POLITICS

Former Sports Minister, Mr Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has raised concerns about what he alleges as an attempt by the Electoral Commission to suppress votes in the upcoming 2024 general elections. Elvis Ankrah’s claims stem from the EC’s insistence on using only 266 districts for the limited voter registration exercise. In …

  The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has held balloting for its flagbearer hopefuls ahead of the delegates conference on November 4. At the end of the balloting held in Accra on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, Kennedy Agyapong picked the first slot followed by Dr Mahamudu Bawumia who picked the …

Jean Mensah and Bosman Asare-led EC are bent on plunging Ghana into anarchy, but we are ready for them this time around. The 1992 constitution of Ghana, under Article 42 guarantees every citizen of Ghana, of a sound mind and of a voting age the non-negotiable right to vote in …

Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, has said that he will not step down for any candidate in the race to become the next flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Agyapong is one of the four aspirants who are slugging it out to lead the party …

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called out former President John Mahama, describing his recent claims on the appointment of judges to the superior courts of judicature as dangerous to the country’s democracy and quest to consolidate same. John Mahama at the 3rd annual lawyers’ conference of …

The Minority in Parliament has called off its planned demonstration against the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and his two deputies slated for Tuesday, September 12. This followed a crunch meeting with the Accra Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service on Monday, September 11. The two parties …

President Akufo Addo has announced a new cocoa price for the 2023-2024 cocoa season from 800 cedis to 1,308 cedis per 64kg bag of cocoa. The New price was announced by President Akufo-Addo to open the ground durbar of the new cocoa season which now begins in September for the …

The Minority in Parliament is scheduled to meet the Accra Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service concerning the new notice served for a procession to the Bank of Ghana on Tuesday, September 12. The meeting is expected to agree on the route for the procession. This comes after the …

2024 flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama is charging the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to be “more transparent” in the processes leading to this year’s limited voter registration exercise, starting Tuesday. The former President urged the EC to also heed numerous calls to extend the …

The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has acknowledged receipt of a letter written by former flagbearer aspirant Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen to withdraw from the race. The party says it notes with regret that the former Trade Minister has decided to withdraw from the November 4 Presidential Primary. In …