Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central has launched a vicious attack on members of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, who brand the party as an ‘Akanfuor party.’ GhanaWeb monitored Kennedy Agyapong‘s submissions on Oman FM where he accused NPP members of perpetuating the perception that the party operates …
Read More »Napaga, Ambassador Hassan Ahmed missing from Akufo-Addo’s ‘kitchen cabinet’
Names of some prominent presidential staffers including Clara Napaga Tia Sulemana’s are missing in the latest list of administrative staff named by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his second term in office. Also missing is Ambassador Hassan Ahmed who was the Director of State Protocol, though it is not immediately known …
Read More »VIDEO+PHOTOS: receives 14 presidential results, seven certified so far
The Electoral Commission has released the results from seven regions. The Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensaannounced at a press conference that they have received presidential results from fourteen of the sixteen regions. She stated a press conference held on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, that they are currently working to certify the remaining …
Read More »2020 ELECTION: Provisional Presidential Results Updates
Provisional Presidential results Provisional Presidential results: Ayawaso North (Accra Girls Senior High) Special voting NPP-135 NDC-134 GUM- 0 CPP-0 GFP-0 GCPP-0 APC-1 LGP-0 PNC-0 PPP-0 NDP-0 INDEPENDENT -0 Rejected – 2 Follow every ballot counted here https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/ Volta Region- South Tongu Constituency, Sogakope Police Station polling station, Special Voting, NPP-107 NDC-256 …
Read More »LIVESTREAMED: GBC, NCCE Presidential debate
With just seven days left for Ghanaians to go to the polls, the Presidential candidates of the minority political parties and the independent presidential candidates have been given a platform to convince Ghanaians why the duopoly of NPP and NDC should be broken in the upcoming elections. The Presidential candidates …
Read More »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 …
Read More »PHOTOS: First Akan Presidential Debate underway
All is set for the first-ever Akan Presidential debate among aspirants ahead of the general election in December. The event is being organised by Adom TV, Adom 106.3 FM, Nyhira 104.5 FM, Asempa 94.7 FM and Adomonline as part of the full package of Multinedia’a acclaimed Election Headquarters (#ElectionHQ) of …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Election 2020: Profiles of all 12 presidential candidates
The Electoral Commission of Ghana ahead of the 2020 presidential election has released the profiles of all the candidates. The December 2020 presidential election is set to go in history as having the longest ballot paper in terms of the number of candidates contesting. The 12 candidates set to contest …
Read More »EC To Refund GHC500k To Failed Presidential Aspirants
The Electoral Commission (EC) said it will refund Ghc100,000 to each of the five disqualified Presidential aspirants for the 2020 elections. Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, made this known on Monday, October 19, 2020 at the Commission’s ‘Let The Citizens Know’ series. According to her, “To the aspiring Presidential …
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