The former Member of Parliament for Akwatia Constituency, Baba Jamal, has revealed that the National Democratic Congress will not proceed to court to protest against the results of the Techiman South Constituency because the party does not have evidence to challenge the case in court. According to him, since the …
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NDC supporters protest over election results at Ashaiman
Supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ashaiman hit the streets on Sunday to register their displeasure with alleged rigged results released by the Electoral Commission The demonstration which began in the early hours of Sunday traveled mid-day with aggrieved supporters burning car tyres at vantage points. Personnel of …
Read More »Election 2020: Calm restored in Tamale after NDC supporters hit streets to back John Mahama
Calm has been restored in Tamale this morning, Friday, 11 December 2020 after police fired warning shots to disperse some supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) who poured onto the streets to support their flagbearer’s rejection of the 2020 parliamentary and presidential election results last night. The youth, who chanted …
Read More »Bawumia is the Catholic Choice for NPP – Franklin Cudjoe settles 2024 debate
President of Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa Franklin Cudjoe has said that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is the Catholic Choice for the New Patriotic Party in 2024. The conversation around who takes over from Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has begun even before the President starts his second term as President. This was after a video …
Read More »House of Chiefs holds crunch meeting amid post-election tensions
The National House of Chiefs says it is concerned with the simmering post-election tensions that tend to disturb the peace Ghanaians are enjoying. The House has called an emergency meeting “to discuss these and other developments relating to the elections on December 7, 2020”, a statement from the House said …
Read More »Declare yourself president and form a parallel gov’t – Inusah Fuseini advises Mahama
Member of Parliament(MP) for Tamale Central Constituency Alhaji Inusah Fuseini has advised former President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama to declare himself president-elect and form a parallel government. The former President and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have said that they will not accept the results of the 2020 general election. According …
Read More »Akwatia: NPP to suspend Ama Sey, other loyalists
The Akwatia Constituency Executives of the New Patriotic Party have announced their intention to sack the outgoing Member of Parliament for the area Mercy Adu Gyamfi alias Ama Sey from the party effective January 7, 2020. The party has also revealed it will suspend en masse party executives who aided Ama Sey …
Read More »EC consulted us when they were looking for pink sheets – NPP
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has disclosed at a press conference that the Electoral Commission (EC) was consulting them when it was looking for pink sheets at the collation centre in Techiman South constituency. The party said they have all their pink sheets hence anyone who will make claims …
Read More »Focus and let me deal with Mahama – Chairman Wontumi tells Akufo Addo
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Wontumi has asked President-elect Nana Akufo Addo to focus on his administrative work and let him deal with the Presidential candidate for National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama. According to Chairman Wontumi, the President-elect should not worry about …
Read More »Jean Mensa has not travelled outside Ghana – EC debunks rumours
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Mensa, has not travelled outside the country after declaring the election 2020 presidential results, the Commission has said. This follows recent rumours that the EC Chairperson together with her deputies sought refuge in another country following the official declaration on December …
Read More »Bloody clash between NPP and NDC leaves 2 injured at Jomoro
Two persons have been injured as a result of a clash between supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress the Western Region town of Bonyere in the Jomoro Constituency. The violent incident is reported to have occurred closer to the residence of the Member of …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Armed men attack Keta MP-elect at his residence
The Member of Parliament-elect on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Keta Constituency, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpe, has been attacked by some armed men at the dawn of Friday, December 11, 2020. According to reports by GhanaWeb’s correspondent in the region, the attack took place at MP-elect’s residence at …
Read More »Kwesi Pratt descends on Akua Donkor
Senior journalist and political analyst, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has analysed Akua Donkor’s action prior to and after the Electoral Commission’s declaration of the winner of the 2020 elections. Per Mr Pratt’s perspective, madam Donkor made a mockery of herself following her loud jubilation at President Nana Akufo-Addo’s residence at Nima. …
Read More »Mahama’s defiant statement shows he was misinformed – Ben Ephson
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Former President John Dramani Mahama made his ‘defiant’ statement about the just-ended Presidential and Parliamentary elections because he may have been misinformed by the leadership of his party, Pollster and Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper Mr Benjamin Emmanuel Ephson has said. “I think that …
Read More »Akwatia NPP to punish saboteurs
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) branch in Akwatia has vowed to punish all party executives and members who sabotaged the party from retaining the parliamentary seat in the constituency. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, December 11 at Akwatia, NPP Chairman of the Akwatia constituency, Alhaji Baba Yakubu, decried how …
Read More »Stop boring us with needless press conferences – Kow Essuman to Mahama
A leading member of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government Kow Essuman is shocked the NDC under John Mahama thinks the best way to challenge the results the just-ended election is by holding Press Conferences. To him, if the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its leader have issues with the outcome …
Read More »Joe Ghatey discloses intentions to contest for Presidency in 2024
Even before Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo starts his second term as President, Ghanaian lawyer, academic and politician Joe Gharteyhave disclosed his intentions to contest for presidency in 2024. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will not be eligible to contest for another election in Ghana after his second term as President which will end in 2024. …
Read More »Akufo-Addo appoints Transition Team
President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo in accordance with the Presidential Transition Act 2012 (Act 845), has appointed members of his Transition team. The team will be chaired by Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, a statement issued by Director of Communications at the presidency, Eugene Arhin said. Below is the full …
Read More »Mahama to address Ghanaians today
Former President John Dramani Mahama will today address Ghanaians. This follows the declaration of the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the winner of the presidential elections by the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo polled 6,730,413, representing 51.595% while John Mahama garnered 6, 214, …
Read More »Director Of Research At Presidency Dead
A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Victor Newman is dead. The Director of Research at the Presidency died after a short illness. A source close to the family said he died today,10 December 2020 at the Legon Hospital in Accra. He was appointed as the Director of …
Read More »2020 elections: These 111 incumbent MPs will not return to Parliament
The 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic will see many new faces as about 111 members of the 7th Parliament will not return to the house. Out of the 275 seats, 33 incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs lost their seats in the December 7 elections while 18 incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs …
Read More »Gunshots fired, tyres burnt at Mahama’s office
At the peak of last night’s disturbances, gunshots were fired at the office of former President John Dramani Mahama by irate supporters of the National Democratic Congress. GhanaWeb reporters at the premise report that repeated gunshots were fired at the car park as irate supporters protested the outcome of the …
Read More »Former Special Aide To Akua Donkor Makes Shocking Revelation About Why Some Npp Mp’s Lost Their Seats
Former special aide to Akua Donkor and P.R.O for Kingdom Loyalists Movement, Emmanuel Abankwah popularly known as Olumanba Akwasi Kesse has disclosed why the NPP have lost alot of their parliamentary seats. According to him, NPP delegates, because of their parochial interest voted for candidates who are not the …
Read More »Baffour Awuah’s Revoked Appointment Cost NPP Downfall in Upper West Denkyira
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has for the first time lost in Upper West Denkyira Parliamentary seat in the 2020 General elections. According to grapevine source, the defeat is as a result of the revocation of the appointment of Dr. Baffour Awuah. Dr Baffour Awuah, a former …
Read More »Election 2020: Akufo Addo preventing Jean Mensah from announcing results in 24 Hours
Information picked by Ghanapoliticsonline.com indicates that, president Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party are preventing the chairperson of electoral commission Jean Mensah from announcing the presidential results which put the opposition leader His Excellency John Dramani Mahama in the lead. Days ago, Jean Mensah promised Ghanaians that she …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Press Mltimedia’s coverage of 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections
Ghana’s first and most popular news portal, GhanaWeb, will today bring you live broadcast of the election coverage on it’s online channel, GhanaWeb TV. The live stream will give a 360-degree coverage of Election 2020 to bring readers and viewers all sides and perspectives of the polls from across the …
Read More »Parliamentary contest turns bloody in Fomena Constituency
Reports reaching MyNewsGh.com indicates that there have been bloody clashes between the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) Parliamentary Candidate and some followers of the Member of Parliament (MP), Hon. Andrew Asiamah Amoakoh running as an independent candidate in the Fomena Constituency. The Communications Manager for the Independent Candidate, Seth Oduro, was …
Read More »VIDEO: Kennedy Agyapong Addresses Nana Addo As ‘Former President’ Causes A Stir On Social Media
Honorable Kennedy Agyapong almost addressed President Nana Akufo Addo as the former president of Ghana during a campaign at James Town. In a new video sighted by thedistin.com online, Kennedy Agyapong may be due to tension addressed the president as the former president and quickly corrected his mistake. In the …
Read More »No Parliamentary elections at Guan Constituency – EC
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has announced that citizens in the yet to be created Guan Constituency in the Guan District will not be made to partake in the Parliamentary election. The people of the Guan Constituency in the Oti Region will only vote in the Presidential election. The Guan …
Read More »An act of God – Nii Lante Vanderpuye thanks Akufo-Addo for endorsing him
Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, the National Democratic Congress’ parliamentary candidate for the Odododiodio constituency has reacted to a viral video of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo endorsing him as the preferred candidate for the constituency albeit mistakenly. At the final rally of the NPP at Mantse Agbona in Accra on Saturday, …
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