The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission has deployed 32 short-term observers across the country to complement the work of the 24 long-term observers ahead of the elections.
The observers would be reinforced during and after…
Ghanaians started voting across the country, on Wednesday, to choose a President and 275 Parliamentarians after an exhaustive electioneering, as the country continues to build on its democratic credentials.
An estimated 15,712,499 regis…
The Ghana Education Service has declared Wednesday, December 7 an off-day for all Basic and Second Cycle Institutions across the country.
A statement signed by the Director-General of the GES Mr Jacob Kor said the off-day declaration …
Mr Alex Segbefia, the Minister of Health, has said that though the health sector was faced with some challenges, government transformational plan to reposition it for better service delivery was on course and remained intact.
“I will no…
Ghanaians would on Wednesday, December 7 go to the polls to elect a new president and 275 parliamentarians. The Presidential and Parliamentary elections will start at all the 275 polling stations from 0700 hours and end at 1700 hours.
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President Zuma conveyed his best wishes to the President-elect Barrow and committed himself to working closely with him to strengthen bilateral relations between South Africa and The Gambia
President Zuma has today, on behalf of the Gov…
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured Ghanaians that victory for him and the NPP will put the country at the forefront of the industrialisation efforts of West Africa.
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The Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has deployed 300 observers nationwide for the December 7 elections.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday in Accra, Mrs Comfort Akosua Edu, the Head of P…
Mrs. Alice Tettey, a member of the Central Regional Media Advisory Committee has advised journalists to desist from sourcing information from their colleagues on the various social media platforms during the election period.
Speaking a…
The Ghana Police Service has outlined a comprehensive security arrangement to ensure the peaceful conduct of the December 7 elections.
The arrangement has four layers, namely, the positioning of policemen at polling stations, the presen…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged Ghanaians to rise above the “dirty politics” and go out to vote massively to retain President Mahama and his Members of Parliament on December 7 elections, to consolidate the peace in the co…
President John Dramani Mahama, on Monday, rounded his nationwide 2016 campaign tour with the promise to put in place measures that would ensure incident-free polls, on Wednesday, and be unifying President when given the nod.
He said in …
The Commonwealth Observer Group on Monday said pre-election observation has not picked any signal of major threat to peaceful elections on December 7. “All the seven Presidential Candidates contesting the election have demonstrated strong …
The Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) has deployed observers to Ghana’s December 7, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections.
Former Interim President of Liberia’s Government of National Unity, Amos Sawyer, is leading the …
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) has appealed to Ghanaians to exhibit high sense of discipline and tolerance as they head to the polls on December 07.
Ms. Eileen Goody Gans-Lartey, an Assistant Project Officer of the Insti…
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) has begun the training of more than 1,000 election observers across the country to equip them with the needed knowledge and skills of reporting voting proceeding during the elections.
The I…
Ghanaian women have been asked to serve as agents of peace before, during and after the upcoming polls.
The founder and leader of the Women Empowerment Foundation International (WEFI), a non-governmental organisation, Ms Sonia Antwi, ga…
Representatives of political parties in the Bekwai Municipality in the Ashanti region have pledged to ensure the prevalence of peace before, during and after the election.
This, according to them would be done by educating them of the n…
The Presidential Candidate of the People's National Convention (PNC), Dr Edward Nasigre Mahama, yesterday took the last day of his campaign to towns in Akosombo and Aburi where he underscored the need for the nation to put traditional rule…
A ceremony has been performed to mark the start of construction work on a GH?231,000.00 Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound at Kyekyebiase in the Asante-Akim Central Municipality.
The project is being funded by …
Religious leaders have been asked to take centre stage in the effort to calm the nation and keep the people united. Mr. Christopher Owusu Marfo, alias “Ghanaba”, who has been walking for peace, said they should use their tremendous influe…
A Gambian opposition leader, who had been thrown in jail for taking part in a protest, has been released on bail.
Ousainou Darboe has been freed along with 18 other detainees, just days after president Yahya Jammeh lost Thursday's presi…
On drug and alcohol abuse
BBC: You've talked about your experience of being abused as a child, all those traumatic experiences of abuse that you went through as a child are probably what led you to be addicted to drugs, tell us about th…
President John Dramani Mahama has told supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to do anything to mar the reputation of the country during this week’s elections.
President Mahama, who addressed a rally in Tamale on Satu…
The Christian and Muslim communities in Yendi have organized a joint two-hour peace walk through the principal streets of the town to sensitize the public on the need for peace before, during and after the December 7 elections.
The walk…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has warned political party agents and observers against interfering with the electoral process and obstruct voting on the election-day. Mr Charles Damoah, the Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of the EC, sa…
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has cautioned the National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters against getting complacent with pre-election polls that put President Mahama ahead. He said rather than being content the supporters m…
Ghana’s democratic peace and unity is vital, hence all and sundry must do the right thing to secure this, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, the Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC), has said.
He urged Ghanaians to support and …
President John Dramani Mahama said it would be difficult to reverse the development gear in view of the massive development infrastructure the country had witnessed in the last four years.
"Sometimes I wonder the kind of change some pol…
Mr Emmanuel Atoto, the Volta Regional Administrator of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), said the Party had banned the use of motorbikes by its supporters on Election Day.
He said the ban was to ensure violence-free polls and redu…
President John Dramani Mahama commissioned the first phase of the Ho Airport project last Friday. The project includes a 1,600metre runway with width of 45metres, a taxi way, an apron and two parking base for aircraft.
The President's …
Former South African President, Mr Thabo Mbeki, is leading a 17-member Eminent Persons from across the different regions of the Commonwealth including Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean and the Pacific to observe Ghana’s Election 2016.
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The Electoral Commission’s office in the Ninigo-Prampram District says unauthorised persons would not be allowed into the constituency’s collation centre after voting on December 7.
Mr Charles Botchey Junior, Ningo-Prampram District El…
The Military High Command has made special arrangements to enable officers and men of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), who could not vote on the two designated days for special voting to vote on December 7, 2016.
A special form has been pl…
Thousands of supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) yesterday held a national rally at the Ghana International Trade Fair Centre, La in Accra to round off their campaign for the 2016 general election, with the presidential candidate o…
The Coalition of Muslim Organizations in Ghana (COMOG) has urged all stakeholders in the December 7 elections to promote credible and peaceful polls through their actions.
The stakeholders involved include the Electoral Commission (EC),…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has been called upon to ensure that it prevents any suspected persons below the age of 18 from participating in the voting exercise.“Any person found to have engaged children in that manner must be dealt with …
The Ningo-Prampram District Assembly (NIPDA) on Thursday held its third General Assembly Meeting with a call residents to promote peace in the district during the election.
Alhaji Sa Rhack Nartey, Ningo-Prampram District Chief Executive…
The Flag Bearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has scorned the use of the Nigerian actor popularly known as “Osoufia” by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in one of their campaign advertis…
President John Dramani Mahama harvested 800 bags of maize from his farm this year. He told leaders of the Cocoa, Coffee and Sheanut Farmers Association who called on him at his official residence in Accra yesterday that he enjoyed being a …
Property developer Adama Barrow says his shock win of the Gambian election heralds new hope for the country.
Yahya Jammeh, an authoritarian president who ruled for 22 years, has confirmed he will step down.
"I will help him work towa…
Mr Carlos Ahinkorah, Tema West Parliamentray Candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has donated various items to Tema Polyclinic. The items included suction tubes, crutches, bin liners, sigma frames, adult diapers, dressing packs, pl…
The Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has promised to establish the biggest gold refinery at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region should he win the December 7 polls.
He also said his administra…
The United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon has had separate conversations with the presidential candidates of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP); President John Mahama and Nan…
The Executive Director of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Mr Chukwuemeka Eze has expressed optimism that the December 7 polls will be peaceful. A statement issued by WANEP and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday …
President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday inaugurated a €60 million Euros Ciments de l’Afrique (CIMAF), Moroccan cement factory with the call on them to devote a substantial amount of their proceeds into Corporate Social Responsibility pr…
The Volta Regional Early Warning and Response Group (REEWARG) has cautioned political parties in the Region against the singing of war songs on radio. The group, in a release signed by Reverend Monsignor Anthony Kornu, its Chairman, and c…
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has promised to provide back-up generators to collation centres in all constituencies in the country on Election Day. A release, signed by Mr Joseph Forson, the Volta Regional Manager, ECG, and copi…
Two of Ghana’s global icons have enjoined all Ghanaians to uphold the democratic credentials of the country when they cast their ballots on Wednesday, December 7, 2016.
A former UN Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, and a former Preside…
The police have warned voters to desist from taking pictures of their thumb-printed ballots and making them public.
The act, according to the police, constitutes a serious offence and anybody caught would be severely dealt with.
“Vot…
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