Patients on hospital admission have appealed to the Electoral Commission (EC) to devise mechanisms in the future to enable such people to also exercise their franchise in selecting political leaders.
A total of 128 in-patients on adm…
Supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Wa Municipality on Tuesday night went on a spontaneous jubilation through some of the principal streets in Wa immediately after Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral
C…
Voters in the Western Region reduced their rejected Ballot papers in the December 7 election from 25,953 to 9,038 in the just ended Presidential Election Runoff in all the 2,240 constituencies in the Region.
By this reduction, 16,915…
Northern Patriot in Research and Advocacay (NORPRA), a Civic Organization working to promote social justice and equity, has stressed the need for the winner in the presidential run-of election to honour the pledge to bridge the gap between…
The Ghana Armed Forces on Monday denied that the Military High Command had sent troops to Denu in the Volta Region to collect ballot boxes or swap them.
A statement signed by Colonel E.W.K Nibo, Director, Public Relations explained that …
Mr Modestus Ahiable, Volta Regional Chairman of National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday urged supporters and sympathisers of the Party to be sober and reflective as victory beckoned it in the Presidential Election Run-off.
He ad…
Professor John Evans Atta Mills, Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said there would be no room for vendetta in his administration, when he is declared winner
of Sunday's presidential runoff.
"As …
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has started humanitarian and relief operations to save Palestinians in the Gaza Strip suffering from Israeli military strikes, local Emirates News Agency reported on Monday.
The UAE Red Crescent Authori…
The ECOWAS Observer Mission has urged all political parties and candidates to accept the verdict of the people as would be declared by the Electoral Commission in the interest of peace and stability.
Speaking at a press briefing on t…
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) on Monday announced a 16.2 per cent increase in pensions across board and an additional flat amount of GH 4.93 cedis for every SSNIT pensioner.
A statement signed by Mr Kwaku Osei…
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held talks with visiting Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on the situation of Gaza Strip on Sunday morning.
The visit of Abbas, who arrived here early on Sunday, came one da…
Foreign ministers of the six Gulf Arab states will meet in Muscat on Sunday to discuss Israel's attack on Gaza which has so far claimed at least 271 Palestinian people.
The ministers are supposed to work out the agenda of the 29th su…
The Australian government Sunday urged Israel and Hamas to agree to a new truce and end the violence in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli warplanes destroyed Hamas targets including a mosque and a TV station on Saturday, killing at least 230 P…
Palestinian and Egyptian UN Ambassadors said at the United Nations on Monday that they asked the UN Security Council to bring Israel into compliance with the world call to put an immediate end to the violence and military actions in Gaza.
…
The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has rejected the two-year transition period set by military coupists in Guinea after they took over the government after the death of President Lansana Conte last week.
In alterna…
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak vowed on Monday evening that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) would use every resource to put an end to rocket attacks from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, local daily Ha'aretz reported.
"If the crimina…
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman expressed on Monday his support for an urgent Arab summit as soon as possible to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip.
Suleiman voiced the stance in a meeting with a Palestinian delegation of rep…
Albanian Parliament adopted a new electoral law amendment on Monday after President Bamir Topi had refused to sign the original.
The original was passed in the 140-seat Parliament in November, which called for the President to announ…
Bulgaria is going to increase its contingent in the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan next year, local Sofia News Agency reported on Monday, citing the Chief of Staff of the Bulgarian Army, General Zlatan Stoykov.
…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday urged the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to realize responsibility before the Palestinian people, restore reconciliation and reiterate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' powers.
…
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Monday continued gearing up for a possible ground operation in the Gaza Strip, declaring the border area as a " closed military zone."
Out of what the army said was security concerns, journalists we…
"It has come to the attention of government that whilst the Independent Electoral Commission is engaged on its constitutional function of managing the run-off of the Presidential Election, some members of the public, particularly of the tw…
The Ashanti Regional Electoral Commission has released the results of the Presidential Election Runoff in all the 39 constituencies in the Region.
1. Subin Constituency
NPP-------------------51,216
NDC------------------ 17,731
Rejec…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Tuesday urged the Electoral Commission to "look up to God and fearlessly declare the result of the runoff presidential match that was played on 28th December very urgently and soonest"…
The coalition of civil society groups and some eminent religious leaders on Tuesday called on the leaders and supporters of National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) to remain calm and allow the Electoral Commission …
General Yakubu Gowon, Head of the ECOWAS Observer Mission in Ghana, says he believes there is no cause for alarm so far as this year's presidential election is concerned.
He said as good citizens, it was important for all and sundry …
The National Chief Imam, Sheik Osman Nuhu Sharubutu on Tuesday appealed to the government to take steps to ensure that peace and unity was maintained as the nation waited for the results of the presidential run-off.
In a statement in …
Dr. Sam G. Amoo, National Security Co-ordinator on Tuesday denied that government intended to declare
a state of emergency.
A release signed by Dr Amoo said the attention of the National Security Council Secretariat had been drawn …
The Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan on Tuesday declared results in 229 out of 230 constituencies that gave Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)the lead.
Howe…
The winner of 2008 Presidential Election Runoff would be determined after voting in the Tain Constituency on Friday, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) announced in Accra on Tuesday.
Speaking at a news co…
Mr. Daniel Okai, Chairman of the Odododiodioo Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called for the prosecution of appointees of the previous administration who have been found to have illegally taken away vehicles and…
Herewith provisional results of Sunday's Presidential Election Runoff from a number of collation centres in Volta Region
North Tongu
Runoff (Dec. 28) (Dec. 7)
NPP - 2,370 2,056
NDC - 3…
The following presidential results for the run-off have been certified by Mr Michael Boadu, Tema Metropolitan Electoral Officer.
ASHAIMAN
Run-Off Dec 07
NPP 31,763 30,923
NDC 59,519 54,913
Rejected 477 1,043
Total V…
Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, Presidential Candidate of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has bagged 4,065,883 valid votes representing 52.10 percent of 200 Constituencies officially declared by the Electoral Commission…
Two teenagers have been remanded in prison custody for issuing death threat and physically assaulting a bar operator over an alleged stolen mobile phone and a charger by a Kumasi Circuit Court.
The two, both 19 years, Kwadwo Owusu alias …
The Eastern Regional Youth Wing of the People's National Convention (PNC) have declared their support for the presidential bid of Professor John Evans Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Reverend Samuel Adjei, Natio…
Mr. Kofi Dzamesi, Volta Regional Minister on Wednesday said the trend to close borders during general elections in the country had been found to be in the interest of the country.
He said it was the same consideration- to ensure peac…
A total of 388 bodies of tsunami victims remain unidentified after four years, the Thai Tsunami Victim Identification and Repatriation Center in Thailand's Phangnga said on Wednesday ahead of the fourth anniversary of the tsunami on Dec. 2…
Two blasts occurred in eastern Pakistan's city Lahore on Wednesday, leaving four persons injured, local television reported.
Reports said the blasts took place near an official vehicle parked in Gor area of Lahore, capital city of ea…
The Eastern Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) George Anko-Bil said elaborate security measures have been initiated to prevent the recurrence of confusion that erupted in the Akwatia constituency during the Dec…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Wednesday said Ghana's democracy should be anchored on non-antagonistic contradictions, so that leadership could carry the people along with …
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that he expected to establish a "more effective and more reliable" relations with the new United States administration of Barack Obama than before.
"I would like to have partner-lik…
The West Africa Network of Journalists for Security and Development (WAJSD) on Thursday condemned the illegal seizure of power by the military in Guinea and called for social resistance against the action.
The WAJSD urged journalists…
Pan-African Parliament Election Observers have arrived in Ghana for the Presidential Election Runoff scheduled for Sunday December 28 2008.
The 21-man team, headed by Janguo Athumani Saidi, Chairperson of the Committee on Rural Econo…
President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone on Thursday said the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in West Africa was stalling economic development in the Sub-Region.
He said the continued availability of illicit arms in …
The Lower West Akim Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Police to arrest and prosecute Mr Kwabena Sintim-Aboagye, West Akim Municipal Chief Executive, for engaging in multiple voting on the speci…
Mr Abdul-Razak A. Umar, NDC Member of Parliament- Elect (MP-Elect) for the Tolon constituency in the Northern Region has appealed to the security agencies to beef up their security operations in his constituency during the Presidential Ele…
The Upper West Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to nullify the results of the Special Voting in the Wa Central Constituency because the election was characterized by…
An ECOWAS Election Observer Team has said closure of Ghana's borders because of the presidential run-off had serious implications for the sub-regional protocol on the free movement of people, goods and services.
Prof Adele Ginadu, le…
The Ghana Police Service on Saturday said it has no plan to do anything on behalf of any political party that would take away the credibility of the December 28 Presidential Election Runoff.
It has, therefore, asked the public, espec…