POLITICS

As we prepare for the weekend and a new month, I want to take this opportunity to remind each and every one that the COVID-19 pandemic is real. We must continue to take responsibility for our individual and collective safety. How do you stay safe? Avoid crowded places and wash …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana says it will be adopting a ‘cluster system’ to ensure a smooth running of the upcoming voters’ registration exercise. The compilation of the new register which is now scheduled for last week of June will take place in over 33,000 polling stations. Giving further details during …

The People’s National Convention (PNC) has reiterated that Atik Mohammed remains suspended as the General Secretary of the Party. According to the PNC, the decision to suspend Mr Mohammed was taken at a National Executive Committee meeting of the party following “widespread complaints of his incompetence and his disregard for …

The founder of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai, was turned away from partaking in the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting held on Wednesday. Odike and another person he claimed to be the General Secretary of the UPP were sacked from the venue of the meeting organized by the …

The leadership of the Electoral Commission (EC) led by Madam Jean Mensa and her Deputy Commissioners have been likened to a ‘foolish’ King who refuses to heed to sound counsel. General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia, who spoke out strongly against the electoral body’s pig-headedness …

A Political scientist, Prof. Ransford Gyampo has urged the Electoral Commission to find ways of creating a friendly atmosphere in the political arena ahead of this year’s general elections. Speaking on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.5 FM, Prof Gyampo intimated that it’s not healthy for the Election Management Body to …

Founder and leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Madam Akua Donkor has revealed that former President John Dramani Mahama in 2016 called her to leave GFP and contest the presidential race as an independent candidate. Her resistance against that suggestion from the then president, according to her, led to …

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability-ASEPA has taken the fight against the Electoral Commission’s (EC’s) quest to compile a new voter register to the supplier of the Biometric Verification Devices BVDs and BVRs, Thales Gelmatos. The Civil Society group is asking the Company to suspend any delivery of …

Bernard Mornah says his recent statement that has generated controversy was only offering counsel to the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana. His comments rebuked the EC over their attempt to compile a new voters’ register amid concerns from political parties. The CID of Ghana Police Service invited Mr. Mornah for …

Kwame Baffoe (Abronye DC), the Bono regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has stated that the brother of the late President John Evans Atta-Mills, is someone who always speaks under the influence of alcohol. Previously, a furious Samuel Atta Mills, a relative of President Atta-Mills cum MP for Komenda-Edina-Eguaafo-Abirem (KEEA), …