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…
The next Government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 2017 to 2021, would scale up the implementation of e-Health systems piloted in at the Korle-bu, Wa and Zebila hospitals to all secondary and tertiary hospitals.
“If re-el…
Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, the General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, has called on prophets and prophetesses to stop fueling tension with their prophesies on who becomes President in the December 7 general election.…
President John Dramani Mahama has announced the introduction of a closed fishing season when fishing trawlers will be restricted from going for fishing expeditions at sea.
The measure, which is a major step in achieving sustainable fish…
The two institutions are determined to collaborate on fostering the development and sharing best practice and knowledge in the field of Islamic finance, banking, capital markets, asset management, financial technology and human capital dev…
This thematic focus is based on the observation that Africa’s, and indeed the global, conflict landscape is increasingly complex, evidencing a multiplicity of conflict types, actors and dynamics, as well as hybridity of motives, with polit…
The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement:
“Canada is deeply troubled by South Africa’s announcement that it has submitted a notice of withdrawal from the International Criminal Cour…
The National Democratic Institute’s (NDI) has urged the Electoral Commission, political parties, government agencies, civil society and Eminent Persons to remain committed to steps that would enhance transparency and confidence in the elec…
President John Mahama has urged the youth to venture into aquaculture, saying the fishing sub-sector holds a lot of revenue prospects for them to exploit.
He said aquaculture was critical in the government’s ongoing plan to transform th…
The Minority in Parliament has raised issues with the terms of a gas sales agreement between the Ghana government and West Africa Gas Limited (BVI).
The agreement is for the delivery of gas in Tema to run selected thermal power plants w…
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) and Civic Initiative Forum (CFI) would engage 1,100 electoral agents to observe and monitor the December Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
They would also establish 10 Civil Society…
The Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday, October 22, 2016, ended his four-day tour of the Ashanti Region, with a clarion call on residents to rally behind him and vote massively…
The vice-president, Mr Kwesi Amissah Arthur, has called on Ghanaians to support the ruling National Democratic Congress ( NDC) by voting massively for it to consolidate power to continue with its development programmes.
He stressed that…
The Northern Regional Police Command has granted bail to the Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Daniel Bugri Naabu, for allegedly making an inflammatory statement on a campaign platform.
Mr Naabu, who repor…
The Effutu Municipal Assembly, in conjunction with the Municipal Election Taskforce, is to launch an intensive Civic Education programme to ensue incident-free elections on December 7 in the area.
Under it, the assembly will organize se…
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has called on Ghanaians to be wary of the change being touted by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) describing it as a “retrogressive change”. He urged Ghanaians to vote massively to retain President John Mah…
