC a tit for tat game – Allotey Jacobs [listen]

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) believes the NDC’s hounding of the Electoral Commission (EC) is a tit for tat...