Former President Jerry John Rawlings has reiterated his desire to see a successful presidential and parliamentary elections next month.
Speaking at a meeting with former Zambian President, Rupiah Banda, on Thursday in Accra, he said: "Sin…
Mr Cletus Abang, Upper East Regional Director for the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), on Friday advised Ghanaians to critically examine the manifestos of various political parties contesting Election 2012, to enable them to…
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, has appealed to religious leaders to pray to ensure peaceful elections in December.
He said peace, before, during and after the December polls was paramoun…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Friday appealed to voters to study the manifestoes of political parties to enable them make informed choices.
Mr Cletus Abang, the Upper East Regional Director of the NCCE, said this …
One recent phenomenon that is creeping through political campaigns in the United States of American is advertisement by individuals, organisations and societies to promote their candidates.
Unlike the 2008 presidential elections where soc…
Some concerned members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Constituency have expressed worry over some alleged claims that Mr. Allotey Jacobs, Regional Communications Director of the NDC, wa…
A simulation exercise covering almost all processes on polling day was undertaken in Ho on Thursday under the auspices of the Volta Regional Security Task Force.
It involved the security agencies, polling station officers, officials of th…
A new College of Education is to be built at Kuntanase, the capital of the Bosomtwe District, Dr Joseph Oteng-Agyei, the Energy Minister, has announced.
The project, which is scheduled to begin next year, is meant to train more teachers t…
A three-day Capacity Building Workshop for parliamentary candidates from 30 selected constituencies has ended in Koforidua.
The workshop, which sought to prepare the candidates for their work as potential Members of Parliament (MPs), …
Dr Sam Jonah, a Member of the Steering Committee of the Open Government Partnership Initiative (OPGI) under the Public Sector Reform Secretariat, has said the weakness in some state institutions is often due to how they had been constitute…
Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has asked Ghanaians to come out in their numbers and vote massively and peacefully for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on December 7.
He noted that elections were neither about conflict…
Ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor has restated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) free SHS education is possible and asked the electorate to vote for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on December 7, to implement it.
He said after 55 years of the…
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) is to train and deploy 4,000 local observers to monitor the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections.
Professor Miranda Greenstreet, the co-Chairperson, said they would be as…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has received GH¢4.95 million towards the procurement of logistics to aid voter education in the upcoming national elections.
Mrs Charlotte Osei, the Chairperson of the NCCE, said they ha…
Fifty-nine candidates including five women are vying for the eleven Parliamentary seats in the Upper West Region.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Party (NDP) have fielded candidate…
Mr Evans Dickson Ennin, the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai parliamentary candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC), has vowed to win the seat for his party.
He said he was popular with the people in the area and the "person to beat i…
Mr Dan Botwe, the Member of Parliament for Okere, said on Friday that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would win the December election.
"I want to assure you that the NPP, led by our able leader, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo, will win this y…
The Abuakwa South Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has refuted claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, flag bearer of the NPP and former Member of Parliament for the area, has no re…
Parliament on Wednesday night recessed after eight days of sitting to enable members prepare for the December polls with the approval of an unequalled loan agreement totalling 1.34 billion dollars in a day's sitting.
Uncharacteristic…
The opposition New Patriotic Party's (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai, Mr Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu, has stepped up his campaign to woo more voters as the nation advances towards the December 7 polls.
He has been cam…
Mr Kofi Asante-Owusu, the Bawku Municipal Electoral
Commission Officer, on Thursday called on security personnel in the Bawku Municipality to be wary of deviant people in society and be professional in their duties during and after the De…
Studies in the Upper East Region have shown that there have been an increase in motorbike crashes as a result of political rallies and activities in the Region.
This came out at a forum on "Civilian –Military Relationship in an election…
Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, wife of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP), has toured the Nana Bosoma Market, popularly known as Wednesday Market, in Sunyani.
She made the unannounced vi…
President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday called on the people of Mamprugu to ignore rumours, fear and panic that was making the rounds in Mamprugu area that a victory for him in the December polls would create conflict between Gonjas and …
Former President John Agyekum Kuffuor on Wednesday called on Ghanaians to vote the New Patriotic Party (NPP) into power to enable their children to enjoy free Senior High School (SHS) education promised by the flagbearer.
He said since ed…
The Kotingli zonal youth of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Tamale South Constituency has apologised to the Member of Parliament of the area for destroying his bill board.
The youth protested against Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the M…
Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Wednesday said the priority of the government after the stabilisation of the economy was to tackle the infrastructure deficit and ensure sustained economic growth.
He said the four years of…
A public servant, Mr Raphael Boadu, said on Thursday that the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) was unscientific when it kept the four presidential candidates on their feet for almost four hours when it held a debate for them at Tamale l…
The Flagbearer of the People's National Convention (PNC) Mr Hassan Ayariga has promised to reintroduce the 'operation feed yourself’ policy when given the nod to rule the country.
He said leadership was about making good use of the …
The Afigya-Kwabre District Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has launched a campaign to educate voters on the proper way to thumb print on ballot papers in the coming elections.
Mr Wilberforce Zangina, the D…
Dr Abu Sakara, Convention People's Party (CPP) Presidential candidate, has promised to provide a leadership of inspiration and hope for the rest of Africa to emulate.
He said "under the former CPP government a leadership of an inspira…
With businesses and daily routines returning to normal, both presidential candidates President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are yet to resume any campaign activities in the run-up to the November 6 elections.
President Obama, in a pre…
The Africa Bureau and the Washington Foreign Press Centre (FPC) of the United States Department of State is hosting 11 West African and Ethiopian Journalists on a working tour of the November 6 US elections.
The working tour has been desi…
President John Dramani Mahama has said Ghana's movement from its current status of lower Middle income status to a middle income economy would depend on huge investments in the energy sector for consumption and for export.
He said altho…
Mr. Ali Dauda, Deputy Upper West Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), has appealed to the media to report on electoral issues responsibly, to promote free, fair and violent-free polls in December.
He asked polling agents to…
Alhaji Moctar Bamba, National Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has asked party supporters and polling agents to be vigilant and prevent electoral fraud in Election 2012.
He warned that any laxity or complacency on the part of N…
A cross-section of people in the Cape Coast Metropolis have commended Dr. Abu Sakara of the Convention People's Party (CPP) for his excellent performance during the presidential debate organized by the Institute of Economic Affairs' (IEA) …
Madam Ama Benyinwa-Doe,Central Regional Minister, has appealed to Ghanaians not to make a mistake of voting the New Patriotic Party (NPP) back to power, because the party has nothing better to offer the people.
She said the eight years…
Mr. Richard Lassey Agbenyefia, National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Keta, has taken a swipe at NDC members defeated in the primaries who have filed nominations papers to vie as independent candidates in December…
Mr. Hassan Ayariga, the presidential candidate of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), has said the country's educational system was flawed and tertiary institutions and universities were producing "avoidable graduates instead of absorba…
Presidential candidates of political parties that have representation in parliament last night engaged in a lively debate organised for them by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA).
President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democra…
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said the only way for Ghana's debt to be salvaged was to “kill†the National Democratic Congress (NDC) by voting the NPP to power.
He said, …
President John Dramani Mahama on Monday arrived in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital to participate in the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Presidential debate slated for Tuesday, October 30.
This is the first time a sitting Pres…
Former President Flight- Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings has asked people placed in charge of community development initiatives to eschew selfishness and corruption, so as not to derail the expectations of the people.
He entreated the…
Mr Patrick Timbilla, Commissioner of Police, has assured Ghanaians that the police have the capacity to deal with any act that could threaten the December polls.
He however, said, the police would need the support and cooperation of the p…
The National Chairman of the United Front Party (UFP), Nana Agyenim Boateng, says their focus now is on winning more parliamentary seats in the December 7 polls, after the qualification of its flag-bearer by the by Electoral Commission (EC…
Mr. Kofi Asante-Owusu, Bawku Municipal Electoral Commission Officer, at the weekend called on security officers in the Bawku municipality to be wary of deviant people in society and be professional in their duties during and after the Dece…
All is set for the IEA Presidential debate for Presidential candidates to present themselves for public scrutiny in Tamale on Tuesday.
The main streets of the Tamale Metropolis had been draped in NDC, CPP, NPP and PNC party paraphernalia …
Mr Jacob Osei Yeboah, (JOY) an Independent Presidential Candidate has expressed the believe that the current governance system that operates along the lines of partisan politics is responsible for the problems of ethnocentrism, greed and p…
Mr Isaac Asamoah Livingstone, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for New Juaben North, has launched his campaign at Eddiduase, with a pledge to work towards the development of the youth in the area if vote into …