Politics

Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has charged Ghanaians to ensure that the country’s enviable elections record remains intact as the country heads to the polls on December 7. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who is also the President of Liberia, urged that Ghana, after three successive transfers of power, …

Independent Presidential Candidate Jacob Osei Yeboah says no Ghanaian deserves to die for a politician as Ghanaians start the December 7 general elections with Special Voting Thursday. He drew the loudest applause from the audience when he said “for the seven of us I would rather wish that the seven of …

Presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party has given his unalloyed commitment for peace in the 2016 election but has charged government and statutory institutions to move beyond rhetoric of peace. Even though all stakeholders have a role to play to ensure a free and fair election, Nana Akufo-Addo …

President John Mahama has touted his record as a non-violent politician who is committed to ensuring peace before, during and after the December 7 general elections. “I pledge my utmost commitment to peace,” the President told a high-powered international observer mission comprising UN, ECOWAS and the Commonwealth Thursday. Speaking at an …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has admitted there are challenges with the special voting currently ongoing as hundreds of special voters complain of missing names on voter’s register. In a statement released on Thursday, the Commission said it is “working with the top hierarchy of the security agencies to resolve …

Mrs Charlotte Osei, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), has urged both its permanent and temporal staff to put Ghana first in their work to ensure a successful general election. Mrs Osei warned them not to put any candidate or political party first, stating: “Put Ghana first, do what is …

A number of security personnel and some journalists in the Wa Central Constituency could not find their names on the Special Voters Register when they turned out to cast their votes. This happened at the Wa Circuit Court Polling Station where the elections are being conducted. Worse hit are the …

The Executives of the National Democratic Congress in Banda Constituency in the Brong Ahafo region has held a press conference at Banda Ahenkro expressing their grievances on  the electoral commission of not been able to deliver the ballot papers of the “special voting” to the constituency as at today; just …

An outspoken law professor, Stephen Kwaku Asare, has questioned the basis of the quashing of the conviction of Tsatsu Tsikata by the Court of Appeal, describing it as an error in law. He argued in a Facebook post few hours after the court’s decision Wednesday that Mr Tsikata had no …

The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) is threatening to sue the New Patriotic over the Bugri Naabu bribery allegation against President Mahama and his brother Ibrahim. The NPP on Tuesday claimed President Mahama bribed its northern regional Chairman, Bugri Naabu to engage in a smear campaign targeted at the NPP’s …