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Lawyers for 2020 NDC Presidential Candidate John Dramani Mahama have filed fresh documents attacking the Supreme Court’s ruling on his interrogatories for the Electoral Commission. They argue that the court’s ruling was characterized by a lack of due regard to the law or facts relating to the election petition. The …

The Supreme will be resuming hearing of the presidential election petition filed by the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama, today Tuesday, January 26. On Monday, January 25, Mr Mahama has filed another application at the Court to among other things, replace portions of his original statement of …

The Supreme Court has dismissed a motion filed by the lawyers of former President John Dramani Mahama in the election petition case seeking to compel the Electoral Commission (EC) to provide answers to some questions known in the legal parlance as interrogatories. In law, interrogatories are a formal set of …

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Dr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has said that the forefathers of the party and the spirit of their founder Jerry John Rawlings will see them through the election petition. Speaking in an interview on Ahotor FM monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Dr. Ofosu Ampofo said that the God who supported them to …

The Supreme Court has given the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Mahama, the opportunity to amend some errors in his petition challenging the outcome of the 2020 general elections. His motion in this regard was granted after a Supreme Court hearing on Thursday morning. Mr. Mahama’s petition had interchanged …

The Enchi District Magistrate court has sentenced a twenty-year-old rickshaw rider to 24 months imprisonment in hard labor for stealing a royal motorbike with registration number M-16-AS-4029. Samuel Ebbah, alias Gadafi, who pleaded guilty to the offence was recently jailed for committing a similar offence. Before the presiding Judge, Mr …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says that the Declaration of President-Elect Instrument is the proper method “at law” for declaring a winner of a Presidential Election and not the initial announcement by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission which has no basis in law. This was contained in his Response dated 8 …

The NDC Member of Parliament-elect for Assin North James Gyakye Quayson has been injuncted from being sworn in as an MP. This means that the NDC will lose one MP as the country’s parliament prepares to transition to the 8th parliament. The court injunction makes the National Democratic Congress(NDC) able to swear …

The Central Region Police Command through the High Court in Cape Coast has secured a prohibition order to bar the Effutu branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from embarking on a demonstration on Tuesday, January 5, 2020. The party in the Constituency had written to the police seeking to …

Police in the Volta Region say they have begun investigations into the assault of a court bailiff identified as Emmanuel Aziaka in the Hohoe municipality. The incident occurred on Sunday, December 27, 2020, when the victim was allegedly tortured by men suspected to be supporters of the Member of Parliament-elect and Energy …