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 …
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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 …
Read More »NPP Decides: Blows, slaps fly as Okyem Aboagye’s agent prevents Bantama Treasurer from voting
In a live report monitored by GhanaWeb, the Ashanti Regional correspondent of Despite Media Group, Sampson k. Nyamekye has reported that voting was briefly disrupted at the Bantama Cultural Centre when an agent sought to prevent a delegate from casting his ballot. According to the report, the agent representing current …
Read More »NPP Decides: Aspirant beaten for allegedly stealing electoral album [VIDEO]
Kwame Adom Appiah, one of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate aspirants in the Effiduase Constituency of the Ashanti Region has been beaten to a pulp after allegedly trying to whisk away the electoral album at one of the voting centers. The lawyer was hurt during a fisticuff with state security …
Read More »LIVE UPDATES: NPP parliamentary primaries
New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) delegates are voting to elect parliamentary candidates for 168 constituencies. This exercise is the second phase after the first phase of the primaries came off in September 2019 in constituencies with no sitting Members of Parliament. Today, a total of 374 aspirants are contesting in the …
Read More »Ghana’s politics is extremely petty – Charlotte Osei
Immediate past Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has bemoaned the current nature of Ghana’s politics, saying it is dominated by pettiness. Speaking on the KSM Show on Metro TV, Mrs Osei said she is worried about the situation because pettiness in politics kills the national purpose and is …
Read More »NPP primaries: There’s no evidence of vote-buying in Bantama – Awuku
The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Sammi Awuku has dismissed reports of vote-buying in the Bantama primaries of the party. The incumbent Member of Parliament for Bantama in the Ashanti region Daniel Okyem Aboagye has accused his competitor Deputy Chief of Staff Francis Asenso-Boakye of …
Read More »Ghana’s politics is extremely petty – Charlotte Osei
Immediate past Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has bemoaned the current nature of Ghana’s politics, saying it is dominated by pettiness. Speaking on the KSM Show on Metro TV, Mrs Osei said she is worried about the situation because pettiness in politics kills the national purpose and …
Read More »It is not true that I beg for food – Kotoko’s Imoro Ibrahim
Asante Kotoko defender Ibrahim Imoro says claims by the founder of Division two club Thunder FC that he relies on his teammates to survive in Kumasi are not true. Alhaji Abdulai Nash is quoted to have said Imoro who joined Kotoko from Thunder FC last December has not …
Read More »Hohoe: Rainstorm Destroys Roofs Of Classroom Blocks
A storm with heavy rain has ripped off roofs of classroom blocks of three second-cycle institutions and a basic school in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta region. The affected schools are Likpe Senior High School, Alavanyo Secondary Technical School, Evangelical Presbyterian (E.P) Technical Vocational Institute, and the …
Read More »Akufo-Addo absorbs WASSCE fees for all final year students
The fees for all final year students across Ghana have been taken care of by the Government. This new development was made available on the official page of NET 2 TV. Net 2 reports that President Akufo- Addo says the for the first time in history, his government …
Read More »Court places injunction on Subin NPP primaries
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries at the Subin Constituency in the Ashanti Region has been called off. The suspension, according reports, is due to a court injunction placed on the elections by a Kumasi High Court on Friday afternoon. The petitioners, including Isaac Nimako, Richard Owusu Nti …
Read More »NHIA hasn’t cleared its debts – Chamber of Pharmacy debunks claims
Executive Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Ghana (PMAG), Lucia Addae has debunked claims that the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has settled debts owed the service providers. According to her, NHIA has over the past 5 years owed her outfit some millions of cedis, adding that …
Read More »NPP primaries: Anger as Okyem Aboagye publishes ‘Blue Book’ of achievement
The Asenso Boakye camp in the Bantama NPP primaries is accusing the incumbent MP Daniel Okyem Aboagy of working with elements within the opposition NDC after he published a book containing his achievement. The MP, who has accused his opponent of vote-buying, calls the achievement document – The …
Read More »EC conducts pilot registration exercise
The Electoral Commission, on Thursday, June 18, 2020, organized a pilot exercise at the Ridge Church premises in Accra. The one-day exercise was meant to afford stakeholders the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the new biometric kits as well as the safety protocols rolled out by the Commission, among …
Read More »Coronavirus: FDA issues warning against UK breakthrough drug dexamethasone
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has issued a warning against the use of dexamethasone for the prevention of the novel coronavirus disease. Dexamethasone, a steroid drug, has been hailed in the UK as a breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus. However, in a statement issued on Wednesday, June …
Read More »I’m waiting for NEC meeting to announce my running mate – Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama says until his party calls a meeting of the Council of Elders and the National Executive Committee (NEC), he cannot name his running mate. “Our constitution states that I must announce my running mate in consultation with these two bodies,” he said. “Unfortunately, because of the …
Read More »Mahama mocks Akufo-Addo over ‘promise’ and ‘vision’
Former President John Dramani Mahama has taken a swipe at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, saying his successor cannot differentiate between what “promises” are and what “visions” are. He said after the incumbent president has failed to fulfil his “lofty” promises to Ghanaians, he has made a U-turn, calling …
Read More »New E.I sets 10-year jail term for people who don’t wear face mask
One could face a jail term of four to ten years if the person fails to wear a face mas, a new Executive Instrument (E.I 164) signed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed. The person could also a fine of GH¢12,000 to GH¢60,000, or both. The E.I which …
Read More »Vote for People with Values Not Money, Boadi William Schools Npp Delegates
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out” – John Wooden. According to my observation so far, oftentimes, delegates do vote for the rich or bootlickers as Parliamentary Candidates after they have promised and taken money from them without …
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