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Gbevlo-Lartey shoots down Kennedy Agyapong’s claims

Lt. Col. Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, has shot down claims by Assin Central Member of Parliament of threatening the peace of Ghana. Kennedy Agyapong on his Net2 TV, told Colonel Gbevlo-Lartey to desist from any action that would undermine the peace of the country. He said he has a leaked audio recording of …

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Election 2020: Sammy Gyamfi presents evidence of electoral fraud

Sammy Gyamfi, the Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress has presented to the general public evidence of electoral fraud in the just-ended December 7 elections, which his party has gathered so far. He maintained that the 2020 presidential election results declared by Jean Mensa, the Electoral Commission (EC) …

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NDC grabs 137 Parliamentary seats after winning Sene West

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won the controversial Sene West Parliamentary seat in the Bono East region. Provisional results show that on Thursday, 17 December 2020 the NDC polled 13,116 votes beating the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate by 16 votes after he polled 13,100 votes. This …

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Lawyer for Western Togoland secessionists fake; busted by police

The Ghana Police Service has arrested the lawyer for the suspects standing trial for succession in some parts of the Volta Region Dennis Seyram Benson for being a fake lawyer. Dennis Seyram, 42, has been representing the suspects involved in the Western Togoland secession since September when they were arrested. …

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HOT VIDEO: NDC protesters clash with police at EC Headquarters

Watch the VIDEO below: Persons believed to be supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have clashed with police at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) following a protest by the former. Sympathizers of the NDC have since the declaration of the results for the 2020 presidential and …

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NDC wins Sene West Seat by 16 vote-margin

The National Democratic Congress parliamentary candidate for Sene West has retained his seat as the Member of Parliament for the constituency. This comes after the Electoral Commissioncounted the ballot papers from the Tato Battor Polling Station B which were prior to this locked up at the Techiman police station following a …

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Coronavirus pandemic rails Ghana’s economy into a recession

Ghana’s economy has, for the first time in nearly four decades, experienced a recession for consecutively two quarters of 2020. According to provisional GDP figures by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), the economy suffered a contraction as a result of the adverse impact of the coronavirus pandemic and its associated …

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Test driver runs over mother and daughter at Santasi

A mother and daughter came face-to-face with death Thursday morning when a test driver run them over with her private car at Santasi Apre. Per witness Opele’s account, the mother and her two-year-old daughter, who were standing across the road in attempts to buy porridge, were unsuspecting of the incoming …

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Baba Jamal wanted for key to Sene West ballot box store

A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Baba Jamal, is being looked for for the key to the store where a controversial ballot box in the just-ended parliamentary elections in Sene West is being kept. The keys to the lock to the store is said to be with Mr …

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Ayisha Modi clashes with Kevin Taylor for insulting Stonebwoy

Ayisha Modi, the self-styled godmother of popular Ghanaian musician, Stonebwoy, like always, has jumped to his defense after he was attacked by American-based Ghanaian journalist, Kelvin Taylor over his call for peace among the people of Ashiaman. It will be recalled that after the results for the 2020 presidential elections were …

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Ketu South: Thousands of NDC supporters protest over ‘stolen election’

Thousands of National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters in the Ketu South constituency on Thursday took to the streets to protest against the Jean Mensa-led Electoral Commission over what they call a flawed election that led to the declaration of Nana Akufo-Addo as the president-elect. According to the NDC supporters, the declaration was a stolen verdict …

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Electoral Commission releases pink sheets of 2020 presidential polls

The Electoral Commission has released the pink sheets for the presidential elections held simultaneously with the parliamentary elections on December 7, 2020. The pink sheets as they are popularly known are results sheets used to collate data from the polling stations through to the regions. The EC on Wednesday, December 16, released …

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Sene West elections: Court throws out NPP suit against EC, NDC

The Wench High Court has thrown out a case brought before it by the New Patriotic Party against the Electoral Commission and the National Democratic Congress on the Sene West Parliamentary Elections. The court ruled that the said case lacks merit, reason it was dismissed. The NPP has also been fined an amount of GHS 20,000 …

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NPP bigwigs storm Sene West as court rules on election petition

Some prominent individuals in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have arrived in Wenchi in the Bono Region ahead of the High Court ruling on the Sene West constituency election petition. The petitioners are seeking that the court grants them favour that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate for Sene West, Joseph Markay Kumah be …

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EC office ‘hijacked’ again by NDC protestors

Some protesters believed to be members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are massing up at the office of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, following the declaration of the presidential and parliamentary results by the Electoral Commission. This is one of the many other protests, happening in parts of the country nationwide, …

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French president tests positive for coronavirus

France’s President, Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, the Elysee Palace said in a press release on Thursday December 17.   “The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 today,” the statement read.   It said the president was diagnosed after he was tested “at the …

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Who becomes the next Speaker of Parliament?

Ghana’s Fourth Republic Parliament was born on January 7, 1993 when the country returned to constitutional rule after a number of military interventions. Since then, the country has conducted eight successful Presidential and Parliamentary elections. Article 95 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana provides for the election of a Speaker from among the …

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