BUSINESS

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 …

Read More »

WATCH VIDEO: 3 Persons Shot Dead At Odododiodoo Constituency

News gathered by thedistin indicates that three person in the Odododiodoo constituency have been shot dead.   According to reports gathered, as at 6:30pm NPP members began jubilating that they had won the Odododiodoo constituency. The NPP Members in their jubilant mood sang songs as they marched to the residence of Nii …

Read More »

Akufo-Addo Inches Closer To Landslide Victory

President Nana Akufo-Addo is inching very close to a massive victory, according to data collated by his New Patriotic Party. With 35,040 (90.00%) of polling stations reporting, the President had polled so far 6,244,269, representing 52.51%. His main rival, opposition National Democratic Congress Leader, former President John Mahama, has garnered …

Read More »

What Unites Messi And Ronaldo?

I can’t think of any question I have been asked more often than “Ronaldo or Messi, who is the greatest of all time?” As the two star players of their generation prepare to face each other for the first time since May 2018, the answer is as simple as it …

Read More »

Felix Ofosu Kwakye loses by 176 votes to NPP PC

The National Democratic Congress’ Member of Parliament for the Abura Asebu Kwamankese Constituency has lost his seat to the New Patriotic Party. Felix Kwakye Ofosu who conceded defeat in a post on his official Facebook page thanked persons who supported him in the 2020 elections. He wrote, “We lost by 176 votes.” The …

Read More »

Slain Mfantseman MP’s wife retains husband’s seat

NPP’s Parliamentary candidate for Mfantseman Constituency in the Central Region, Mrs. Ophelia Mensah Hayford has won in the 2020 polls to retain the seat. Historically, Mrs. Mensah Hayford succeeded her late husband Mr. Ekow Kwansah as the Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency after some armed robbers shot and killed him …

Read More »

Nii Lantey Vanderpuye released from Police custody

GhanaWeb has confirmed the release of the Member of Parliament for Odododiodio Constituency, Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, who was arrested by personnel of the Ghana Police Service on Tuesday morning. He was picked up from the Modak Hotel where he was lodging following a shooting incident. Two other persons were …

Read More »

VIDEO: EC office in Fomena on fire

The office of the Electoral Commission in the Fomena Constituency in the early hours of Tuesday was up in flames. It is unclear what caused the incident but reports suggest it happened at the time some youth in the area were very agitated. Reports suggest that the disgruntled youth had attempted to …

Read More »