The ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) has strongly condemned the incidents of altercations that occurred in some of its polling stations during its parliamentary primaries to elect Parliamentary candidates for the 2020 elections. Describing the incidents as unacceptable, a statement issued by National Chairman, Freddie Blay said “the party …
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NPP youth vandalise party office to protest irregularities in parliamentary primary
Some angry youth in the Wulensi constituency believed to be supporters of Haruna Abdulai, a failed aspirant in the just ended parliamentary primary have vandalised the party office amidst burning of lorry tires and chanting of war songs. Information available to 3news.com indicates the youth are protesting results of …
Read More »I’ll challenge Akufo-Addo on his own corruption record – Mahama vows
Former President John Dramani Mahama has served notice that since the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has made the issue of corruption a major item of debate in the lead-up to the 2020 elections, he has readily picked up the gauntlet. “I intend to address all the allegations of corruption made against me …
Read More »Dormitories to be used as isolation centres as schools resume
President Akufo-Addo has directed that one dormitory in every secondary school should be used AS COVID-19 isolation centre as schools reopen in the wake of the pandemic. “One dormitory block in each senior high school is to be used as an isolation centre, in the event of a …
Read More »NPP Aspirant takes back his 250 bicycles after shocking defeat
A defeated aspirant in the just-ended primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has taken back his donation of 250 bicycles he made to delegates and party executives. Eric Amankwa Blay who was said to have given the bicycles to the delegates before the June 21 primary elections, …
Read More »NPP Primaries: Ama Sey rejects Akwatia results
Member of Parliament for Akwatia in the Eastern Region, Mercy Adu Gyamfi, popularly called Ama Sey, has rejected the results of the ruling NPP parliamentary primaries in the constituency. According to Ama Sey who unseated NDC’s Baba Jamal in the December 2016 parliamentary elections, there were electoral malpractices during the voting …
Read More »#NPPDecides Bosome Fraho: Akwasi Darko Boateng retired Incumbent MP from active politics
In the Bosome Fraho Constituency primary, Mr Akwasi Darko Boateng was contesting with two (2) aspirants including the incumbent MP. At the end of the election Electoral Commission declared Mr Akwasi Darko Boateng as the winner to be the NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Bosome Fraho …
Read More »NPP Japan branch hails aspirants and delegates on a successful election
The New Patriotic Party, Japan branch, wish to congratulate all aspirants and delegates for successfully holding a smooth parliamentary election across the 168 constituencies. We congratulate all aspiring parliamentary candidates who were successful in their bid to represent the party in …
Read More »NPP PRIMARIES: Ahafo Regional Minister Retains Seat with Landslide Victory
The Governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) planned and indicated earlier that their parliamentary primaries which were supposed to be held on the 25th April, 2020 at Constituencies where there is a sitting member of parliament for the party. The deadly Coronavirus Pandemic which has killed tens of thousands and …
Read More »Npp Delegates Voted Against Their Sitting Mps with Anger but the Problem Is From Central Government Not the Mps, ADAM-GH
Executive secretary of Anchoring Democracy Advocacy Movement Ghana ADAM-GH, Mr. Azubila on his Facebook page said the group really sympathized with the 40 NPP incumbent MPs who lost in their internal Primaries. According to him, ADAM-GH condemned the violence that was associated with the NPP internal Primaries where exchange of …
Read More »Premature baby born at just 23 weeks in lockdown is smaller than a TV remote
The Ghana Health Service says although some recovered or discharged novel coronavirus patients may continue to have remnants of the deadly virus in their system, such persons are not a threat to others. Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Badu Sarkodie who said this explained that …
Read More »Npp Primaries: Ahafo Regional Minister Retains Seat with Landslide Victory
The Governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) planned and indicated earlier that their parliamentary primaries which were supposed to be held on the 25th April, 2020 at Constituencies where there is a sitting member of parliament for the party. The deadly Coronavirus Pandemic which has killed tens of thousands and infected …
Read More »Hearts of Oak Board member Vincent Sowah Odotei loses Parliamentary seat
Board Member of Accra Hearts of Oak, Vincent Sowah Odotei has lost his party parliamentary seat to Joseph Gerald Tetteh Nyanyofio in the NPP primaries held on Saturday. Sowah Odotei who is incumbent Member of Parliament for the La Dadekotopon Constituency lost to his close tender by 167 votes. …
Read More »NPP primaries: List of MPs who retained their seats
The parliamentary primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) held on Saturday, June 20, 2020, was characterised by surprise losses for some incumbent Members of Parliament. However, some sitting MPs remained unaverred by their determined challengers. For instance, MP for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, retained her seat after a …
Read More »Adolescents must have reproductive health benefits under NHIS
Mr. Nii Ankonu Annorbah-Sarpei, Director of Programmes, Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR) has urged the government to ensure that adolescents enjoyed some health benefits under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS. He said the benefits should provide adolescents in the country the opportunity to have access to a …
Read More »Assembly Members Praise Mahama For His Pledge To Pay Them Salaries
Some concerned assembly members in the Bono Region have showered praises on Former President John Dramani Mahama for including them in his plans once elected as President on December 7. My News Ghana reports Assembly Members have been abandoned in the government’s payroll despite their immense contribution to grassroots development. …
Read More »‘Chop Chop’ MP mocked on social media after heavy defeat
Daniel Okyem Aboagye, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Bantama in the Ashanti Region has been trolled by Ghanaians on social media after he lost his re-election bid in the NPP parliamentary primaries held today, June 20, 2020. According to some Ghanaians, his inability to develop his constituency …
Read More »Full results of NPP Primaries as ‘Big Boys’ fall
The New Patriotic Party on Saturday held its Parliamentary primaries across the country ahead of the 2020 parliamentary elections. In total there were 374 aspirants contesting in 168 constituencies. There were 325 men and 51 women contesting. Notable names such Mark Assibey Yeboah, William Quaitoo and Eastern regional …
Read More »List of big casualties in NPP Primaries
Parliament has lost some of its fine brains in the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP), Primaries across the country. The New Patriotic Party held its parliamentary primaries in constituencies where the party had sitting Members of Parliament(MPs) across the country to elect candidates ahead of the December 7 …
Read More »NPP Primaries: Police Harass, Arrest Journalist For Taking Pictures In Tema East
A female journalist of Kingdom FM covering the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) primaries in Tema East was on Saturday harassed, threatened and arrested by police officers at one of the polling centres for taking pictures of the voting exercise. Miss Rebecca Asheley Armarh, the journalist, told the Ghana …
Read More »‘Father’ and ‘son’ win NPP candidacy slot
Spokesperson of Education Minister, Ekow Vincent Assafuah, has emerged victorious in the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries. He is now the party’s representative for the Old Tafo parliamentary seat in the upcoming general elections. Mr. Assafuah polled some 299 votes, the highest among his other four contenders; Dr. Louise …
Read More »Buaben Asamoa, Adwoa Sarfo win; Ahmed Arthur, Ben Abdalla, Collins Amankwah rejected
Delegates of the New Patriotic Party have rejected some big names and incumbent Members of parliament in the party’s primary for some newbies to represent them in various constituencies in the country. In the Greater Accra Region, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, who is the NPP Communications Director, has been …
Read More »Evidential PHOTO: Bantama MP Reportedly Gives Delegates GHC 2,000 Each for alleged vote buying
The information available to Reportghana.com from Bantama Constituency in the Ashanti region indicates that the sitting MP, Daniel Okyem Aboagye has been caught sharing money to delegates. According to relliable reports received, the MP invited some delegates to his office and gave each of them GHC 2,000. “At 11 …
Read More »Sunyani East NPP Chairman Chased With Guns
The Sunyani East Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Mr. Frank Musah Damtarrh was in the early hours of today, GhanaXtra.Com can report The incident happened when Mr. Damtarrh was returning from a private meeting around 1:30 am. The assailants reportedly vowed to show the Chairman where “power …
Read More »Asenso-Boakye beats Bantama MP to book ticket for election 2020
Deputy Chief of Staff at the presidency, Francis Asenso Boakye has unseated the Member of Parliament for Bantama, Daniel Okyem Boakye, to represent the New Patriotic Party in the December 2020 parliamentary polls. He polled 456 votes in the Saturday primary as against the 122 secured by Mr Okyem …
Read More »NPP Primaries: Ofoase Ayirebi affirms Oppong Nkrumah
All 450 delegates across 25 electoral areas in the Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), have acclaimed incumbent Kojo Oppong Nkrumah as their candidate for the 2020 elections. The acclamation comes weeks after nominations closed in the constituency and saw the first-term MP as …
Read More »EC official sacked over NPP parliamentary primaries
The Electoral Commission has sacked an electoral officer of Adjen Kotoku Kojo at Ga West Municipal District of the Greater Accra Region for breaching specific instructions. The said official is said to have counted and announced the results of the polling station in the ongoing New Patriotic Party …
Read More »Airbus saga: I’m clean – Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has broken his silence on the Airbus scandal by dismissing allegations of wrongdoing in the purchase of the two aircraft for the Ghana Armed Forces. He has also denied benefiting from the deal financially. Exclusive interview Speaking in an exclusive interview with the …
Read More »COVID-19 has been a blessing to NPP – Obiri Boahen
Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen has said that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been a blessing to the party. His comments come on the back of the NPP running its elections on the Electoral Area basis to avoid overcrowding at centres …
Read More »NPP Decides: Aspirant brutalized, face bloodied by military officers
Reports reaching Peacefmonline.com indicates that one of the aspirants in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Pariamentary Primary in the Effiduase Asokore Constituency, Lawyer Kwame Adom-Appiah, has been brutalized by some suspected military personnel. HelloFM’s Correspondent, Michael Afranie, who is coverig the primary in the area, narrated to PeaceFM a short …
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