The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that a total of 18,774,159 registered voters are eligible to participate in the upcoming December 7 elections. The Deputy Chairman of Operations, Samuel Tettey, outlined the figures in a statement released on Monday, November 11, noting that the registered voters include those on the biometric register, special voters, and individuals without biometric data. Providing ...

Ghana Freedom Party’s  Phillip Appiah Kubi also known as Roman Fada has been disqualified from contesting in the presidential elections. The Electoral Commission said it detected a number of errors on his nomination forms. “There were also illegalities on the forms,” TV3’s Crosby Annan reported the commission as saying, on Tuesday. The Electoral Commission further indicated that  they will not ...

Attorney-General Godfred Dame has said he expects the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin to comply with what the court has said in relation to the vacant seat case. He says the Supreme Court made an empathic determination of the matter which should be respected. The apex court has by a 5-2 Majority decision upheld the suit filed by Alexander Afenyo-Markin ...

Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin should comply with the final ruling by the Supreme Court on the controversial declaration of four seats vacant. The Apex court on Tuesday, November 11, 2024 with a 5-2 majority decision upheld Afenyo-Markin’s suit against the Speaker after his declaration of four vacant seats. The apex court ...

Private legal practitioner Nana Ato Dadzie who was Chief of Staff under the Rawlings administration, has said he was hoping that the declaration of some seats vacant by Speaker Alban Bagbin would have been dealt with expeditiously. He noted that the Supreme Court had done a ‘fantastic job’ but some urgency should have been applied to this case. Speaking on ...

The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has appealed to the people of Ghana to embrace the recent digitalisation initiatives introduced in the health sector. At the official launch of Telehealth service in Ejisu in the Ashanti Region on November 11, Dr Bawumia stressed on the importance of the transformative potential of these services for ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on its supporters to monitor polling stations closely during Ghana’s upcoming elections to prevent potential voting irregularities. Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, the NDC’s Director of Elections and IT, urged party agents to ensure that presiding officers adhere to legal requirements, including posting “pink sheets” – official results summaries – at polling stations, in ...

The Supreme Court has by a 5-2 Majority decision upheld the suit filed by Alexander Afenyo-Markin on the controversial declaration of four vacant seats by Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin on Tuesday, November 12. The apex court said the full reasons will be made available tomorrow Wednesday, November 13. The Attorney-General Godfred Dame told journalists after the court ruling that ...

Athletic Club striker Iñaki Williams and seven other players including Joseph Paintsil have withdrawn from the Black Stars’ qualifier against Angola. While most of them cited injury, Paintsil said his decision is personal. This was confirmed by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Monday as camp opens. The other players are Tariq Lamptey, Jonas Adjetey, Jerome Opoku and Antoine Semenyo. ...

The Black Stars are scheduled to hold their first training in Accra Monday night as they open camping for the remaining qualifiers for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The four-time African champions will train openly at the Accra Sports Stadium as they seek to sail through to next year’s nations cup at the expense of Sudan. The open ...