Tag Archives: Candidate

[VIDEO]: Akufo-Addo mistakenly endorses NDC’s Nii Lante Vanderpuye at final rally

If the statement ‘out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh’ applies in every case, then there is a special place in Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo‘s heart for Nii Lante Vanderpuye, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Odododiodio. So much does he (Nana Akufo-Addo) think about him …

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NDC Tema East parliamentary candidate arrested

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Tema East Mr Ashai Odampten has been arrested. A warrant for his arrest was issued on Monday November 30, TV3’s Tema regional correspondent, Josephine Antwi, reported. He was arrested for allegedly misappropriating some funds when he was the Mayor of Tema. Mr …

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Togo’s first female presidential candidate arrested

Two Togolese opposition leaders are being held by the authorities after they were arrested over the weekend. Brigitte Adjamagbo-Johnson, who in 2010 was the first woman in the country to run for president, was detained on Saturday shortly after visiting a fellow opposition member who had been arrested earlier. Gerard …

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Uganda’s opposition presidential candidate arrested over violation of coronavirus rules

Police in Uganda on Wednesday arrested opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi over violation of COVID-19 safety measures, according to media reports. New Vision newspaper reported that Kyagulanyi, head of National Unity Platform party, was apprehended in the eastern district of Luuka where he was scheduled to campaign ahead of the 2021 general …

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BREAKING: NDC Parliamentary Candidate for New Juaben North dies

The 2020 Parliamentary Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for New Juaben North, Sampson Oti Boateng, has died. Mr Oti Boateng died on Wednesday, October 7 after a short illness. He had defeated Emmanuel Kwaku Asante, a former MCE, in NDC’s primaries last year to become the party’s candidate …

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43 pregnant girls write WASSCE, BECE in Kassena-Nankana West

The Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region has recorded 43 pregnancies in the just ended West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Also, while 15 student nursing mothers took part in the examination, out of the total of 1838 girls registered, …

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Candidate, 16, commits suicide a day before writing last BECE paper

A 16-year-old girl named Mariam Batuley, a JHS Three (3) student has hanged herself just a day before writing her last paper in the just-ended Basic Education Certificate Examination(BECE) at Abesewa, a Community at Dunkwa On Offin in Upper Denkyira East. Information gathered by Kasapa News indicates that the deceased …

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Two Pregnant BECE Candidates Rushed To Health Center in Eastern Region

Two Pregnant Candidates sitting the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Kwahu Afram Plains South were on Monday rushed to Maame Krobo Health Center. Whereas one was treated and discharged a few minutes the other was transferred to Donkorkrom Presbyterian Hospital after she was diagnosed with spontaneous delivery. About …

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Ahafo Region: Former Asunafo South MP Endorses Ing. Kobby Amoah Mensah’s Candidature 

The Ahafo Regional Minister, Hon. Evans Opoku Bobie embarked on a working visit in the Asunafo South Constituency in the region.     The District Chief Executive for the Area, Hon. Osei Bonsu Snr. led the delegation to the various vicinities in the District.   Communities like Kwapong, Anwiam, Siana, …

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Samia Nkrumah Goes Independent In Jomoro

Reports say the daughter of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Samia Nkrumah, has declared her intention to go independent in December 7th political contest with her eyes set on the Jomoro Constituency seat. She has indicated that her comeback is not selfish but to get Jomoro the right representation in Parliament. The …

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