President John Dramani Mahama has performed the ceremony to mark the start of phase two of the Apedwa Junction-Bunso road rehabilitation project. It would cover the 18-kilometre stretch from Kibi through Asiakwa to the Bunso Junction.
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The Amansie Central Assembly has been applauded for sticking to best practices in its award and implementation of capital development projects.A performance audit carried under the Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanism (GSAM) projec…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has asked the media to go the extra mile to cross check and get the facts right in their election reports. Ms. Georgina Opoku Amankwaa, a Deputy Chairperson of the Commission, said they should not carry wild…
Professor Adebayo Olukoshi, Director of the Africa Region for International IDEA, says African states must address the twin issues of the social contract and leadership consensus, if it they are to achieve more substantial democracies.
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The Regional Election Early Warning and Response Group (REEWARG) has advised youth groups in the Northern Region to avoid the tendency of being used to foment trouble during this year’s elections. The Most Reverend Philip Naameh, Catholic …
The Electoral Commission (EC) has admitted that the numerous court cases hanging around its neck are affecting the calendar of activities planned for the December 7 elections.
Currently, the EC does not know when to print and post the …
Ghana’s Ambassador to Cuba, John Akologu Tia has exhorted the electorate not to take the promises being made by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) serious.
These promises, he contended were only intended to lure the electorate to …
Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) has sailed through in court following a ruling by the Accra High Court that the Electoral Commission's refusal to afford him the opportunity to correct his nomination forms was a …
A constituency debate for parliamentary candidates, scheduled for the Weija/Gbawe Constituency was disrupted following a disagreement on the banner to be used for the programme.
The debate, which was initially supposed to be collaborati…
Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, wife of the standard-bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has rallied voters to go out to vote on December 07, to bring change and restore the nation to the path of real progress.
She said it was…
President John Dramani Mahama has given an upbeat assessment of his government’s performance, saying, strong foundation had been laid to anchor the growth of the economy.
He indicated that a lot had been achieved in the first four years…
Some 57 chiefs in the Nkwanta South Constituency in the Volta Region have declared their unflinching support for the 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The chiefs were led by the paramount chief of Nkwanta Aky…
The Flag bearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has again dragged the Electoral Commission (EC) to court barely four hours after her first suit challenging her disqualification from the December polls…
President John Dramani Mahama has defended his government’s plan to invest loans in socio-economic infrastructure.
Addressing teeming supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at a night rally at Asamankese last Tuesday, he s…
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has said the failure of the Electoral Commission (EC) to enforce the Political Parties Law, Act 574, has encouraged the proliferation of parties which do not meet legal requirements.
He said the EC …
The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the Electoral Commission to furnish all contesting parliamentary and presidential candidates, their representatives or counting agents with copies of elections results collation forms, which should be du…
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) will officially launch the party’s manifesto dubbed ‘Apam foforo’ for the 2016 general election on Saturday October 29, in Accra at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences Hall.
The manifesto will…
The UK contributes 5.8% of the UN’s total peacekeeping budget.
The UK supports global peacekeeping operations through our financial commitment to the UN and increasingly through our commitment of personnel and equipment to UN peacekeepi…
A study conducted by the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has revealed that more than twice the national average of rejected ballots in the 2012 election came from northern Ghana.
Figures published by the Electoral Commissi…
A former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, Mrs. Joana Appiah-Dwomoh, has galvanized supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to loudly tell the success story of the Mahama Administration.
They should reach out to e…
The Electoral Commission (EC), the nation’s election management board, has been asked to take steps to address any administrative blunders that could undermine public confidence in the electoral system.
The Right Reverend Professor Osei…
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Professor George Oduro, has stated that African leaders must shift from self-centered leadership to one that is people-focused.
He said the continent critically needed leaders who…
President John Dramani Mahama, has asked Ghanaians to take pride in his government’s solid achievements. He said a lot of good things had happened to the nation that were much admired by many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, which they wou…
President John Dramani Mahama has promised more jobs for the nation’s youth, if re-elected to serve his second four-year term of office. He hinted that 400,000 of them were going to be recruited under a youth employment programme his gover…
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has described as “unrealistic” the NPP’s Election 2016 Manifesto promise to reduce taxes on businesses. He said the NPP’s prescription would be inimical to the growth of the economy and development.
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Students of the Kete Krachi Midwifery and Nursing Training in the Krachi West District on Tuesday blocked the way to force Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who is on a campaign tour …
Ghanaians go to the polls in December 2016 to elect new president and new parliamentarians to steer the affairs of the country for another four years. After observing the Limited Voter Registration Exercise (LVRE) and the exhibition exerci…
Mr Prosper Bani, the Minister of the Interior, has stated that vigilante groups are illegal and have no rudimentary laws to exist in Ghana. He said any individual caught disturbing the forthcoming electoral process would be dealt with acc…
Disqualified presidential aspirant of the All People’s Congress, Hassan Ayariga has blamed the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) for his exclusion from the 2016 presidential elections.
According to him, the Commission fail…
The Accra High Court will start hearing a suit filed by Hassan Ayariga, the presidential aspirant of the All People's Congress (APC), challenging his disqualification by the Electoral Commission (EC)from the December polls on Monday Octobe…
The Volta Region has the highest number of election hotspots in the country, says the Women’s Situation Room-Ghana (WSR-Ghana), a non-governmental organisation.
The Region reportedly has 14 hotspots, followed by Northern Region, 13, Wes…
The about three months wait was over for the deputy minister-designate for Local Government and Rural Development, Mr John Oti Bless, as his nomination was finally approved by Parliament on Wednesday.
The Members of Parliament (MPs) ap…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) believes that the hopes of Ghanaians for a bright future will not materialise if the country is unable to resolve its education crisis.
For that reason, the NPP has made education a priority and will commit…
The presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his campaign team were stranded yesterday for two hours when the Dambai ferry they had wanted to use to reach residents of Krachi Nchumuru and Kra…
The Upper West Regional office of the Electoral Commission (EC) has rejected the candidacy of two parliamentary aspirants after both failed to submit the required filing fees by the close of the deadline.
Mr Ali Abdul Rahim, who aspired…
Three Ghanaians have dragged the Electoral Commission and the Attorney-General to court over the rules governing special voting.
Dr Kwame Amoako Tuffuor, a retired lecturer; Benjamin Arthur, an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Prac…
The Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji Abubakar Abdallah has declared that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is working hard in the three Northern regions to ensure the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is marginalised in the 2016 elections.
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The Chief Justice Mrs Georgina T. Wood said the Judiciary has men and women committed to safeguarding and protecting electoral rights based on the fundamental rights of all individuals.
She has therefore called for stakeholder collabora…
Temporary election officials who will be recruited by the Electoral Commission (EC) to supervise this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections will be made to swear an oath before a judge, Mr. Stephen Opoku-Mensah, Western Regional …
A government of the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) will set up an Accelerated Capital Investment Programme to train health personnel as a first step towards combating the brain drain in the sector.
It will adopt a multi-sectorial heal…
The flag bearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Mr Ivor Greenstreet, has said poor leadership must be voted out for development and freedom.
He said Ghanaians must make a bold decision to change the downward trend of developme…
Mr. Mohammed Alhassan, National Executive Member of the National Democratic Congress(NDC), has said in Bole that a vote for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will mean a truncation of development in Ghana, especially in the northern regions.
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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr John Kudalor, has indicated that the Police Administration has no intention of shutting down social media on the eve and the day of the general election.
According to him, the public had not gi…
President John Mahama and his family yesterday presented a cheque for GH¢300,000 to the National Cardio-thoracic Centre of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to support its operations.
The money was proceeds from cash donations received fro…
Burundi's government has withdrawn permits from a prominent human rights organization and several other non-profit groups, accusing them of stirring up hatred and tarnishing the nation's image, an order issued by the Interior Ministry said…
Officials in Cameroon have called on the public to donate blood to assist with the treatment of 600 people wounded in Friday's train crash.
Eleven more bodies were recovered on Sunday, taking the death toll to 80.
France's ambassador…
In order to promote peaceful elections the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has organised a day’s programme on early warning signs and response mechanisms towards peaceful elections in the Yendi Municipality in the Northern …
The Keta Municipal Director of National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mr. Godwin Agbenyo, has urged chiefs to work with the decentralised agencies to bring the needed development to their respective areas of jurisdiction.
Speak…
The Keta Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education, (NCCE) Mr. Godwin Agbenyo, has advised Ghanaians not to engage in acts that would disturb the peace in the country during the electioneering, the Voting Day and t…
The troubles of two disqualified presidential aspirants are far from over following an invitation to them by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to explain the sources of their incomes for political campaigns.
The EOCO wants…
