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Female MP fires gunshots at voter registration centre

The Minister for Special Development Initiative has admitted to firing gunshots at the Step to Christ registration centre in the Awutu Senya East constituency. Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson in an interview on Adom TV said she fired the shots because some hooligans had come to the centre to cause chaos. …

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NDC agents not prevented from SHSs – EC clears air

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has cleared the air regarding claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that its agents were prevented from monitoring the registration exercise in some two senior high schools in the Ashanti Region. The NDC had accused the EC of preventing its agents from observing the exercise at …

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NE/R: Bawumia’s influence in NPP widespread – Walewale MCE

The Municipal Chief Executive for West Mamprusi in the North East Region has dismissed claims by NDC  General Secretary Johnson Aseidu Nketiah that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia would never be allowed to lead the New Patriotic Party. The NDC General Secretary is reported to have cautioned Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia …

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[VIDEO]: Married NDC Executive busted in a secret love affair in Dubai hotel

We have intercepted a leaked video involving the Northern Regional Treasurer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Hajia Shamima and Popular Facebook Naa Tia Salifu alias Mallam Naa Tia cooling off and making love in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is not known when the video and …

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UCC cancels Atta Mills memorial lecture over COVID-19

The Management of the Cape Coast University (UCC) has announced the cancellation of the John Atta Mills commemorative lecture which was scheduled for its campus this week. In a statement, the university said the decision was informed by the COVID-19 pandemic which makes it impossible to hold large gatherings. The …

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EC registers 7.2m voters so far

A total of 7,279,237 eligible Ghanaian voters have been registered so far by the Electoral Commission in the ongoing voter registration exercise. A lot of those captured are in the Greater Accra Region (1,524,600) followed by the Ashanti Region (1,319,498). From the EC’s data, 63.8 per cent of the registered …

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You’ll be killed like Issah Mobila– NPP executive threatens NDC Polling Station Agent

A top executive of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Region has threatened to kill a National Democratic Congress (NDC) polling station agent the way Issah Mobila, a former Northern Regional Chairman of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) was murdered. In a chilling on- record telephone banter, …

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Arrest and prosecute the perpetrators for once – Kweku Baako reacts to Banda killing

A distraught veteran journalist Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has lamented the high prevalence of violent activities at centres during the EC’s voters registration exercise. Tracing the violent related activities as far back as 1996, Mr Baako observed that poor commitment of the two main political parties and the police was …

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Soldiers have taken over registration at Tepa SHS – NDC laments

The opposition National Democratic Congress has accused military officials in the Ahafo Ano North of preventing its accredited agents from monitoring a registration exercise which took place at the Tepa SHS on Saturday. According to the Ashanti regional branch of the opposition party, the soldiers told them they were under instructions not …

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€4m Airbus scandal: Amidu hunts Mahama

The request to have International Police (Interpol) arrest Samuel Adam Mahama, brother of ex-President John Dramani Mahama, in connection with the Airbus SE five million Euro bribery scandal, was at the instance of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) headed by Martin Amidu.   A police statement signed by …

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