POLITICS

Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has been named as a successor to National Democratic Congress flagbearer John Mahama after 2024. This is according a senior Ahwoi family figure, Kwasi Ahwoi who says the 2020 NDC Running Mate will be become the first female President of Ghana after John Mahama has finished …

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has been seen sharing a hearty moment with the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central and flagbearer hopeful of New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Agyapong during the by-election at Assin North by-election. A video shared on Twitter showcased a unique moment of unity …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has projected a win for its candidate in the Assin North by-election. The party disclosed that per its independent collation of results from the 99 polling stations across the constituency, James Gyakye Quayson. The NDC reports that its candidate had polled 17,205 votes representing 57.4% …

The Ghana Police Service has disclosed there is no record or report of an individual or vehicle being shot at in Assin North. The police admitted that there have been pockets of incidence in the Assin North Constituency here and there but news about shooting in the air is false. “We wish …

The Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has alleged that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) are engaged in vote buying in the ongoing Assin North by-elections. According to him, he has come across at least 10 centres close to polling stations where electorates are being given between GH¢200 and GH¢300 before they go …

Some voters at the Methodist Primary 1 polling station in Assin Breku have accused the NPP of vote buying. Barely 30 minutes before the commencement of voting, some voters at the DA JSS Bereku raised alarm about vote buying in a house close to the voting center. When GhanaWeb’s reporter …

The usage of mobile phones or gadgets that can take photographs have been banned by the Electoral Commission (EC) during the Assin North by-elections. This was agreed at a security meeting between the EC, the security and the various political parties taking part in the election. Representing the NDC at the meeting …

Some Chiefs of Assin Achiano in the Assin North Constituency have been captured offering prayers against any unforeseen plots by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the upcoming election. In a video shared on Twitter by a handler @AnnanPerry, a representative of the chiefs who led the prayer asked the gods of …

Some residents of the Assin North Constituency are unperturbed about the possibility of the ousted Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, James Gyakye Quayson, being jailed because of his ongoing criminal trial. In a viral video sighted by GhanaWeb, the residents stated they would vote for Gyakye Quayson regardless of the outcome of …

Former President and flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has made a firm commitment to appoint James Gyakye Quayson as a minister if he is elected president once again in the upcoming 2024 polls. Mahama conveyed this assurance during a gathering with Assin North constituents over the weekend, …