POLITICS

NDC parliamentary candidate for Tempane dead

The NDC Parliamentary Candidate for the Tempane Constituency in the Upper East Region David Adakurugu has died. The former MP and aspirant reportedly died in Tamale in the Northern Region on Friday after he complained of stomach pains and was rushed to a private hospital in Tamale. The body has …

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MMDAs should be dissolved on October 7 – Gov’t directs

Government has directed that Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies across the country as well as their Unit Committees, should be dissolved by Monday, October 7. This is to pave way for the conduct of the upcoming district level elections, according to a circular dated September 9 and emanated from the Local …

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NDC sues EC over voters’ register

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sued the Electoral Commission over the failure of the commission to provide the party a copy of the 2019 voters register. The voter’s exhibition exercise started on September 10, 2019 and was expected to end on September 17, 2019 but it was extended to …

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Wuogon violence: Short Commission’s full recommendations

The government of Ghana recently released the full report of the three-member Commission of Inquiry set up by the President to probe the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election gun violence on 31 January 2019. Read below the full recommendations of the Justice Emile Short Commission report: RECOMMENDATIONS STRUCTURAL 1.1. The Commission …

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Audio: Akufo-Addo is the only person who can sack me as a Minister – NAPO

Education Minister, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, has been reacting to calls for him to resign following the challenges that have rocked the Senior High School (SHS) placements nationwide. According to NAPO as he is affectionately called, some elements who want his downfall are waiting for him to resign but he will …

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Don’t allow sitting MPs go unopposed in NPP primaries – Kyei Mensah-Bonsu

Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has advised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to allow any incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) to stand unopposed in the party’s upcoming primaries if other qualified members express the interest to contest them, MyNewsGh.com reports. Though the Suame …

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Mfantsipim SHS turns away first year students

Some first year students and their parents who turned up at the Mfantsipim Senior High School (SHS) in the Central Region with their trunks and chop boxes on Sunday have been left stranded after they were turned away by authorities of the school. The school’s authorities claim the students who …

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O/R: Over 50 NDC Supporters Defect To NPP After Seeing Electricity For The First Time

About 50 supporters of the largest opposition party National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Njare and Motoway in the Krachi East constituency of the Oti Region have defected to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) after their communities benefited from rural electrification projects. The group is of the view that developments in …

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NPP to win 2020 elections – EIU report

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has predicted victory for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2020 election in its latest report. The report leased on Friday September 13,2019 and sighted by StarrFM.com.gh said the NPP and President Akufo-Addo will win next year’s election because Ghanaians see them as better custodians …

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Cops’ political colours ‘not my concern’ – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that he is not in any way interested in knowing the political affiliation of serving officers of the police or any of the security agencies. Addressing graduates and attendees of the 49th cadet officers graduation parade at the Police Academy, Police Depot, Tesano, …

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