POLITICS

Joyce Bawah Mogtari, the special aide to President-Elect John Dramani Mahama, says she expects the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, to resign. Madam Mogtari says the current Commission, which is heavily partisan, needs a complete reset to restore integrity and credibility. Speaking on Channel One Television, Joyce Bawah Mogtari said the violence recorded in the just-ended 2024 election ...

The Joint Presidential Transition Team will be meeting today, Wednesday, December 11, 2024, as part of the transition process. President Akufo-Addo announced the date in a statement that released the list of the government’s team. “We agreed on an early inauguration of a joint transitional team as early as Wednesday, the 11th of December,” President-elect John Dramani Mahama announced in ...

A Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons has said that he predicted last year that a good number of the base of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will not turn out to vote in the 2024 general elections. However, he said, a political party’s base has layers, which together creates a “winning coalition”. The outer layer, he explained, can ...

The National Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has praised Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, for his exceptional display of statesmanship following the 7 December general elections. This recognition comes after Dr Bawumia conceded defeat to NDC flagbearer John Mahama. In a post on X, Sammy Gyamfi lauded Dr Bawumia’s gesture, describing ...

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Frimpong Kodua has cautioned against any attempt to tamper with the results of the parliamentary elections. Speaking at press conference on Sunday night, he urged Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), to uphold law and order at collation centers throughout the nation. Justin Kodua accused supporters ...

The December 7 parliamentary elections, held across all 276 constituencies, delivered unexpected outcomes, especially for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). The NPP suffered significant setbacks, with several of its Members of Parliament, including key figures holding ministerial positions, losing their seats. These losses underscore the challenges the party faced in maintaining its dominance in various regions. Meanwhile, the opposition ...

2024 election held 7th, December nationwide in Ghana was really peaceful except some few places that witness few violence. 18 million registered voters cast their ballots at approximately 40,975 polling stations nationwide. Electorate has decided through democratic exercise where figures currently projected Mahama Dramani the winner and his close competitor Dr. Bawumia who congratulated him far ahead of electoral commission ...

The Metropolitan Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) in the Ashanti Region, Samuel Pyne, has dismissed claims that the Kejetia Market will be closed on December 7, 2024, to facilitate traders’ participation in the general elections. Describing the allegations as “false and baseless,” Mr. Pyne clarified that no such directive has been issued by the Assembly or any ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called for unity and religious harmony in Ghana, urging citizens to reject divisive rhetoric along religious lines. Speaking to chiefs, Imams, and residents of Kyebi ahead of the December 7 general elections, the President condemned reports of religious discrimination, particularly statements urging Christians not to vote for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. ...

The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has asserted that the NPP government, under the leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has done more for the welfare and advancement of teachers than any administration in Ghana’s Fourth Republic. He said this when he engaged with various teacher groups in the Ashanti Region ...