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Tano North NDC demands immediate removal of MCE over alleged nepotism

Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from the Bomaa Branch have held a press conference demanding the immediate removal of the Municipal Chief...

NPP Delegates Conference to proceed despite petition – Osei-Owusu

Chairman of the National Planning Committee for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Joseph Osei-Owusu, has affirmed that the party’s 2025 National Annual Delegates Conference...

We can’t leave Kufuor out of anything – NPP responds to exclusion claims [Listen]

Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, says the party has no intention of sidelining former President John Agyekum Kufuor,...

Ablekuma North: If any NDC boy is harmed, we’ll hold you responsible – Gbande warns NPP [Video]

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has issued a stern warning to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over what...

NDC Vice Chairman Abanga Yakubu Alhassan sets record straight on alleged anti-galamsey taskforce involvement

Abanga Yakubu Alhassan, Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has issued a strong rebuttal to allegations linking him to an illicit, parallel...

Election violence unlikely to end soon – Criminologist warns

A criminologist and senior lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Jones Opoku Ware, has warned that Ghana’s recurring...

Shamima Muslim calls for end to political thuggery after Ablekuma North violence

Deputy Presidential Spokesperson, Shamima Muslim, has strongly condemned political vigilantism following the violence that marred the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun. The incident, which took place...

NDC’s Adawudu blasts police over Ablekuma North rerun violence

Member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Legal and Communications Team, Victor Kwadjoga Adawudu, has criticised the Ghana Police Service for its handling of...

I’m not too old to be ignored, I’ve sacrificed for NPP – Kufuor laments exclusion

Eighty-six-year-old former President John Agyekum Kufuor has voiced deep frustration over what he describes as his exclusion from key affairs of the New Patriotic...

Your selective outrage is loud and shameful – Sammy Awuku slams NDC

Following scenes of violence that marred the re-run of the Ablekuma North constituency election in Accra, the Member of Parliament for Akuapem North, Sammy...

Photos from the Ablekuma North re-run

The Electoral Commission (EC) conducted a rerun on Friday, July 11, across 19 polling stations in the Ablekuma North constituency. This followed disruptions during the...

NDC’s Ewurabena Aubynn wins Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has reclaimed the Ablekuma North parliamentary seat after Ewurabena Aubynn secured a narrow victory in the closely contested rerun. According...

My phone was forcibly taken – Hawa Koomson breaks silence on assault

Former Awutu Senya East MP, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has broken her silence following the alleged assault during the parliamentary election rerun at the Ablekuma...

Attack on media completely shameful – Miracles Aboagye

An aide to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2024 flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has strongly condemned the assault of journalists and what he described...

Ablekuma North rerun: EC under coercion – Okoe-Boye claims

At the Ablekuma North constituency, where a parliamentary rerun is underway across 19 polling stations, former Deputy Health Minister Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye has questioned...

Ablekuma North rerun: Journalist injured after policeman’s hot slap [Watch]

A police inspector whose name is currently unknown has allegedly slapped a journalist with Accra-based GHOne TV, Banahene Agyekum, in the ongoing Ablekuma North...

Ablekuma North: Someday others will fly because you walked – Akosua Manu encourages Akua Afriyie

Akosua Manu, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Adentan in the 2024 elections, has penned a heartfelt message to her fellow party...

Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government’s major gains in TVET transformation highlighted

The Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration's significant investment in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has led to one of the most extensive transformations in Ghana’s...

Mahama won’t abandon NDC people for NPP – Gbande defends appointments [Audio]

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has firmly defended President John Mahama's decision to appoint his own party members...

Party work must come first – Mustapha Gbande clarifies overlapping roles debate [Audio]

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has shed light on the ongoing internal discussions regarding whether party executives now...

Ablekuma North rerun: EC has a lot of questions to answer – Justin Kodua [Video]

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Frimpong Kodua, has strongly criticised the Electoral Commission (EC) over its decision to rerun parliamentary...

Bawumia, NPP gurus commiserate with Ernest Kumi’s family [Photos+Video]

Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has led a delegation of New Patriotic Party (NPP) members to the residence of the late Akwatia MP,...

MP raises concerns over parliamentary sitting hours after Ernest Kumi’s death

Member of Parliament (MP) for Afigya Kwabre North in the Ashanti Region, Collins Adomako-Mensah, has raised concerns over the current sitting hours of Parliament,...

Death has been unfair to us – NPP Chairman on sudden demise of Akwatia MP, Ernest Kumi

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman for Akwatia in the Eastern Region, Yaw Addo, has recounted his final interactions with the late Member...

Akufo-Addo mourns Akwatia MP Ernest Yaw Kumi

Former President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed sorrow over the sudden death of Akwatia Member of Parliament (MP) Ernest Yaw Kumi. In a Facebook post, Akufo-Addo...

I’m devastated – NDC’s Eric Adjei weeps over death of Ernest Kumi [Video]

The Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme, (NEIP) Eric Adjei and personal friend of the late Akwatia MP,...

It hit us very hard – Nana B mourns death of Ernest Kumi [Video]

National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, has expressed deep sorrow over the sudden death...

Akwatia MP, Ernest Yaw Kumi passes on

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Akwatia constituency in the Eastern Region, Ernest Yaw Kumi, has reportedly passed away. Details surrounding his death remain unclear,...

Parliament to sit on Mondays and Saturdays

Parliament will begin extended sittings from Monday, July 7, 2025, as the House moves to complete pending legislative business ahead of its scheduled adjournment...

Ablekuma North: We’ll do everything to ensure Ewurabena Aubynn wins – Agbana

The Member of Parliament for Ketu North, Edem Agbana, has pledged that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will do everything necessary to secure victory...

We don’t need to create an authority for 24H Economy – Prof Bokpin

Professor of Finance & Economist at University of Ghana, Professor Godfred Bokpin, has advised against creating a new authority to oversee the 24-hour economy...

‘Whether you boil it or fry it, the NDC will remove you’ – Kofi Bentil to EC commissioners

Lawyer and Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has alleged that officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) are afraid to take the...

Ablekuma North: All three chairpersons of the EC should resign – Kofi Bentil

Lawyer and Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has called for the resignation of all three commissioners of the Electoral Commission (EC),...

EC must build consensus, improve communication before rerun – CDD-Ghana

Programmes Officer at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Vera Abena Addo, has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to adopt a broader stakeholder consultation...

Ablekuma North case requires mediation – Baffour Awuah

The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffuor Awuah, has called for the involvement of independent bodies and impartial individuals in resolving...

Re-run in Ablekuma North unwarranted – Baffuor Awuah

The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffuor Awuah, has criticised the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to re-run the 2024 parliamentary election...

Ablekuma North: EC’s inconsistencies are not helping matters – Vera Abena Addo

Programmes Officer at the Centre for Democratic Development-Ghana (CDD-Ghana), Vera Abena Addo, has criticised the Electoral Commission (EC) for what she calls “inconsistencies” in...

Ablekuma North: EC should re-run if recount is not possible – Abdul-Nasser Alidu

The Head of Strategy and Programmes at the 24-Hour Economy Plus Secretariat, Dr. Abdul-Nasser Alidu, has supported the Electoral Commission's (EC) decision to re-run...

Police now protecting EC Chair following military withdrawal – Defence Minister

On Saturday, July 5, Ghana’s Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, posted on Facebook that the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa, has been placed under the...

Frank Adu’s media criticism of Akufo-Addo gov’t driven by personal grudge – Ex-NPP Youth Organiser alleges

A former Suame Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Agyemang, has alleged that Frank Adu, the former Managing Director of Cal...