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Free SHS is no guarantee for votes of beneficiaries – Sammy Awuku

The National Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the Free Senior High School policy does not guarantee that all beneficiaries will...

Police release details of officer who slapped woman at registration centre

The Ghana Police Service, following a probe of a police officer, who slapped an applicant at a voters registration centre, has identified the suspect. The...

NDC accuses National Peace Council of bias [Video]

The youth wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken on the National Peace Council. According to the NDC youth wing, the Council...

Head porters threaten John Boadu [listen]

A group of 'Kayayei' ( head porter's) has threatened to invoke curses on the General Secretary of New Patriotic Party, John Boadu, if he...

All biometric voter registration kits are brand new – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) says the Biometric Voter Registration kits being used for the compilation of the Voters Register are all new.It explained that...

Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang makes first public appearance with message to ‘Kayayei’ [Video]

Running Mate to John Mahama, National Democratic Congress' flagbearer, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has charged Kayayei in the country not to allow anyone to...

Nomination of Jane Opoku Agyeman Godly, timely – Democratic Thinkers

Pro-democracy group, Ghana Action for Progressive Democratic Thinkers (GAPDET) has lauded the nomination of Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as the running mate of the...

EC clears air on Biometric Voters Registration kits

The Electoral Commission (EC) has debunked claims that about 40% of the Biometric Voter Registration kits being used in the ongoing voters’ registration exercise...

Birth certificate not a form of identification – Supreme Court

Ghana’s Supreme Court has unanimously held that birth certificate is not a form of identification. The court explains that the document does not establish...

NDC to petition EC over withdrawal of Cape Coast North candidate

The Central Regional Branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has indicated it will challenge the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to withdraw the...

NPP dazed by Prof Naana Opoku- Agyemang’s selection – Aseidu Nketia

The choice of Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as running mate to former President John Mahama has dazed members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Her...

I’m not hurt – Asiedu Nketia speaks on how running mate position eluded him

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the choice of Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as a running mate came as a...

‘NDC too broke to bus people to registration centres’

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has denied claims it is bussing people to voter registration centres, especially in strongholds of the ruling New...

Volta Youth Forum displeased with Pius Hadzide over his comment about their chiefs

A group calling itself the Volta Youth Forum says it is displeased with the comment of the Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide about...

NDC hunts for EC officials padding figures in NPP strongholds

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is on a manhunt for some Electoral Commission (EC) officials they claim are padding figures in strongholds of...

Voters’ Register Brutalities: NDC to retaliate if…[Video]

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has resented violent attacks of the party's sympathisers at Voters' Registration Centres. The party is serving a strong warning to...

READ: Full Supreme Court judgement on voters’ register case

The Supreme Court on June 25 delivered its judgement in the case challenging the Electoral Commission’s decision to compile a new register and what...

NDC Cape Coast North PC speaks after his voter ID card was withdrawn

The Parliamentary Candidate (PC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Cape Coast North Constituency says he has legally challenged a decision by...

Voter registration: Greater Accra, Volta region top challenged cases

The Greater Accra and the Volta regions have recorded the highest number of challenged cases, after the first two phases of the ongoing voters'...

Supreme Court’s decision on New Voter Registration case ready

The Supreme Court’s (SC) full judgment, which unanimously gave the Electoral Commission (EC) the green light to commence compilation of a new Voters Register...

NDC Youth Wing to put Nana B ‘in his place’ with press conference later today

The National Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will, later today, respond to certain comments by Henry Nana Boakye, the National Youth...

NPP youth wing outlines 60 reasons why Ghanaians must vote for Akufo-Addo

The youth wing of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has outlined 60 reasons why the youth should vote for President Nana Akufo-Addo in...

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...

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...

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...

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...