Some special voters who were voting outside their original constituencies on expressed
dissatisfaction for not being allowed to
cast their parliamentary votes At Gbawe in the Weija Constituency.
The aggrieved voters told Ghana New…
A total of 2,681 voters are on roll to cast their votes in twelve districts in the Volta region during special voting on December 2.
A total of 1,300 of these are expected to vote in the Ho municipal area comprising the Ho-Central an…
Tema district office of Electoral Commission (EC) has selected five polling stations for security personnel, electoral officials and journalists in Tema Region for the special voting exercise on Tuesday.
They are Communities One and…
Mr Seth Wiafe Danquah, former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Aburi-Nsawam, at the weekend asked his over 300 supporters to vote for the party.
Mr Danquah, who made the request at separate rallies at Aburi and Nsaw…
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, Presidential Candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday affirmed his confidence in the ability of the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct free, fair and transparent polls on December 7.
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An independent parliamentary candidate for Nkawkaw, Mr Seth Adjei-Baah, has called on the electorates in the area to vote for him to effect the change needed to improve their living standards.
He said he entered the race not for his pers…
Special voting for members of the Security Services, Electoral Commission officials and journalists took off smoothly in New Juaben South Constituency in the Eastern Region.
As at 1000 hours when GNA visited the police canteen at Ga…
Mr Kudjoe Fianu, New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate for the Keta Constituency on Monday appealed to his constituents "to be moved by the numerous development projects springing all around them" to vote for him and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo…
The special voting in Tamale Metropolis took off at Kamina Barracks, Jubilee Park and Dabokpa Technical/Vocational Institute at exactly 0700 hours on Tuesday.
The special voting is to allow security personnel and public service work…
Some security and media personnel working in Tema Metropolis who cast their votes on Tuesday during the special voting exercise have expressed their disappointment at the inability of the Electoral Commission to transfer their votes to the…
An Accra Fast Track Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ of Mandamus application brought before it by Mr. Dan Lartey, presidential candidate of the Ghana Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), saying it lacked merit.
By the Order of Mandamu…
The Kassena Nankana West Students Union in the Upper East Region has added its voice to the call for peace in the upcoming general elections.
Mr Adiali Dickson Ayagataam, President of the Students Union, made the call on Tuesday at a…
Mrs Comfort Mahama, wife of Dr Edward Nasigri Mahama, presidential candidate for the People's National Convention (PNC) on Wednesday said the PNC would give priority to infrastructure development and job creation in the northern sector whe…
Traders still operating at the old Kasoa area have been advised to reject promises from politicians to maintain them at the area when they win power.
Addressing an emergency press conference at Kasoa on Tuesday Mr Solomon Kwashie Abb…
Mr Kobina Okyere Darko-Mensah, NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Takoradi Constituency, has presented a multipurpose fax machine to Western Region Branch of Ghana Journalists Association (GJA).
The equipment valued at 350 Ghana cedis c…
The political dialogues of the Central African Republic (CAR) will be postponed several days for broad involvement of politicians, according to visiting President Francois Bozize.
Bozize, who arrived in Gabon on Tuesday for a brief v…
Dr Bonnah Koomson, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana, Legon on Tuesday said it was not the duty of journalists to determine people who should govern but rather the electorate.
"Journalists as part of t…
Special voting took place in 18 designated voting centres throughout Western Region on Tuesday.
The exercise was meant for security personnel, the media, electoral
officers, and other personnel who will be assisting in the December…
A workshop to sensitize 200 polling agents for the December 7, Presidential and Parliamentary elections has ended at six centres in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District.
They are Breman Asikuma, Kuntanase, Odoben, Brakwa, Jamra and Anhwiam…
Tema Circuit Court 'A' has remanded Wisdom Dokpo, 23 an apprentice tailor into police custody for an alleged double registration with the Electoral Commission (EC) at Gbawe and Tema Community One Site 17 under two different names.
Do…
Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, Presidential Candidate of
Convention Peoples' Party (CPP) has called on the electorate not to be deceived by vain promises of the NPP but remain steadfast with the CPP.
Addressing a mammoth rally of Party activ…
The Convention Peoples Party (CPP) is the party with demonstrable commitment to healing the social, economic and political grievances in the country.
"The CPP has engaged in a clean campaign devoid of attacks on political opponents,"…
Mr Johnson Asiedu-Nketiah, General Secretary of National Democratic Congress (NDC) has predicted 40 per cent of the total votes in Ashanti Region on December 7.
He said if the massive support Professor John Evans Atta Mills, NDC Pre…
Dr. Bonnah Koomson, Senior Lecturer, School of communication Studies, University of Ghana on Tuesday said it was not the duty of journalists to determine people who should rule the country but rather the electorate.
"Journalists as part …
Ntow Mathias Kwame, also known as Mathias Ntow, NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Aowin Constituency in Election 2008 was indisposed and could not open his defence at the Tarkwa Circuit Court on Tuesday.
The court presided over by, Mr…
The New Ghanaian Movement (NGM), a political group that leans to the People's National Convention (PNC), on Tuesday said a government by the party would ensure that local oversight committees are used to monitor various uses of public fund…
The Convention People's Party Parliamentary Candidate for Fanteakwa, Mr Kenneth Asante, on Wednesday launched his manifesto at a ceremony at Akim Osino.
Mr Asante said his priority would be education development, adding that, no cou…
The Winneba Police has arrested George Korsi Asigbetse a student University of Education Winneba (UEW) and driver of a taxi cab that allegedly drove into NDC supporters on a keep-fit exercise last Sunday at Winneba injuring 10 of them.
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A total of 551 voters cast their ballots at Wa Community Centre in Wa Central Constituency on Tuesday during the special voting exercise for security personnel, journalists, electoral officials and people who would be on duty on December 7…
Thousands of supporters of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Wednesday defied heavy rainfall to hear their leaders at the party's last regional rally held at Akim-Oda in the Eastern Region.
President John Agyekum Kufuor, Nana …
An Accra Fast Track Court will on Wednesday determine a Mandamus application brought before it by Mr Dan Lartey, presidential candidate of the Ghana Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP).
Mr. Justice K. A. Ofori Atta, the presiding judge…
A government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) after next Sunday, December 7 Elections would attract investors to the Upper West, Upper East and Northern regions to create businesses and ventures to employ the youth.
This wou…
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama pledged on Monday to make every effort to eliminate the threat of terrorism after he is sworn in as president in January next year.
"We cannot tolerate a world where innocents are being killed by ex…
Voting in Election 2008 by special duty staffs is progressing steadily throughout the country with no untoward incident being reported so far.
Security services personnel and other workers, who would be on duty on December 7, are vot…
Mr Steven Opoku-Mensah, Western Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC) said the commission will not hesitate to dismiss any polling assistant found to be dealing with any political party.
"The EC will want to work with a …
Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday spelt out guidelines for Special Voting for officials, who would be on duty during the December 7th polls.
The Chairman explained that only electorate voting w…
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was rejoiced at his wife's nomination as the next state secretary, saying she is "the right person for the job" on Monday.
"She has already earned the respect of foreign leaders and diplomats throug…
How to proceed with Ukraine's and Georgia's accession to NATO will dominate the agenda of a two-day NATO foreign ministers' meeting after it became clear that a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for the two countries is out of the question.
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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama reiterated on Monday his plan to withdraw U.S. combat forces from Iraq in the first 16 month after he takes office.
Obama told a press conference in his transition office headquarters in Chicago, Ill…
Leader of Canada's biggest opposition group Liberal Party Stephane Dion will become interim Prime Minister if the current Conservative government is brought down, party officials said Monday.
The Liberals and the New Democratic Party…
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Monday conferred with his counterparts from India, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on last week's terrorist attacks in India's commercial capital Mumbai.
A statement issued by t…
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama announced on Monday his national security team, including former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of states and incumbent Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who would retain his post.
"Ame…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ave-Avenor constituency, Mr Doe Adjaho narrowly escaped the wrath of enraged youth in the Ave traditional area, during his campaign tour last week.
Mr Adjaho, who was accompanied by his campaign mana…
Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor, Minister for the Interior, on Tuesday called on personnel of security agencies to adopt appropriate strategies that would help ensure peaceful Election 2008.
"Strategies should also include sensitization progra…
Special voting for security personnel and other professionals including media personnel, who would be on duty on Sunday December 7, during the general election, took of smoothly in the Cape Coast constituency on Tuesday.
When the GNA…
The special voting exercise kicked off at 0700 hours on Tuesday at the Police Headquarters polling station in the Bolgatanga Municipality.
Members of the security services comprising the police, Customs, Excise and Preventive Service…
Special Voting for Election 2008 by the security agencies and workers who would be on duty on Sunday is progressing steadily but the main concern is that some of them cannot vote for parliamentary candidates since they are not voting in th…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday warned that anyone who would spill the blood of a Ghanaian during the December polls for political power would pay dearly for it.
It said anyone who would do that would not be painti…
Alhaji Alhassan Ibn Ibrahim, National Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Zongo caucus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has admonished members to abide by the code of ethics of the association.
This, he said, would hel…
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, on Sunday observed that Election 2008 is about the political choices Ghanaians would make on December 7 and not a "do or die" affair.
He stressed: "Belonging to different political parties does not …
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