The Minister of information is currently holding a press conference to address issues raised by the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party. Oppong Nkrumah rejected claims by John Dramani Mahama that the NDC has won majority seats in parliament. He said the assertions are erroneous. He also lashed out at …
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Tension high in Savelugu amidst gunshots over ballot box
Some party supporters believed to be members of the NPP and NDC have separately attacked the Savelugu Police Station with gunshots to demand the release of a ballot box surrounded by controversy after Monday’s polls. According to the protestors, the ballot box in police custody was unlawfully and unnecessarily delayed …
Read More »Your comment could incite violence, be calm – Gyampo reacts to Mahama’s ‘victory’ utterance
Associate Professor with the University of Ghana, Prof. Ransford Edward Gyampo has called on former President John Dramani Mahama to refrain from passing comments that have the potential of instigating violence. The former President who is the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday evening said the party will resist any …
Read More »Grave consequences await Ghana if EC fails to do the right thing – Asiedu Nketia warns
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned the Electoral Commission (EC) against any attempt to steal the elections for the governing party. At a press conference at the NDC headquarters on Tuesday, December 8, General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said although the EC had promised to declare results within 24 hours, …
Read More »We’ll resist attempts to steal elections – Mahama
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, has cautioned the New Patriotic Party and the Electoral Commission that the party will resist every attempt to steal the elections. Addressing the press on Tuesday, Mr Mahama also debunked suggestions on social media that he had conceded defeat to the NPP …
Read More »2020 POLLS: I have Not Congratulated Akufo Addo – Mahama
The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has categorically stated that he has not congratulated the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Addressing the press at the party Headquarters’ on Tuesday 8th December,2020, Mr. Mahama …
Read More »EC drops certified results on website
The Electoral Commission (EC) has dropped certified results of the parliamentary candidates on its website as it promised to do earlier. Although some of the results have been declared at some constituencies, others are yet to be declared due to some hitches at the centres. Although the EC was to announce the …
Read More »Here are the new faces of Ghana’s 8th parliament
Just like every election year, new parliamentary candidates are chosen by the people for certain constituencies and the 2020 polls is not different. GhanaWeb brings you the list of some new faces that will represent their areas in the 4th republic of the 8th republic. The names are culled from …
Read More »VIDEO: John Dramani Mahama Monitoring The 2020 Presidential Results Pop Up
Pictures surface online that captures the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama ‘happily’ monitoring the presidential results. A sneak peek of NDC presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama, monitoring the 2020 election results has surfaced online. In the pictures sighted by Thedistin.com on Tv3’s Facebook page, John Mahama was captured pointing his finger on …
Read More »Akpaloo concedes defeat; congratulates Akufo-Addo
The flagbearer for the Liberal Party of Ghana(LPG), Percival Kofi Akpaloo has conceded defeat to the President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He also also congratulated him for giving his political party a good fight in the just ended general election across the country. In congratulating the President in …
Read More »Gunshot Fired At Techiman; Injuries One
News information coming in has revealed that there has been a shooting at a collation center in Techiman South where the results announced didn’t go down well with the people leading to a heating argument. According to a report coming in, a warning shot that was fired into the air by the …
Read More »PHOTOS: Fire guts Ejisu NPP Constituency chairman’s apartment
Fire has razed down the seven-bedroom apartment of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) chairman for Ejisu-Kobirim. The NPP chair suspects arson attacks in the fire incident. Samuel Oduro Frimpong blamed internal party wrangling in the NPP for the fire after he campaigned for the party’s parliamentary candidate for Ejisu, John Ampontuah Kumah. He told …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: EC Reschedules Election results Declaration Time
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has rescheduled the time it would announce the election polls which was initially scheduled for Tuesday 5 pm. Although the electoral body earlier stated its commitment to announce results within 24 hours after the close of polls on Monday, the postponement according to the EC …
Read More »AUDIO: Koku Anyidoho reveals why Amewu won Hohoe parliamentary race
A former Deputy General Secretary of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has said though he is surprised about Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu’s win in the Hohoe constituency, the signs were clear enough. According to him, he is not a native of Hohoe but developmental …
Read More »Election 2020: Check out MPs who lost miserably
The December 7, 2020, parliamentary and presidential election, has ended across the country with many big names shot down. Both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) suffered some shocking defeats. Per the results trickling in now, former Minister for Inner Cities and Development, who doubles as …
Read More »Mahama would be declared president by Wednesday morning – NDC
General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress has announced that per the results the National Democratic Congress has, the party is leading in both the presidential and parliamentary elections. According to Johnson Asiedu Nketia, even though the Electoral Commission is deliberately delaying the announcing of certified results, John Dramani Mahama, is projected to win the …
Read More »#2020polls: I stayed up all night to follow results – Kufuor
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has disclosed that he has been up all night following the 2020 presidential and parliamentary results. Ghana went to the polls on Monday, 7 December 2020 to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) and a President, but the Electoral Commission (EC) is yet to declare the …
Read More »NDC challenges EC’s provisional Presidential results for Adansi-Asokwa
The main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has challenged the Electoral Commission’s (EC) certified Presidential results for Adansi-Asokwa in the Ashanti Region. Mr Nurudeen Abass, Ashanti Regional Communications Director, NDC, said the figure they had on their pink sheet after collation of results at the Constituency, was 17,712 for the ruling New …
Read More »Election 2020: Akufo Addo preventing Jean Mensah from announcing results in 24 Hours
Information picked by Ghanapoliticsonline.com indicates that, president Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party are preventing the chairperson of electoral commission Jean Mensah from announcing the presidential results which put the opposition leader His Excellency John Dramani Mahama in the lead. Days ago, Jean Mensah promised Ghanaians that she …
Read More »2020 Polls: EC to declare results 5pm today
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has indicated its readiness to declare the results for the presidential polls at 5 pm on Tuesday. The EC has maintained its commitment to announce results within 24 hours after the close of polls on Monday. The announcement of the results will take place at the Accra …
Read More »VIDEO: Blows fly at Okaikwei Central Collation Centre over votes recount
There was confusion at Okaikwei Central Collation Centre as New Patriotic Party (NPP) officials demand a recount of the parliamentary votes at Ansurudeen Islamic School 1-Abeka polling station over alleged cheating. The National Democratic Congress officials, however, rejected the request by the NPP for a recount since their agent at …
Read More »NDC claims parliamentary victory in 140 constituencies as provisional results trickle in
The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said its analysis of the provisional parliamentary results trickling in from across the country suggest it has won 140 out of the total 275 parliamentary seats. Addressing a marathon press conference on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, NDC’s Director of Elections, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, said the …
Read More »Samira Bawumia’s brother flogs NPP’s Yaw Buaben Asamoa at Adentan
Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, Elder brother of Second Lady, Samira Bawumia has defeated New Patriotic Party’s(NPP’s) Director of Communication Yaw Buaben Asamoah to emerge the Member of Parliament elect for the Adentan constituency in Accra. The son of the former National Chairman of the PNC, had earlier whipped Former Minister for …
Read More »Decision Day?: How the EC Chair arrived at the Commission’s headquarters [VIDEO]
Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa has arrived at the headquarters in what could possibly be a ‘decision day’ as provisional results from the collation centres begin to trickle in nationwide. Ghanaians went to the polls on Monday, December 7, 2020, to cast their ballot to elect a President and 275 Members …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Heavy security presence at National Collation Centre ahead of election results
There is heavy security presence at the National Collation Centre situated at the Electoral Commission in Accra. Large police amour vehicles stuffed with ammunitions are on display while these security officers move around the premises fully armed. This comes after the ongoing counting process at the various constituency collation centres across the …
Read More »LIVESTREAMED: NDC holds press conference on election results
The National Democratic Congress is holding a press conference this morning on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. The party is briefing the media on the number of seats it says it has won in the Parliamentary and Presidential election. So far, some provisional results have started to trickle in nationwide where ballots were collated, …
Read More »Nkoranza North: NDC snatches Dep Defence Minister’s seat
The Deputy Minister of Defence, Major (rtd) Derek Oduro, who is also the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Nkoranza North has lost his seat to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Mr Joseph Kwasi Mensah. Mr Mensah obtained 15,124 votes to beat the incumbent MP, who managed to poll …
Read More »ELECTION 2020: Vice President Dr Bawumia is trending on twitter
Vice President Dr Bawumia is trending on twitter Source: .peacefmonline.com
Read More »Osei-Owusu retains Bekwai seat
Bekwai MP Joe Osei-Owusu has retained his seat in the lawmaking chamber. The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament ran on the ticket of the governing New Patriotic Party. He polled 40,275 votes. The candidate of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Charles Oppong, polled 2,877 votes. The candidate of …
Read More »VIDEO: MP contenders doze off at collation centre
At the Teshie Police station, where the collation from various polling stations was being done Tuesday dawn, the two leading contenders in the Ledzokuku constituency, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Mr Benjamin Ayiku Nartey from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) tried to stay awake and observe …
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